[icon-users] Equations and tables in lists
- From: ralph_valmai@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: icon-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:20:29 +0100
Hi, everyone,
If I am writing examination papers, everything after the heading is in
a list, the items of which are the questions numbers, 1, 2, 3 etc.
Within each question there is often another list of the things the
candidate is required to prove, calculate, explain etc. This works
well. When the embedded list is ended with ctrl ] I re-enter the item
of the original list and shift carriage return allows me to continue
in the main item.
However if I attempt to embed a displayed equation in the item, the
system does no allow me to use the shift carriage return after ctrl ]
to stay in the outer list item. I simply get a beep and nothing
happens. A carriage return gets me to the following item of the outer
list. I can get round this by using an in-line equation on a line of
its own and the shift carriage return them works and allows me to stay
in the outer list item.
It's more tricky if I want to embed a table in an outer list item. It
beeps at a shift carriage return after a ctrl ] and there is no
work-around. The only thing possible is a carriage return with the
effect described above. A table has to be at the end of the item and
has to have one or two blank rows at the bottom to ensure the correct
spacing between questions.
Is there any reason why tables and equations should not work in a list
as does an embedded list and allow a shift carriage return after
ctrl ]?
If not, could it be on the wish-list?
Ralph
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Ralph & Valmai Stevens
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Ralph & Valmai Stevens
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