Dear Jens In my preamble after the line \renewcommand{\theequation}{\arabic{equation}} I added the line @addtoreset{equation}{section} which had nor effect. Have I followed your suggestion correcty, have I mispelt it. What next? Mike
________________________________ From: Jens Noeckel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 08/08/2006 19:00 To: Mike Reeks Cc: Uwe Stöhr; Lyx-users; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Equation numbering On Aug 8, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Mike Reeks wrote: > Dear Uwe > Nearly there. The command in preamble numbers the equation in each > section .without the section number. I want the equation number in > ascending order irrespective of section number e.g. 1, 2, 3 etc for > section n (before they were numbered n.1, n.2 etc. I need to turn > of a section counter maybe. > Any help > I should say I am using a J. Fluid Mech cls layout file which > should do the trick since this is the journal eqn number style. > Mike > > ________________________________ > > From: Uwe Stöhr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Mon 07/08/2006 21:23 > To: Mike Reeks > Cc: Lyx-users; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Equation numbering > > > > Mike Reeks wrote: > >> Any idea how to change Eqn numbering from numbering by section to >> absolute numbering? > > Add this line to your preamble or at the beginning of your document in > ERT (assure that you use amsmath explicitely in the document > preferences): > > \renewcommand{\theequation}{\arabic{equation}} > > regards Uwe > > Try the following (one additional line): renewcommand\theequation{\arabic{equation}} [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Jens