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Action
Example
Keystroke
Mathcad Help
[F1]
[Shift] [F1]
Calculate worksheet
[Ctrl] [F9]
Calculate region
[F9]
Redefinition warnings
(toggle on and off)
[Ctrl] [Shift] R
["]
[Ctrl] [Shift] A
...
+ ...
[Ctrl] [Enter]
Character inside
brackets as in
chemistry notation
[]
[Ctrl] [Shift] J
Complex conjugate
_
x
["]
Enter special
characters into math
region
[Ctrl] [Shift] K
Literal subscript
x1
[.]
Namespace operator
[Ctrl] [Shift] N
Operator
Example
Keystroke
Absolute value
|x|
[|]
Definition
x:= 5
[:]
Evaluate numerically
x = 5
[=]
Division
x/y
[/]
Multiplication
3 4
[*]
Inline division
[Ctrl] [/]
Calculator Toolbar
Exponentiation
x2
[^]
Imaginary unit
1i
Parentheses
(3 + 4)
[']
Mixed number
square root
[\]
nth root
[Ctrl] [\]
pi
[Ctrl] [Shift] P
Boolean Toolbar
Operator
Example
Boolean AND
Boolean NOT
Keystroke
[Ctrl] [&]
[Ctrl] [!]
Boolean OR
[Ctrl] [^]
Boolean XOR
[Ctrl] [%]
Boolean Equals
[Ctrl] [=]
[Ctrl] 0
[Ctrl] 9
Not equal
[Ctrl] 3
Example
Keystroke
Calculus Toolbar
Operator
derivative
[?]
nth derivative
[Ctrl] [?]
Indefinite integral
[Ctrl] I
Definite integral
[&]
Infinity
[Ctrl] [Shift] Z
Iterated product
[Ctrl] [#]
[#]
Left-hand limit
[Ctrl] [Shift] B
Two-sided limit
[Ctrl] L
Right-hand limit
[Ctrl] [Shift] A
Summation
[Ctrl] [$]
[$]
Gradient
[Ctrl] [Shift] G
Evaluation Toolbar
Operator
Example
Keystroke
x fy
Custom postfix
x f
[Ctrl] [Shift] X
Custom prefix
fx
Custom treefix
operator
xy
Definition
x := 5
[:]
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
A/a
Beta
B/b
Chi
C/c
Delta
D/d
Epsilon
E/e
Eta
H/h
Gamma
G/g
Iota
I/i
Kappa
K/k
Lambda
L/l
Mu
M/m
Nu
N/n
Omega
W/w
Omicron
O/o
Phi
F/j
Phi(alt.)
Pi
P/p
Psi
Y/y
Rho
R/r
Sigma
S/s
Tau
T/t
Theta
Q/q
Theta (alt.)
Upsilon
U/u
Xi
X/x
Matrix Toolbar
Operator
Example
Keystroke
[Ctrl] M
Insert matrix
Column
M <1>
[Ctrl] 6
Determinant
|x|
[|]
Vectorize
[Ctrl] [-]
sin(M)
Transpose
MT
[Ctrl] 1
Range variable
1..10
[;]
Cross product
u x v
[Ctrl] 8
u v
[*]
[Ctrl] 4
Vector sum
Insert picture
[Ctrl] T
Example
Keystroke
Programming Toolbar
Operator
Add line
break
break
[Ctrl] [{]
continue
continue
[Ctrl] [
for
for i 1..10
Vi i
[Ctrl] ["]
if
[}]
local assignment
[{]
on error
on error
otherwise
[Ctrl] [']
[Ctrl] [}]
return
return
[Ctrl] [|]
while
while
[Ctrl] ]
Example
Keystroke
Symbolic Toolbar
Operator
Evaluate symbolically
[Ctrl] [.]
Symbolic evaluation
with keywords
[Ctrl] [>]