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0 Keyboard Shortcuts
For more information on keyboard shortcuts, see MS Equation help keyboard shortcuts. For more MS Equation tips and tricks, see http://www.mathtype.com/en/products/ee/ee_tips.htm
Accessing the Equation Editor toolbar using keys
To Move to toolbar Display a palette Select a palette item Move to the next or previous palette Insert selected palette item
Press F2 UP OR DOWN ARROW UP, DOWN, LEFT, OR RIGHT ARROW LEFT OR RIGHT ARROW ENTER
Pressing TAB SHIFT+TAB RIGHT ARROW LEFT ARROW UP ARROW DOWN ARROW HOME END
Moves the insertion point To the end of the slot. If the insertion point is at the end of a slot, it moves to the next logical slot. To the end of the previous slot. Right one unit within the current slot or template. Left one unit within the current slot or template. Up one line. Down one line. To the beginning of the current slot. To the end of the current slot.
Many symbols can be inserted using a CTRL+K, character sequence. To insert Infinity Arrow Derivative (partial) Less than or equal to Greater than or equal to Times Element of Not an element of Contained in Not contained in Press CTRL+K, followed by I A D < > T E SHIFT+E C SHIFT+C
All of these symbols are characters from the Symbol font, so they can also be inserted by using their ALT key character codes. To insert Greek letters, press Ctrl+G, followed by a letter key. 1
Templates can be inserted using a CTRL+character combination or a CTRL+T, character sequence. Note Some key combinations are not available with Windows NT. To insert template Parentheses Brackets Braces Fraction Slash fraction Superscript (high) Subscript (low) Joint sub/ superscript Integral Absolute value Root nth root Summation Product Matrix template 3X3 Underscript (limit) Thin space Press CTRL+9 or CTRL+0 CTRL+[ or CTRL+] CTRL+{ or CTRL+} CTRL+F CTRL+/ CTRL+H CTRL+L CTRL+J CTRL+I CTRL+T, CTRL+R CTRL+T, N CTRL+T, S CTRL+T, P CTRL+T, M CTRL+T, U CTRL-SPACEBAR
You can attach an embellishment to the character to the left of the insertion point with keyboard shortcuts. To apply Overbar Tilde Arrow (vector) Single prime Double prime Single dot Press CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN CTRL+SHIFT+~ CTRL+ALT+HYPHEN CTRL+ALT+' CTRL+SHIFT+" CTRL+ALT+PERIOD
You can also use keyboard shortcuts to change the style assigned to the next character that you type. When you type the shortcut, the status bar tells you that a special mode is in effect. After you have inserted one character, Equation Editor reverts to the previous style. To assign Symbol Matrix-Vector Press CTRL+G CTRL+B
Press CTRL+LEFT ARROW CTRL+RIGHT ARROW CTRL+DOWN ARROW CTRL+UP ARROW CTRL+SPACE