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Financial Application Overview

Financial Calculation Screen Basics

Each calculation has a unique screen format.

This section provides general information that applies to the screens for all Financial application calculations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input/calculation box

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input values when required. For

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

calculation, tap the button to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the left of the box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input box

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input values in the box.

Help tab

 

 

 

 

 

 

Format tab

 

 

 

 

 

Tap to display help about

 

 

 

 

 

Tap to display a tab for

the box where the cursor

 

 

 

 

 

modifying financial calculation

is located.

 

 

 

 

 

default settings (page 15-1-4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that apply to the current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

calculation.

Status Bar

Tap the status bar to change the format or solve a calculation.

While the cursor is located in a calculation box, you can tap the button next to the box or tap “Solve” in the status bar to perform the calculation.

kHelp Tab

Tapping the [Help] tab at the bottom of a financial calculation screen will display help about the box where the cursor is currently located. You can leave the [Help] tab displayed, and its text will change each time you move the cursor from one box to another.

The [Help] tab also explains why a calculation cannot be performed if you tap a calculation button premature.

To close the [Help] tab, tap it again.

kFormat Tab

Tapping the [Format] tab at the bottom of a financial calculation screen will display all of the default financial calculation settings (page 15-1-4) that apply to the currently displayed calculation. You can use the [Format] tab to change the settings, if you want.

To close the [Format] tab, tap it again.

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