Re: anchoring tables to customized tags

[James Eric Lawson <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a non-normative answer (that is, I don't address the question of
"better or worse?"):  I anchor tables as close to in-text references to
the contents of the table as possible.  In an extreme case, the reference
near the anchor may be implicit, rather than explicit.

In cases where stacked anchors might become an annoyance, I separate the
anchors with hard spaces, or by choosing another, separated but nearby,
anchoring location.  This tactic has always succeeded for the sort of
material I typically work with (scientific articles and books), but might
not succeed for other sorts of material with other design constraints
than those typically associated with single continuous narrative flows...
for example, many technical manuals use parallel flows of various kinds.

Eric

James Eric Lawson <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Research Publications Editor III
University of Washington, Box 357962, Seattle WA  USA  98195
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 eklisiewicz@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Good afternoon-A question has come up in our group and I thought I'd
> pose it to this list to get some other opinions.
>
> Some of us anchor tables to body text paragraphs and some of us anchor
> tables to customized table anchor tags.
>
> Is one method better than the other, and if so, why?
>
> I am from the using customized anchor tabs camp because I have always
> done it this way to avoid confusion with stacked table anchors.
>
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Elizabeth K.
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