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Subject:Re: Tables of contents, figures, and of tables From:Haim Roman <haim -dot- roman -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techshoret <techshoret -at- yahoogroups -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:41:57 -0700
Thanks for the replies. I'll summarize the answers I received below. But
some people didn't understand my question:
- some documents include not only a table of contents, but a list of all
the figures and/or tables in the document, and what pages they're on. I
asked what to call such lists of figures (or tables of figures) and lists
of tables (or tables of tables)
- I was not asking whether or not to put them in. I'm in a tech writing
course now & practicing different document elements. I'm not at the point
yet of deciding what to actually include.
The answers I received:
1. *"list* of figures" and "*list* of tables". "Table of tables" is too
awkward.
- nevertheless, we still say *"table* of contents".
2. "reference tables"
3. Use "contents" or "contents lists" to refer to the TOC, list of
figures, and list of tables
Again, thanks
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Howard (Haim) Roman -- haim -dot- roman -at- gmail -dot- com -- 052-8-592-599 -- ×××× ××××
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Haim Roman <haim -dot- roman -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Is there widely understood term for these 3 types of tables, which also
> distinguish them from tables that appear in the body of a document? Thanks
>
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