Tables Are a Very Common Means of Providing Information That

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Tables are a very common means of providing information that would be tedious or even difficult to handle in the main text.Here is an example of a well presented table:
$\begin{array}{l}\text { Sales revenues }(\$ 000) \text { for WonderMart Foods, January - March, } 2012\\\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|}\hline \text { Category } & \text { Northeast } & \text { Northwest } & \text { Southeast } & \text { Southwest } \\\hline \text { Bakery } & \$ 100 & \$ 125 & \$ 140 & \$ * 90 \\\hline \text { Fresh Produce } & \$ 250 & \$ 340 & \$ 345 & \$ 200 \\\hline \text { Canned Goods } & \$ 100 & \$ 145 & \$ 155 & \$ 200 \\\hline \text { Frozen Foods } & \$ 450 & \$ 460 & \$ 125 & \$ 425 \\\hline \text { Dry Goods } & \$ 450 & \$ 400 & \$ 100 & \$ 300 \\\hline \text { TOTAL } & \$ 1350 & \$ 1470 & \$ 865 & \$ 1215 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$
Name at least five of the tips that make this table effective.