Math & Science ⇒ Referencing Equation

[macdatar]

Hi,

Lets say that I have an equation with \label{eq:eq1}. When I refer to this equation in my text I do it like this: "see equation \eqref{eq:eq1}". Since I know that I am always going to need the word equation before the \eqref, how can I make it part of the reference itself? So that I can say: "see \eqref{eq:eq1}" and then \eqref will put "equation (1)" instead of just "(1)". I hope my question is clear and I want to thank you in advance for helping me out. I appreciate all the help.
Thanks

[Montag]

http://ctan.org/pkg/hyperref
The command you are looking for is

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\autoref{}

Be very careful where you pute the labels, it can be a bit tricky in the beginning.

[localghost]

The cleveref package might be an option if you are not already using hyperref.


Thorsten