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Main Application Overview

Using Main Application Modes

The Main application has a number of different modes that control how calculation results are displayed, as well as other factors. The current mode is indicated in the status bar.

kStatus Bar Mode Indicators

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Settings that are marked with an asterisk (*) in the following tables are initial defaults.

Status BarIndicator

Description

SettingStatus
Location

 

 

 

 

 

Assist

Assistant mode: Does not automatically

 

On

 

simplify expressions.

 

1

 

Assistant

 

 

 

 

Alg

Algebra mode: Automatically simplifies

Off*

 

 

 

expressions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decimal

Decimal mode: Converts result to a

 

On

 

decimal (approximate value).

 

 

 

 

Decimal

 

2

 

Standard mode: Displays result in exact

 

 

Calculation

 

 

 

form (fractional format). If a result cannot

 

 

Standard

 

Off*

 

 

be displayed in exact form, however, it will

 

 

 

 

be displayed as a decimal approximation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cplx

Complex mode: For complex number

Complex

On

3

calculations.

 

 

 

 

 

Format

 

 

Real

Real mode: For real number calculations.

Off*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rad

Radian mode: Angles displayed in radians.

 

Radian*

4

Deg

Degree mode: Angles displayed in

Angle

Degree

degrees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gra

Grad mode: Angles displayed in grads.

 

Grad

 

 

 

 

 

You can tap a mode name in the status bar to change it, or use the Omenu’s [Basic Format] command to change the setting of each mode. For details about these settings, see “1-9 Configuring Application Format Settings”.

For details about the calculations and result displays produced in each of the above modes, see “Calculation Modes” on page 2-2-6.

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