Hi Matt

The usual approach is a 2-column, 1-row table without borders. The killer is that, if you click in the right-hand cell, and do
Insert > Reference > Caption, Word thinks you want a caption for the whole table. So, for the deluxe version, proceed as follows:

1. Create a (fake) caption using Insert > Reference > Caption. Don't add any caption text to this caption.

2. Create a 2-column, 1-row table without borders. Make the columns the width you want.

3. In the left-hand column create an equation. It need only say x. Give it the formatting options you want (eg in-line with text
works well in this situation).

4. Copy your (fake) caption and put it in the right-hand cell of your table. After the number, leave a space, type ctrl F9 and
within the brackets that Word gives you, type so it looks like { macrobutton nomacro [Click here and type] }

Press F9 to display the result rather than the codes.

5. Select the whole table and use Insert > AutoText to turn it into an AutoText. Call it something original like "Equation".

Now, whenever you want an equation, just type Equation and press Enter, and Word will insert the whole table, with the numbered
caption. All you do is double-click the fake equation in the left-hand box and edit it as you need. And click where shown to add the
text of your caption in the right-hand box.

Alternatively, you can use Tools > Customize to put the AutoText on a toolbar button or give it a shortcut key.

By the way, if you let Word put captions in Text Boxes, you can't then create a table of figures, because Word can't "see" the text
in text boxes.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly.  Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word
Melbourne, Australia