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→The toolbars
From left to right:
From left to right:
* project-toolbar button
* project-toolbar button
* L scale (addition and subtraction)
* function combo box used to selection a computation, e.g., addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, etc.
* top-scale indicator
* CI scale (inverse - multiplication and division when the C scale would give underflow/overflow)
* top-scale combo box: linear, log, log2, log3, 1/log, sin, tan, log log
* A scale (square and square root)
* bottom-scale indicator
* K scale (cube and cube root)
* bottom-scale combo box: linear, log, log2, log3, 1/log, sin, tan, log log
* S scale (sin and asin)
* scale-alignment button (realigns top scale to bottom scale)
* T scale (tan and atan)
* activity stop button
* stop button (not shown)
The results of the calculation are displayed at the bottom of the screen.
The results of the calculation are displayed below the slide rule.
=== The keyboard shortcuts ===
:+ addition/subtraction
:* multiplication/division
:c log scale
:i 1/log scale
:a log2 scale
:k log3 scale
:s sin scale
:t tan scale
:Backspace: align top scale with bottom scale
:Home: move all scales to "home" position
:left arrow: jog slide left
:right arrow: jog slide right
== How to use a slide rule ==
== How to use a slide rule ==