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Right. One concern ought to be of course for others who will be working on
the document. Translators are such people, if the document is going to get
translated.
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> 2. Specific, immediate concern: Callouts in figures. My client still
> has callouts (in Framemaker text boxes, if it matters) in the figure
> itself. What is the preferred format of callouts for translation? Put
> only numbers and arrows in the figure, and then have the key separate,
> in the main body text? Or have the key in a separate text frame, but
> within the anchored frame (that would be for Framemaker)?
Only numbers. No lines. Number reference table below the image with the
captions.
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