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Mathcad Keyboard Shortcuts

This document provides a summary of keyboard shortcuts in Mathcad for performing common tasks like calculating worksheets, entering special characters, and using operators for calculus, matrices, programming, and more. It lists the keyboard command for each action, along with an example. Keyboard shortcuts allow for fast entry of formulas, symbols, and operations within Mathcad.

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Mathcad Keyboard Shortcuts

This document provides a summary of keyboard shortcuts in Mathcad for performing common tasks like calculating worksheets, entering special characters, and using operators for calculus, matrices, programming, and more. It lists the keyboard command for each action, along with an example. Keyboard shortcuts allow for fast entry of formulas, symbols, and operations within 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
(toggle on and off)

[Ctrl] [Shift] R

Insert text region

["]

Insert math within text


region

[Ctrl] [Shift] A

Addition with line break


operator (within a math
region)

...
+ ...

[Ctrl] [Enter]

Character inside brackets as


in chemistry notation

[]

[Ctrl] [Shift] J

Complex conjugate

_
x

["]

Enter special characters into


math region
Literal subscript

[Ctrl] [Shift] K
x1

Namespace operator

[.]
[Ctrl] [Shift] N

Calculator Toolbar
Operator

Example

Keystroke

Absolute value

|x|

[|]

Definition

x:= 5

[:]

Evaluate numerically

x=5

[=]

Division

x/y

[/]

Multiplication

34

[*]

Inline division

[Ctrl] [/]

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Exponentiation

x2

[^]

Imaginary unit

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

Example

Keystroke

Calculus Toolbar
Operator
derivative

[?]

nth derivative

[Ctrl] [?]

Indefinite integral

[Ctrl] I

Definite integral

[&]

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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

Custom prefix

fx

Custom treefix operator

x y

Definition

x := 5

[:]

Evaluation

x=5

[=]

Global definition

x5

[~]

Evaluate symbolically

z5

[Ctrl] [.]

[Ctrl] [Shift] X

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

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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
Insert matrix

Example

Keystroke
[Ctrl] M

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Column

M<1>

[Ctrl] 6

Determinant

|x|

[|]

Vectorize

sin(M)

[Ctrl] [-]

Transpose

MT

[Ctrl] 1

Range variable

1..10

[;]

Cross product

uxv

[Ctrl] 8

Inner (dot) product

uv

[*]

Vector sum

[Ctrl] 4

Insert picture

[Ctrl] T

Programming Toolbar
Operator

Example

Add line

Keystroke
]

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] [>]

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