Lesson 2
Getting Started (Intro to Main and the Soft Keyboard, cont'd)
What is an application? In the computer world, we define application as a computer program with a user interface. You can think of an application as any program that you can open on your computer and do work in. The ClassPad Manager is an application with other applications inside. Most of its components (or parts) are the same as other PC applications; only a few are unique.
Part I
[Important] Become familar with basic window terminology
- System Menu Button (
) Opens a menu that looks similar in all ClassPad applications. The System menu provides you with many dialogs to set ClassPad modes and other window options. - Menu Bar Provides a row of menus that you can open and select commands from. The ClassPad’s “Menu bar” will change for each different application. For example, notice the different menu bars and toolbars:
- Toolbar Provides a row of buttons that you can click to get a command or change modes. Some ClassPad toolbar buttons are in dropdown button palettes.
- Window Border A box or edge defining an application’s work area. When more than one window is open, the active window (window with focus) will have a bolder border.
You will learn a lot more about window borders and focus in the next lesson. For now, please just notice the difference.
- Scrollbar Provides a way to “pan” your window. Useful hints:
- Work Area Window area where we can input data.
- Status Bar Displays information about the application.
- Icon Panel Provides a row of buttons that you can click at any time.
- Cursor Pad Provides a way to move cursor position up, down, left or right.
- Keypad Provides quick access to the most commonly used keys.
Part I
Practice Exercises
Before beginning the practice exercises, open a word document, type in the following information and then save it as Lesson2 in your CASIO folder within My Documents:
- Date: (enter today's date)
- To: (put your instructor's name here)
- From: (put your name here)
- Re: Lesson 2
- Open your ClassPad Manager, if you have not already.
- Click
on the icon panel. - Open the Main application.
- Evaluate 32.7 – 18.9 (type it in and press EXE or Enter).
- Select your answer by clicking on it and then click the
button. - Get a screen capture and paste it into your Lesson2 document (under a title of PART I).
- Evaluate 8/9 + 5/6.
- Place the cursor anywhere on the line that you just entered (click it) and then click the button.
- Get a screen capture. Please add two blank spaces following the first screen capture and then paste this one.
- Select your answer by clicking on it and then click the button again.
Notice that the button toggles your answer between a fraction and decimal. - Click on the icon panel.
- Open the Geometry application. Notice how different the toolbar looks.
- Click on the triangle toolbar button (
) and then click one time inside the window’s work area. You should see a triangle. We will return to Geometry in lesson 3. - Get a screen capture. Add two blank spaces following the second screen capture and then paste this one.