Re: Figure numbers - in the flow or in the frame?

[Thomas Neuburger <thomasn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Russ,

I would not put the caption inside the frame, for the reasons you sited 
among others.

The three methods I've seen used with some success are these. (My personal 
favorite is #3.)

1. Scott's suggestion -- use a one-cell table. The caption is the table 
title; the cell holds the figure.

2. Use a paragraph tag called Figure (or whatever), enter the caption as 
its text, and attach an anchored frame to the end of the caption, set Below 
Current Line. The frame holds the figure. Quick and a tad dirty.

3. Use two paragraph tags -- one to hold only the anchored frame set At 
Insertion Point (call this one Figure Frame), and the other to hold the 
caption (call this one Figure Caption).
    Set the Frame paragraph to Keep With Next, and the Caption paragraph to 
Keep With Previous. You can also set Next Pgf for the Frame tag to be the 
Caption tag. There are several refinements, including the use of pairs of 
tags with different margins, spacings, etc. Note that the Frame paragraph 
is empty except for the frame itself.



With #1 and #3, you can control all of the vertical space elements for a 
professional appearance.

With #2 you run some risks, especially if some writer down the road works 
with text symbols turned off. In addition, you get clunky spacing between 
the caption and the figure itself -- either too little, or kludged by the 
writers so that the spacing seems variable, an effect you're trying to avoid.

I think #3 is slightly easier to use than #1, especially if you standardize 
frame borders and use the shrink-wrap shortcut for instant frame sizing 
(Esc m p). Otherwise, it's your call.

Hope this helps,

Tom Neuburger
www.twelfthnight.com


Russ Wyllie wrote:

>So I'm curious what people think. Is it better to place figure numbers in
>the main flow or in the anchored frame itself? Thanks for your opinions.


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