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Bandicoot
 
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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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Suzanne S. Barnhill
 
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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.

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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
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"Bandicoot" wrote in message
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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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Bandicoot
 
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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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Suzanne S. Barnhill
 
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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
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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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Md Rashedul Islam
 
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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
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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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Suzanne S. Barnhill
 
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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
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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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