Every designated table must have a title. A table may not be identified only as “Table PG-23,” for example.
The word “Table,” a table number, and title combine to form the table title.
The word "Table" and the table number appear on the first line, and the title appears on the following line(s). The table title is centered by the width of the table for 19p6, 30p, and 40p6 widths and by 53p for landscaped tables.
Table titles are set uc/lc except for
prepositions containing three letters or fewer, and
units of measure
which are set lowercase.
EXAMPLE:
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Table HG-340 |
NOTE: Currently, in BPVC Sections, table titles are set uppercase. Beginning with the 2011 publication, table titles will be set uc/lc with the exceptions noted above.
Alphabetical suffixes (e.g., 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B) are not allowed and should be renumbered as 1, 2, 3.
Title Length. If the title is longer than one line, break it so that the lines are close in length. Also, if the title is very long with lots of supplementary information, consider making part of the information a General Note to the Table. Otherwise, convert part of it into a subtitle, if possible..
Subtitle. Subtitles are sometimes used to provide a secondary description of the table. A subtitle should appear on a new line below the title, set in a smaller point size than the title and uc/lc.
Unique Titles. Within a book, each table should have a unique title. For example, if two separate tables are designated as Table. PG-1-1 and Table PG-1-2, they cannot have the same title. Tables with the same title should be treated as one.