Sorry, I should have specified that I'm using Word 2003.

I found the drop-down menu, but it doesn't address my particular issue. What
I would like for an option to place the caption text that's associated with
an equation (or, I suppose, image, table, etc.) to the left or right of the
object.

So it would be something like:
It's important to remember that [a = b + c] [Equation 1] because we'll refer
to this in the future.

[a = b + c] is the equation object and [Equation 1] is the label text with
the nice automatically generated number that can be updated if I rearrange
things.

As it stands right now, I have to have the equation on its own line, and
then the caption on a line above or below it.

There's probably not much I can do about this in the existing version of
Word. I was led to this dicussion board by a "request a feature" form. All I
really wanted to do was suggest something to Microsoft, but once they pushed
me here I figured I'd post my wish anyway.

"Bob Mathews" wrote:


On 22-Nov-2004, wrote:

I want to be able to put equation captions in-line with the
text when I put my equations in-line. When I opt to
place the captions above or below, and then cut & paste
them into place in the sentence, things can get quite
messed up.

In Word, click on Tools Options. Click on the Edit tab. There
are two drop-down boxes. The bottom one of the two is labeled
"Insert/paste pictures as:". Make sure the option is set to "In
line with text". Click OK.

The above answer is appropriate for Word 2002 (Office XP) and
Word 2003. If you're using an earlier version of Word, it won't
apply. In the future, please include your version of Word when
asking help questions.
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