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Subject:Re: Identifying Tables in Manuals From:"Stephen C. Gillespie" <sgillespie -at- FEDEX -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:39:06 -0600
Dan Roberts wrote:
>
> "I don't think there's a standard."
>
Actually, Dan, there IS...I believe the Chicago Manual of Style (14th
ed) says to put the caption ABOVE the table, as opposed to UNDER, as
with Figures (--if that's part of her question).
Steve Gillespie
FedEx
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> when you include a table
> in your document, do you refer to the table in the text as "the
> following table" ... or,
>
> Refer to the table in the text as "Table 1-1" and center the table
> in the middle of the page with its caption above the table.
>
> What is the standard for this?
>
