User Guide

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1-7 Variables and Folders .......................................................................... 1-7-1
Folder Types ..................................................................................................... 1-7-1
Variable Types ................................................................................................... 1-7-2
Creating a Folder .............................................................................................. 1-7-4
Creating and Using Variables ............................................................................ 1-7-5
Assigning Values and Other Data to a System Variable ................................. 1-7-10
Locking a Variable or Folder ........................................................................... 1-7-10
Rules Governing Variable Access .................................................................... 1-7-11
1-8 Using the Variable Manager ................................................................. 1-8-1
Variable Manager Overview .............................................................................. 1-8-1
Starting Up the Variable Manager ..................................................................... 1-8-1
Variable Manager Views ................................................................................... 1-8-2
Exiting the Variable Manager ............................................................................ 1-8-2
Variable Manager Folder Operations ................................................................ 1-8-3
Variable Operations ........................................................................................... 1-8-7
Chapter 2 Using the Main Application
2-1 Main Application Overview .................................................................. 2-1-1
Starting Up the Main Application ....................................................................... 2-1-1
Main Application Window .................................................................................. 2-1-1
Main Application Menus and Buttons ................................................................ 2-1-3
Using Main Application Modes .......................................................................... 2-1-4
Accessing ClassPad Application Windows from the Main Application .............. 2-1-5
Accessing the Main Application Window from Another ClassPad
Application ......................................................................................................... 2-1-6
2-2 Basic Calculations ................................................................................ 2-2-1
Arithmetic Calculations and Parentheses Calculations ..................................... 2-2-1
Using the e Key ............................................................................................ 2-2-2
Omitting the Multiplication Sign ......................................................................... 2-2-2
Using the Answer Variable (ans) ....................................................................... 2-2-2
Calculation Error ............................................................................................... 2-2-3
Calculation Priority Sequence ........................................................................... 2-2-4
Calculation Modes ............................................................................................. 2-2-5
2-3 Using the Calculation History ............................................................. 2-3-1
Viewing Calculation History Contents ............................................................... 2-3-1
Re-calculating an Expression ............................................................................ 2-3-2
Deleting Part of the Calculation History Contents ............................................. 2-3-4
Clearing All Calculation History Contents .......................................................... 2-3-4
2-4 Function Calculations .......................................................................... 2-4-1
2-5 List Calculations ................................................................................... 2-5-1
Inputting List Data ............................................................................................. 2-5-1
Using a List in a Calculation .............................................................................. 2-5-3
2-6 Matrix and Vector Calculations ........................................................... 2-6-1
Inputting Matrix Data ......................................................................................... 2-6-1
Performing Matrix Calculations ......................................................................... 2-6-4
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