HP 12c Prestige Financial manual

are included for reference. Refer to these pages of the user’s guide for more information.

Table 1-1 Basic Functions

FunctionsDisplay/Description

Turn calculator on/off

(page 16).

Turns calculator on. Pressing Sagain turns the calculator off. The calculator turns off automatically 8 to 17 minutes after it was last used. The low battery symbol (*) appears when battery power is nearly exhausted. Refer to the section below titled, Replacing the Batteries for instructions on replacing the batteries.

Number display format

(page 71).

Press and release Tfollowed by a number 0-9 to specify the number of digits displayed to the right of the decimal point. The default setting is two places to the right of the decimal point.

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