Words, data values and bars can be combined to make a very informative table. Bars are an effective graphical element that shows, at a glance, the relative magnitude of a set of values.

There is a special type of symbol that you will use very often. We have certainly made extensive use of it in these home pages. These are the "dot" symbols. Each consists of a single pixel. By providing WIDTH= and HEIGHT= information in the <IMG> container in which you identify the symbol. These dimension modifiers will expand the single-pixel dot to the number of pixels that you specify. In this way you can get a line or a bar that is just the size that you need.

Table 7. A simple word-bar table. [table code]
location	yield (g d$-1$)
Highland Hills	123
Valleyview	75
Riverton Park	55

Table 8. Bars and symbols in the same table. [table code]
		percent games won
	Westview	43%
	Metro	87%
	Elm Heights	28%
2nd place, State Tournament

Table 9. A more complex word-bar table. [table code]
location	yield (g d$-1$)
Fertilized
Highland Hills	123
Unfertilized
Valleyview	75
Riverton Park	55

Table 10. Two columns of bars, with values at the bar tips. [table code]
	Men	Women
soccer	47	26
football	180	0
basketball	88	&nbsp52

Table 11. Bars that show both positive and negative values. [table code]
	1994 - 1995 Academic Year
Math		+6.7%
Science		+9.5%
History	-4.0%
English	-2.3%

Table 12. Bar chart created by resizing color patches. [table code]
Faculty Living Expenses
Food 32%	Housing 45%	Medical 9%	Auto 14%

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