Neocal User Guide
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NeoCal User Guide Version 1.4.3 Published on April 4, 2002 www.hudren.com Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Hudren Andromeda Connection. All rights reserved. NeoCal and the HAC logo are trademarks of Hudren Andromeda Connection. Other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. NeoCal User Guide Table of Contents Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................5 FEATURES...........................................................................................................5 REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................................7 PALM OS REQUIREMENTS....................................................................................7 QTOPIA REQUIREMENTS.......................................................................................7 INSTALLATION....................................................................................................8 PALM OS INSTALLATION.......................................................................................8 QTOPIA INSTALLATION..........................................................................................8 GETTING STARTED ..........................................................................................10 KEYBOARD LAYOUT ...........................................................................................10 COMPARISON OF INPUT METHODS.......................................................................10 PREFERENCES ..................................................................................................11 FORMATTING NUMBERS......................................................................................13 ENTERING NUMBERS..........................................................................................13 CUSTOMIZABLE COLORS ....................................................................................13 CUSTOMIZEABLE KEYBOARD...............................................................................14 UNDO/REDO SUPPORT.......................................................................................14 USING GRAFFITI AND EXTERNAL KEYBOARDS.......................................................15 USING NEOCAL WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS ........................................................15 USING REGISTERS...........................................................................................16 WORKING REGISTERS ........................................................................................16 THE M REGISTER ..............................................................................................17 USER REGISTERS ..............................................................................................17 USER REGISTERS DIALOG ..................................................................................18 CLEARING THE REGISTERS.................................................................................19 STANDARD FUNCTIONS..................................................................................20 ONE-NUMBER FUNCTIONS..................................................................................20 TWO-NUMBER FUNCTIONS .................................................................................20 PERCENTAGES ..................................................................................................20 Percent ........................................................................................................21 Percent Change...........................................................................................21 Percent of Total ...........................................................................................21 FINANCIAL FUNCTIONS...................................................................................22 2 NeoCal User Guide Table of Contents FINANCIAL REGISTERS .......................................................................................22 MARGIN AND MARKUP ........................................................................................23 INTEREST CONVERSION......................................................................................23 TIME VALUE OF MONEY ......................................................................................24 AMORTIZATION ..................................................................................................25 CASH FLOW ANALYSIS .......................................................................................26 SCIENTIFIC FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................29 TRIGONOMETRY.................................................................................................29 LOGARITHMS .....................................................................................................29 CONVERSIONS...................................................................................................29 STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS...............................................................................31 STATISTICAL REGISTERS ....................................................................................31 MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION .......................................................................32 LINEAR REGRESSION .........................................................................................32 PROBABILITY .....................................................................................................33 PROGRAMMER FUNCTIONS ...........................................................................34 BASE CONVERSIONS ..........................................................................................34 INTEGER CONVERSIONS .....................................................................................34 BITWISE OPERATIONS ........................................................................................35 CONVERSION FUNCTIONS..............................................................................36 LENGTH CONVERSIONS ......................................................................................36 AREA CONVERSIONS..........................................................................................36 VOLUME CONVERSIONS .....................................................................................37 SPEED CONVERSIONS ........................................................................................37 WEIGHT CONVERSIONS ......................................................................................37 TEMPERATURE CONVERSIONS ............................................................................38 UNIT ARITHMETIC ..............................................................................................38 RPN TUTORIAL .................................................................................................40 AUTOMATIC MEMORY STACK ..............................................................................40 STACK MANIPULATION........................................................................................41 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ................................................................42 REVISION HISTORY..........................................................................................44 VERSION 1.0 .....................................................................................................44 VERSION 1.1 .....................................................................................................44 VERSION 1.2 .....................................................................................................45 3 NeoCal User Guide Table of Contents VERSION 1.3 .....................................................................................................47 VERSION 1.4 .....................................................................................................48 REGISTRATION.................................................................................................50 SUPPORT ..........................................................................................................51 PROGRAM UPDATES ..........................................................................................51 DOCUMENTATION UPDATES ................................................................................51 4 NeoCal User Guide Introduction Introduction NeoCalTM is a calculator, and like many other calculators, you can start using it without reading a manual. This guide was written to provide a reference for its advanced features which may work similarly to, but not exactly the same as, the calculators you've already used. NeoCal was designed to operate consistently and logically, with only a few exceptions added to match expectations of how other calculators work. If you come across something that doesn't make sense, please check this guide to get an understanding of NeoCal. The Financial and Statistical sections are especially helpful for understanding these more complex applications. They're easy to use once you have a general idea of how NeoCal was designed. Throughout this guide, examples are often provided in place of explanations, so it's important to work through them. Using the calculator while following the examples may improve your understanding of both the examples and the operation of the calculator. Features Here is a summary of some of NeoCal's advanced features: • Efficient