(The Field Code box should now contain 'SEQ Equation', without the quote marks.)

Type a name for this sequence of numbers, such as Equation.

Click on the Field Codes box and make sure the insertion point appears at the end of the field, right after SEQ.

The dialog box changes so that a Field Codes box appears at the bottom the letters SEQ should appear in that Field Codes box. In the Categories list, choose Numbering.Type the left bracket that you want to appear around the equation number.Position the insertion point in the right-hand column, then click on the Align Right tool on the formatting toolbar.(If you made your left and right columns the same width, as pointed out in step 1, then this also results in the equation being centered on the page.) With the insertion point still located in the center column of your table, click on the Center tool on the formatting toolbar.In the center column type your equation, using Equation Editor.Format the table so its borders are not visible. Make the left-hand column the same width in order to balance the space left for the equation number. Make the right column just wide enough to contain the number style you wish to use (for numbering the equation). At the point where you wish to insert an equation, create a table with one row and three columns.If you want to use the table approach, you can do so as follows:

The first method accomplishes the numbering using a combination of tables and fields, and the second uses tabs and fields. There are a number of ways you can approach this problem, but the possible solutions can be broken down into two general methods. When a new equation is added to the document, the subsequent equations should be renumbered. The desire was to have the equation be centered on the page, and the equation's number appear at the right margin within brackets. One WordTips reader expressed a desire to number the various equations appearing in his document.

Microsoft word equation numbering