Chapter 9 Spreadsheet

The Spreadsheet application provides you with powerful, take-along-anywhere spreadsheet capabilities.

All of the operations in this section are performed in the S SHT mode.

Important!

• The fx-7400GIIand fx-9750GIIare not equipped with the S SHT mode.

1.Spreadsheet Basics and the Function Menu

Selecting S SHT on the Main Menu will display a spreadsheet screen. Entering the S SHT mode automatically creates a new spreadsheet file named “SHEET”.

The spreadsheet screen shows a number of cells (squares) and the data contained in each cell.

File name

 

 

 

 

Shows as many characters

Column letters (A to Z)

as possible of the file name.

 

 

Cell cursor

Row numbers

(1 to 999)

 

Edit box

Shows the contents of the cell where the cell cursor is currently located. When multiple cells are selected, the edit box indicates the selected cell range.

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Function menu

You can enter the following types of data into a cell.

Constants

A constant is something whose value is fixed as soon as you finalize its input. A

 

constant can be either a numeric value, or a calculation formula (such as 7+3,

 

sin30, A1σ2, etc.) that does not have an equal sign  in front of it.

Text

A character string that starts with a quote mark (") is treated as text.

Formula

A formula that starts out with an equal sign  , such as =A1σ2, is executed as it

 

is written.

Note that complex numbers are not supported in the S SHT mode.

ISpreadsheet Screen Function Menu

{FILE} ... Displays the following FILE submenu.

{NEW}/{OPEN}/{SV AS}/{RECAL}

{EDIT} ... Displays the following EDIT submenu.

{CUT}/{PASTE}/{COPY}/{CELL}/{JUMP}/{SEQ}/{FILL}/{SRT A}/{SRT D}

PASTE is displayed only immediately after CUT or COPY is executed.

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