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Figure 1 The Menu Map for the Percent Calculation (%calc) Menu

The Percent Calculation Menu

Press :#to open the menu. There are four items in this menu:

1.Markup as a percentage of cost (Mkup. %C)

2.Markup as a percentage of price (Mkup. %P)

3.Part as a percentage of total (Part%Tot.)

4.Percent change (%Change).

These items allow you to access sub-menus. Press <or >repeatedly to scroll to the desired sub-menu, then press Ito open it (see Figure 1).

To change the value of a displayed item, key in a number and press I. Once you have entered all known data, press <or >repeatedly to scroll to the unknown item and press =to calculate it.

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