update getting-started.md

Author: Joseph Damiba

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 name: Getting Started with Plotly
 permalink: r/getting-started/
-description: Get started with Plotly's R graphing library.
+description: How to get started making charts with Plotly's R graphing library.
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 # Getting Started with Plotly for R
 
-`plotly` is an R package for creating interactive web-based graphs via the open source JavaScript graphing library [plotly.js](http://plot.ly/javascript).
-As of version 2.0 (November 17, 2015), Plotly graphs are rendered *locally* through the [htmlwidgets](http://www.htmlwidgets.org/) framework.
+[`plotly`](https://github.com/ropensci/plotly) is an R package for creating interactive web-based graphs via the open source JavaScript graphing library [`plotly.js`](http://plot.ly/javascript).
 
+As of version 2.0 (November 17, 2015), graphs created with the `plotly` R package are rendered *locally* through the [`htmlwidgets`](http://www.htmlwidgets.org/) framework.
 
-#### Installation
+## Installation
 
-[`plotly`](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/plotly/index.html) is now on [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/!
+### Download from CRAN
+
+Use the `install.package()` function to install the [`plotly R package`](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/plotly/index.html) from [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org/!
 
 ```r
 install.packages("plotly")
 ```
 
-Or install the latest development version (on GitHub) via the devtools R package:
+### Download from GitHub
+
+Alternatively, you can install the latest development version of `plotly` from GitHub via the [`devtools`](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/devtools/index.html) R package:
 
 ```r
 devtools::install_github("ropensci/plotly")
 ```
 
-<br>
-RStudio users should download the latest [RStudio release](https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/) for compatibility with htmlwidgets.
+### Note For `RStudio` Users
+
+`RStudio` users should ensure that they are using the latest [RStudio release](https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/) in order to ensure compatibility with the `htmlwidgets` R package.
 
-#### Initialization for Offline Plotting
+## Rendering Charts
 
-By default, the `plotly` R package runs locally in your web browser or in the R Studio viewer.
+By default, the `plotly` R package runs locally in your web browser or in the ` viewer.
 
 ```{r}
 library(plotly)
 p <- plot_ly(midwest, x = ~percollege, color = ~state, type = "box")
 p
 ```
 
-Simply printing the plot object will render the chart locally in your web browser or in the R Studio viewer.
+Simply printing the plot object will render the chart locally in your web browser or in the `RStudio` viewer.
+
+Graphs created with the `plotly` R package are interactive! 
+
+Click on legend entries to hide/show traces, click-and-drag on the chart to zoom, double-click to autoscale, shift-and-drag to pan.
+
+## Next Steps
 
-Graphs created with the `plotly` R package are interactive. Click on legend entries to toggle traces, click-and-drag on the chart to zoom, double-click to autoscale, shift-and-drag to pan.
+Once you have installed the `plotly` R package, learn more about the [fundamentals of making charts](https://plot.ly/r/plotly-fundamentals/) and start making [basic charts](https://plot.ly/r/basic-charts/).