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Referring to a figure or table - without using numbers
Subject:Referring to a figure or table - without using numbers From:"Martinek, Carla" <CMartinek -at- zebra -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:33:04 -0600
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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