Keystroke Commands

Action

Example

Calculator Toolbar
Keystroke

Operator

Example

Keystroke

Mathcad Help

[F1]

Absolute value

|x|

[|]

Context sensitive Help

[Shift] [F1]

Definition

x:= 5

[:]

Calculate worksheet

[Ctrl] [F9]

Evaluate numerically

x=5

[=]

Calculate region

[F9]

Division

x/y

[/]

Redefinition warnings
(toggle on and off)

[Ctrl] [Shift] R

Multiplication

34

[*]

Inline division

[Ctrl] [/]

Insert text region

["]
Exponentiation

x2

[^]

Imaginary unit

1i

Parentheses

(3 + 4)

[']

Insert math within text

region

[Ctrl] [Shift] A

Addition with line break

operator (within a math
region)

...
+ ...

Character inside brackets as

in chemistry notation

[]

Complex conjugate

_
x

Enter special characters into

math region
Literal subscript
Namespace operator

[Ctrl] [Enter]
[Ctrl] [Shift] [=]

square root

[\]

nth root

[Ctrl] [\]

pi

[Ctrl] [Shift] P

[Ctrl] [Shift] J
["]
[Ctrl] [Shift] K

x1

Mixed number

[.]
[Ctrl] [Shift] N

Calculus Toolbar
Operator

Example

derivative

[Ctrl] [Shift] A

Summation

[Ctrl] [$]

Summation with range variables

[$]

Gradient

[Ctrl] [Shift] G

[Ctrl] [?]

Indefinite integral

[Ctrl] I

Definite integral

Iterated product

Right-hand limit

[?]

nth derivative

Infinity

Keystroke

[&]

[Ctrl] [Shift] Z

[Ctrl] [#]

Iterated product with range

variables

[#]

Left-hand limit

[Ctrl] [Shift] B

Two-sided limit

[Ctrl] L

Symbolic Toolbar
Operator

Example

Keystroke

Evaluate symbolically

[Ctrl] [.]

Symbolic evaluation with

keywords

[Ctrl] [>]

Evaluation Toolbar
Operator

Example

Custom infix operator

xfy

Custom postfix

xf

Custom prefix

fx

Custom treefix operator

x y

Matrix Toolbar
Keystroke

Operator

Example

Insert matrix

Keystroke
[Ctrl] M

[Ctrl] [Shift] X
Column

M<1>

[Ctrl] 6

Determinant

|x|

[|]

Vectorize

sin(M)

[Ctrl] [-]

Definition

x := 5

[:]

Transpose

MT

[Ctrl] 1

Evaluation

x=5

[=]

Range variable

1..10

[;]

Global definition

x5

[~]

Cross product

uxv

[Ctrl] 8

Evaluate symbolically

z5

[Ctrl] [.]

Inner (dot) product

uv

[*]

Vector sum

[Ctrl] 4

Insert picture

[Ctrl] T

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

Rho

R/r

Sigma

S/s

Tau

T/t

Q/q

Greek

UC

LC

Roman

Theta

Alpha

A/a

Theta (alt.)

Beta

B/b

Upsilon

U/u

Chi

C/c

Xi

X/x

Delta

D/d

Epsilon

E/e

Eta

H/h

Gamma

G/g

Iota

I/i

Kappa

K/k

break

break

[Ctrl] [{]

Lambda

L/l

continue

continue

[Ctrl] [

Mu

M/m

for

for i 1..10
Vi i

[Ctrl] ["]

Nu

N/n

Omega

W/w

Omicron

O/o

Phi

F/j

Phi(alt.)

Pi

P/p

Psi

Y/y

Programming Toolbar
Operator

Example

Add line

Keystroke
]

if

[}]

local assignment

[{]

on error

on error

otherwise

[Ctrl] [']
[Ctrl] [}]

f
return

return

[Ctrl] [|]

while

while

[Ctrl] ]