TABLE OF CONTENTS The ability to quickly create and edit complicated engineering expressions is critical to effectively using Mathcad. This chapter teaches techniques to create and edit Mathcad expressions. It also discusses characteristics associated with text regions.
Chapter 2 will:
Introduce and define regions.
Discuss the worksheet ruler and tabs.
Tell how to move, align and resize regions.
Explain how to create and edit text regions.
Explain how to create and edit math expressions.
Introduce the editing cursor and the different forms it takes.
Discusses the use of operators.
Demonstrate how to wrap a math region.
Discuss the use of Find and Replace.
Provide several Mathcad examples to emphasize each of the items discussed.
Encourage completing several Mathcad Tutorials.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide you with a quick overview of how to create, edit and arrange math and text regions in your worksheet. It will reinforce the information contained in the Mathcad tutorial.
It is suggested that you read and do the exercises in the Mathcad tutorial before or just after reading this chapter. You can open the Mathcad tutorial by clicking Tutorials from the Help menu. This opens a new window called the Mathcad Resources window. In this window you will see a list of Mathcad tutorials. Click on the Getting Started Primers. Each of these primers is excellent. You may choose to do them all, but for the purpose of this chapter, focus on the following topics: Entering Math Expressions, Building Math Expressions,...
