Casio ClassPad II fx-CP400 - Manual (Page 3)

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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