Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Vertical centering of a cell containing an equation

[davidonlaptop]

Hi!

How can I use 2 columns so that the content of each column is vertically aligned to the top?

The closest of what I can get is this :

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\begin{tabular}{ p{.25\textwidth}@{\extracolsep{5mm}} p{.60\textwidth} }
  i love lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum lorem ipsum
  &
  this is an equation :
  \begin{align}
    \texttt{works fine if not using the \& character :} \\
%    y &= buggy
  \end{align}
\end{tabular}

However, if whenever I use the "align" environment with the "&" character, I get a forbidden control sequence error.

Any idea?