In a report I'm working on, I have lots of drawings. In the caption of each drawing I write "Figure 1." (or whatever the number may be). It appears that it is indeed correct to capitalize it in the caption.
However, what about when writing in the actual text "as shown in figure 1". Do I capitalize the word figure there?
Best Answer
By calling it "Figure 1" or whatever you're giving it a proper name, so you should capitalize the references too. The same would apply to chapter titles and other documents that you reference.