Keystroke Commands

Calculator Toolbar
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
x
1
[.]
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] [/]
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Boolean Toolbar
Calculus Toolbar
Exponentiation
x
2
[^]
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 [&]
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Evaluation Toolbar
Greek Toolbar
Enter Roman, then type [Ctrl] G for Greek.
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

x y

Definition x := 5 [:]
Evaluation x = 5 [=]
Global definition x 5 [~]
Evaluate symbolically z 5 [Ctrl] [.]
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Matrix Toolbar
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
Operator Example Keystroke
Insert matrix [Ctrl] M
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Programming Toolbar
Symbolic Toolbar

Column
M
<1>
[Ctrl] 6
Determinant |x| [|]
Vectorize

sin(M)
[Ctrl] [-]
Transpose
M
T
[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 1..10
V
i
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] [>]
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