Using the keyboard, Changing the appearance

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Using the keyboard

You can also use the keyboard to operate the calculator. The standard number and keypad keys work, as do the operator and backspace. Return and Enter also act as the equals key. Comma also functions as the decimal separator in addition to point (dot).

All of the functions except the memory are accessible via the

keyboard too. Log base 10 is L, natural logs is N, percent is P, +/- is M, sin is S, cosine is C, tangent is T, square root is R, yth

root of x is Y, and clear is X or Escape.

You obtain the inverse functions in the same way as the buttons, by holding down the option key and selecting the appropriate key, eg Option-S is arcsine.

The calculator keys will depress when the keyboard is used.

Changing the appearance

Changing iMalc's appearance is easy. Simply choose your flavour from the Flavour menu. Or use the shortcut keys.

The flavours of iMalc available are original Bondi Blue, Blueberry, Grape, Lime, Strawberry, Tangerine and Graphite Special Edition.

In addition you can also choose G3Calc, G4Calc, two flavours of PowerBook including the Bronze keyboard Lombard G3s, Blueberry, Tangerine and Graphite flavours of iBook, and if you have an older Mac, standard platinum MacCalc.

The keyboard shortcuts are 1-1for Bondi, 1-2to 1-7for Blueberry, Grape, Lime, Strawberry, Tangerine and Graphite respectively, 1-8for G3, 1-9for G4, 1-0for Wallstreet PowerBooks, 1-minusfor Lombard PowerBooks, 1-[for Blueberry iBook, 1-]for the tangerine flavour, 1-\for the graphite flavour and 1-=for platinum.

iMalc will remember and display your chosen flavour the next time it starts up.

Error codes

You may occasionally see some error codes. You will get the warning 'imaginary' if you try to take the square root of a negative number. You will also see NAN, often followed by a number in brackets, or INF.

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