5-2
Terms
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copy deck
- prominent
- important, easily recognized
- bar graph
- used to sho comparisons
- visual aids
- consist of the tables, graphs, and other illustarions
- footer
- place information below the text at the bottom of the document pages
- accompany
- go with
- appendix
- provides more deatiled dats to support the body of the report
- references
- follows the body of the body of the report and indentifies the sources used in preparing the report
- quotations
- excerpts from other sources
- interpretations
- explanations or views
- column headings
- identify the information provided in particular columns
- emphasis
- a way of giving importance or directing attention
- systematic
- in an organized manner
- suppress
- keep from happening, prevent
- informational reports
- typically based on data gathered within the normal operations of the company
- header
- place some information at the top of the page on every paper
- orphan line
- last line of a paragraph printed by itself at the top of a page
- paraphrased
- stated in another from
- main headings
- the title of your report
- pie chart
- a display of haw a part contributes to the whole
- preliminary
- coming before
- body
- the text or message of the report
- abstract summary
- shorter and simply states the reports's contents
- succeeding
- to come next after another
- searches
- online database inquiries
- secondary heading
- gives the reader more specific information about the table of contents
- Body of informal
- contains the data indicated by the column headings and mey be either singel or double spaced
- pagination
- the process of dividing the document into individual pages for printing
- widow line
- first line of a paragraph printed by itself at the bottom of a page
- table of contents
- presents an overview of the material covered in the report by listing the report headings and their corresponding page numbers
- extensive
- thorough, broad
- analytical report
- generally a longer, more complex report than the informational report
- formal business report
- includes standard parts that readers find valuable in helping them understand and interpret the report
- line graph
- used to display trends that emerge over a period of time
- informal report
- also written to convey information in a clear, concise manner
- unbound report
- fastened together with a fastening device such as a paper clip or staple
- graph
- a pictorial representation of data
- summary
- a brief description that gives the reader an overview of the report
- anatytical
- involving detailed study
- documentation
- giving credit to the sources of information you used in a report
- information services
- provide electronic access to accurate and timely data that otherwise may not be available to a business
- executive summary
- highlights the report's findings, conclusions, and recommendations
- leftbound report
- format moves the left margin a half inch beyond the margin
- title page
- contains the report title, the writer's name, the name of the organization, and the report date
- incorporated
- brought into
- business report
- a presentation of organized information that will be used by the reader for a specific business purpose
- external
- not located within the company
- organizational
- arrangingrelated parts onto a whole