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] [>] |