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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 [/]
Multiplication 34 [*]
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

Calculus Toolbar
Operator Example Keystroke

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 [Ctrl] [Shift] X
Custom prefix fx
f
Custom treefix operator
x y
Definition x := 5 [:]
Evaluation x=5 [=]
Global definition x5 [~]
Evaluate symbolically z5 [Ctrl] [.]

Greek Toolbar
Enter Roman, then type [Ctrl] G for Greek.

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Greek UC LC Roman
Alpha A/a
Beta B/b
Chi C/c
Delta D/d
Epsilon E/e
Eta H/h
Gamma G/g
Iota I/i
Kappa K/k
Lambda L/l
Mu M/m
Nu N/n
Omega W/w
Omicron O/o

Phi F/j

Phi(alt.) f
Pi P/p
Psi Y/y
Rho R/r
Sigma S/s
Tau T/t
Theta Q/q
Theta (alt.) J
Upsilon U/u
Xi X/x

Matrix Toolbar
Operator Example Keystroke

Insert matrix [Ctrl] M

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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 uv [*]

Vector sum [Ctrl] 4

Insert picture [Ctrl] T

Programming Toolbar
Operator Example Keystroke

Add line ]

break break [Ctrl] [{]

continue continue [Ctrl] [
for i 1..10
for Vi i [Ctrl] ["]

if [}]
local assignment [{]
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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