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Alignment of "Equation objects"
When one inserts an equation object (created with the equation editor) in line
with text, the alignment chosen by WORD is "bottom of paragraph = bottom of object". This results in odd appearance when the height of the equation object is more than one line. For example if one writes x= a ratio , when "x=" is pure WORD text and the "ratio" is an equation object, the whole expression is located well above the "x=". Is there a way of locating, say the middle of the equation object at the same height as the middle of the text. Note that creating a "drawing canvas" that can be located at will is not a solution as this procedure is very cumbersome (the "at will" is very optimistic !) and very often leads to "unexpected" results, such as sending the "drawing" to the beginning or end of the document when one tries to move it "a little" when it is "close" to the start or the end of a page. I have OFFICE 2002 SP3 - - W2000-SP4. Thanks a lot for your help. Jean-Pierre BELGIUM |
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Alignment of "Equation objects"
You can use the Format | Font | Character Spacing control to lower the
equation, or you could include "x =" in the equation to begin with, in which case it would be centered with the rest. In such cases, it's conventional to use a "display equation" (the whole thing centered in a paragraph of its own). -- 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. "Jean-Pierre" wrote in message ... When one inserts an equation object (created with the equation editor) in line with text, the alignment chosen by WORD is "bottom of paragraph = bottom of object". This results in odd appearance when the height of the equation object is more than one line. For example if one writes x= a ratio , when "x=" is pure WORD text and the "ratio" is an equation object, the whole expression is located well above the "x=". Is there a way of locating, say the middle of the equation object at the same height as the middle of the text. Note that creating a "drawing canvas" that can be located at will is not a solution as this procedure is very cumbersome (the "at will" is very optimistic !) and very often leads to "unexpected" results, such as sending the "drawing" to the beginning or end of the document when one tries to move it "a little" when it is "close" to the start or the end of a page. I have OFFICE 2002 SP3 - - W2000-SP4. Thanks a lot for your help. Jean-Pierre BELGIUM |
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Alignment of "Equation objects"
How are you inserting the equation? If you are using copy &
paste, it will sometimes produce the results you are seeing. You should insert the equation by clicking on Insert Object, create the equation, then when you're finished, press the Esc key to return to your document. Note that you can also put an Equation Editor icon on the Word toolbar so you don't have to click on Insert Object every time. This process is described he http://www.dessci.com/en/products/ee...utton_for_word -- Bob Mathews Director of Training Design Science, Inc. bobm at dessci.com http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5 MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide On 21-Oct-2007, "Jean-Pierre" wrote: When one inserts an equation object (created with the equation editor) in line with text, the alignment chosen by WORD is "bottom of paragraph = bottom of object". This results in odd appearance when the height of the equation object is more than one line. For example if one writes x= a ratio , when "x=" is pure WORD text and the "ratio" is an equation object, the whole expression is located well above the "x=". Is there a way of locating, say the middle of the equation object at the same height as the middle of the text. Note that creating a "drawing canvas" that can be located at will is not a solution as this procedure is very cumbersome (the "at will" is very optimistic!) and very often leads to "unexpected" results, such as sending the "drawing" to the beginning or end of the document when one tries to move it "a little" when it is "close" to the start or the end of a page. I have OFFICE 2002 SP3 - - W2000-SP4. Thanks a lot for your help. Jean-Pierre BELGIUM |
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Alignment of "Equation objects"
I have the Equation Editor icon in the toolbar. Clicking on it is the way I
insert the "equation" in the text. ================================================== ======================== "Bob Mathews" wrote in message ... How are you inserting the equation? If you are using copy & paste, it will sometimes produce the results you are seeing. You should insert the equation by clicking on Insert Object, create the equation, then when you're finished, press the Esc key to return to your document. Note that you can also put an Equation Editor icon on the Word toolbar so you don't have to click on Insert Object every time. This process is described he http://www.dessci.com/en/products/ee...utton_for_word -- Bob Mathews Director of Training Design Science, Inc. bobm at dessci.com http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5 MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide On 21-Oct-2007, "Jean-Pierre" wrote: When one inserts an equation object (created with the equation editor) in line with text, the alignment chosen by WORD is "bottom of paragraph = bottom of object". This results in odd appearance when the height of the equation object is more than one line. For example if one writes x= a ratio , when "x=" is pure WORD text and the "ratio" is an equation object, the whole expression is located well above the "x=". Is there a way of locating, say the middle of the equation object at the same height as the middle of the text. Note that creating a "drawing canvas" that can be located at will is not a solution as this procedure is very cumbersome (the "at will" is very optimistic!) and very often leads to "unexpected" results, such as sending the "drawing" to the beginning or end of the document when one tries to move it "a little" when it is "close" to the start or the end of a page. I have OFFICE 2002 SP3 - - W2000-SP4. Thanks a lot for your help. Jean-Pierre BELGIUM |
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Alignment of "Equation objects"
When the equation is large enough I place it in a paragraph of its own and the
everything looks OK. When it is a short expression, it would be a waste of space and the text would look "strange" devoting a full paragraph to it. Imagine a sentence such as "For a function of the form (...)" where (...) is (1/2 times x raised to the power y). One could write it in the FORTRAN form : (1/2*x**y) or the BASIC form : (1/2*x^^y). Not very "professionnal". Devotig a full line/paragraph to it would be barely better. The best way is to embed it in line with the text, using the equation editor. What baffles me is that I tried to reproduce the problem on a blank document and there the alignment is correct : the "fraction bar" of the equation aligns with the "axis" of the text ! In my original document, it work OK in some places and not in other. Any idea why the behaviour varies according to the location in the document ? All the paragraphs are "Normal", as defined in the template. In these places, I used the "Format|Font| Character Spacing..." to fix the alignment and it gave the desired aspect. Thank you for the suggestion. Jean-Pierre BELGIUM ============================================= "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... You can use the Format | Font | Character Spacing control to lower the equation, or you could include "x =" in the equation to begin with, in which case it would be centered with the rest. In such cases, it's conventional to use a "display equation" (the whole thing centered in a paragraph of its own). -- 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. "Jean-Pierre" wrote in message ... When one inserts an equation object (created with the equation editor) in line with text, the alignment chosen by WORD is "bottom of paragraph = bottom of object". This results in odd appearance when the height of the equation object is more than one line. For example if one writes x= a ratio , when "x=" is pure WORD text and the "ratio" is an equation object, the whole expression is located well above the "x=". Is there a way of locating, say the middle of the equation object at the same height as the middle of the text. Note that creating a "drawing canvas" that can be located at will is not a solution as this procedure is very cumbersome (the "at will" is very optimistic !) and very often leads to "unexpected" results, such as sending the "drawing" to the beginning or end of the document when one tries to move it "a little" when it is "close" to the start or the end of a page. I have OFFICE 2002 SP3 - - W2000-SP4. Thanks a lot for your help. Jean-Pierre BELGIUM |
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Alignment of "Equation objects"
On 25-Oct-2007, "Jean-Pierre" wrote:
What baffles me is that I tried to reproduce the problem on a blank document and there the alignment is correct : the "fraction bar" of the equation aligns with the "axis" of the text ! In my original document, it work OK in some places and not in other. Any idea why the behaviour varies according to the location in the document ? All the paragraphs are "Normal", as defined in the template. The only thing I can think of that would cause that is the paragraph line-spacing. "Format Paragraph Line Spacing". Is it set to "single"? Sometimes setting it to "exactly _ _ pt" looks better when there are equations in your paragraph, but sometimes you have each paragraph with a different line spacing. As to your other problem (equations not lining up with the text), I don't know what might be causing that. If you'd like to send me a document privately, I'll take a look at it and see if I can find the problem. -- Bob Mathews Director of Training Design Science, Inc. bobm at dessci.com http://www.dessci.com/free.asp?free=news FREE fully-functional 30-day evaluation of MathType 5 MathType, WebEQ, MathPlayer, MathFlow, Equation Editor, TeXaide |
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