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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] [/] [ shift ] [/]

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] [?]

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Indefinite integral [Ctrl] I

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 Vi ← i [Ctrl] ["]

if [}]
local assignment [{]

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on error on error [Ctrl] [']

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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