<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Got an error on that:<div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">./Untitled.tex:20: Undefined control sequence.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">l.20 \hspace{.5cm}\xy</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; "> *!D(.125)\xybox{\xymatrix @R=0pt @C=0pt {</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">? </div><div><br></div><div>D.</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Jun 21, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Ross Moore wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><br>On 22/06/2011, at 8:12 AM, David Arnold wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">All,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I am looking for a way to align the baseline of the first equation with the baseline of the item number.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">\documentclass{article}<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">\usepackage{amsmath}<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">\begin{document}<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">\begin{enumerate}<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">\item<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">\begin{align*}<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">2x+3y&=4\\<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">3x-4y&=12 <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">\end{align*}<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">\end{enumerate}<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">\end{document}<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I don't necessarily need to use the align environment.<br></blockquote><br>Most certainly you do not want it, since it is an outer displayed-math environment.<br>AMSmath provides other methods for inner alignment, but you many have to fiddle with <br>the exact vertical placement.<br><br>e.g. here are 3 different solutions using sets of parameters to adjust the spacing:<br><br>\begin{enumerate}<br><br>\item<br>\begin{align*}<br>2x+3y&=4\\<br>3x-4y&=12 <br>\end{align*}<br><br>\item<br>\hspace{.5cm}\lower.65\baselineskip\hbox{$\begin{aligned}<br>2x+3y&=4\\<br>3x-4y&=12 <br>\end{aligned}$}<br><br>\item<br>\hspace{.5cm}\xy*!D(.125)\xybox{\xymatrix @R=0pt @C=0pt {<br>2x+3y&=&4\\<br>3x-4y&=&12 <br>}}\endxy<br><br>\item<br>\hspace{.5cm}\xy*+!U(2.75)\xybox{$\begin{aligned}<br>2x+3y&=4\\<br>3x-4y&=12 <br>\end{aligned}$}\endxy<br><br>\end{enumerate}<br><br><span><texshop_image.jpeg></span><br><blockquote type="cite">In fact, I don't need the system to be centered. It could be indented a bit away from the item number.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Thanks.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">David<br></blockquote><br><br>Hope this helps,<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ross<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Ross Moore <a href="mailto:ross.moore@mq.edu.au">ross.moore@mq.edu.au</a> <br>Mathematics Department office: E7A-419 <br>Macquarie University tel: +61 (0)2 9850 8955<br>Sydney, Australia 2109 fax: +61 (0)2 9850 8114<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br><br>----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br>TeX FAQ: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq">http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq</a><br>List Reminders and Etiquette: <a href="http://email.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/">http://email.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/</a><br>List Archive: <a href="http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/">http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/</a><br>TeX on Mac OS X Website: <a href="http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/">http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/</a><br>List Info: <a href="http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex">http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex</a><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>