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TikkaMasala12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
February 15, 2022
Question

Problem with collapsible area and page break

  • February 15, 2022
  • 3 replies
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Hi

When I have a collapsible area followed by a page break and I close the area,

empty pages remain above the page break (see attached file with an example).

I didn't have this problem with Mathcad 15.

 

In addition with Mathcad 15 I was able to set page breaks inside a collapsible area, which is very

handy option when the collapsible area is relatively large. To my understanding naming of areas is also missing from Prime...

 

Any ideas how to solve these problems? Thanks.

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24-Ruby III
VladimirN24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
February 15, 2022

What version of Mathcad Prime are you using?

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LucMeekes23-Emerald IV
23-Emerald IV
February 15, 2022

The attached file is a Prime 7 file...

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TikkaMasala12-AmethystAuthor
12-Amethyst
February 16, 2022

Yes, I'm using Prime 7

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KevinFinity12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
February 17, 2022

I have this problem, too. I've been hoping that PTC fixes the page formatting issues since 2017. 

 

I work around this by starting my large area on a new page and making sure that the area extends to the bottom of whatever page it lands on.

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TikkaMasala12-AmethystAuthor
12-Amethyst
April 20, 2022

Are these issues with collapsible areas fixed in Prime 8? If collapsible areas are large, it would be very handy to be able to set page breaks inside them.

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StuartBruff23-Emerald V
23-Emerald V
April 20, 2022
@TikkaMasala wrote:

Are these issues with collapsible areas fixed in Prime 8? If collapsible areas are large, it would be very handy to be able to set page breaks inside them.

I can't see any evidence that Areas have been improved in Mathcad Prime 8.   If an Area can be named, it's not obvious how to do it, Areas can't be inserted into an Area, and page breaks cannot be inserted; indeed, the Area and Page Break buttons in the Ribbon are greyed out.

 

I can't see any Area upgrade plans on the Mathcad Prime roadmap.

 

https://community.ptc.com/t5/PTC-Mathcad/PTC-Mathcad-Prime-Roadmap-2021-update/m-p/738684

 

Stuart

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ML_106537111-Visitor
1-Visitor
October 3, 2023

Still not addressed in Prime 9.0.

 

What 3rd party vendor forced the demise of Mathcad 15? Prime is awful.

DJNewman
DJNewman18-Opal
18-Opal
October 4, 2023

I dunno if I'm allowed to say it, but if you look at which company currently owns the MuPAD symbolic solver that was in Mathcad 15 and older versions of Mathcad Prime, that should help.

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