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Creating a Text Style

To create a new text style:

1.Choose Style from the Format menu to open the Text Styles dialog box.

2.Click “New” to open the Define Style dialog box.

3.Enter a name for the new style in the “Name” text box. If you want to base the new style on one of the existing styles, select a style from the “Based on” drop-down list.

4.Click the “Font” button to make choices for text formats for the new style. Click the “Paragraph” button to choose paragraph formats for the new style.

Your new style now appears in the Text Styles dialog box and you can apply it to any text region. When you save the worksheet, the new text style is saved with it. To use the new text style in future worksheets, save your worksheet as a template as described in Chapter 7, “Mathcad Worksheets.” You may also copy the text style into another worksheet simply by copying and pasting a styled region into the new worksheet.

Note If you base a new text style on an existing text style, any changes you later make to the original text style are reflected in the new text style as well.

Deleting a Text Style

To delete a text style:

1.Choose Style from the Format menu to open the Text Styles dialog box.

2.Select a text style from the list and click “Delete.”

Any text regions whose text and paragraph properties were defined by that text style continue to display the properties of the style.

Equations in Text

This section describes how to insert equations into your text regions. Equations inserted into text have the same properties as those in the rest of your worksheet.

Inserting an Equation into Text

You can place an equation into text either by creating a new equation inside a text region or by pasting an existing equation into a text region.

To add a new equation into text:

1.Click to start the equation.

2.Choose Math Region from the Insert menu or press

[Ctrl] [Shift] A to insert a math placeholder.

3.Type in the equation.