Can you change the position of an equation caption to the side? in Word General Questions    |   |  Help   Search For:     In:   Office   Word     Word General Questions     Word New Users     Word Application Errors     Word Drawing and Graphics     Word Mailmerge and Fax     Word Page Layout     Word Programming     Word Tables              MEMH 10/19/2006 3:34 PM PST   Question   When inserting a caption for an equation, you can currently only insert in below or above the equation. An equation number should however be beside to the right of the equation. Is there anyway to do this?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Suzanne S. Barnhill 10/19/2006 3:41 PM PST   Answer   What's usually recommended is a single-row, two-column, borderless table (you can save it as an AutoText entry, complete with dummy equation and caption). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "MEMH" <MEMH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7B071A54-AB34-4740-9FE4-34088FF63756@microsoft.com... > When inserting a caption for an equation, you can currently only insert in > below or above the equation. An equation number should however be beside to > the right of the equation. Is there anyway to do this?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Craig Q 5/28/2008 7:35 AM PST   Suzanne, When I try this in Word 2007, the caption feature tries to caption the whole table 9above or below it) rather than putting the caption in the right column. Is there a way to force Word to put the caption in the right column? Thanks, Craig "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > What's usually recommended is a single-row, two-column, borderless table > (you can save it as an AutoText entry, complete with dummy equation and > caption). > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so > all may benefit. > > "MEMH" <MEMH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:7B071A54-AB34-4740-9FE4-34088FF63756@microsoft.com... > > When inserting a caption for an equation, you can currently only insert in > > below or above the equation. An equation number should however be beside > to > > the right of the equation. Is there anyway to do this? > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Bob  Buckland ?:-) 5/28/2008 8:42 AM PST   Hi Craig, There are a couple of ways to do it. This tutorial on using the Word 2007 Equation Editor can be helpful http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ec/equations/equation2007.html including the link for equation numbering and cross referencing. For creating a reusable table set to keep equation captions on the right the steps in the demonstration of numbered equations here may help. http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2006/10/20/equation-numbering.aspx . The Caption field would be a variation of the numbering approach shown there. After inserting a Caption for an equation, cut and paste it into the right hand cell of a one row table, then save that table with an empty Equation control as a Quick Table that you can reuse. =============== <<"Craig Q" <CraigQ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CF113E45-E177-4168-89D0-1B86C97C4A80@microsoft.com... Suzanne, When I try this in Word 2007, the caption feature tries to caption the whole table 9above or below it) rather than putting the caption in the right column. Is there a way to force Word to put the caption in the right column? Thanks, Craig >> -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Suzanne S. Barnhill 5/28/2008 8:50 AM PST   See my reply to your duplicate question elsewhere. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Craig Q" <CraigQ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CF113E45-E177-4168-89D0-1B86C97C4A80@microsoft.com... > Suzanne, > > When I try this in Word 2007, the caption feature tries to caption the > whole > table 9above or below it) rather than putting the caption in the right > column. Is there a way to force Word to put the caption in the right > column? > > Thanks, > > Craig > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > >> What's usually recommended is a single-row, two-column, borderless table >> (you can save it as an AutoText entry, complete with dummy equation and >> caption). >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup >> so >> all may benefit. >> >> "MEMH" <MEMH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:7B071A54-AB34-4740-9FE4-34088FF63756@microsoft.com... >> > When inserting a caption for an equation, you can currently only insert >> > in >> > below or above the equation. An equation number should however be >> > beside >> to >> > the right of the equation. Is there anyway to do this? >> >> >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Hannarong Riddhimat 1/28/2009 5:14 AM PST   "MEMH" wrote: > When inserting a caption for an equation, you can currently only insert in > below or above the equation. An equation number should however be beside to > the right of the equation. Is there anyway to do this?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Suzanne S. Barnhill 1/28/2009 6:39 AM PST   The usual approach is a two-column, one-row borderless table, equation in one cell and caption in the other. You may have to create the caption outside the table and drag or paste it in, however. A one-step approach is to create a dummy equation and a properly formatted caption in a table formatted as desired and save the entire thing as an AutoText entry. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Hannarong Riddhimat" <Hannarong Riddhimat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A6CD98B9-2D3C-4D31-B1B6-06B85D95999D@microsoft.com... > > > "MEMH" wrote: > >> When inserting a caption for an equation, you can currently only insert >> in >> below or above the equation. An equation number should however be beside >> to >> the right of the equation. Is there anyway to do this? >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies