PTC Mathcad Prime 3.

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Keyboard Shortcuts

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Contents

PTC Mathcad Prime 3.1 Keyboard Shortcuts.................................................................5

Regions ...............................................................................................................6
Math ....................................................................................................................7
Constants ............................................................................................................7
Plots ....................................................................................................................7
Operators.............................................................................................................8
Matrices and Tables ............................................................................................13
General..............................................................................................................13

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PTC Mathcad Prime 3.1 Keyboard
Shortcuts
Regions......................................................................................................................6
Math...........................................................................................................................7
Constants ...................................................................................................................7
Plots...........................................................................................................................7
Operators ...................................................................................................................8
Matrices and Tables...................................................................................................13
General ....................................................................................................................13

Regions
Inserting Regions
Operator/Command
Area

Excel Component
Image
Include Worksheet

Math
Solve Block
Table
Text Block
Text Box

Description
Inserts a collapsible
area you can collapse
or expand to toggle
the display of your
work.
Inserts an excel
component.
Inserts an image.
Inserts variable and
function definition
from another
worksheet.
Inserts a math region.
Inserts a solve block.
Inserts a table.
Inserts a text block.
Inserts a text box.

Keyboard Shortcut
Ctrl+Shift+A

Ctrl+Shift+E
Ctrl+4
Ctrl+Shift+W

Ctrl+Shift+M
Ctrl+1
Ctrl+6
Ctrl+Shift+T
Ctrl+T

Working with Regions

Description
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the
expression.
Moves the cursor to the end of the expression.
Moves the cursor to the left of the selected
expression or to the beginning of the selected
word.
Moves the cursor to the right of the selected
expression or to the end of the selected word.
Moves the cursor to the next placeholder.
Moves the cursor to the previous placeholder.
Recalculates the selected or active region.
Separates the selected regions horizontally.
Separates the selected regions vertically.
Toggles the active region selection.
Inside a text region, inserts a new line above or
below depending on the position of the cursor.

Keyboard Shortcut
Home
End
Ctrl+Left Arrow
Ctrl+Right Arrow
Right Arrow
Left Arrow
F5
Ctrl+F8
Ctrl+F3
Ctrl+Enter
Shift+Enter

Math
Operator/Command
Greek Letters

Description
Adds a Greek letter.

i or j

Indicates imaginary
units.
Inserts a string.
Toggles the baseline
of a text.
Toggles the label
type.

Insert String
Subscripts
Toggle Labels

Keyboard Shortcut
corresponding Latin letter,
Ctrl+G
1i or 1j
"
Ctrl+Ctrl+Q

Constants
Operator/Command

Description
Euler's constant/
number
Infinity

Keyboard Shortcut
g, Ctrl+G

Pi

Ctrl+Shift+Z
p, Ctrl+G

Operator/Command
XY Plot

Description
Inserts an XY Plot.

Keyboard Shortcut
Ctrl+2

3D Plot

Inserts a 3D Plot.

Ctrl+3

Contour Plot

Inserts a Contour
Ctrl+5
Plot.
Inserts a Polar Plot.
Ctrl+7
Inserts a new axis
Shift+Enter
expression into the
active axis expression
list.

Plots

Polar Plot
All Plots

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Operators
Algebra Operators
Operator/Command

Description
Absolute Value

Keyboard Shortcut
|

Addition

Determinant

Division

Exponentiation

Factorial

In-line Division

Ctrl+/

Matched pair of
parentheses
Multiplication and
Dot Product
Negation and
Subtraction
Separate arguments
of a function
Square Root and Nth
Root
Percent

(
*

,
Comma
\
%

Calculus Operators
Operator/Command

Description
Keyboard Shortcut
Circular Convolution Ctrl+Shift+V

Derivative

Ctrl+Shift+D

Operator/Command

Description

Keyboard Shortcut

Integral

Ctrl+Shift+I

Linear Convolution

Ctrl+Shift+L

Prime

Ctrl+' (Apostrophe)

Product

Ctrl+Shift+#

Summation

Ctrl+Shift+$

Description
Equal To

Keyboard Shortcut
Ctrl+=

Greater Than

>

Greater Than or
Equal To
Inequality

>=

Is Element Of

Ctrl+F7

Less Than

<

Comparison Operators
Operator/Command

Ctrl+0
<>

<=
Less Than or Equal
To
Ctrl+9
Logical Exclusive OR Ctrl+Shift+%
Logical AND

PTC Mathcad Prime 3.1 Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl+Shift+&

Operator/Command

Description
Logical NOT

Keyboard Shortcut
Ctrl+Shift+!

Logical OR

Ctrl+Shift+@

Definition and Evaluation Operators

Operator/Command

Description
Definition

Keyboard Shortcut
:

Evaluation

Colon
=

Global Definition

Ctrl+Shift+~

Description
Complex Conjugate

Keyboard Shortcut
Ctrl+Shift+_

Degree

Scaling

Hold down Alt and press

0176
Ctrl+Shift+U

Polar

Ctrl+Shift+P

Description

Keyboard Shortcut

Engineering Operators
Operator/Command

Symbolic Operators
Operator/Command

Symbolic Evaluation Ctrl+. (period)

Limit

Ctrl+L

Adds a new line with

Cursor at end of a symbolic
a keyword
Shift+Enter
keyword
placeholder.

Vector and Matrix Operators

Operator/Command

Description
Cross Product

Keyboard Shortcut
Ctrl+8

Matrix

Matrix Column

Ctrl+M
Ctrl+Shift+C

Matrix Index

Matrix Inverse

^ 1

Matrix Row

Ctrl+Shift+R

Matrix Transpose

Ctrl+Shift+T

Norm

Ctrl+Shift+|

Range

..

Step Range

Two periods
,

Vectorize

Comma
Ctrl+Shift+^

Description

Keyboard Shortcut

Program

Local Assignment

If

Programming Operators
Operator/Command

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Operator/Command

Description

Keyboard Shortcut

Else

Ctrl+Shift+}

Else If

Ctrl+;

Also If

Ctrl+Shift+?

While Loop

Ctrl+]

For Loop

Ctrl+Shift+"

Break

Ctrl+Shift+{

Continue

Ctrl+Shift+:

Return

Ctrl+\

Try / On Error

Ctrl+[

Operator/Command

Description

Keyboard Shortcut

Adds a new line to

the program.

Enter

Pressing Ctrl+J after

a program word,
Ctrl+J
changes the word into
an operator.

Matrices and Tables

Operator/Command
Insert Left/Right

Insert Above/Below

Description
Keystroke
Inserts a column to
Shift+Space
the left or to the right
according to the
cursors location.
Inserts a row above Shift+Enter
or below depending
on the location of the
cursor.

General
Operator/Command
Calculate Worksheet

Description
Recalculates the
worksheet.
Functions, open dialog box Opens the Functions
dialog box.
Add Page Break
Inserts a page break.
Opens the Help
Center.
Closes the current
document.

PTC Mathcad Prime 3.1 Keyboard Shortcuts

Keystroke
Ctrl+F5
F2
Ctrl+Enter
F1
Ctrl+W

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