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    A N A L Y T I C A L C    H E L P    S Y S T E M                                                                                                                                                                                                             To get HELP use the command Hn where n is 0 thru 8 for HELP 0                                                                     through HELP 8.                                                                                                               HELP 0 - This screen                                                                                                            HELP 1 - Summary of many AnalytiCalc commands (terse)                                                                           HELP 2 - Data Entry / Editing                                                                                                   HELP 3 - Calculation Control                                                                                                    HELP 4 - Cursor Motion and Positioning                                                                                          HELP 5 - Cell Copy                                                                                                              HELP 6 - Add/Subtract Absolute Rows/Cols                                                                                        HELP 7 - Add/Subtract Relocting, Rows or Cols.                                                                                  HELP 8 - Change Display Size, Col Size, Load Data                                                                               HELP 9 - Keypad Diagram for Amiga                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               EN expression - Insert expression at current pos.                                                                               M1,M2,M3, or M4 - Motion up, down, left, right (auto)                                                                           DL var1:var2 Rn:m (or Cn:m) - Display Loc phys to row/col n-m                                                                   DF var1:var2 [format] - set display format. A or L shows text, else #                                                           DT var1:var2 F or I - Set display number type to flt or int                                                                     DW n,m - set width of column n of display to m chars                                                                            DB c,r - Set display bounds at c cols, r rows (chars)                                                                           L var - Move cursor to var named (phys.) OA var or OR var=move displ. origin                                                    V - redraw screen. VF - Disply. formulas. VM=no auto. redraw. K - interactive                                                   calc. *E returns. ZA - zero all. ZE var1:var2 - zero var1 thru var2                                                             X - exit program. W write screen to file or printer                                                                             CV v1:v2 v3:v4 copy value from v1:v2 to v3:v4 range; CR=copy and relocate vars.                                                 CD v1:v2 v3:v4 copy display format. CF=copy formula. CA=copy all                                                                P Put screen to file. G=get screen from file at curr.loc                                                                        1,2,3,4 - move cursor Up,Down,Left,Right. A[A/R]n[R/C] Add abs/reloc n Row/Col                                                  Variable ranges are var1[:var2]. Var names P#+n#+m or                                                                           D#+n#+m are current Phys or Display locs + or - offsets                                                                         Expressions may use multiple stmts, use \ separators.                                                                           Use std FORTRAN  function names + MIN, MAX, AVG, STD, AND, IOR, XOR, MOD,                                                       or SUM. IF stmt format is IF [v1.REL.v2]yes-expr|else expr.                                                                     Rels are .LT.,.GT.,.EQ.,.NE.,.GE.,.LE.                                                                                          R Recompute sheet. RM Recompute Manually only (R resets)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        HELP 2 - Data Entry / Editing                                                                                                   E expression    Enter expression into cell.                                                                                     Formulas available (+ SQRT,SIN,COS,LOG,EXP,ATAN)                                                                                SUM[variables]          Sum of all arguments                                                                                    MAX[variables]          Max of arguments                                                                                        MIN[variables]          Min of arguments                                                                                        AVG[variables]          Average of arguments                                                                                    STD[variables]          Standard deviation squared                                                                              IF [V1.rel.V2] statement | else-statement                                                                                       In the first 5 cases, arguments are variable names separated by                                                                 commas, or variable ranges, or mixtures separaged by columns.                                                                   ".REL." is any of the 6 forms:                                                                                                  .EQ.    Equal            .NE.    Not Equal                                                                                      .GT.    Greater than     .LT.    Less than (V1 less than V2)                                                                    .GE.    Greater or Equal .LE.    Less than or Equal to (V1 =< V2)                                                               *XV filename V1         Extract value at cell V1 in saved                                                                                               sheet stored in filename.                                                                               ED `string1`string2`    Replace string1 with string2                                                                                                    in current cell formula. Either                                                                                                 string may be null if desired.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          HELP 3 - Calculation Control                                                                                                    R       Recalculate all of the sheet.                                                                                           RM      Recalculate manually only until R command given                                                                         RF      Recalculate sheet, force constant recalculation                                                                         K               Drop into interactive calculator. *E returns to sheet                                                           X               Exit to operating system.                                                                                       V               Redraw screen with normal formats (View)                                                                        VF              Redraw screen showing all formulas (View Formulas)                                                              VM              Dont redraw screen until a V or VF is given (View Manual)                                                       VH+ or VH-      Turn display of current row calculation on/off                                                                  ZA              Zero whole sheet                                                                                                ZE V1:V2        Zero variables in a row or column in range from                                                                                         cell V1 to cell V2 (V1,V2 = names of cells)                                                             @filespec       Read filespec and execute commands as though typed.                                                             PPX             Save current sheet (formulas and numbers) from cursor dn,rt                                                     PDF             Put out current Display sheet (Formulas)                                                                        PPF             Put out current Physical sheet (Formulas)                                                                       PDN             Put out current Display sheet (Numbers)                                                                         PPN             Put out current Physical sheet (Numbers)                                                                        W               Write screen to hardcopy file.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  HELP 4 - Cursor Motion and Positioning                                                                                          L variable-name         Position cursor at variable-name                                                                        M1, M2, M3, M4  Move Up, Down, Left, or Right after an Enter                                                                            (but not immediately)                                                                                                         1 or Uparrow              (Move up)                                                                                             2 or Downarrow            (Move down)                                                                                           3 or Left arrow           (Move left)                                                                                           4 or Right arrow          (Move right)                                                                                          OA variable     Reset origin of display to variable                                                                             OR variable     Reset display down and right to start with variable,                                                                            changing only region down and right of cursor                                                                   DL V1:V2 Rn:m   point at display coordinates (n,m) (col,row)                                                                                    and, going left to right along a Row, copy in                                                                                   variables V1 through V2 (actually, point those                                                                                  display sheet cells at variables V1 thru V2).                                                                   DL V1:V2 Cn:m   point at display coordinates (n,m) (col,row)                                                                                    and, going top to bottom along a Column, copy in                                                                                variables V1 through V2 (actually, point those                                                                                  display sheet cells at variables V1 thru V2).                                                                   DF V1:V2 [format]       Set display format of range V1:V2 to format                                                                                     (format A means display formula.)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       HELP 5 - Cell Copy                                                                                                              CA V1:V2 V3:V4          Copy all cell attributes from V1:V2                                                                                             to V3:V4.                                                                                               CV V1:V2 V3:V4          Copy numeric values only                                                                                CD V1:V2 V3:V4          Copy Display Formats only                                                                               CF V1:V2 V3:V4          Copy Formulas only (no relocation)                                                                      CR V1:V2 V3:V4          Copy all cell attributes as in CA but                                                                                           relocate cell names to new location                                                                                             from old one. Only relocate names right                                                                                         of or below the cursor or on same row/col                                                                                       with cursor (cells above or left of cursor                                                                                      are NOT relocated). Label cells are not altered.                                                           If V2 is missing, V1 is replicated to V3:V4 range.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           HELP 6 - Add/Subtract Absolute Rows/Cols                                                                                        AA number R     Add "number" rows ahead of the current                                                                                          physical position, moving all cells below                                                                                       the current cell down by "number" rows and                                                                                      losing the physical sheet`s bottom "number"                                                                                     rows` contents, NOT adjusting variable references                                                                               where the variables are in the moved range                                                                                      and are not the position independent (P## or D##                                                                                forms) type.                                                                                                    AA number C     Add "number" columns ahead of the current                                                                                       physical position, moving all cells right of                                                                                    the current cell right by "number" columns and                                                                                  losing the physical sheet`s bottom "number"                                                                                     columns` contents, NOT adjusting variable references                                                                            where the variables are in the moved range                                                                                      and are not the position independent (P## or D##                                                                                forms) type.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    HELP 7 - Add/Subtract Relocting, Rows or Cols.                                                                                  AR number R     Add "number" rows ahead of the current                                                                                          physical position, moving all cells below                                                                                       the current cell down by "number" rows and                                                                                      losing the physical sheet`s bottom "number"                                                                                     rows` contents, adjusting variable references                                                                                   where the variables are in the moved range                                                                                      and are not the position independent (P## or D##                                                                                forms) type.                                                                                                    AR number C     Add "number" columns ahead of the current                                                                                       physical position, moving all cells right of                                                                                    the current cell right by "number" columns and                                                                                  losing the physical sheet`s bottom "number"                                                                                     columns` contents, adjusting variable references                                                                                where the variables are in the moved range                                                                                      and are not the position independent (P## or D##                                                                                forms) type.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    HELP 8 - Change Display Size, Col Size, Load Data                                                                               DW N,M          Set column N on display to be M characters wide                                                                 DB n,m          Set number of columns displayed on screen                                                                                               to n, number of rows displayed to m.                                                                    GD              Reload sheet down/right onto display coords.                                                                    GP              Reload sheet down/right onto physical coords.                                                                   <               Rewind the current Analyticalc input file                                                                       * any text      Comment. (For command files.)                                                                                   Hn       Display a screen of help. n may be 0 to 9, default 0.                                                                  F filename/nnnn         Read filename, skipping nnnn lines                                                                                              if the "/nnnn" is there, and load                                                                                               contents onto the currently displayed                                                                                           screen, broken into columns as the                                                                                              current screen is set up.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            AnalytiCalc Keypad Standard Keys                                                                                   +--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+                                                    | F1           | F2 / Gold F2 | F3 / Gold F3 | F4           | F5 / Gold F5 |                                                    |              |Search Formula|  Copy range  |              | LOAD SHEET   |                                                    |    GOLD      |_ = wild char |              |    SAVE      |              |                                                    |(Selects alt. |              |              |   SHEET      |              |                                                    | Function key |Incremental   |Cell to region|              |LOAD SHEET &  |                                                    | meanings)    |insert values |(cell at u.l.)|              | RELOCATE     |                                                    +--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+                                                                                                                                                                                    +--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+                                                    | F6 / Gold F6 | F7 / Gold F7 | F8 / Gold F8 | F9           | F0 / Gold F0 |                                                    |Set Motion Dir| Set Window   |Insert/Delete |   START      | Recalculate  |                                                    |              |(D,R from cur)|Rows or Cols  |  NEW CLI     |              |                                                    |Row -> area   |              |              |              |              |                                                    |              | Set Origin   |              |   START      | Recalculate  |                                                    |Col -> area   | of Display   |              |  NEW SHELL   | & force all  |                                                    +--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+                                                     Cursor arrows move on screen.     HELP key starts HELP command                                                                  X - Exit from spreadsheet.