It seems that PowerPoint is ubiquitous these days. Anyone who has had to sit through boring presentations with seemingly endless repetition of what the speaker says unnecessarily flashed on the wall will appreciate Edward Tufte’s newest work:

The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint
Edward R. Tufte
Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press LLC, 2003.
$7 postpaid. 800-822-2454. http://www.edwardtufte.com

But it is, I think, even more important for anyone who uses PowerPoint to read this short (24 page) publication.

Tufte, is the author of such excellent books as Visual Explanations, and Envisioning Information, and The Visual Display of Quantitative Information and has
received more than 40 awards for content and design. He is Professor Emeritus at Yale University, where he taught courses in statistical evidence, information design, and interface design.

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