Figures, tables and embedded media

This chapter will guide you in including figures, tables and embedded media. It covers:

  • placement and numbering
  • captions and including acknowledgements
  • referring to these materials in the text.

Figures include graphs, charts, maps, posters, drawings and photographs. Tables are tabulated data which may be numerical and/or textual. Videos are recordings embedded in the text which exist as host to an external location.

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