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Contents
About This User’s Guide ............................................................................................................................9
Chapter 1: Basics ................................................................................................................ 10
1-1 General Guide .........................................................................................................................10
ClassPad at a Glance...............................................................................................................................10
Turning Power On or Off ..........................................................................................................................11
1-2 Power Supply ..........................................................................................................................11
1-3 Built-in Application Basic Operations ..................................................................................12
Using the Application Menu......................................................................................................................12
Built-in Applications ..................................................................................................................................12
Application Window ..................................................................................................................................13
Using the O Menu ...................................................................................................................................14
Interpreting Status Bar Information ..........................................................................................................15
Pausing and Terminating an Operation ....................................................................................................15
1-4 Input .........................................................................................................................................15
Using the Soft Keyboard ..........................................................................................................................15
Soft Keyboard Key Sets ...........................................................................................................................16
Input Basics ..............................................................................................................................................17
Various Soft Keyboard Operations ...........................................................................................................20
1-5 ClassPad Data .........................................................................................................................25
Data Types and Storage Locations (Memory Areas) ...............................................................................25
Main Memory Data Types ........................................................................................................................26
Main Memory Folders ...............................................................................................................................26
Using Variable Manager ...........................................................................................................................27
Managing Application Files ......................................................................................................................30
1-6 Creating and Using Variables ................................................................................................31
Creating a New Variable ..........................................................................................................................31
Variable Usage Example ..........................................................................................................................32
“library” Folder Variables ..........................................................................................................................32
Rules Governing Variable Access ............................................................................................................33
1-7 Configuring Application Format Settings .............................................................................34
Application Format Settings .....................................................................................................................34
Initializing All Application Format Settings ................................................................................................40
1-8 When you keep having problems… ......................................................................................41
Chapter 2: Main Application ............................................................................................... 42
Main Application-Specific Menus and Buttons .........................................................................................42
2-1 Basic Calculations ..................................................................................................................42
Arithmetic Calculations and Parentheses Calculations ............................................................................42
Using the e Key ..................................................................................................................................43
Omitting the Multiplication Sign ................................................................................................................43
Using the Answer Variable (ans) ..............................................................................................................43
Assigning a Value to a Variable ...............................................................................................................43
Calculation Priority Sequence ..................................................................................................................44
Calculation Modes ....................................................................................................................................44
2-2 Using the Calculation History ................................................................................................46
2-3 Function Calculations ............................................................................................................46
2-4 List Calculations .....................................................................................................................55
Inputting List Data in the Work Area .........................................................................................................55
LIST Variable Element Operations ...........................................................................................................55
