Hi all,

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I could not find it by
searching through the group.

I am writing an engineering thesis paper, and would like to use Microsoft
Word to write it instead of LaTeX. The problem I'm having is with equation
numbering. I would like to be able to produce something like:

Using blah's equation:
f(x) = x + y / 2 * blah (2.3)
We can integrate and get
df(x) = blah blah (2.4)
So from (2.3) we can see that blah's ....

I've gotten the numbering to work using { SEQ EquationSection }.{ SEQ
EquationNumber } and resetting EquationSection at the beginning of each
section (which I think is a hack; let me know if there's a better solution)
but I want to be able to reference that number in the text (i.e. saying {
REF ThatEquation } ), so I can add equations later and preserve the
integrity of the report.


Please help!

Michael Kipper

Select the full equation number and insert a bookmark. Then elsewhere use
REF fields to refer to the contents of the bookmark.


"Michael Kipper" wrote in message
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Hi all,

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I could not find it by
searching through the group.

I am writing an engineering thesis paper, and would like to use Microsoft
Word to write it instead of LaTeX. The problem I'm having is with equation
numbering. I would like to be able to produce something like:

Using blah's equation:
f(x) = x + y / 2 * blah (2.3)
We can integrate and get
df(x) = blah blah (2.4)
So from (2.3) we can see that blah's ....

I've gotten the numbering to work using { SEQ EquationSection }.{ SEQ
EquationNumber } and resetting EquationSection at the beginning of each
section (which I think is a hack; let me know if there's a better
solution)
but I want to be able to reference that number in the text (i.e. saying {
REF ThatEquation } ), so I can add equations later and preserve the
integrity of the report.


Please help!

Michael Kipper

Also note that you can insert the section number as a REF field if it is the
paragraph number of a numbered heading paragraph.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Jezebel" wrote in message
...
Select the full equation number and insert a bookmark. Then elsewhere use
REF fields to refer to the contents of the bookmark.


"Michael Kipper" wrote in message
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Hi all,

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I could not find it by
searching through the group.

I am writing an engineering thesis paper, and would like to use
Microsoft
Word to write it instead of LaTeX. The problem I'm having is with
equation
numbering. I would like to be able to produce something like:

Using blah's equation:
f(x) = x + y / 2 * blah (2.3)
We can integrate and get
df(x) = blah blah (2.4)
So from (2.3) we can see that blah's ....

I've gotten the numbering to work using { SEQ EquationSection }.{ SEQ
EquationNumber } and resetting EquationSection at the beginning of each
section (which I think is a hack; let me know if there's a better
solution)
but I want to be able to reference that number in the text (i.e. saying
{
REF ThatEquation } ), so I can add equations later and preserve the
integrity of the report.


Please help!

Michael Kipper

And also note that MathType will do all of this automatically -- no fiddling
with SEQ and REF fields manually.

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On 17-Mar-2006, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Also note that you can insert the section number as a REF field if it is
the paragraph number of a numbered heading paragraph.

--
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.

someone wrote in message
...
Select the full equation number and insert a bookmark. Then elsewhere
use REF fields to refer to the contents of the bookmark.


"Michael Kipper" wrote in message
news.com...
Hi all,

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I could not find it by
searching through the group.

I am writing an engineering thesis paper, and would like to use
Microsoft Word to write it instead of LaTeX. The problem I'm
having is with equation numbering. I would like to be able to
produce something like:

Using blah's equation:
f(x) = x + y / 2 * blah (2.3)
We can integrate and get
df(x) = blah blah (2.4)
So from (2.3) we can see that blah's ....

I've gotten the numbering to work using { SEQ EquationSection }.{ SEQ
EquationNumber } and resetting EquationSection at the beginning of
each section (which I think is a hack; let me know if there's a better
solution) but I want to be able to reference that number in the text
(i.e.
saying { REF ThatEquation } ), so I can add equations later and
preserve
the integrity of the report.


Please help!

Michael Kipper