Chapter 8 Annotations

Learning Objectives

  • Plot and Axis Titles; Providing context for the visual, and changing the look of plot elements and overall appearance

  • Text Labels; mapping text from data or having text appear on graphs as data

  • Building Custom Annotations; how to write summaries, context, arrows, and textual meta data to graphs

  • Direct Labeling and Faceting; related packages for special issues such as higlighting, textboxes, html text