User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EB4HGX/BJ

[. . . ] Numbers may be entered and displayed in normal, scientific notation or engineering notation. Long Calculations Depending on the speed of your device and the complexity of the calculation, some calculations may take a few seconds to complete. Generally in such cases, a dialog box containing "Calculating. . . " with a 'Cancel' button will be shown. You can stop the calculation by tapping and holding the cancel button. PalmOS® Devices This manual references certain objects of the PalmOS device: powerOneTM Personal 1 Getting Started powerOne button Menu button Calculator button Scroll buttons powerOne Button The powerOne button, in the top left corner of the display, offers access to logging functions, online help, product information, and calculator preferences. If the manual refers to the menu bar, you need to tap the menu button to make the menu bar visible. [. . . ] To set the preferences for a variable, first choose it 20 Infinity Softworks Using the Templates from the Variable pop-up list. Selecting "Set All" will set all the variables to the current variable's preferences. · · Variable: the variable to set. Dec Setting: sets the displayed decimal places - float mode displays all available decimal places, 0-11 sets the decimal places to that number of places. Mode: numbers can be displayed in normal mode, scientific notation or engineering notation. See Calculator Settings section for details. Justified: show the value left or right justified on the display. A variable which is hidden will not be recalculated, even if Auto-Compute is checked. Global: if checked, allows the value of the variable to be shared with other templates. The equation variable is listed next to the 'Global' check box. In some cases this will be different than the displayed variable name (shown at the top of the page next to the 'Variable' label). "Tip%" allows a tip percentage to be manually entered. "Tip$" allows a tip amount to be shown or entered. Total: the total amount including the tip. #People: the number of people paying for the meal. Ttl/Person: the total per person, split evenly among the people paying for the meal. · · · The tip computation calculates from the top down. In other words, to calculate the tip amount, it will first attempt to use Bill, then Total, and finally Ttl/Person to calculate. It knows to use a value when the variable is not zero. If Bill is 0, for example, it will use Total. Examples Percent Change To perform this computation, choose Percent Change from the template menu on the main screen. Over 4 years, sales increased from $45 million to $115 million. The industry average is 20% increase per year. Variable Clear. . . 24 Entry Comments Sets the display to its default values Infinity Softworks Business Computations Old New Periods 45, 000, 000 115, 000, 000 4 Compute the percent change by selecting "?" on the Change% line. [. . . ] 11 power of 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 powerOne Button PalmOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3 Precision, template setting . . . . . . . 20 preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]