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Hi,
I recommend using the numbers.
We recently added figure and table numbers to our documents. This
dramatically improved the usability of the cross references. (Most of the
figure/table titles were similar to each other, on the order of "Sample XYZ
Screen" or "Required Fields in XYZ File")
