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On 1/6/2010 2:22:22 AM, Jensen wrote:
>Why is it that the
>'superscript' keyboard command
>in the Format:Text dialog box
>doesn't work? (the rest do)

It works fine for me. Which version of Mathcad are you using?

>Why is it that CTRL-B, CTRL-I,
>and CTRL-U don't work to bold,
>italicize, and underline
>selected font in a text
>region?

Because nobody implemented them.

>I am just getting back to
>using MathCad and realizing
>through my observations and
>verified through these forums
>that Mathcad has gone
>substantially downhill.

I'm not sure why you think these are indicators of a downhill path for Mathcad. The superscripting works, and the hot keys have never been implemented. I agree they would be a nice feature, but the situation is no worse than it ever was.

As for a general downhill slide in Mathcad, that depends on which versions you are comparing, and which features you are comparing. Version 11 was the best version to that point. Version 12 sucked for many reasons, one of the main ones being that it introduced static type checking (a.k.a. static unit checking, a.k.a. SUC). That causes problems sometimes, and is therefore not popular. Most of the time though, you would not even notice the change. From version 12 to version 13 things improved, but not back to where 11 was. From version 13 to version 14 things improved again, but they changed the symbolic processor from Maple to Mupad. Sometimes that's better, but more often it's worse. And we still have SUC. With the exception of the symbolic processor and SUC though, 14 is better than 11. I currently have versions 11 and 14 installed (and 13, although only for testing purposes) and I use 14 as my default. I only switch to 11 when I have to.

Richard

I second these!

Preston