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Subject:Re: Figures - Captions and References? From:Toni Williams TPG/SG <towilliams -at- PROCYONGROUP -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 6 Jan 1999 09:29:14 -0800
FWIW.
In the user manuals I've written, I caption every figure (in my case screen
shots and tables) except for illustrations of messages.
I'm not sure what you mean by references, but I always include a Table of
Figures and reference the number of the figure in the text discussing the
screen or table.
HTH
Toni Williams
towilliams -at- procyongroup -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Feeman [SMTP:Kevin_Feeman -at- HILL-ROM -dot- COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 4:23 PM
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> Subject: Figures - Captions and References?
>
<snip>Anyway, my question: Should all
> figures in a document have captions and if they do, should all figures in
> that document have references? I was taught, and through experience, that
> figures should have captions and references. <snip>
