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Cornel19-Tanzanite
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May 1, 2024
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Subscript and Superscript keyboard in text in Mathcad Prime 10 wrong defined?

  • May 1, 2024
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Hi,

Why is it written that for subscript in text one needs to press ctrl+- and for superscript in text one needs to press ctrl++, while if someone press ctrl+- and ctrl++ it comes out of the way of being able to use subscript and superscript in the text. Is this indication written wrongly?

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Best answer by Cornel

But maybe I think I misunderstand, and that it is about ctrl and(=+) - and ctrl and(=+) +

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Cornel19-TanzaniteAuthorAnswer
19-Tanzanite
May 1, 2024

But maybe I think I misunderstand, and that it is about ctrl and(=+) - and ctrl and(=+) +

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DJNewman18-Opal
18-Opal
May 1, 2024

Yeah, all of the keyboard shortcuts are written that way where + is meant to be "and".

On a keyboard for superscript you're really pressing ctrl and the = key, as opposed to ctrl and shift and =. (shift and = normally being how you produce a + sign)

If they want you to press shift they'll say so, like the keyboard shortcut for Summation as opposed to the keyboard shortcut for Polar plots.

 

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Compare to the equation break operator for addition.

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They could express it as ctrl + = or ctrl + shift + = (or Summation as ctrl + shift + 4) but I guess they also want to express the keyboard shortcuts as intuitive where possible. (Where you associate the plus sign with addition or subscripts.)

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