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JaySmith1-Visitor
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May 15, 2012
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Default Toolbar Locations

  • May 15, 2012
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How do I set a default page and toolbar configuration so that the toolbars are in the same location each time I open/start a new sheet in Mathcad (Ver. 15)? Thanks from a newbie.

Best answer by RichardJ

Unmaximize the Mathcad application, then manullay stretch it to fill the screen. Put the tool bars where you want them. Close and reopen Mathcad. Maximize Mathcad again. Then they should stay put.

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StuartBruff23-Emerald V
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May 15, 2012

James Smith wrote:

How do I set a default page and toolbar configuration so that the toolbars are in the same location each time I open/start a new sheet in Mathcad (Ver. 15)? Thanks from a newbie.

I think Mathcad 15 should remember where you last placed the toolbars, so just put them where you want them to be, close Mathcad and they should reopen where you want (even if you have closed the toolbars, they should reopen in the last position).

To get a default page, make the page you want and save it in your Mathcad application directory (eg, in Program Files\Mathcad\Mathcad 15), in the subfolder 'template' as Normal.xmct. Any new 'normal' worksheet will then contain your desired default settings ... I keep an Area in mine that contains a library of utility functions.

Stuart

(It's good practice to rename the original Normal.xmct before saving yours ... just in case!

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JaySmith1-VisitorAuthor
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May 15, 2012

OK, sorry to be so thick here. I opened Mathcad (default untitled1 sheet appears), arranged the toolbars and then X'd out to close Mathcad. When I restarted mathcad the toolbars didn't appear where I last left them? Also when I reopened a file that I'd been working on I always have to rearrage the toolbars where I last left them, and I'm always 'saving' this file as an updated version with different file name/date. I haven't tried the new template file you suggested yet ... I'l get to that as soon as I can get this dang toolbar thing. I really appreciate your time and suggestions here. Thanks.

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JaySmith1-VisitorAuthor
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May 15, 2012

The toolbars that I'm refering to are the ones that are accessed via the VIEW - TOOLBARS dropdowns at the top of the Mathcad menu ribbon (i.e. File, Edit, View, Insert, ...). These selected toolbars can be 'docked' under the main menu ribbon or docked wherever you put them. The toolbars that I've moved away from under the menu ribbon are well behaved and stay where these are put and 'remember their location' when I reopn Mathcad. It's the toolbars that are docked horizontally under the main menu ribbon that can't seem to remember where they were last docked upon reopening Mathcad. The docked toolbars on my Mathcad are always docked under the main menu ribbon in a single file as opposer to distributed horizontally under the menu ribbon in only a few 'rows' of toolbars as opposed to 8 or so rows of single toolbars. Hope this is clear. BTW, I did try to create a new Normal.xmct where I arranged the toolbars how I like them and it doesn't seem to work. Hope this is clear. Thanks again for your time and suggestions.

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