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Subject:Re: Screen Capture Placement From:"McMARTIN, Robert" <rmcmarti -at- BAEA -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Mon, 26 Oct 1998 09:17:59 +1030
I'm coming late to this discussion so I'll slip this one in. Table
captions go before the table, Graphic captions after the graphic. Every
manual I've ever done has been to this formula. It is also the
requested format for document like DEF-AUST 5629A which is the
Australian Defence Forces bible on manual production.
So I guess that means it must be right :-)
Regards
Rob
"were not in Kansas anymore, ToTo"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Ashley [SMTP:bashley -at- CREATEPRINT -dot- COM -dot- AU]
> Sent: 26 October 1998 09:40
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Screen Capture Placement
>
> To have my final say on this issue, I've looked at the manuals nearby
> and
> ALL place their graphics AFTER the text that introduces it.
>
> These manuals are "The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical
> Publications", "Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers" (an
> Australian Government publication), "How to Write a Computer Manual"
> by
> Jonathon Price, "Adobe FrameMaker 5.5 User Guide" and "LexForm User's
> Guide".
>
> Regards,
>
> Bruce Ashley
> OZ
>
>
