Perceptions of clarity and attractiveness in PowerPoint graph slides

Technical Communication

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-155

  Mackiewicz, Jo ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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