QuickPad Pro User Manual page 23

decimal point), and format (0=standard, 1=scientific, 2=engineering, 3=date). At the
prompt, enter the desired settings separated by spaces.
• Example – To change the width to 16, precision to 3 and format to "engineering",
type "16 3 2" and press
Enter basic text in a cell – Use the arrow keys to move from cell to cell until you have
highlighted the cell you want to edit. When the cell is highlighted, begin typing. You will
notice that the text does not appear in the actual cell, but instead appear in the command
line at the very top of your screen. When you have finished typing, press
typed string will appear in the cell that you have highlighted.
• Justifying text: By default, the new text will appear centered in the cell. You can
justify text to the right or left by using > or < respectively before typing a text/number
string.
o Try this: Type ">quickpad" in cell
reads, "i> rightstring
"quickpad" should appear in cell
• Automatic recognition of text: If a letter is entered first in a cell, the program will
automatically assume that the context for the cell will be entirely text-based. For
example, if you entered "e3+e5", the program will assume that you want this to be a
simple text string and the result is "e3+e5" in the highlighted cell.
• Using numbers as basic text: If you want to use numbers as text labels instead of
values, you must enter a justification symbol (>, < or ') in front of the first number.
For example, if you want 35 to appear centered in a cell as a basic text label, you
must type "35.
Enter basic numbers in a cell – When you enter a number as the first character in a cell,
the program will automatically establish the cell as number-based, and will, by default,
right justify the number(s). Once a cell has been established as number-based, the cell is
ready for calculating expressions. If you enter text immediately following a number, the
text and any other characters after the text, will be disregarded. You must enter a
justification symbol (>, < or ") first if you wish the number to be text-based.
• Example: If you are calculating a basic expression such as five plus nine, you can
simply type "5+9" without first entering an equal sign.
Enter simple expressions and functions – By typing = in a cell before any other
characters have been entered, you have readied the cell for an expression or function.
Without using any spaces after the equal sign, type the expression or function you want to
calculate or program.
• Entering functions – After keying in the equal sign, type the function you want to use
(i.e. cos, sqrt, sum, etc.) followed by the number(s) to be calculated enclosed in
parentheses (see example 1 below). If you want to perform a function on data
contained in another cell, simply type the cell address within parentheses instead of a
number (see example 2 below).
23
.
ENTER
2 = 'quickpad". Now press
A
2. Notice that the command string
A
2 justified to the right.
A
and the
ENTER
. The word
ENTER