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RE: Referring to a figure or table - without using numbers
Subject:RE: Referring to a figure or table - without using numbers From:"Porrello, Leonard" <lporrello -at- illumina -dot- com> To:"Martinek, Carla" <CMartinek -at- zebra -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:57:21 +0000
I would use "See Figure : Title on page xx" hyperlinked. Use "See Figure: Title" so the user knows what to look for. Use "on page xx" in case the user prints the PDF or, for whatever reason, the hyperlinks fail.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lporrello=illumina -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Martinek, Carla
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 6:33 AM
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Subject: Referring to a figure or table - without using numbers
How do you refer to a figure or table if you decide to stop using numbering with them?
See Figure: Title
See Figure : Title on page xx
or
See Title
See Title on page xx
Or something else? Ran into a problem with some numbering issues in Frame, and one of my options I'm considering is to drop numbering references completely since we distribute via PDF.
-Carla
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