Re: Omitting Table and Figure Numbers? (3)

Subject: Re: Omitting Table and Figure Numbers? (3)
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>
To: "JX" <techwrl-list-only -at- doitall -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:02:53 -0400


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From: "JX" <techwrl-list-only -at- doitall -dot- com>
To: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>; "TECHWR-L"
<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: September 10, 2003 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: Omitting Table and Figure Numbers? (3)


> >> My cross references in FrameMaker always say something like:
> >> For details, see Figure 5, "The Creation of the Earth" on page 123.
> >> For details, see Table 12, "Required Database Fields" on page 72.
> >>
> >> I'm now wondering whether there is genuine benefit of the table and
figure
> >> numbering when my xrefs diligently include a well-thought-out name and
the
> >> page number.
> >>
> >
> > It is easier (takes less time) to read and process "Figure 5" than it does
to
> > read and process the title.
>
> My question is whether to use
>
> For details, see Figure 5, "The Creation of the Earth" on page 123.
> Or
> For details, see the figure "The Creation of the Earth" on page 123.
>
>
> (I don't want to merely put "see Figure 5 on page 123", as the title endows
> a context that seems valuable.)
>

Yes, I understood what you meant. I think that people will look for the figure
number, not the title, but I'm not suggesting that you not use the title.







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