Bob,
In the Word 2007 MathType ribbon, I clicked MathType help. I then searched
for "format equation number". The third item in the selected topics was
"Format equation number dialog" so I read that and it didn't help because I
couldn't find the dialog.
Also, if I go to contents/MathType with Microsoft Office/Office
2007/MathType's support for MS Word/Numbering equations, I see a page called
"numbering equations." On that page there is a link to "format equation
number dialog", my old nemisis.
I finally went to contents/MathType with Microsoft Office/Office
2007/MathType's support for MS Word/MathType tab in MS Word/Equation numbers
group. I gave that page a careful reading, and learned that if I go to the
MathType tab, Equation numbers group, insert numbers dropdown list, there's
an option to format that takes me to the format equation numbers dialog box.
Finally! I selected advanced format and formatted the numbers as you told me
to. Works as advertised.
I also modified the MTdisplayEquation style as you suggested and insert
right numbered equation now works the way I want it to.
Thanks again for your help,
Elbert
"Bob Mathews" wrote:
Elbert,
I checked the MathType Help file, and I didn't find any reference to
"menu" in the section for "Office 2007". You sure you're not looking
in the "Office 2000, 2002, and 2003" section? If it's in the Office
2007 section, let me know the title of the page, and where it is in
the directory structure (on the left), and I'll see that it gets
fixed.
To format the equation numbers, click on the downward-pointing
triangle next to "Insert Number". (This is in the "Equation Numbers"
section of the MathType tab on Word's Ribbon.) Select the "Format"
command.
To format the numbers the way you describe, in the Format Equation
Numbers dialog, click the button next to "Advanced Format". Type this
text in the "Format:" window:
Equation #E1
If you're re-formatting a document that already exists, in the next
section make sure "Whole document" is checked. You probably also want
to select the option in the next section "Use format as default for
new documents". Note that the equation numbers and references will be
formatted identically.
To have the equations all appear 1/2" from the left margin, with the
equation number at the right margin, all you need to do is change the
style specification for "MTDisplayEquation". Here's how to do that...
1. Click on the Home tab on the Word Ribbon. Click on the diagonal
arrow at the bottom right corner of the Styles section. This will
bring up the Styles task pane.
2. If the insertion point (i.e., cursor) was on a line containing a
display equation, the Style named "MTDisplayEquation" will appear
selected in the Styles task pane. If not, scroll until you find a
style with that name.
3. Point to that style with the mouse, and a blue "V" will appear at
the right edge. Click the V and select the "Modify" command.
4. In the lower left-hand corner of the Modify Style dialog is a
button labeled "Format". Click it, then select "Tabs".
5. There should be 2 tabs there, probably a center-justified tab at 3"
and a right-justified tab at 6". (Mine are at 3.25" and 6.5"
respectively, because I've changed my Normal template to have 1"
margins instead of the ridiculous 1.25" margins that are default.)
6. Select the first tab and click the Clear button at the bottom. In
the "Tab stop position:" text area, type 0.5", choose Left Alignment,
then click Set.
7. In the group of checkboxes and radio buttons at the bottom of the
Modify Style dialog, click the radio button labeled "New documents
based on this template". If you want MTDisplayEquation to appear in
the Quick Style list, click that checkbox too.
8. Click OK, then click OK again. Click the X in the upper right-hand
corner of the Styles task pane to close it.
Now future equations in this document will be aligned one-half inch
from the left margin, but...
This is what I recommend next. Close out all open Word documents, and
close Word. The last thing that will happen before Word closes is a
"Microsoft Office Word" dialog will appear, saying that you've made
changes to "Normal.dotm", and do you want to save the changes? If you
don't click "Yes", your changes to MTDisplayEquation and to the Quick
Style list will be lost. That's why I recommend closing Word now, even
if you have to immediately re-open it. If you don't do it now, you may
forget making changes to "Normal.dotm", and click No.
--
Bob Mathews
Director of Training
Design Science, Inc.
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On 1-Feb-2008, wrote:
Bob,
Thanks for the help. I did not have a MathType ribbon. I
re-installed MathType, and now I do. Who understands these things?
When I select Right Numbered, MathType centers the equation
and puts a number such as (1.2) at the right of the line. I often
write chapters of manuals, and want to be consistent with the
format used by those who write other chapters. Our organization's
standard is to indent the equation 1/2" from the left, and number
the equations on the right as "Equation 1" Equation 2" etc.,
without chapter or section numbers. (A document I write might
be chapter 3 in one manual and chapter 7 in another manual, so
we just dispensed with chapter/section numbers and number
the equations beginning with 1 in each chapter.) Also, I've
written hundreds of pages with equations aligned and numbered
that way, and I'd like to be able to modify those documents with
consistent alignment and numbering.
You say "You can format the numbers however you want" but I
can't figure out how to format them the way I need to. The
MathType help system explains how to use the Format Equation
Number Dialog (on the MathType menu, the help system says),
but after an amusing half hour looking for them, I still can't
find the menu or the dialog. Is there a different way to get to the
dialog through Word 2007?
Can you point me to some information that will help me align and
number equations the way I need to?
Thanks again for your help,
Elbert
"Bob Mathews" wrote:
On 29-Jan-2008, Elbert wrote:
I insert a MathType equation and then in Word I do References/
Insert caption/Equation. If I insert the caption below the
equation, then later when I do References/Cross reference/
Equation 1, the cross reference is just "Equation 1" as it
should
be.
Elbert, I've been following this thread, and this is the first
time you've mentioned MathType. I answer questions about
Equation Editor too, but Bob and others were doing a great job
so I stayed out of it. I assumed you were using the legacy
Equation
Editor.
If you're using MathType 6, you'll have a MathType tab on the Word
2007 Ribbon. In the Insert group of the MathType tab, simply click
on "Right-numbered" (there's an option for Left-numbered too), and
you get an equation as well as the next number in sequence. You
can format the numbers however you want, and if you're using
chapter/section numbers, you can insert a break at the appropriate
spot so the numbering follows. Inserting a reference to a
particular
equation is just as easy, and all the numbers & references will
re-
number if you add or remove one.
You're just going to way too much trouble.
--
Bob Mathews