calc: Tutorial
3 Tutorial
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This chapter explains how to use Calc and its many features, in a
step-by-step, tutorial way. You are encouraged to run Calc and work
along with the examples as you read (
Starting Calc). If you are
already familiar with advanced calculators, you may wish to skip on to
the rest of this manual.
This tutorial describes the standard user interface of Calc only.
The Quick mode and Keypad mode interfaces are fairly self-explanatory.
Embedded Mode, for a description of the Embedded mode interface.
The easiest way to read this tutorial on-line is to have two windows
on your Emacs screen, one with Calc and one with the Info system. Press
‘C-x * t’ to set this up; the on-line tutorial will be opened in the
current window and Calc will be started in another window. From the
Info window, the command ‘C-x * c’ can be used to switch to the Calc
window and ‘C-x * o’ can be used to switch back to the Info window. (If
you have a printed copy of the manual you can use that instead; in that
case you only need to press ‘C-x * c’ to start Calc.)
This tutorial is designed to be done in sequence. But the rest of
this manual does not assume you have gone through the tutorial. The
tutorial does not cover everything in the Calculator, but it touches on
most general areas.
You may wish to print out a copy of the Calc Summary and keep notes
on it as you learn Calc. About This Manual, to see how to make
a printed summary. Summary.
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