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3.Click “Browse” to locate and select a worksheet. You can also enter an Internet address (URL) to insert a reference to a Mathcad file that is located on the Web.

To indicate that a reference has been inserted, Mathcad pastes a small icon plus the path to the referenced worksheet. All definitions in the referenced worksheet are available below or to the right of the icon. If you double-click the icon, Mathcad opens the referenced worksheet in its own window for editing. You can move or delete the icon just as you would any other Mathcad region.

Note By default, the location of the referenced file is stored in the worksheet as an absolute system path or URL. To keep the location of the referenced file relative to the Mathcad worksheet containing the reference, click “Use relative path for reference” in the Insert Reference dialog box. The reference remains valid even if you move the files as long as you keep the relative folder structure intact. To use a relative path, you must first save the file containing the reference.

To update a worksheet containing a reference, first make the change on the referenced worksheet and save the source file. Next return to the referencing worksheet, then click on the reference and press the [F9] key (Calculate).

You can change the referenced file by right-clicking on the reference, choosing Properties, and choosing a new file on the Reference tab.

Hyperlinks

You can create a hyperlink from any Mathcad region, such as a text region or image, to other regions in the same worksheet or other Mathcad worksheets, or even to other types of files. Hyperlinks allow you to connect groups of worksheets or simply crossreference related areas of a worksheet or worksheets.

Creating Hyperlinks to a Mathcad File

Mathcad can follow a hyperlink to any worksheet, whether it is stored on your local system or the Internet.

To create a hyperlink from one worksheet to another, first specify the hyperlink by selecting a piece of text or clicking an image.

Tip The arrow cursor changes to a hand cursor when you hover over any hyperlink. When you select text, Mathcad underlines the text to show a hyperlink.

Next specify the target worksheet:

1.Choose Hyperlink from the Insert menu. Mathcad opens the Insert Hyperlink dialog box.

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2.Click “Browse” to locate and select the target worksheet. You can also enter an Internet address (URL).

3.Check “Use relative path for hyperlink” to store the location of the target worksheet relative to the Mathcad worksheet containing the hyperlink. You can move these files as long as you preserve their relative folder structure.

Note In order for “Use relative path for hyperlink” to be available, you must first save the worksheet in which you are inserting the hyperlink.

4.Check “Display as popup document” if you want the target worksheet to open in a small popup window.

5.Enter a message to appear on the status line at the bottom of the window when the mouse hovers over the hyperlink.

To edit a hyperlink, click the hyperlinked item and choose Hyperlink from the Insert menu. Make any changes you wish in the Edit Hyperlink dialog box.

To remove a hyperlink, click the hyperlink and choose Hyperlink from the Insert menu. Click “Remove Link” in the dialog box.

Creating Hyperlinks from Region to Region

Before you can link to a specific region in a worksheet, you must mark the region with a region tag. A tag can be words, numbers, or spaces, but not symbols.

To create a region tag:

1.Right-click on the region and select Properties.

2.In the Properties dialog box, under the Display tab, type a tag in the Tag textbox.

Note You can not include a period in the tag name such as Section1.3 — you must write Section1-3.

To create a hyperlink to a region that has been tagged:

1.Click a region or select words in your worksheet and choose Hyperlink from the

Insert menu.

2.Click “Browse” to locate and select the target worksheet or enter an Internet address (URL). You do not have to enter the name of the target worksheet if you are creating a hyperlink to a region within the same worksheet.