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>How do you introduce a graphic or diagram within a manual?
You may want to consider not using any introduction at all. For some
material,
letting the graphics speak for themselves works very well, especially
if
the graphics are closely cropped to show only what's essential.
If you do use a graphic, conventional usage is to use a colon. The
convention for using a colon is that what follows it gives more detail
about the
subject of the phrase or sentence that comes before it.
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Bruce Byfield, Outlaw Communications
Co-ordinator ,Vancouver Technical Communicators' Co-op List
Vancouver, BC, Canada
(604) 421-7189 or 687-2133
bbyfield -at- axionet,com or bruce -at- dataphile-ca -dot- com
www.outlawcommunications.com
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They're coiled around my heart,
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And all our stories start."
