Nelson, Sebastian > I did check in Jan V. White's books, but he doesn't discuss the placement > issue. Tufte's 3 books are more about the contents of the pictures, > rather than their placement. In any event, you probably have those 5 on > your shelf already. Exactly! So perhaps Sebastian is correct and we should only provide the hand-crafted method. Is that Ok with you, Dr Rahtz? But I am sure that other list members will be more constructive than he. Thanks for your help, Nelson (This bit is addressed only to Nelson:-). chris