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- [Currency]
- 1=Used to convert to/from United States dollars and
- 2=various foreign currrencies.
- 3=
- 4=To convert from a foreign currency to US $, choose a
- 5=foreign currency from the drop down box, select the
- 6=radio button to the left of US $, and enter an amount in
- 7=the edit box. Pressing 'Solve' will perfom the
- 8=conversion. To convert from US $ to a foreign currency,
- 9=select the radio button to the left of the foreign drop
- 10=down list, choose a foreign currency from the drop
- 11=down list, enter an amount adjacent to US $, and press
- 12='Solve'.
- 13=
- 14=Note that the factors for conversion from each foreign
- 15=currency to US $ all begin at a default value of 1. The
- 16=correct factor to convert from a foreign currency to US $
- 17=must be entered in the 'factor' window. If you wish to
- 18=save factors for future use, press 'Save' while the factor
- 19=is displayed. For example, if 1 British pound equals
- 20=2.5 US $, enter a factor of 2.5 when 'British pounds' is
- 21=displayed and press 'Save'.
- 22=á
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- [Profit]
- 1=Used to calculate profit margins, the Pricing and Profit
- 2=dialog will allow computation of either cost, selling
- 3=price,or profit margin given the opposite two values. The
- 4=Profit/Loss calculator is useful for 'what if' calculations.
- 5=
- 6=To use, enter any two values, select the radio button to
- 7=the left of the desired variable and press 'Solve'. Note
- 8=that you will be prompted for values if none are entered
- 9=in the correct areas for the variable you have selected for
- 10=calculation.
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- [Loans]
- 1=Used to calculate various values concerning loans.
- 2=
- 3=Five different values can be calculated by selecting the
- 4=radio buttons to the left of each value. In each case,
- 5=sufficient information must be entered in order for the
- 6=calculation to succeed. For instance, to calculate the
- 7='Payment' amount, the principal and APR must be
- 8=entered or to calculate the APR, the principal and
- 9=payment must be entered. Press 'Solve' after a
- 10=selection is made and all of the required information has
- 11=been entered. A down payment amount is optional.
- 12=
- 13=The above values are calculated based on the payment
- 14=period and number of periods selected. For example,
- 15=an annual payment period with 30 periods is equivalent
- 16=to a 30-year loan with annual payments. In some
- 17=cases, the last payment will not be equal to the rest of
- 18=the payments. Once all values are entered, the last
- 19=payment amount can be calculated.
- 20=
- 21=The loan balances for various loan parameters are
- 22=shown at the bottom of the dialog. To show these
- 23=parameters after a certain payment, enter a payment
- 24=number at the bottom of the dialog or use the spin
- 25=buttons to change the 'After Payment Number' field.
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- [Financial]
- 1=Used to calculate present/future value, interest rate and
- 2=payment amount for compound interest, ordinary
- 3=annuities, and annuities due.
- 4=
- 5=First choose the kind of calculation you wish to perform
- 6=from the 'Calculation Type' group at the bottom of the
- 7=dialog. Then enter two of the values at the top of the
- 8=dialog and choose the parameter to calculate by
- 9=selecting the radio button to the left of the unknown
- 10=value. For example, to calculate present value enter
- 11=values for future value and interest rate, select 'Present
- 12=Value' and press 'Solve'. The payment amount is
- 13=optional and may be left at '0'. The default compounding
- 14=period is annually but can be changed by selecting from
- 15=the drop down list at the center of the dialog.
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- [Investment]
- 1=Used to calculate various investment parameters.
- 2=
- 3=A target amount can be calculated given a starting
- 4=amount or a starting amount can be calculated given a
- 5=target amount. All calculations depend on the number
- 6=of years entered and the % annual return on the
- 7=investment that is expected. The future value of the
- 8=investment is also calculated.
- 9=
- 10=The periodic investment amount is optional and may be
- 11=left at '0'. Given a starting amount, a target amount, %
- 12=return, and number of years, the required periodic
- 13=investment amount can be calculated by selecting the
- 14=radio button to the left of 'Investment Amount'.
- 15=
- 16=The tax rate is optional and, if a rate is entered, the
- 17=investments will be computed based on the tax rate.
- 18=Also, the inflation rate is optional and, if entered,
- 19=investments will be corrected for the rate of inflation
- 20=entered.
- 21=
- 22=To perform a calculation, enter the required values,
- 23=choose the value you wish to calculate by selecting the
- 24=appropriate radio button, and press 'Solve'. If the values
- 25=required to perform the calculation have not been
- 26=entered, you will be prompted for them.
- 27=á
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- [Interest]
- 1=The Interest dialog is used to convert a nominal interest
- 2=rate to an actual interest rate or to convert an actual rate
- 3=to a nominal rate. Conversions are based on an annual
- 4=compounding period unless a different compounding
- 5=period is selected from the Compounding Period drop
- 6=down list.
- 7=
- 8=To use enter either of the rates at the top of the dialog
- 9=and select the rate type to calculate by selecting one of
- 10=the radio buttons to the left of the dialog. If the required
- 11=values have not been entered, you will be prompted to
- 12=enter them. Once values are entered, press 'Solve' to
- 13=perform the conversion.
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- [Dividend]
- 1=The 'Dividend' dialog is used to calculate either dividend,
- 2=price per share, or % yield, given the other two values.
- 3=
- 4=To use enter two of the values and select the radio
- 5=button to the left of the other value. Press 'Solve' to
- 6=compute the selected value.
- 7=
- 8=If the required values have not been entered based on
- 9=the value selected to compute, you will be prompted for
- 10=the missing values.
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- [CT]
- 1=Clears the tape.
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- [Copy]
- 1=Copies the contents of the tape to the Windows
- 2=Clipboard. If text on the tape has been selected, only
- 3=that portion is sent to the clipboard.
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- [Tape]
- 1=Hides or UnHides the tape portion of the calculator.
- 2=á
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- [Print]
- 1=Sends the contents of the calculator tape to the
- 2=Windows printer. If a portion of the contents of the tape
- 3=is selected, only that portion is sent to the printer.
- 4=
- 5=Also saves the contents of the tape to the file
- 6=CALCULAT.TXT.
- 7=á
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- [Trig]
- 1=Toggles the function of the Trig/Hyperbolic keys
- 2=between the two types of calculations.
- 3=á
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- [+/-]
- 1=Changes the sign of the value displayed in the calculator
- 2=display.
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- [Help]
- 1=Pressing the 'Help' button turns it 'ON'. The 'ON'
- 2=position is indicated by the small light bulb on the left of
- 3=the button. If the light bulb is lit, pressing a calculator
- 4=button will show help for that button. Upon exiting the
- 5=help screen, the light bulb will be turned off. Most of the
- 6=functions of the calculator have associated help screens
- 7=that can be shown in this manner.
- 8=
- 9=The help button can be lit and unlit by repeatedly
- 10=pressing the button. When the light bulb is in the 'OFF'
- 11=state, all of the calculator keys operate normally.
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- [Tan]
- 1=Calculates the trigonometric tangent of the value shown
- 2=on the calculator display.
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- [Cos]
- 1=Calculates the trigonometric cosine of the value shown
- 2=on the calculator display.
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- [Sin]
- 1=Calculates the trigonometric sine of the value shown on
- 2=the calculator display.
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- [aSin]
- 1=Calculates the trigonometric arcsine of the value shown
- 2=on the calculator display.
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- [aCos]
- 1=Calculates the trigonometric arccosine of the value
- 2=shown on the calculator display.
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- [aTan]
- 1=Calculates the trigonometric arctangent of the value
- 2=shown on the calculator display.
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- [aSinh]
- 1=Calculates the hyperbolic arcsine of the value shown on
- 2=the calculator display.
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- [aCosh]
- 1=Calculates the hyperbolic arccosine of the value shown
- 2=on the calculator display.
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- [aTanh]
- 1=Calculates the hyperbolic arctangent of the value shown
- 2=on the calculator display.
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- [Sinh]
- 1=Calculates the hyperbolic sine of the value shown on the
- 2=calculator display.
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- [Tanh]
- 1=Calculates the hyperbolic tangent of the value shown on
- 2=the calculator display.
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- [Cosh]
- 1=Calculates the hyperbolic cosine of the value shown on
- 2=the calculator display.
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- [Rec]
- 1=Used to recall values stored at one of ten memory
- 2=locations.
- 3=
- 4=To use, press 'Rec' then the number of the memory
- 5=location you are recalling. The value at that location will
- 6=be placed on the calculator display.
- 7=
- 8=Valid memory locations are 0 thru 9.
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- [square root]
- 1=Calculates the square root of the value shown on the
- 2=calculator display.
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- [square]
- 1=Calculates the square of the value shown on the
- 2=calculator display.
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- [pi]
- 1=Places the value of pi on the calculator's display.
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- [Log]
- 1=Calculates the logrithmic function of the value shown on
- 2=the calculator display.
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- [Ln]
- 1=Calculates the natural logrithm of the value shown on
- 2=the calculator display.
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- [x^y]
- 1=Calculates the value of x to the power y of the value
- 2=shown on the calculator's display.
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- [Hypot]
- 1=Calculates the hypotenuse of two values. To use, enter
- 2=the length of one leg of the triangle, press 'Hypot', and
- 3=enter the length of the other leg. The hypotenuse of the
- 4=triangle will be displayed.
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- [Comb]
- 1=Calculates the possible combinations of a pair of
- 2=numbers.
- 3=
- 4=A combination of a set S of n distinct elements is a
- 5=subset 'O' consisting of r of these elements and is
- 6=referred to as a combination of size 'r' chosen from the n
- 7=elements in the set, S. The order of the chosen
- 8=elements is of no importance.
- 9=
- 10=For example, given the set S = {a,b,c,d} the
- 11=combinations of size 2 chosen from the 4 elements of S
- 12=are {a,b}, {a,c}, {a,d}, {b,c}, {b,d}, and {c,d}. Therefore,
- 13=the combination of set S of size 2 is equal to 6.
- 14=
- 15=Note that a computation for Combination is valid on
- 16=whole numbers only. An attempt to calculate a
- 17=combination for other than whole numbers will generate
- 18=an error.
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- [Perm]
- 1=Calculates the permutation of a pair of numbers.
- 2=
- 3=A permutation is an ordered arrangement of distinct
- 4=numbers in a row. If S is a set of 'n' distinct elements,
- 5=an ordered arrangement 'O' of these elements in a row is
- 6=called a permutation of size O chosen from the n
- 7=elements of S.
- 8=
- 9=For example, given set S = {a,b,c,d}, the possible
- 10=permutations of the set of size 2 would be {a,b}, {a,c},
- 11={a,d}, {b,a}, {b,c}, {b,d}, {c,a}, {c,b}, {c,d}, {d,a}, {d,b},
- 12=and {d,c}. Therefore, the number of combinations of set
- 13=S of size 2 equals 12.
- 14=
- 15=Note that a permutation can be calculated for whole
- 16=numbers only. An attempt to calculate a permutation
- 17=for other than whole numbers will cause an error
- 18=condition.
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- [1/x]
- 1=Calculates the reciprocal of the value shown on the
- 2=calculator display.
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- [absolute of x]
- 1=Calculates the absolute value of the value shown on the
- 2=calculator display.
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- [n!]
- 1=Calculates the factorial of the value shown on the
- 2=calculator display.
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- [%]
- 1=Converts the value shown on the calculator display to
- 2=percent.
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- [Root]
- 1=Calculates the nth root of a value.
- 2=
- 3=To use, enter a value,
- 4=press 'Root', and enter the value of the root to compute.
- 5=For example, to take the 5th root of 345, enter 345,
- 6=press 'Root', then enter 5 and press 'Enter' (the '=' sign
- 7=button at the bottom of the calculator or the 'Enter' key
- 8=on the keyboard). The 5th root of 345 will be calculated
- 9=and displayed.
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- [=]
- 1=Performs the calculation and displays the result on the
- 2=calcualtor's display. Note that the keyboard's 'Enter'
- 3=key is equivalent to clicking the '=' button with the
- 4=mouse.
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- [Clr Mem]
- 1=Clears all memory locations and initializes them to zero.
- 2=After pressing the button you are warned that you are
- 3=about to clear the memoy and given the option to
- 4=proceed.
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- [Sto]
- 1=Used to store values in one of ten memory locations.
- 2=
- 3=To store the number shown on the calculator display,
- 4=press 'Sto', then the memory location in which to store
- 5=the value. The value stored will replace any number
- 6=already stored in that location.
- 7=
- 8=Alternately, to add or subtract the number shown on the
- 9=calculator display to the value at a memory location,
- 10=press 'Sto', + or -, then the number of the memory
- 11=location in which to srore the value. The number will be
- 12=added (+) or subtracted (-) from the number at that
- 13=memory location.
- 14=
- 15=The value at a memory location can be recalled to the
- 16=display by pressing 'Rec' then the number of the
- 17=memory location.
- 18=
- 19=Valid memory locations are 0 thru 9.
- 20=
- 21=When you exit the calculator (turn it off), the value
- 22=stored at each memory location will be permanently
- 23=stored until you start the calculator again. Upon restart,
- 24=each memory location will hold the same values they
- 25=held when you last used SuperCal.
- 26=
- 27=All memory locations can be cleared by pressing the
- 28='Clr Mem' button.
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- [CE/C]
- 1=Clicking the CE/C button one time will clear only the
- 2=last number entered or the number on the calculator
- 3=display. At the same time, 'Clear Entry' will be
- 4=displayed on the calculator tape to show the action
- 5=performed.
- 6=
- 7=The second time the button is pressed the pending
- 8=calculation will be cleared as well and any pending
- 9=ERROR condition. The calculator tape will show this
- 10=action as well.
- 11=
- 12=If the CE/C button is pressed one time and any other
- 13=button is pressed before it is pressed a second time, its
- 14=action is reset. In this case, the next time it is pressed
- 15=the CE action will again be the first to occur and another
- 16=press is required to completely clear the pending
- 17=calculation. Once the button is pressed twice in
- 18=succession, subsequent presses repeat the full clear
- 19=action, as indicated by the calculator tape display.
- 20=
- 21=Memory locations are never cleared by the CE/C button.
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- [Hint]
- 1=Controls hints for the application. Clicking the button
- 2=turns the application's hints off and on. When the
- 3=button's face is black with white text, hints are activated
- 4=for the entire application and pop-up hint windows will
- 5=appear when the mouse cursor is allowed to stay on
- 6=most buttons for more than a second. When the
- 7=button's face is gray with light gray text, hints are not
- 8=activated and pop-up hints will not be shown.
- 9=
- 10=The status of the Hint button will be 'remembered' when
- 11=you exit the calculator. The next time the calculator is
- 12=started, the status of Hints will be set according to the
- 13='remembered' status.
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- []
- 1=Used to switch the calculator display between
- 2=financial and scientific format.
- 3=
- 4=In scientific format, the results of calculations are shown
- 5=in engineering format. The display is limited to 15
- 6=significant digits and, if the result of the calculation is
- 7=larger than the display capacity, it will be shown in
- 8=engineering format, i.e., 123.4567E123.
- 9=
- 10=In financial format, the result of calculations are
- 11=displayed in dollars and cents format. All calculations
- 12=are rounded to two places past the decimal.
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- [Deg/Rad/Gra]
- 1=Switches trigonometric calculations between degree,
- 2=radian, and grade. When the button is pressed, the
- 3=value on the display will be converted from the type that
- 4=was displayed on the button when the value was entered
- 5=to the new type. In addition, the trigonometric
- 6=calculations are performed as though the value
- 7=displayed were in the units indicated on the button.
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- [Sci/Fin]
- 1=Switches the calculator between 'Scientific' and
- 2='Financial' mode. When in scientific mode, the results
- 3=of calculations are displayed in scientific format,
- 4=showing the number of decimal places appropriate for
- 5=the calculation performed. When in financial mode, the
- 6=results of calculations are displayed to two decimal
- 7=places.
- 8=
- 9=The calculator can be 'toggled' between the two modes
- 10=by repeatedly pressing the Sci/Fin button just under the
- 11=display.
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- [Surface]
- 1=Pressing the 'Surface' button in the geometry section of
- 2=the calculator brings up a notebook window showing
- 3=various geometric figures for which the volume can be
- 4=calculated. Different figures are selected by pressing on
- 5=the notebook tabs at the top of the window.
- 6=
- 7=Each geometric figure allows any of the labeled dimen-
- 8=sions to be calculated by entering known values in the
- 9=entry boxes to the right of the figure. The prompt just
- 10=under the figure indicates the minimum number of values
- 11=required to perform a calculation. Once the data has
- 12=been entered, the unknown value is calculated by
- 13=pressing the 'Solve' button.
- 14=
- 15=All entered values can be deleted by pressing the 'Clear'
- 16=button.
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- [Volume]
- 1=Pressing the 'Volume' button in the geometry section of
- 2=the calculator brings up a notebook window showing
- 3=various geometric figures for which the volume can be
- 4=calculated. Different figures are selected by pressing
- 5=on the notebook tabs at the top of the window.
- 6=
- 7=Each geometric figure allows any of the labeled dimen-
- 8=sions to be calculated by entering known values in the
- 9=entry boxes to the right of the figure. The prompt just
- 10=under the figure indicates the minimum number of values
- 11=required to perform a calculation. Once the data has
- 12=been entered, the unknown value is calculated by
- 13=pressing the 'Solve' button.
- 14=
- 15=All entered values can be deleted by pressing the 'Clear'
- 16=button.
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- [Area]
- 1=Pressing the 'Area' button in the geometry section of the
- 2=calculator brings up a notebook window showing various
- 3=geometric figures for which the area can be calculated.
- 4=Different figures are selected by pressing on the note-
- 5=book tabs at the top of the window.
- 6=
- 7=Each geometric figure allows any of the labeled dimen-
- 8=sions to be calculated by entering known values in the
- 9=entry boxes to the right of the figure. The prompt just
- 10=under the figure indicates the minimum number of values
- 11=required to perform a calculation. Once the data has
- 12=been entered, the unknown value is calculated by
- 13=pressing the 'Solve' button.
- 14=
- 15=All entered values can be deleted by pressing the 'Clear'
- 16=button.
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