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> As for clicking the link, the users reading this will probably have a
> paper copy. Old-fashioned, I know, but that's how it works here.
In that case, by all means ignore the people who don't like numbered captions (or nouns, for Pete's sake). Use cross-references along the lines of "see Figure x on page y" and put a List of Figures in the frontmatter after the Table of Contents.
"Know your audience and purpose."
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
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