Align a column of equations at the equal sign

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In equation editor in Word 2003 I used to be able to create a column of
equations aligned at the equal sign. I cannot find this feature in Word 2007.
Can anyone help me with this?

 

[Jay Freedman]

In equation editor in Word 2003 I used to be able to create a column
of equations aligned at the equal sign. I cannot find this feature in
Word 2007. Can anyone help me with this?

After each equation in the group (except the last), press Shift+Enter
instead of Enter to start the next equation. When the group is complete,
select the whole group, right-click, and choose "Align at =".

You can also go one equation at a time, selecting any character (not
necessarily the equal sign), right-clicking, and choosing "Align at this
character".

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[John B. Willett]

After each equation in the group (except the last), press Shift+Enter
instead of Enter to start the next equation. When the group is complete,
select the whole group, right-click, and choose "Align at =".

I tried this and was able to create the multiple equations, but after I
selected all of them and right-clicked, i was not offered the option "align
at =." When I tried you second option of going into each equation and
nominating the "=" sign as the alignment character, the equations did not
line up. do you have any ideas?

 

[John B. Willett]

Actually, Jay, I managed to get it to work now, but it seems quite quirky.
For instance, it doesnt align on the = sign when both equations are centered
on the page, only when they are at the left margin. Plus, once they are
aligned at the left margin, you cannot tab them over into the middle of the
page.

The old equation editor didnt seem to have these problems -- is there a
manual someplace on line that I can read?

 

[Jay Freedman]

is there a manual someplace on line that I can read?

It seems that this time around, formal documentation has been replaced by
blogs. :-(

Well, not really, but the best information about the new equation editor is
on Murray Sargent's blog, http://blogs.msdn.com/murrays/. There's also some
in the Word Team's blog, such as
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2006/10/04/Equations-in-Word-2007.aspx.

 

[John B. Willett]

Thanks, Jay, knowing the location of the blogs -- particularly the microsoft
one -- is very useful. I have tabbed your post as "helpful."