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[Melchoire]

I'm doing this formal report, and the formatting is a large portion of the mark you get.

I need to indicate an equation number by putting the number to the far right of the page with the equation in the center.

Here's what I mean:

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*lotsa space*E=mc²*lotsa space*(1)

Even the IPB editor won't let me put in a bunch of spaces, so pretend the equation is in the center of the page and the number is to the far right.

How do I get that "(1)" there. Anything I try ends up messing up the whole line.

[Kway]

Melchoire, on 28 February 2010 - 05:28 PM, said:

I'm doing this formal report, and the formatting is a large portion of the mark you get.

I need to indicate an equation number by putting the number to the far right of the page with the equation in the center.

Here's what I mean:

Even the IPB editor won't let me put in a bunch of spaces, so pretend the equation is in the center of the page and the number is to the far right.

How do I get that "(1)" there. Anything I try ends up messing up the whole line.

Use the indents/tabs or whatever they are called now.

EDIT: Checking myself so I don't screw up the instructions

Edited by Kweh, 28 February 2010 - 05:38 PM.

[Melchoire]

Kweh, on 28 February 2010 - 05:37 PM, said:

Use the indents/tabs or whatever they are called now.

EDIT: Checking myself so I don't screw up the instructions

See if I do that, then the equation will move to the left because the line is centered.

[Kway]

Melchoire, on 28 February 2010 - 05:41 PM, said:

See if I do that, then the equation will move to the left because the line is centered.

center it using tabs

EDIT: omfg, I seriously hate 2007

Edited by Kweh, 28 February 2010 - 06:51 PM.

[Melchoire]

Kweh, on 28 February 2010 - 06:03 PM, said:

center it using indents (hanging indent to be specific)

EDIT: omfg, I seriously hate 2007

Actually if I do that, the equation becomes inline(gets smaller). But maybe I'm not doing what you're specifying, can you be more specific?

[Kway]

Melchoire, on 28 February 2010 - 06:26 PM, said:

Actually if I do that, the equation becomes inline(gets smaller). But maybe I'm not doing what you're specifying, can you be more specific?

Can you tell me which version of MS Word you are using? 2007 doesn't play nice because it is too advanced for normal users while 2003 does the job extremely well and easily.

EDIT: The easiest way to access the window is through the ruler (2007 has it off by default). If you don't see it, make it visible under "View".

Double-click the ruler to open up the Tabs window. If you want to, you can press "Clear All" so you can start from scratch.

• Tab stop position: this is the distance into the page you want the tab to start excluding the margins (use the ruler for help).
• Alignment: This is the alignment of the text at that tab relevant from the Tab stop position.

For example, if I want to center the text at 2" and then have text aligned to the right at 5". I would set a tab at 2" with the center alignment and another at 5" with right alignment. When I want to enter text, (assuming the line is aligned to the left) I use a fresh line and press tab once to move to tab at 2" and any text I enter will be centered at 2". When I'm ready to start entering the right aligned text, I press tab again to move to the next tab at 5" and start entering the text to be aligned to the right.

If you have experience, you can place the tabs directly on the ruler and use box where the horizontal and vertical rulers meet to switch between the different tabs.

Edited by Kweh, 28 February 2010 - 06:53 PM.

[Melchoire]

Kweh, on 28 February 2010 - 06:30 PM, said:

Can you tell me which version of MS Word you are using? 2007 doesn't play nice because it is too advanced for normal users while 2003 does the job extremely well and easily.

EDIT: The easiest way to access the window is through the ruler (2007 has it off by default). If you don't see it, make it visible under "View".

Double-click the ruler to open up the Tabs window. If you want to, you can press "Clear All" so you can start from scratch.

• Tab stop position: this is the distance into the page you want the tab to start excluding the margins (use the ruler for help).
• Alignment: This is the alignment of the text at that tab relevant from the Tab stop position.

For example, if I want to center the text at 2" and then have text aligned to the right at 5". I would set a tab at 2" with the center alignment and another at 5" with right alignment. When I want to enter text, (assuming the line is aligned to the left) I use a fresh line and press tab once to move to tab at 2" and any text I enter will be centered at 2". When I'm ready to start entering the right aligned text, I press tab again to move to the next tab at 5" and start entering the text to be aligned to the right.

If you have experience, you can place the tabs directly on the ruler and use box where the horizontal and vertical rulers meet to switch between the different tabs.

I'm using the 2007 version and the page-setup window doesn't have those options. =/ I'll just settle for jamming a bunch of spaces in there =P

[Kway]

Melchoire, on 28 February 2010 - 07:59 PM, said:

I'm using the 2007 version and the page-setup window doesn't have those options. =/ I'll just settle for jamming a bunch of spaces in there =P

Go to View on the ribbon and enable Ruler and then double-click the ruler. Like I said, it is difficult to find it because the average user, which are the target consumers, would have no idea what to do with it.

Edited by Kweh, 28 February 2010 - 08:59 PM.

[ShadowLink64]

Just do yourself a favor and learn LaTeX. (MS Word is for noobs)

These are what my reports look like in LaTeX:

[Kway]

ShadowLink64, on 28 February 2010 - 08:57 PM, said:

Just do yourself a favor and learn LaTeX. (MS Word is for noobs)

These are what my reports look like in LaTeX:

Wow, I should try that out.

Edited by Kweh, 28 February 2010 - 09:04 PM.