Calculator User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Getting Ready
 - Contents
 - About This User’s Guide
 - Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted
 - Chapter 2 Using the Main Application
- 2-1 Main Application Overview
 - 2-2 Basic Calculations
 - 2-3 Using the Calculation History
 - 2-4 Function Calculations
 - 2-5 List Calculations
 - 2-6 Matrix and Vector Calculations
 - 2-7 Using the Action Menu
 - 2-8 Using the Interactive Menu
 - 2-9 Using the Main Application in Combination with Other Applications
 - 2-10 Using Verify
 
 - Chapter 3 Using the Graph & Table Application
 - Chapter 4 Using the Conics Application
 - Chapter 5 Using the 3D Graph Application
 - Chapter 6 Using the Sequence Application
 - Chapter 7 Using the Statistics Application
- 7-1 Statistics Application Overview
 - 7-2 Using List Editor
 - 7-3 Before Trying to Draw a Statistical Graph
 - 7-4 Graphing Single-Variable Statistical Data
 - 7-5 Graphing Paired-Variable Statistical Data
 - 7-6 Using the Statistical Graph Window Toolbar
 - 7-7 Performing Statistical Calculations
 - 7-8 Test, Confidence Interval, and Distribution Calculations
 - 7-9 Tests
 - 7-10 Confidence Intervals
 - 7-11 Distribution
 - 7-12 Statistical System Variables
 
 - Chapter 8 Using the Geometry Application
 - Chapter 9 Using the Numeric Solver Application
 - Chapter 10 Using the eActivity Application
 - Chapter 11 Using the Presentation Application
 - Chapter 12 Using the Program Application
 - Chapter 13 Using the Spreadsheet Application
 - Chapter 14 Using the Setup Menu
 - Chapter 15 Configuring System Settings
- 15-1 System Setting Overview
 - 15-2 Managing Memory Usage
 - 15-3 Using the Reset Dialog Box
 - 15-4 Initializing Your ClassPad
 - 15-5 Adjusting Display Contrast
 - 15-6 Configuring Power Properties
 - 15-7 Specifying the Display Language
 - 15-8 Specifying the Font Set
 - 15-9 Specifying the Alphabetic Keyboard Arrangement
 - 15-10 Optimizing “Flash ROM”
 - 15-11 Specifying the Ending Screen Image
 - 15-12 Adjusting Touch Panel Alignment
 - 15-13 Viewing Version Information
 
 - Chapter 16 Performing Data Communication
 - Appendix
 

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Using Main Application Modes
The Main application has a number of different modes that control how calculation results
are displayed, as well as other factors. The current mode is indicated in the status bar.
k Status Bar Mode Indicators
2-1-4
Main Application Overview
•Use the [Setup] menu’s [Basic Format] command to change the setting of each mode. For
details about the [Setup] menu, see “14-2 Using the Setup Menu”.
• For details about the calculations and result displays produced in each of the above
modes, see “Calculation Modes” on page 2-2-5.
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Status Bar
Location
Indicator Description Setting Status
Assist
Assistant mode: Does not automatically 
simplify expressions.
Assistant
Decimal 
Calculation
Complex 
Format
Angle
On
Alg
Algebra mode: Automatically simplifies 
expressions.
Off*
Decimal
Decimal mode: Converts result to a 
decimal (approximate value).
On
Standard
Standard mode: Displays result in exact 
form (fractional format). If a result cannot 
be displayed in exact form, however, it will 
be displayed as a decimal approximation.
Off*
Cplx
Complex mode: For complex number 
calculations. 
On
Real Real mode: For real number calculations.
Off*
Rad Radian mode: Angles displayed in radians.
Radian*
Deg
Degree mode: Angles displayed in 
degrees.
Degree
1
2
3
4
Settings that are marked with an asterisk (*) in the following tables are initial defaults.










