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Figure 7-13: This shows brands co-mentioned with “fendi,” sized by the
number of followers for each brand.
Layout
NodeXL provides some basic layouts and a few force-directed layouts (such
as Fruchterman-Reingold and Harel-Koren). One nice feature in NodeXL
layouts is the capability to put each component in a separate box, accessed
via NodeXL Toolbar Layout Layout Options. In contrast, without this
feature, different components may remain tangled together (as may happen
with the Fruchterman-Reingold layout) or float far away in some other
layouts.
By placing each component in separate boxes, the visible separation is clear.
For example, in Figure 7-14 , a collection of tweets referencing the term
“fendi” can be clearly separated into components connected to the official
brand versus other components that may reference “fendi.”
Figure 7-14: Putting layout groups in separate boxes clearly separates
different components in NodeXL.
As you will see shortly, Gephi provides more flexibility with layouts by
offering more graph layout algorithms, more parameters, and direct
interaction with layouts. One approach is to create and organize the basic
attributes in NodeXL and then export/import the data into Gephi or other
software to utilize more features beyond those offered by NodeXL. This
 
 
 
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