Mathcad Keyboard Shortcuts |
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 | [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] [/] |
Exponentiation | x2 | [^] |
Imaginary unit | i | 1i |
Parentheses | (3 + 4) | ['] |
Mixed number | [Ctrl] [Shift] [=] | |
square root | [\] | |
nth root | [Ctrl] [\] | |
pi | [Ctrl] [Shift] P |
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 |
Operator | Example | Keystroke |
derivative | [?] | |
nth derivative | [Ctrl] [?] | |
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 |
Operator | Example | Keystroke |
Custom infix operator | x f y | |
Custom postfix | x f | [Ctrl] [Shift] X |
Custom prefix | f x | |
Custom treefix operator | f Λ x y |
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Definition | x := 5 | [:] |
Evaluation | x = 5 | [=] |
Global definition | x ≡ 5 | [~] |
Evaluate symbolically | z → 5 | [Ctrl] [.] |
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 |
Theta (alt.) | J | ||
Upsilon | Υ | υ | U/u |
Xi | Ξ | ξ | X/x |
Operator | Example | Keystroke |
Insert matrix | [Ctrl] M | |
Column | M<1> | [Ctrl] 6 |
Determinant | |x| | [|] |
Vectorize | → sin(M) |
[Ctrl] [-] |
Transpose | MT | [Ctrl] 1 |
Range variable | 1..10 | [;] |
Cross product | u x v | [Ctrl] 8 |
Inner (dot) product | u ∙ v | [*] |
Vector sum | [Ctrl] 4 | |
Insert picture | [Ctrl] T |
Operator | Example | Keystroke |
Add line | ] | |
break | break | [Ctrl] [{] |
continue | continue | [Ctrl] [ |
for | for i ε 1..10 Vi ← i |
[Ctrl] ["] |
if | [}] | |
local assignment | [{] | |
on error | on error | [Ctrl] ['] |
otherwise | [Ctrl] [}] | |
return | return | [Ctrl] [|] |
while | while | [Ctrl] ] |
Operator | Example | Keystroke |
Evaluate symbolically | [Ctrl] [.] | |
Symbolic evaluation with keywords | [Ctrl] [>] |