Equation Block alignment to the left
Sorry, but your question is not very clear, so the following solutions are based on pure guessing:
\documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran}
\usepackage{nccmath}
\usepackage{lipsum} % for generating dummy text, not use in real document
\begin{document}
\lipsum[11]
\begin{align}
x & = \frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a} \label{eq1} \\
\frac{d}{dx}r^n & = nx^{n-1} \label{eq2} \\
\mathrm{Length} & = \int_{a}^{b}\sqrt{[f't]^2+[g't]^2}dt \label{eq3}
\end{align}
or
\begin{fleqn}
\begin{equation}\label{eq1}
x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}\label{eq2}
\frac{d}{dx}r^n=nx^{n-1}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}\label{eq3}
Length=\int_{a}^{b}\sqrt{[f't]^2+[g't]^2}dt
\end{equation}
\end{fleqn}
\lipsum[11]
\end{document}
which gives :
or in case that all equations in your document should be left aligned:
\documentclass[journal]{IEEEtran}
\usepackage[fleqn]{amsmath}
\usepackage{lipsum} % for generating dummy text, not use in real document
\begin{document}
\lipsum[11]
\begin{equation}\label{eq1}
x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}\label{eq2}
\frac{d}{dx}r^n=nx^{n-1}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}\label{eq3}
Length=\int_{a}^{b}\sqrt{[f't]^2+[g't]^2}dt
\end{equation}
or
\begin{gather}
x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a} \label{eq1} \\
\frac{d}{dx}r^n=nx^{n-1} \label{eq2} \\
Length=\int_{a}^{b}\sqrt{[f't]^2+[g't]^2}dt \label{eq3}
\end{gather}
\lipsum[11]
\end{document}
which gives:
edit (1):
If you will use a solution with fleqn
environment, then you can set the indentation of equations by environment option (see [Bernard's][3] comment below). For example, for indentation of 2em
:
\begin{fleqn}[2em]
\begin{gather}
x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a} \label{eq1} \\
\frac{d}{dx}r^n=nx^{n-1} \label{eq2} \\
Length=\int_{a}^{b}\sqrt{[f't]^2+[g't]^2}dt \label{eq3}
\end{gather}
\end{fleqn}
will move left border of equations for 2em
to right,
edit (2):
As Barbara Beeton pointed in her comment below, the use of gather
environments has advantages over use of separated equations
. You can compare results in the second example (observe spacing between equations). If a page or column break is needed, amsmath
provides \allowdisplaybreak
command.
For more information about use of amsmath
packages see (new) short math guide.