Quick tips on writing titles for tables and figures in.
A good caption should be relevant to your audience, related to your content, packed with value and should include a call to action. Before you write it, think just a second: what would you need to see in order to encourage you to do something else.
Figure Legends: Please note that figure legends can include both simple conclusions of the data and are a mini-method section. Carefully read these examples and other examples from the journal articles you have collected. You are expected to write at the same professional and formal level (including the style and detail) as these legends. Figures.
For most visuals, this will be Figure or Fig. with a number following that corresponds to the visual’s placement in the document. Use either “Figure” or “Fig.” consistently throughout. For Tables, label those with Table and a corresponding number. The use of a Label is required.
Place the insertion point where you want the caption to be and head over to the References tab on the ribbon. In the Captions group you see a button labelled “Insert Caption”. That’s the one we want, so go ahead and press it. You’ll see it’s suggesting “Figure 1” for the first caption.
The captions should be succinct enough to understand at the first glance. Captions are placed under the figure and are left justified. Image: Choose an image that is simple and easily understandable. Consider the size, resolution, and the image’s overall visual attractiveness.
Captions include the figure title and a brief, but descriptive, explanation of the figure. Double-space the caption and place it below the figure. The figure legend should be positioned within the borders of the figure. Example The following figure and note are each adapted from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
A caption below the axis describes the content and, for a formal publication, identifies the figure by number. The data are represented with plot symbols or, sometimes, plotbars to make a bar graph. Plot symbols are sometimes identified with a legend in the plot area or, more commonly for technical work, in the caption.