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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

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 eKey ............................................................................................

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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