Word – Multiline Equation won’t center and align on equals sign

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I have a multiline equation which I wish to align on the '=' and center the equation block on the page.

I have selected align on '=' and center as a group, however the equation group becomes left justified on the page (and aligned on the =). No matter what I do I cannot get it to concurrently center the group on the page and also align on the '='.

Does anyone know what setting at what level would cause this type of behavior?

(I'm using MS Word 2011 on OS X 10.8)

Best Answer

Very late to the party, but in the Microsoft Equation Editor in OneNote (not Word for some reason), you can type the & symbol before whatever you wish to align by. You can even align different symbols so long as the & comes before it. You must start the next equation/line with Shift+Enter, including the line beyond the last line you wish to align. You just delete the extra line at the end. I haven't found a way around that small limitation, but it's minor since you can remove it.

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