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How to put caption on the side of the equation?
I'm using Word 2007 BTR2 and unfortunately there's still no option to create
a caption next to the equation. Will this option be available in the final version of Word 2007? I've found few other questions about it and one of the answers was to use 2 columns - first for the equation, second for the caption. How can I i.e. create a caption like this "(1)" instead of just "1"? How can I vertically align caption in the second column to the center of the column? Thanks in advance |
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How to put caption on the side of the equation?
The usual answer is to use a Table, with one row and two cells, and no
border. Not columns, which are different, and require section breaks, better avoided for such a use. You can give the cells different alignment settings easily enough--just select the text and set as desired. I doubt any new features will be added to Word 2007 at this late date. One method to get (1) instead of 1--not sure this is the best as I have little experience with figures. Use Insert | Caption. Hit alt-F9 to see the field code for what you just did. It should be something like Figure { SEQ Figure \* Arabic } Manually type parens outside the curly braces--that's the field that generates the numbers. Alt-F9 again to see the result, make sure you are happy with it. Copy and paste that edited field for future captions, or save it as a formatted autocorrect or autotext. I quick-tested a Table of Figures--the parens also show up there, but it seems all fine. On 10/25/06 2:35 AM, "g0nzo" wrote: I'm using Word 2007 BTR2 and unfortunately there's still no option to create a caption next to the equation. Will this option be available in the final version of Word 2007? I've found few other questions about it and one of the answers was to use 2 columns - first for the equation, second for the caption. How can I i.e. create a caption like this "(1)" instead of just "1"? How can I vertically align caption in the second column to the center of the column? Thanks in advance -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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How to put caption on the side of the equation?
In case the document also contains figure captions, it is better to
have a SEQ field specific for equations, with a specific identifier; otherwise, numbering will interfere. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . The usual answer is to use a Table, with one row and two cells, and no border. Not columns, which are different, and require section breaks, better avoided for such a use. You can give the cells different alignment settings easily enough--just select the text and set as desired. I doubt any new features will be added to Word 2007 at this late date. One method to get (1) instead of 1--not sure this is the best as I have little experience with figures. Use Insert | Caption. Hit alt-F9 to see the field code for what you just did. It should be something like Figure { SEQ Figure \* Arabic } Manually type parens outside the curly braces--that's the field that generates the numbers. Alt-F9 again to see the result, make sure you are happy with it. Copy and paste that edited field for future captions, or save it as a formatted autocorrect or autotext. I quick-tested a Table of Figures--the parens also show up there, but it seems all fine. On 10/25/06 2:35 AM, "g0nzo" wrote: I'm using Word 2007 BTR2 and unfortunately there's still no option to create a caption next to the equation. Will this option be available in the final version of Word 2007? I've found few other questions about it and one of the answers was to use 2 columns - first for the equation, second for the caption. How can I i.e. create a caption like this "(1)" instead of just "1"? How can I vertically align caption in the second column to the center of the column? Thanks in advance -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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How to put caption on the side of the equation?
Thank you.
However, I still got a small problem. I created an empty table with 2 cells and line-spacing 1.0 and saved it as a quick-part, so now I can insert it using Insert-Table-Quick Tables. However I get no spacing between the table and the following paragraph. I need to manually "Add space before paragraph" and most of the time it looks ok, but sometimes the space added before the paragraph is very small and the table almost touches it. Is there a way to create and save this table in such a way, that it will have proper (equal) spacing before and after? If the equation is not inside the table, the spacing is correct, so I assume that it can be somehow done. Is it possible to create a macro (I've never used them before in any Office application), so I could just select an equation and it would automatically insert it into a table, create a caption for it and put this caption in a separate cell? Thank you in advance. €˛Daiya Mitchell€¯ pisze: The usual answer is to use a Table, with one row and two cells, and no border. Not columns, which are different, and require section breaks, better avoided for such a use. You can give the cells different alignment settings easily enough--just select the text and set as desired. I doubt any new features will be added to Word 2007 at this late date. One method to get (1) instead of 1--not sure this is the best as I have little experience with figures. Use Insert | Caption. Hit alt-F9 to see the field code for what you just did. It should be something like Figure { SEQ Figure \* Arabic } Manually type parens outside the curly braces--that's the field that generates the numbers. Alt-F9 again to see the result, make sure you are happy with it. Copy and paste that edited field for future captions, or save it as a formatted autocorrect or autotext. I quick-tested a Table of Figures--the parens also show up there, but it seems all fine. On 10/25/06 2:35 AM, "g0nzo" wrote: I'm using Word 2007 BTR2 and unfortunately there's still no option to create a caption next to the equation. Will this option be available in the final version of Word 2007? I've found few other questions about it and one of the answers was to use 2 columns - first for the equation, second for the caption. How can I i.e. create a caption like this "(1)" instead of just "1"? How can I vertically align caption in the second column to the center of the column? Thanks in advance -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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How to put caption on the side of the equation?
One way to solve this problem is to create a specific style to use for
all paragraphs following immediately after a table, and specify the desired Spacing Before for that style. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "g0nzo" wrote in message ... Thank you. However, I still got a small problem. I created an empty table with 2 cells and line-spacing 1.0 and saved it as a quick-part, so now I can insert it using Insert-Table-Quick Tables. However I get no spacing between the table and the following paragraph. I need to manually "Add space before paragraph" and most of the time it looks ok, but sometimes the space added before the paragraph is very small and the table almost touches it. Is there a way to create and save this table in such a way, that it will have proper (equal) spacing before and after? If the equation is not inside the table, the spacing is correct, so I assume that it can be somehow done. Is it possible to create a macro (I've never used them before in any Office application), so I could just select an equation and it would automatically insert it into a table, create a caption for it and put this caption in a separate cell? Thank you in advance. "Daiya Mitchell" pisze: The usual answer is to use a Table, with one row and two cells, and no border. Not columns, which are different, and require section breaks, better avoided for such a use. You can give the cells different alignment settings easily enough--just select the text and set as desired. I doubt any new features will be added to Word 2007 at this late date. One method to get (1) instead of 1--not sure this is the best as I have little experience with figures. Use Insert | Caption. Hit alt-F9 to see the field code for what you just did. It should be something like Figure { SEQ Figure \* Arabic } Manually type parens outside the curly braces--that's the field that generates the numbers. Alt-F9 again to see the result, make sure you are happy with it. Copy and paste that edited field for future captions, or save it as a formatted autocorrect or autotext. I quick-tested a Table of Figures--the parens also show up there, but it seems all fine. On 10/25/06 2:35 AM, "g0nzo" wrote: I'm using Word 2007 BTR2 and unfortunately there's still no option to create a caption next to the equation. Will this option be available in the final version of Word 2007? I've found few other questions about it and one of the answers was to use 2 columns - first for the equation, second for the caption. How can I i.e. create a caption like this "(1)" instead of just "1"? How can I vertically align caption in the second column to the center of the column? Thanks in advance -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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How to put caption on the side of the equation?
"g0nzo" wrote: However I get no spacing between the table and the following paragraph. I need to manually "Add space before paragraph" * I suppose you could do without a table. The caption is just ordinary text, that could be before or after the equation object. You could use left/right/center (as needed) tabs for homegeneous placement and alignment. Make the position of tabs part of a style definition. * If you really need the table for some reason (e.g. vertical alignment), I suppose you do not want the boudaries of the table to be visible. Then, why not set a margin (Table Properties/Call/Options)? The only problem is that you get some uncessary spacing when the table is at the top of the page. Dahu |
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How to put caption on the side of the equation?
A table is helpful because if you put the equation and caption in the same
paragraph, then, by default, any cross-reference to the equation caption quotes the entire equation as well (though this can be worked around as well). -- 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. "Dahu l''''''''Arthropode" wrote in message ... "g0nzo" wrote: However I get no spacing between the table and the following paragraph. I need to manually "Add space before paragraph" * I suppose you could do without a table. The caption is just ordinary text, that could be before or after the equation object. You could use left/right/center (as needed) tabs for homegeneous placement and alignment. Make the position of tabs part of a style definition. * If you really need the table for some reason (e.g. vertical alignment), I suppose you do not want the boudaries of the table to be visible. Then, why not set a margin (Table Properties/Call/Options)? The only problem is that you get some uncessary spacing when the table is at the top of the page. Dahu |
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How to put caption on the side of the equation?
Suzanne S. Barnhill;7144163 Wrote: A table is helpful because if you put the equation and caption in the same paragraph, then, by default, any cross-reference to the equation caption quotes the entire equation as well (though this can be worked around as well). ...Any further explanations on this? I'd love to be able to cross reference my equations without using a table. I thought of manually making a hidden field right before the left paren and then using the \c (repeat last) flag inside the paren, like this: { SEQ Eqn \h}({ SEQ Eqn \c }) then selecting "only caption text" when inserting a cross-reference, but it didn't work. Nothing showed up under the "Eqn" list of available references. I'm guessing this is because the field is hidden? Anyways, I'd love some advice on how to do this without tables. -- lanmat |
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How to put caption on the side of the equation?
Using a hidden SEQ field is a clever idea, but, apparently, Word
doesn't "see" hidden SEQ fields for cross-reference purposes. I'm not 100% sure what work-around Suzanne had in mind (that doesn't include tables), but here's one: you can manually add a bookmark around the correct piece of text and then cross-reference the text of that bookmark. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "lanmat" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill;7144163 Wrote: A table is helpful because if you put the equation and caption in the same paragraph, then, by default, any cross-reference to the equation caption quotes the entire equation as well (though this can be worked around as well). ..Any further explanations on this? I'd love to be able to cross reference my equations without using a table. I thought of manually making a hidden field right before the left paren and then using the \c (repeat last) flag inside the paren, like this: { SEQ Eqn \h}({ SEQ Eqn \c }) then selecting "only caption text" when inserting a cross-reference, but it didn't work. Nothing showed up under the "Eqn" list of available references. I'm guessing this is because the field is hidden? Anyways, I'd love some advice on how to do this without tables. -- lanmat |
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How to put caption on the side of the equation?
It's an extension of the idea in
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CombineXrefs.htm: you can reassign the bookmarks that Word creates to be around just the text you want included. -- 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. "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Using a hidden SEQ field is a clever idea, but, apparently, Word doesn't "see" hidden SEQ fields for cross-reference purposes. I'm not 100% sure what work-around Suzanne had in mind (that doesn't include tables), but here's one: you can manually add a bookmark around the correct piece of text and then cross-reference the text of that bookmark. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "lanmat" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill;7144163 Wrote: A table is helpful because if you put the equation and caption in the same paragraph, then, by default, any cross-reference to the equation caption quotes the entire equation as well (though this can be worked around as well). ..Any further explanations on this? I'd love to be able to cross reference my equations without using a table. I thought of manually making a hidden field right before the left paren and then using the \c (repeat last) flag inside the paren, like this: { SEQ Eqn \h}({ SEQ Eqn \c }) then selecting "only caption text" when inserting a cross-reference, but it didn't work. Nothing showed up under the "Eqn" list of available references. I'm guessing this is because the field is hidden? Anyways, I'd love some advice on how to do this without tables. -- lanmat |
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How to put caption on the side of the equation?
Thanks for clarifying this. Personally, I've always found it easier to
manually insert a bookmark, though. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It's an extension of the idea in http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CombineXrefs.htm: you can reassign the bookmarks that Word creates to be around just the text you want included. -- 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. "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Using a hidden SEQ field is a clever idea, but, apparently, Word doesn't "see" hidden SEQ fields for cross-reference purposes. I'm not 100% sure what work-around Suzanne had in mind (that doesn't include tables), but here's one: you can manually add a bookmark around the correct piece of text and then cross-reference the text of that bookmark. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "lanmat" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill;7144163 Wrote: A table is helpful because if you put the equation and caption in the same paragraph, then, by default, any cross-reference to the equation caption quotes the entire equation as well (though this can be worked around as well). ..Any further explanations on this? I'd love to be able to cross reference my equations without using a table. I thought of manually making a hidden field right before the left paren and then using the \c (repeat last) flag inside the paren, like this: { SEQ Eqn \h}({ SEQ Eqn \c }) then selecting "only caption text" when inserting a cross-reference, but it didn't work. Nothing showed up under the "Eqn" list of available references. I'm guessing this is because the field is hidden? Anyways, I'd love some advice on how to do this without tables. -- lanmat |
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