non-centered equations
Troels Pedersen
In stead of:
Bla bla bla Bla bla bla Bla bla bla
f(x)=x^2 (2.16)
I want to doo something like
Bla bla bla Bla bla bla Bla bla bla
f(x)=x^2 (2.16)
Best Regards Troels Pedersen
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Lars Madsen
use the fleqn documentclass option.
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Remember to post minimal working examples.
Julian V. Noble
In LaTeX put the equation within
\begin{equation} \label{Eq:stuff}
stuff
\end{equation}
and it will be numbered, not centered, and can be referred to.
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Troels Pedersen
>
> \begin{equation} \label{Eq:stuff}
> stuff
> \end{equation}
>
> and it will be numbered, not centered, and can be referred to.
displayed math in my report). The centering/other justification
must be changed in the preamble as I want it to be the general layout of
my report.
Is there a variable as "\equationindent" or "equation placement" or do I
have to change the document-class?
Morten Høgholm
wrote:
> This does not work for me (this is infact what I do, when I include
> displayed math in my report). The centering/other justification
> must be changed in the preamble as I want it to be the general layout of
> my report.
Then the fleqn-option is your friend. All major classes support it and of
course amsmath does as well (just out it at the \documentclass and amsmath
will find it).
>
> Is there a variable as "\equationindent" or "equation placement" or do I
> have to change the document-class?
Change an option to the document class rather.
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Morten Høgholm
wrote:
> Troels Pedersen wrote:
>>
>> How can I change the horizontal placement of an equation.
>> In stead of:
>> Bla bla bla Bla bla bla Bla bla bla
>> f(x)=x^2 (2.16)
>>
>> I want to doo something like
>> Bla bla bla Bla bla bla Bla bla bla
>> f(x)=x^2 (2.16)
>>
>
> In LaTeX put the equation within
>
> \begin{equation} \label{Eq:stuff}
> stuff
> \end{equation}
>
> and it will be numbered, not centered, and can be referred to.
Huh? Now how's that supposed to work? I'm certain you forgot to mention
that it usually requires the fleqn option to the document class...
Stephan Klumpp
> How can I change the horizontal placement of an equation.
> In stead of:
> Bla bla bla Bla bla bla Bla bla bla
> f(x)=x^2 (2.16)
>
> I want to doo something like
> Bla bla bla Bla bla bla Bla bla bla
> f(x)=x^2 (2.16)
>
You can controll the indent for equations using the variabel
\mathindent. It is normaly set to 72pt by default.
For example:
\setlength{\mathindent}{20pt}
\begin{equation}
stuff}
\end{equation}
will set the indent for equation "stuff" more to the left.
Hope this will help you!
Stephan
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Hartmut Henkel
>
>You can controll the indent for equations using the variabel
>\mathindent. It is normaly set to 72pt by default.
Yes. No: \mathindent (only available with the `fleqn' class option) is
set by default to the value of \leftmargini (see fleqn.clo), which is the
default list indentation and depends on the class size option. E. g. for
`10pt' article default size, \leftmargini is 25pt. Example:
\documentclass[a4paper,fleqn]{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation} y=x^2 \end{equation}
\begin{itemize} \item left-aligned! \end{itemize}
\end{document}
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Stephan Klumpp
Oh sorry, I forgot something! I have had the same problem like Troels
Pedersen this evening except that I'm using iopart.cls currently. There
the fleqn-option is already active and \mathindent is set to 72pt.
I just have not realised that I have used a special case! Sorry again.
Thanks for mention out this point. It saves me a lot of time not making
this mistake when I will article.cls again and wondering why my code is
not working there!
Best wishes ...
Stephan
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Hartmut Henkel
>
>I just have not realised that I have used a special case!
What's `default', anyway? :-) Even `article' is a special case. I
was just learning from the thread, never used fleqn before. Actually
\leftmargini in the article class is 2.5em, which happens to be 25pt
plus some rounding error. Have fun!
Greetings Hartmut
Robin Fairbairns
>How can I change the horizontal placement of an equation.
>In stead of:
>Bla bla bla Bla bla bla Bla bla bla
> f(x)=x^2 (2.16)
>
>I want to doo something like
>Bla bla bla Bla bla bla Bla bla bla
> f(x)=x^2 (2.16)
your question, as posed here, has been well answered -- use the fleqn
class option, or the fleqn package option if you're using amsmath.sty
however, it appears that you want to use flush left for some equations
and centred for others. this sounds to me like an extraordinarily bad
design idea, and i suggest you ought to think long and hard about why
exactly you want this peculiar format.
it's certainly possible to abstract the code that's used in the
class/package option and make it into some flush left equation
environment. but (having checked that it's possible -- i've not
actually tried it) i wouldn't want to go further until i hear some
real justification of _why_ you want to do this.
the reason i'm taking this school-masterly approach is that i would be
very surprised if what you want to do isn't better achieved by some
regular construct in amsmath. using the regular construct will have
the advantage of retaining some unity of design style in your
document, which is *always* a good thing.
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Robin Fairbairns
>Hi Troels
>> How can I change the horizontal placement of an equation.
>> In stead of:
>> Bla bla bla Bla bla bla Bla bla bla
>> f(x)=x^2 (2.16)
>>
>> I want to doo something like
>> Bla bla bla Bla bla bla Bla bla bla
>> f(x)=x^2 (2.16)
>
>You can controll the indent for equations using the variabel
>\mathindent. It is normaly set to 72pt by default.
\mathindent is only defined if you start with a fleqn option (at
least, that's true in the standard classes and in amsmath.sty). i don't
know of any class that sets it to 72pt (i.e., just shy of an inch).
>For example:
>
>\setlength{\mathindent}{20pt}
>\begin{equation}
>stuff}
>\end{equation}
>
>will set the indent for equation "stuff" more to the left.
actually, 20pt (2em if you're using computer modern at 10pt) is what
the standard classes set the indent to if you use fleqn. (it's
different -- more complicated, but better thought through -- in
amsmath.)
see my post later in this thread.
Hartmut Henkel
>
>actually, 20pt (2em if you're using computer modern at 10pt) is what
>the standard classes set the indent to if you use fleqn.
it's 2.5em, 25pt.
\documentclass[fleqn]{article}
\begin{document}
\showthe\mathindent
\dimen0=2.5em\showthe\dimen0
\end{document}