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Contents

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

1-9 Configuring Application Format Settings...........................................

1-9-1

Specifying a Variable..........................................................................................

1-9-2

Initializing All Application Format Settings..........................................................

1-9-3

Application Format Settings................................................................................

1-9-4

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 ,Key..............................................................................................

2-2-2

 

Omitting the Multiplication Sign ..........................................................................

2-2-2

 

Using the Answer Variable (ans) ........................................................................

2-2-2

 

Assigning a Value to a Variable..........................................................................

2-2-4

 

Calculation Error.................................................................................................

2-2-4

 

Calculation Priority Sequence ............................................................................

2-2-5

 

Calculation Modes ..............................................................................................

2-2-6

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

 

Using a List to Assign Different Values to Multiple Variables .............................

2-5-4

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