Hi Craig,

There are a couple of ways to do it.
This tutorial on using the Word 2007 Equation Editor can be helpful
 http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/ec/equations/equation2007.html
including the link for equation numbering and cross referencing.

For creating a reusable table set to keep equation captions on the right the steps in the demonstration of numbered equations here
may help.
 http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2006/10/20/equation-numberin
g.aspx .  The Caption field would be a variation
of the numbering approach shown there.

After inserting a Caption for an equation, cut and paste it into the right hand cell of a one row table, then save that table with
an empty Equation control as a Quick Table that you can reuse.

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Suzanne,

When I try this in Word 2007, the caption feature tries to caption the whole
table 9above or below it) rather than putting the caption in the right
column.  Is there a way to force Word to put the caption in the right column?

Thanks,

Craig >>

See my reply to your duplicate question elsewhere.