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Keyboard Shortcuts


Keyboard shortcuts (accelerators) allow you to use the calculator from the computer keyboard, rather than using the calculator's own keypad. Shortcuts are a quicker way of getting to a function, especially for the experienced user or if the keypad equivalent can only be reached by pressing a number of keys. Some users prefer to use the keyboard rather than a pointing device (or they may not have one!).

The keyboard shortcut equivalents of the calculator keys are listed below, ordered alphabetically by description. The column headed "mode" indicates that the function is limited to the modes shown: D - decimal, B - binary, O - octal, H - hexadecimal, N - base-n, F - financial, S - statistics, A - angle, T - time. There is also a table ordered by key legend.


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Shift

Alt

A

Angle mode

Shift

Alt

m

Arithmetic mean of data

S

bksp

Backspace

o

Base 10 logarithm

Shift

Alt

N

Base N mode

Shift

Alt

B

Binary mode

&

Bitwise AND

B,O,H,N

Alt

~

Bitwise Exclusive NOR

B,O,H,N

Alt

|

Bitwise Exclusive OR

B,O,H,N

~

Bitwise negation

B,O,H,N

Alt

!

Bitwise NOT

B,O,H,N

|

Bitwise OR

B,O,H,N

Ctrl

M

Calculator mode and settings

Alt

-

Change sign

Shift

del

Clear all

Shift

Ctrl

del

Clear all statistics

S

Shift

bksp

Clear entry

del

Clear entry

Shift

Alt

C

Combinations

S

Ctrl

c

Copy

c

Cosine

Ctrl

x

Cut

Shift

Alt

D

Decimal mode

d

Degrees

A

Shift

Ctrl

Alt

D

Determinant

matrix

Shift

A

Digit A

H

Shift

B

Digit B

H

Shift

C

Digit C

H

Shift

D

Digit D

H

Shift

E

Digit E

H

Shift

F

Digit F

H

Shift

G

Digit G

N

Shift

H

Digit H

N

Shift

I

Digit I

N

Shift

J

Digit J

N

Shift

K

Digit K

N

Shift

L

Digit L

N

Shift

M

Digit M

N

Shift

N

Digit N

N

Shift

O

Digit O

N

Shift

P

Digit P

N

Shift

Q

Digit Q

N

Shift

R

Digit R

N

Shift

S

Digit S

N

Shift

T

Digit T

N

Shift

U

Digit U

N

Shift

V

Digit V

N

Shift

W

Digit W

N

Shift

X

Digit X

N

Shift

Y

Digit Y

N

Shift

Z

Digit Z

N

/

Divide

Shift

Ctrl

B

Double-declining-balance depreciation

F

Ctrl

d

Enter data

S

=

Equals (Enter in RPC mode)

Shift

E

Exponent

e

Exponent

!

Factorial

Shift

Alt

F

Financial mode

Alt

r

Financial rates menu

F

Alt

?

Help

Alt

h

Help

Shift

Alt

H

Hexadecimal mode

:

Hours/mins/secs

T

Shift

Ctrl

C

Hyperbolic cosine

Shift

Ctrl

S

Hyperbolic sine

Shift

Ctrl

T

Hyperbolic tangent

Shift

Ctrl

R

Internal rate of return

F

Alt

o

Inverse base 10 logarithm

Alt

c

Inverse cosine

Shift

Ctrl

Alt

C

Inverse hyperbolic cosine

Shift

Ctrl

Alt

S

Inverse hyperbolic sine

Shift

Ctrl

Alt

T

Inverse hyperbolic tangent

Alt

l

Inverse natural logarithm

Alt

s

Inverse sine

Alt

t

Inverse tangent

Shift

Ctrl

I

Investment (Future Value, FV)

F

(

Left parenthesis

Alt

_

Matrix invert

matrix

Alt

*

Matrix multiply

matrix

>

Maximum of data

S

i

Memory in

Alt

i

Memory N in

Alt

p

Memory N plus

Alt

m

Memory N recall

p

Memory plus

m

Memory recall

<

Minimum of data

S

Shift

Ctrl

M

Loan (Mortgage)

F

*

Multiply

l

Natural Logarithm

D,S

Shift

Ctrl

N

Net present value

F

0

Number 0

1

Number 1

2

Number 2

3

Number 3

4

Number 4

5

Number 5

6

Number 6

7

Number 7

8

Number 8

9

Number 9

Ctrl

n

Number of data points

S

Shift

Alt

O

Octal mode

Ctrl

v

Paste

%

Percentage

Shift

Alt

P

Permutations

S

k

Physical constants and properties

Alt

k

Physical constants and properties

Ctrl

p

Pi

^

Raise to power

r

Random number generator

_

Reciprocal

)

Right parenthesis

Shift

Alt

R

Roman numeral mode

Alt

^

Root

Ctrl

Alt

s

Sample standard deviation

S

Alt

.

Scalar (dot) product

matrix

s

Sine

q

Square

Alt

q

Square root

Ctrl

s

Standard deviation

S

Shift

Alt

S

Statistics mode

RIGHTStopwatch startT
LEFTStopwatch stopT
UPStopwatch split time T
DOWNStopwatch resetT

Shift

Ctrl

L

Straight line depreciation

F

Shift

Ctrl

E

Sum of data

S

Shift

Ctrl

Q

Sum of squares of data

S

Shift

Ctrl

Y

Sum of year's digits depreciation

F

t

Tangent

Ctrl

t

Term of an annuity (TMa)

F

Shift

Alt

T

Time mode

Ctrl

Alt

t

Transpose matrix

matrix

u

Units conversion menu

Alt

u

Units conversion menu

Alt

x

Vector (cross) product

matrix