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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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