TABLE OF CONTENTS This chapter will give you detailed information about many of the Mathcad settings. With this information you can make informed decisions as to what each different setting should be for your situation. The chapter will focus on the Preferences dialog box the Worksheet Options dialog box and the Result Format dialog box.
Some of the settings discussed in this chapter will not mean anything to you until you become familiar with many of the Mathcad features. Other settings will be useful to you now. This chapter will discuss each setting in the order they appear in the dialog boxes. Skip over any item that is not clear or not useful. After you become more familiar with Mathcad you can refer back to this chapter to review the different settings. Much of the information in this chapter is taken directly from the Mathcad Help with additional comments added.
Chapter 5 will:
Discuss the Preferences dialog box and show how different settings affect the way Mathcad starts-up and how it operates.
Discuss the Worksheet Options dialog box and show how different settings can affect a specific worksheet.
Recommend specific settings for various features.
Discuss the Result Format dialog box and show how to control the way results are displayed.
The Preferences dialog box sets global features. The changes made in this dialog box are effective for all Mathcad worksheets. They will be effective every time you open Mathcad.
To open the Preferences dialog box, click Preferences from...
