MathType 7 keyboard shortcuts

MathType 7  

Zeynel Öztürk -
3 years ago
- Shortcuts
-1
Ctrl + Tab

Insert tab

1
⤶ Enter

New line

0
Ctrl +

Nudge to pressed direction

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + A

Rotate fence alignment

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Commands, templates and symbols that have no default shortcuts are shown in italics.
File menu
0
Ctrl + Z

Undo

0
Ctrl + Y

Redo

0
Ctrl + X

Cut

0
Ctrl + C

Copy

0
Ctrl + V

Paste

0
Ctrl + A

Select all

View menu
0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Y

Show all

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + N

Show nesting

0
Ctrl + Alt + K

Symbol palettes

-1
Ctrl + Alt + T

Template palettes

0
Ctrl + Alt + F

Small bar

0
Ctrl + Alt + L

Large tabbed bar

0
Ctrl + Alt + S

Small tabbed bar

0
Ctrl + Alt + B

Toolbar

0
Ctrl + Alt + R

Ruler

View menu > Zoom
0
Ctrl + 1

Zoom 100%

0
Ctrl + 2

Zoom 200%

-1
Ctrl + 4

Zoom 400%

0
Ctrl + 8

Zoom 800%

Format menu
0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + L

Align left

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + J

Align center

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + R

Align right

Format > Matrix
1
Ctrl + M then A

Add row above

0
Ctrl + M then B

Add row below

0
Ctrl + M then L

Add column left

0
Ctrl + M then R

Add column right

0
Ctrl + M then D

Delete row

-1
Ctrl + M then ↑  Shift + D

Delete column

0
Ctrl + M then C

Change matrix

Style menu
0
Ctrl + +

Math

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + E

Text

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F

Function

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + V

Variable

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + G

Greek-Symbol

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + B

Vector-Matrix

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + U

User 1

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + U

User 2

Navigation and selection
0
Home

Beginning of slot

0
Backspace

Delete left

0
Del

Delete right

0
End

End of slot

0

Move down

0
↑  Shift +

Move down, extend selection

0

Move left

0
↑  Shift +

Move left, extend selection

0

Move right

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0
↑  Shift +

Move right, extend selection

0

Move up

0
↑  Shift +

Move up, extend selection

0
Tab

Next slot

0
↑  Shift + Tab

Previous slot

0
Page Down

Scroll down

0
Page Up

Scroll up

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + S

Select slot

0
or
0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Skip left

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Skip right

Keyboard modifiers (one-shots)
Shortcuts for specifying the style of the next character typed into the current equation:
0
Ctrl + G

Greek-symbol one-shot

0
Ctrl + B

Vector-matrix one-shot

0
Ctrl + U

User 1 one-shot

0
Ctrl + Alt + U

User 2 one-shot

Shortcuts for modifying the method used to insert the next template entered with a keyboard shortcut:
0
Ctrl + Q

Replace selected template one-shot

-1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + O

Use alternate template form one-shot

Symbols: Relational
0
Ctrl + K then ,

Less-than or equal to from Symbol style

0
Ctrk + K then .

Greater-than or equal to from Symbol style

0
Ctrl + K then Alt + ~

Tilde operator from Extra Math style

0
Ctrl + K then ~

Almost equal to from Symbol style

0
Ctrl + K then +

Not equal to from Symbol style

0
Ctrl + K then =

Identical to from Symbol style

0
Ctrl + K then P

Proportional to from Symbol style

Symbols: Spaces and ellipses
0
Ctrl + ;

Alignment mark

0
↑  Shift + Space

Zero-width space

0
Ctrl + Alt + Space

1-point space

0
or Ctrl + K then 1
0
Ctrl + Space

Thin space (1/6 em)

0
or Ctrl + K then 2
0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Space

Thick space (1/3 em)

0
or Ctrl + K then 3
0
Ctrl + K then 4

Em space

0
Ctrl + . then _

Horizontal ellipsis from Extra Math style

0
Ctrl + . then -

Math-axis ellipsis from Extra Math style

0
Ctrl + . then |

Vertical ellipsis from Extra Math style

0
Ctrl + . then /

Up right diagonal ellipsis from Extra Math style

0
Ctrl + . then \

Down right diagonal ellipsis from Extra Math style

Symbols: Embellishments
1
Ctrl + Alt + '

Prime

0
Ctrl + "

Double prime

0
Ctrl + 6 then Alt + '

Triple prime

0
Ctrl + 6 then `

Back prime

0
Ctrl + 6 then N

Not

0
Ctrl + 6 then Alt + -

Strike-through

1
Ctrl + 6 then X

Cross-out

0
Ctrl + 6 then /

Slash (up)

0
Ctrl + 6 then \

Slash (down)

0
Ctrl + Alt + .

Single dot

2
Ctrl + 6 then 2

Double dot

0
Ctrl + 6 then 3

Triple dot

0
Ctrl + 6 then 4

Quad dot

0
Ctrl + 6 then !

Under single dot

0
Ctrl + 6 then @

Under double dot

0
Ctrl + 6 then #

Under triple dot

0
Ctrl + 6 then $

Under quad dot

0
Ctrl + _

Over bar

0
Ctrl + 6 then ~

Tilde

0
Ctrl + 6 then 9

Arc (frown)

0
Ctrl + 6 then 0

Arc (smile)

0
Ctrl + 6 then 6

Hat

0
Ctr + 6 then _

Under bar

0
Ctrl + 6 then (

Under arc (frown)

0
Ctrl + 6 then )

Under arc (smile)

0
Ctrl + Alt + -

Right arrow

0
Ctrl + 6 then

Left arrow

0
Ctrl + 6 then

Double-headed arrow

0
Ctrl + 6 then Alt +

Right harpoon

0
Ctrl + 6 then Alt +

Left harpoon

0
Ctrl + 6 then ↑  Shift +

Under right arrow

0
Ctrl + 6 then ↑  Shift +

Under left arrow

0
Ctrl + 6 then ↑  Shift +

Under double-headed arrow

0
Ctrl + 6 then Alt + ↑  Shift +

Under right harpoon

0
Ctrl + 6 then Alt + ↑  Shift +

Under left harpoon

For more symbol shortcuts, refer the official keyboard shortcut page.

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Program information

Program name: MathType 7 MathType 7 (Scientific)

MathType is a software for creating mathematical notation. It allows entering mathematical equations with the mouse or keyboard in a graphical interface. Initially released in June 1987, MathType is developed by Design Science and available in Windows, macOS.

Web page: http://www.dessci.com/mathtype

How easy to press shortcuts: 64%

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Shortcut count: 123

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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Guest OP says : 18 months ago 9/23/2022 11:21 PM
I use CTRL+7 for strike through
CTRL+0 for round brackets the 0 immitating the paranthes
CTRL+ up arrow gives a vector arrow above the symbol