21st Century Accounting Help - General Ledger

Using the Calculator

You can cut and paste from the data entry windows into the Calculator, run calculations, and paste back into data entry windows. In a 21st Century Accounting numeric field, entering a number plus an arithmetic operator (+, -, /, or *) displays the 21st Century Accounting Calculator with the value you entered inserted and ready to be operated upon.

Once you insert values from data entry fields into the Calculator, you perform calculations on them as follows:

To	Do this
Add to a field value	Type addend, press Enter or click =
Subtract from a field value	Type subtrahend, press Enter or click =
Multiply a field value	Type multiplier, press Enter or click =
Divide a field value	Type divisor, press Enter or click =
Clear the tape	Press Alt+C or click Clear button
Clear the current entry	Press Alt+E or click CE button
Negate the current entry	Press Alt+N or click Negate button
Insert Calculator value in data entry field	Press Insert Key
Print contents of tape on default printer	Press Alt+P or click Print button

Use F5 to open the calculator at any time, from anywhere in the system.

You can run the Calculator using the numeric keypad on your computer keyboard or using the mouse to click the numbers and the arithmetic operators.