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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
3·4
[*]
Inline division
÷
[Ctrl] [/]
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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
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
f
Λ
x y
Definition
x := 5
[:]
Evaluation
x=5
[=]
Global definition
x≡5
[~]
Evaluate symbolically
z→5
[Ctrl] [.]
[Ctrl] [Shift] X
Greek Toolbar
Enter Roman, then type [Ctrl] G for Greek.
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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
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
f
Theta (alt.)
J
Upsilon
Υ
υ
U/u
Xi
Ξ
ξ
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
u·v
[*]
Vector sum
[Ctrl] 4
Insert picture
[Ctrl] T
Programming Toolbar
Operator
Example
Add line
Keystroke
]
break
break
[Ctrl] [{]
continue
continue
[Ctrl] [
for
for i ε 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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