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27.2 legends There are no standard rules for writing legends to figures and tables. I recommend making your caption grammatically correct, for example use articles and prepositions where required. Below is a possible format:
Figure 1. The main characteristics of the shock absorbers. That is to say:
Initial
capital letter for •
fi gure, table, appendix etc. Do not use an abbreviation. After the number put a full stop.
• Initial capital letter for the first word in the description.
• End the line with a full stop.
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27.3 referring to other parts of the manuscript 1. When you refer to something within the same document,
avoid expressions such as above, below, later, on the previous page, in the next section . Refer the reader to a specific heading and page number.
2. When you want to refer back to something you wrote about
in the previous paragraph, use
noun + mentioned above or
above-mentioned + noun (note
the use of the hyphen 25.6
).
3. Hi ereafteri is a useful word when you have along term that you want to abbreviate, and this abbreviation will then be used in the rest of the document.
4. Ti he following is followed by a noun.
YES NOT RECOMMENDED (1), WRONG (2–5) 1
As mentioned in Section 2 , this procedure is … As mentioned
above , this procedure is …
1 This procedure is extremely
complex and is described in Section 4 . This procedure is extremely complex and is described
later .
2
The function mentioned Share with your friends: 
