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91 lines
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<!-- $XConsortium: Home.sgm /main/6 1996/09/08 22:51:14 rws $ -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Digital Equipment Corporation. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hewlett-Packard Company. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 International Business Machines Corp. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Novell, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 FUJITSU LIMITED. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1995 Hitachi. -->
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<PartIntro Id="SDL-RESERVED-hometopic">
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<Title>&calcname; Help</Title>
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<TitleAbbrev>&calcname; Help</TitleAbbrev>
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<Para>Use &calcname; to perform a wide variety of scientific,
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financial, and logical functions. You operate it in much the same way as
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a hand-held calculator, using either the mouse or the keyboard.
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</Para>
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<Note>
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<Para>You cannot enter functions or data to &calcname; from the computer
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keyboard when any
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&calcname; help window is present. You can still perform all &calcname;
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functions with the mouse. Close the &calcname; help window if you want
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to use the computer keyboard to enter &calcname; functions or data.
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</Para>
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</Note>
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<Para>&calcname; has these features:
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</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•" Role="tight">
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<ListItem Id="HCALC.HTOP.item.1">
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<Para>Three user-selectable modes: Scientific (default), Financial, and Logical.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCALC.HTOP.item.2">
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<Para>Three trigonometric bases when operating in Scientific mode: Degrees
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(default),
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Radians, or Gradients.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCALC.HTOP.item.3">
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<Para>Ten memory registers for storing values. You can store values into the
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registers, recall them, and exchange values between a specified register
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and the display area.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCALC.HTOP.item.4">
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<Para>Four numeric bases: Binary, Octal, Decimal (default), or Hexadecimal.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCALC.HTOP.item.5">
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<Para>Four basic arithmetic operations: add (+), subtract (−),
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multiply (×), and divide (/).
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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<Graphic Entityref="calcareas" Id="HCALC.HTOP.fig.1"></Graphic>
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<Para Id="modedepend">The "Mode Dependent Buttons" change when you
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change modes. The
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default mode is Scientific, as shown in the figure. See <Link Type="jump" Linkend="changemodes"><ComputerOutput>Changing
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Modes</ComputerOutput></Link> for information on how to change the &calcname; mode of
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operation.</Para>
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<Para>Here's some information to keep in mind as you use &calcname; Help:
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</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•" Role="tight">
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<ListItem Id="HCALC.HTOP.item.6">
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<Para>Illustrations shown in these help topics were taken from the default CDE
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screens. Your screens may be different from the illustrations if you or
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your system administrator have customized any of the screens.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCALC.HTOP.item.7">
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<Para>A &calcname; control is referred to as a "button" as opposed to a "key."
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This is to more easily distinguish between a &calcname; control and its
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keyboard equivalent.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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<Para>Click on any of the topics listed below
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for help on that topic.
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</Para>
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<ItemizedList Mark="•" Role="tight">
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<ListItem Id="HCALC.HTOP.item.8">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="TableOfContents"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCALC.HTOP.item.9">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="Tasks"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem Id="HCALC.HTOP.item.10">
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<Para><XRef Linkend="Reference"></Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</PartIntro>
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