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StuartBruff23-Emerald V
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May 19, 2020
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Mathcad Ideas - Split Screen

  • May 19, 2020
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https://community.ptc.com/t5/PTC-Mathcad-Ideas/Split-screen/idi-p/656081

 

The above link leads to a Mathcad Idea that suggests having split-screen working.  This is something that I've wanted to see in Mathcad for some time (over 13 years, in fact), the lack of which is proving a real nuisance at the moment.  Could some kind, support-paying souls please offer their support for this idea?  Thanks,

 

Stuart

 

https://community.ptc.com/t5/PTC-Mathcad/New-Feature-requests/m-p/356451#M139515

 

(I've got a much bigger list, in case anyone's not interested ...)

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    Derbigdog
    Derbigdog15-Moonstone
    15-Moonstone
    May 19, 2020

    DId you know you can launch one than one instance of Prime at a time? You can load one file in one and then review copy/cut/paste etc into a file for the other.

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      StuartBruff23-Emerald VAuthor
      23-Emerald V
      May 19, 2020
      Yes, that is a useful facility when copying/pasting between worksheets.

      However, my main use case is working on two different areas of the same sheet, ie change a function near the top and then look down the worksheet to see if the change is having the desired effect, or just having a function's definition in view when I'm trying to work out why some dependent function isn't behaving as I told it to!!! 😉

      Unfortunately, in cases like these, multiple instances of Prime don't seem to help. AFAICT, if the same worksheet is open in two instances of Prime, changes to one don't reflect into the other.

      Cheers,

      Stuart
      Derbigdog
      Derbigdog15-Moonstone
      15-Moonstone
      May 20, 2020

      Understood. With Mathcad 15 you can put in hyperlinks that allow you to jump back and forth, but still not the flexibility of of real Split Screen.

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