Article - CS401416
Search/Find in worksheet functionality is less comfortable in Mathcad Prime
Modified: 20-May-2025
Applies To
- Mathcad Prime 1.0 to 11.0
Description
- Search/Find in worksheet functionality is less comfortable:
- Search Subscript
- Expected:
- Copy & Paste a variable with subscript into the Find field to search for it
- Observed:
- A kind of scripted text appears and the variable with subscript cannot be found
- Example:
- (@LABEL VARIABLE (@ID M (@SUB box))) stands for
- (@LABEL VARIABLE (@ID M (@SUB box))) stands for
- Expected:
- Search Greek letters and any characters not on the current keyboard
- Expected:
- Avoid Copy & Paste and instead enter subscripts and Greek letters right in the Find field
- Observed:
- Utilize Copy & Paste to put the search string to the Find field
- Example:
- Copy & Paste a specific Greek Letter which is right visible in the Worksheet, to search for
- Expected:
- Search in Areas
- Expected:
- Search a word in the entire worksheet including each and any collapsed (but unprotected) areas AND keep collapsed areas collapsed where nothing is found.
- Observed up to Mathcad Prime 8:
- collapsed areas are skipped if collapsed and must be expanded prior
- Observed since Mathcad Prime 9:
- Collapsed areas (if not protected) are expanded in any case (Find was successful or unsuccessful).
- One must re-collapse each area after. This is undocumented new functionality compared to Mathcad Prime 8.
- Search for blank " " one by one? This is not documented in Mathcad Prime Help
- Observed in all Mathcad Prime:
- Impossible to collapse all areas at once
- Expected:
- Find and highlight
- Expected:
- Highlight the specific text only
- Observed:
- Once found text in a term, the entire term is highlighted
- Expected:
- Usability
- Expected:
- Enter the text to search + Enter key to start
- Observed:
- The ENTER key appears in the worksheet creating a new line at cursor location
- Expected:
- Support of placeholders, for example test* to find test1, test2, test3 etc
- Observed:
- not supported
- Expected:
- Workaround, off Mathcad Prime:
- Save the file to a PDF and use the PDF Search functionality
- Search Subscript
- The Replace function shows similar restrictions
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