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Q&A Referencing Screen shots in technical/knowledge base articles?

"See figure x" or "Figure x" is the usual way of doing it, or just "(fig.x)". It's perfectly fine as long as the captions on the figures match the references in the text. If the screenshots are of...

posted 7y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:02:26Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/30376
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭ · 2019-12-08T07:02:26Z (almost 5 years ago)
"See figure x" or "Figure x" is the usual way of doing it, or just "(fig.x)". It's perfectly fine as long as the captions on the figures match the references in the text.

If the screenshots are of your own software this is a nice way of doing it, but watch out for third party software that might change or differences in the way different operating systems display things.

(Users' manuals displaying recognisable W98 windows looked old very quickly.)

Online, you might have the option of a hyperlink, too.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-09-23T08:16:10Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: 1