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Contents
About This User’s Guide ..........................................................................................................................11
Chapter 1: Basics ................................................................................................................ 12
1-1 General Guide .........................................................................................................................12
ClassPad at a Glance...............................................................................................................................12
Turning Power On or Off .......................................................................................................................... 13
1-2 Power Supply ..........................................................................................................................13
1-3 Built-in Application Basic Operations ..................................................................................14
Using the Application Menu......................................................................................................................14
Built-in Applications ..................................................................................................................................14
Add-in Applications...................................................................................................................................15
Application Window ..................................................................................................................................16
Using the O Menu ...................................................................................................................................17
Interpreting Status Bar Information ..........................................................................................................17
Pausing and Terminating an Operation ....................................................................................................17
1-4 Input .........................................................................................................................................18
Using the Soft Keyboard ..........................................................................................................................18
Soft Keyboard Key Sets ........................................................................................................................... 18
Input Basics ..............................................................................................................................................19
Various Soft Keyboard Operations ...........................................................................................................22
1-5 ClassPad Data .........................................................................................................................27
Data Types and Storage Locations (Memory Areas) ............................................................................... 27
Main Memory Data Types ........................................................................................................................ 28
Main Memory Folders ...............................................................................................................................28
Using Variable Manager ...........................................................................................................................29
Managing Application Files ......................................................................................................................32
1-6 Creating and Using Variables ................................................................................................33
Creating a New Variable ..........................................................................................................................33
Variable Usage Example ..........................................................................................................................34
“library” Folder Variables ..........................................................................................................................34
Rules Governing Variable Access ............................................................................................................35
1-7 Configuring Application Format Settings .............................................................................36
Application Format Settings .....................................................................................................................36
Initializing All Application Format Settings ................................................................................................42
1-8 When you keep having problems… ......................................................................................43
Chapter 2: Main Application ............................................................................................... 44
Main Application-Specific Menus and Buttons ......................................................................................... 44
2-1 Basic Calculations ..................................................................................................................44
Arithmetic Calculations and Parentheses Calculations ............................................................................44
Using the e Key ..................................................................................................................................45
Omitting the Multiplication Sign ................................................................................................................45
Using the Answer Variable (ans) .............................................................................................................. 45
Assigning a Value to a Variable ...............................................................................................................45
Calculation Priority Sequence .................................................................................................................. 46
Calculation Modes .................................................................................................................................... 46
2-2 Using the Calculation History ................................................................................................48
2-3 Function Calculations ............................................................................................................48
2-4 List Calculations .....................................................................................................................57
Inputting List Data in the Work Area .........................................................................................................57
LIST Variable Element Operations ........................................................................................................... 57