HP 20b Consultant Financial manual Mode Menu Setting Preferences

Basic Features

The top line of the screen displays operation status, operator symbols, annunciators, and abbreviations of the registers, variables, and menus. Throughout this manual, this line is referred to as the top line. In Figure 1-1, SIN and RPN on the far right are on the top line.

The bottom line displays numbers you have entered, or results. Throughout this manual, this line is referred to as the bottom line.

When no operations have been entered and no operations are pending, the bottom line of the screen displays 0. This state of the calculator is referred to as the default calculator screen.

The Mode Menu: Setting Preferences

The Mode menu allows you to customize the calculator. To access the Mode menu, press :u. Press >or <repeatedly to scroll through the menu starting with FIX=2 (the number of digits displayed to the right of the decimal point). Once an item is displayed, press Ito cycle through the other options for that setting. To exit the Mode menu, press O. Table 1-1 below lists the items in the Mode menu.

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