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[Matthew]

I would like to refer to equations and figures in the body of my text.

The equations and figures use fields that update and I would like my
references in the text body to update along with them so that if I say "In
figure 2 one can see ..." and figure 2 become figure 3 after the addition of
a new figure earlier in the text, my test body will not say "In figure 3 one
can see ..."

How would I do this?

I have tried copying the field but this just results in the text saying "In
figure 2 one can see ..." while forcing the figure to become figure 3.

Thanks

 

[Matthew]

Wow, sorry bad typing:

2nd paragraph should read:

The equations and figures use fields that update and I would like my
references in the text body to update along with them so that if I say "In
figure 2 one can see ..." and figure 2 become figure 3 after the addition of
a new figure earlier in the text, my TEXT body will NOW say "In figure 3 one
can see ..."

 

[Bob Mathews]

There is a way to do this manually with field codes, but this is
something MathType will do for you automatically. You can number your
equations the way you want, and refer to them in the text. The
references and numbers are linked so they update as you describe.

We have a free 30-day evaluation of MathType available at the link in
my signature.

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[Graham Mayor]

Insert a cross reference to the figure. You will have to update the fields
if you make any changes. The simplest way to do that is with a macro - see
the example at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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[Matthew]

That was easy. Thanks so much.

Insert a cross reference to the figure. You will have to update the fields
if you make any changes. The simplest way to do that is with a macro - see
the example at http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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