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MathCAD Keyboard Shortcuts

This document provides a summary of keyboard shortcuts and toolbar commands in Mathcad. It lists various actions that can be performed through keystrokes like calculating a worksheet or inserting a text region. It also outlines the toolbar commands for calculations, booleans, calculus, evaluation, matrices, programming and symbolic math. The shortcuts allow for efficient input and evaluation of mathematical expressions in Mathcad.

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MathCAD Keyboard Shortcuts

This document provides a summary of keyboard shortcuts and toolbar commands in Mathcad. It lists various actions that can be performed through keystrokes like calculating a worksheet or inserting a text region. It also outlines the toolbar commands for calculations, booleans, calculus, evaluation, matrices, programming and symbolic math. The shortcuts allow for efficient input and evaluation of mathematical expressions in Mathcad.

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Mathcad Keyboard Shortcuts


Keystroke Commands
Action Example Keystroke
Mathcad Help [F1]
Context sensitive Help [Shift] [F1]
Calculate worksheet [Ctrl] [F9]
Calculate region [F9]
Redefinition warnings
[Ctrl] [Shift] R
(toggle on and off)
Insert text region ["]
Insert math within text
[Ctrl] [Shift] A
region
Addition with line break
...
operator (within a math [Ctrl] [Enter]
+ ...
region)
Character inside brackets as
[] [Ctrl] [Shift] J
in chemistry notation
_
Complex conjugate ["]
x
Enter special characters into
[Ctrl] [Shift] K
math region
Literal subscript x1 [.]
Namespace operator [Ctrl] [Shift] N

Calculator Toolbar

Operator Example Keystroke


Absolute value |x| [|]
Definition x:= 5 [:]
Evaluate numerically x=5 [=]
Division x/y [/]

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Multiplication 3·4 [*]


Inline division ÷ [Ctrl] [/]
Exponentiation x2 [^]

Imaginary unit i 1i
Parentheses (3 + 4) [']

Mixed number [Ctrl] [Shift] [=]

square root [\]

nth root [Ctrl] [\]

pi [Ctrl] [Shift] P

Boolean Toolbar
Operator Example Keystroke
Boolean AND [Ctrl] [&]
Boolean NOT ¬ [Ctrl] [!]
Boolean OR [Ctrl] [^]
Boolean XOR [Ctrl] [%]
Boolean Equals = [Ctrl] [=]
Greater than or equal ≥ [Ctrl] 0
Less than or equal ≤ [Ctrl] 9
Not equal ≠ [Ctrl] 3

Calculus Toolbar
Operator Example Keystroke

derivative [?]

nth derivative [Ctrl] [?]

Indefinite integral [Ctrl] I

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Definite integral [&]

Infinity ∞ [Ctrl] [Shift] Z

Iterated product [Ctrl] [#]

Iterated product with range


[#]
variables

Left-hand limit [Ctrl] [Shift] B

Two-sided limit [Ctrl] L

Right-hand limit [Ctrl] [Shift] A

Summation [Ctrl] [$]

Summation with range


[$]
variables

Gradient [Ctrl] [Shift] G

Evaluation Toolbar
Operator Example Keystroke
Custom infix operator xfy
Custom postfix xf [Ctrl] [Shift] X
Custom prefix fx
f
Custom treefix operator Λ
x y
Definition x := 5 [:]

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Evaluation x=5 [=]


Global definition x≡5 [~]
Evaluate symbolically z→5 [Ctrl] [.]

Greek Toolbar
Enter Roman, then type [Ctrl] G for Greek.

Greek UC LC Roman
Alpha Α α A/a
Beta Β β B/b
Chi Χ χ C/c
Delta Δ δ D/d
Epsilon Ε ε E/e
Eta Η η H/h
Gamma Γ γ G/g
Iota Ι ι I/i
Kappa Κ κ K/k
Lambda Λ λ L/l
Mu Μ μ M/m
Nu Ν ν N/n
Omega Ω ω W/w
Omicron Ο ο O/o
Phi Փ Φ F/j
Phi(alt.) φ f
Pi Π π P/p
Psi Ψ ψ Y/y
Rho Ρ ρ R/r
Sigma Σ σ S/s
Tau Τ τ T/t
Theta Θ θ Q/q

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Theta (alt.) J
Upsilon Υ υ U/u
Xi Ξ ξ X/x

Matrix Toolbar

Operator Example Keystroke

Insert matrix [Ctrl] M

Column M<1> [Ctrl] 6

Determinant |x| [|]


→
Vectorize [Ctrl] [-]
sin(M)
Transpose MT [Ctrl] 1

Range variable 1..10 [;]


Cross product uxv [Ctrl] 8
Inner (dot) product u∙v [*]

Vector sum [Ctrl] 4

Insert picture [Ctrl] T

Programming Toolbar
Operator Example Keystroke

Add line ]

break break [Ctrl] [{]


continue continue [Ctrl] [
for i ε 1..10
for [Ctrl] ["]
Vi ← i
if [}]
local assignment [{]
on error on error [Ctrl] [']

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otherwise [Ctrl] [}]


return return [Ctrl] [|]
while while [Ctrl] ]

Symbolic Toolbar

Operator Example Keystroke


Evaluate symbolically [Ctrl] [.]
Symbolic evaluation with
[Ctrl] [>]
keywords

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