Issue 3734 - formula reference
Summary: formula reference
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: 641
Hardware: PC Windows 2000
: P3 Trivial with 7 votes (vote)
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Keywords: oooqa
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Blocks: 24445
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Reported: 2002-03-30 05:05 UTC by monkey1s2
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:34 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description monkey1s2 2002-03-30 05:05:24 UTC 
There seems to be no quick method of properly referencing an equation (the type 
of reference you will find in any physics book or paper).  What would be nice 
to have is a button or right-click menu item to quickly reference and equation 
with a self-incrementing number right-justified (and the equation centered).  
The only two programs I have seen so far that accomplish this well are 
WordPerfect and the full version of MathType.  It would make my life much 
easier if OO included this type of enhancement.
Comment 1 stefan.baltzer 2002-04-10 16:37:23 UTC 
Reassigned to Christian.
Comment 2 christian.jansen 2003-02-11 16:37:20 UTC 
Reassigned to Bettina.
Comment 3 guido.pinkernell 2004-01-31 18:36:18 UTC 
There is a quick method which doesn't seem to be well documented.
A quote from users faq which explains this follows.

However, this is still worth a RFE: Add an option to the GUI (e.g. context menue
of a formula object) for having the equation numbered.

=== quote from user faq: ===

How do I number my equations?

Displayed equations in Writer documents can be numbered using a predefined AutoText:

Type fn at the beginning of a paragraph and press F3. This will insert an
AutoText containing a dummy formula and a sequence number. Now doubleclick the
formula to edit it.

If you want to number the equations by chapter you should

    * Doubleclick on one of the equation numbers.
    * In the listbox 'Level' choose the chapter level you want to number by.
    * In the textbox 'Separator' type a character to separate the chapter number
from the formula number. 

If you want to modify the AutoText you should use the dialogue Edit-AutoText.
You will find this AutoText in the group Standard.

=== end quote ===
Comment 4 madbop 2005-08-14 11:05:56 UTC 
The quick method to introduce equation numbering does not look like it would be
"the nice way" - why i figure numbering not treated like a caption.
If OOo would implement captions that can be placed on top, right, bottom or left
the problem could be easily resolved by automatic or manual "captioning" of
formulae.
Using a table (as it is done by the fn + <F3> rather seems to be a workaround.
On the other hand the caption framing is somehow messy to. So my suggestion is
the following:
1) Captions should be frames with a table inside, where the content is placed in
a separate cell like the caption is.
2) rightclicking the captions frame should trigger a "format caption" menu with
an option to change the position, to fix it relative to the surrounding
page/frame or to remove the caption at all.
3) A caption style would help to keep this settings constant all over the document.
Comment 5 bettina.haberer 2010-05-21 14:52:08 UTC 
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on
my owner to the owner "requirements".