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Creating cross-ref to equation label caption
I have created a custom type of caption label called "equation". I then
create equations in Word 2003 (often using Equation editor) and then insert the equation caption on the same line (right aligned to a tab on that line with leading dots). In other parts of the document I then want to be able to say "See equation 12" (or whatever). If I try to insert a cross-reference to equation 12 to do this automatically, I end up with the entire equation as well as the label being inserted, even if I only ask for the 'only label and number' to be inserted. I can achieve the same effect by selecting the equation label and then creating a bookmark and then using the cross-refernece feature to the bookmark, but this is clumsy and means lots of bookmarks, etc. Is there some way to create a cross-reference to a user-defined caption label in this fashion? |
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When you put an equation label on the same line with the equation, it is in
the same paragraph, so Word sees the whole thing as the caption. One way around this is to use a two-column, single-row borderless table. Put the equation in one cell and the caption in the other. -- 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. "Bandicoot" wrote in message ... I have created a custom type of caption label called "equation". I then create equations in Word 2003 (often using Equation editor) and then insert the equation caption on the same line (right aligned to a tab on that line with leading dots). In other parts of the document I then want to be able to say "See equation 12" (or whatever). If I try to insert a cross-reference to equation 12 to do this automatically, I end up with the entire equation as well as the label being inserted, even if I only ask for the 'only label and number' to be inserted. I can achieve the same effect by selecting the equation label and then creating a bookmark and then using the cross-refernece feature to the bookmark, but this is clumsy and means lots of bookmarks, etc. Is there some way to create a cross-reference to a user-defined caption label in this fashion? |
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Great solution. There is now one other (much more minor) problem. Using your
recommended approach, I now have a two-column one-row table with the equation in the left cell and the label caption in the right cell. If I want the equation in the right cell to be right aligned to the page margin but with leadings "dots" from the equation in the left cell to the caption, this will mean that the left hand cell will need to be a different width depending on how wide the equation is, otherwise the dots start in the middle of nowhere. Is there any way to get the "look" of dots leading from the equation across to the label, without having to manually resize each cell for each equation? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: When you put an equation label on the same line with the equation, it is in the same paragraph, so Word sees the whole thing as the caption. One way around this is to use a two-column, single-row borderless table. Put the equation in one cell and the caption in the other. -- 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. "Bandicoot" wrote in message ... I have created a custom type of caption label called "equation". I then create equations in Word 2003 (often using Equation editor) and then insert the equation caption on the same line (right aligned to a tab on that line with leading dots). In other parts of the document I then want to be able to say "See equation 12" (or whatever). If I try to insert a cross-reference to equation 12 to do this automatically, I end up with the entire equation as well as the label being inserted, even if I only ask for the 'only label and number' to be inserted. I can achieve the same effect by selecting the equation label and then creating a bookmark and then using the cross-refernece feature to the bookmark, but this is clumsy and means lots of bookmarks, etc. Is there some way to create a cross-reference to a user-defined caption label in this fashion? |
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I don't believe that leader dots are conventional for such applications, and
it would be very difficult to set this up. What *is* recommended, though, if you want the equation to be centered, is that you add an empty left column equal to the size of the far right one (or equivalent paragraph indent in the existing left column). -- 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. "Bandicoot" wrote in message ... Great solution. There is now one other (much more minor) problem. Using your recommended approach, I now have a two-column one-row table with the equation in the left cell and the label caption in the right cell. If I want the equation in the right cell to be right aligned to the page margin but with leadings "dots" from the equation in the left cell to the caption, this will mean that the left hand cell will need to be a different width depending on how wide the equation is, otherwise the dots start in the middle of nowhere. Is there any way to get the "look" of dots leading from the equation across to the label, without having to manually resize each cell for each equation? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: When you put an equation label on the same line with the equation, it is in the same paragraph, so Word sees the whole thing as the caption. One way around this is to use a two-column, single-row borderless table. Put the equation in one cell and the caption in the other. -- 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. "Bandicoot" wrote in message ... I have created a custom type of caption label called "equation". I then create equations in Word 2003 (often using Equation editor) and then insert the equation caption on the same line (right aligned to a tab on that line with leading dots). In other parts of the document I then want to be able to say "See equation 12" (or whatever). If I try to insert a cross-reference to equation 12 to do this automatically, I end up with the entire equation as well as the label being inserted, even if I only ask for the 'only label and number' to be inserted. I can achieve the same effect by selecting the equation label and then creating a bookmark and then using the cross-refernece feature to the bookmark, but this is clumsy and means lots of bookmarks, etc. Is there some way to create a cross-reference to a user-defined caption label in this fashion? |
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I solved this problem in an other way, inserting the equation in a text box,
that also works well. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: When you put an equation label on the same line with the equation, it is in the same paragraph, so Word sees the whole thing as the caption. One way around this is to use a two-column, single-row borderless table. Put the equation in one cell and the caption in the other. -- 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. "Bandicoot" wrote in message ... I have created a custom type of caption label called "equation". I then create equations in Word 2003 (often using Equation editor) and then insert the equation caption on the same line (right aligned to a tab on that line with leading dots). In other parts of the document I then want to be able to say "See equation 12" (or whatever). If I try to insert a cross-reference to equation 12 to do this automatically, I end up with the entire equation as well as the label being inserted, even if I only ask for the 'only label and number' to be inserted. I can achieve the same effect by selecting the equation label and then creating a bookmark and then using the cross-refernece feature to the bookmark, but this is clumsy and means lots of bookmarks, etc. Is there some way to create a cross-reference to a user-defined caption label in this fashion? |
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I would never consider a text box for such an application--too hard to get
it to stay put. -- 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. "Md Rashedul Islam" wrote in message ... I solved this problem in an other way, inserting the equation in a text box, that also works well. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: When you put an equation label on the same line with the equation, it is in the same paragraph, so Word sees the whole thing as the caption. One way around this is to use a two-column, single-row borderless table. Put the equation in one cell and the caption in the other. -- 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. "Bandicoot" wrote in message ... I have created a custom type of caption label called "equation". I then create equations in Word 2003 (often using Equation editor) and then insert the equation caption on the same line (right aligned to a tab on that line with leading dots). In other parts of the document I then want to be able to say "See equation 12" (or whatever). If I try to insert a cross-reference to equation 12 to do this automatically, I end up with the entire equation as well as the label being inserted, even if I only ask for the 'only label and number' to be inserted. I can achieve the same effect by selecting the equation label and then creating a bookmark and then using the cross-refernece feature to the bookmark, but this is clumsy and means lots of bookmarks, etc. Is there some way to create a cross-reference to a user-defined caption label in this fashion? |
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