Keyboard shortcuts are available for all operations, in addition to palette and mouse operations.

${}^1$F5 is a three way toggle between math, text, and nonexecutable math modes.  See Toggle Math/Text.

${}^2$use right arrow key to leave denominator, superscript, or subscript region

Use Enter to evaluate your mathematical expression or Maple command. Maple calculates and displays the result on a new line.

To display the result beside the original expression, see Evaluate and Display Inline.

In Document mode, use Alt+Enter (Alt+Return, for Mac)  to evaluate your mathematical expression or Maple command and display inline.

To display the Maple palettes, see Arranging Palettes in Your Worksheet.

Clickable Math via the Context Panel

To easily manipulate an expression in Maple, select the expression to display a context-sensitive list of applicable options in the Context Panel, located on the right side if the Maple window.  When you choose an item in the context panel, the result is displayed inline.     Example Steps $x^2$ x^2 View the Context Panel for this expression. The options include: differentiate, evaluate at a point, and more. $$ $x^2$$\stackrel{\text{evaluate at point}}{\to }$$0.25$ For example, select Evaluate at a point, and then x=0.5   Context-sensitive options are available for Maple input and output.     Example Steps $\mathrm{diff}\left(\sin \left(x\right)\cdot \cos \left(x\right)\,x\right)$ ${\cos \left(x\right)}^2-{\sin \left(x\right)}^2$ $$ Enter text as it appears and press Enter. $$ $\mathrm{diff}\left(\sin \left(x\right)\cdot \cos \left(x\right)\,x\right)$ ${\cos \left(x\right)}^2-{\sin \left(x\right)}^2$ $\stackrel{\text{combine}}{\=}$ $\cos \left(2x\right)$ $$ Select from the Context Panel Combine > trig.

In Document mode, toggling between Text and Math modes switches between entering text and entering 2-D mathematical expressions $\left(\frac{x^2}{y}\right)$.

Use the F5 key to toggle between three states: executable math, text entry, and nonexecutable math. Math mode is characterized by a slanted, italic prompt (/) whereas the Text mode is characterized by a regular prompt (|).  Executable math is math you want to evaluate, whereas nonexecutable math is for display purposes only.

In Document Mode

Here, the first example uses nonexecutable math, and the second example uses executable math, and then evaluates and displays output. $$ Examples Steps A parabola has the form $y\=a^2\cdot x\+b\cdot x\+c$ A parabola has the form F5 y=a*x^2+b*x+c $$ A simple problem: 1+3 = 4 F5 A simple problem: F5 F5 1 + 3 Alt + Enter (Alt + Return, for Mac) Note: For more information see Select Entry Mode.

	In Worksheet Mode
	In Worksheet mode, toggling between Math and Text modes switches between 2-D and 1-D Math commands. $$ Examples Steps >  $\int x^3\+x^2 \ⅆx$ From the Expression palette, select $\int f\ⅆx$  x^3 + x^2 Tab x $$ >  int(x^3+x^2, x); F5 Enter text as it appears.

To prevent execution of a math expression, make the math nonexecutable.  Click the expression and use the shortcut Shift + F5.

For details, see Executable and Nonexecutable Math.

To leave the superscript, subscript, or denominator of a fraction, use the right-arrow key.$$

Note: In Maple, subscripts can be indexed or literal.  For details, see 2-D Math Shortcut Keys and Hints.

Use := (colon equals) to assign a value to a variable.

Note: To make the assignment, you must execute the statement.  You can terminate the statement with a colon (:) if you do not want to see the output.  In document mode, you can alternatively Toggle Input/Output Display to prevent display of the output.

To define a function, use the arrow notation.

Equations are represented using the = sign.

$y\=m\cdot x\+b$$$

To assign an equation to a variable, use the assignment operator.

$\mathrm{eqn}≔ y\=m\cdot x\+b$$$

After assigning the equation to a variable name, you can use the name to manipulate the equation.

$\mathrm{rhs}\left(\mathrm{eqn}\right)$= $mx\+b$$$

When you type a symbol name in Math mode, Esc (see command/symbol completion keys) automatically converts the name into a properly displayed symbol. When you type the first few letters of a symbol name, Esc displays a popup list of matching symbols. Use Tab to select the proper completion.

In Math and Text modes, the command/symbol completion keys are used to complete a Maple command or a user-defined variable name. All possible completions are displayed in a popup list. If there is a unique choice, the command is completed automatically.

The Expression palette and task templates use fill-in-the-blank placeholders. To fill the placeholders, complete the first entry and then Tab to the next.

The Tab key is also used for indenting in Text mode. You can control whether the Tab key is for moving between placeholders or indenting by using Format > Tab Navigation.  See Using the Tab Key.