I know I can hit the decimal point but on all my other (albeit Luddite) calculators there is a setting to automatically put in 2 decimal places for calculating cash.
Can this be done on the Yosemite Basic Calculator, to enter in 2 decimal places without having to hit the decimal point?
thanks,
Rob
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Have you looked at the View menu in Calculator?
Nope, that's for converting from one currency to another, that doesn't install the decimal point.
Sorry, but that's not it. Setting it to 2 decimal places doesn't automatically put in a decimal point.
Perhaps I'm not being clear. On old style manual, printing calculators, you can set it to put in a decimal point to show cents, e.g. if you punch in 1234 and hit the + sign it will show 12.34. So when adding a column of numbers representing cash you never have to waste time entering decimal points, it is done for you.
To enter $5345.00 + $173.53 = $5518.53 you hit 534500 + 17353 = and the result will show 5518.53. It automatically adds in the decimal point for cents. You can usually adjust this for 0-5 decimal places.
Set it for Currency:
View->Decimal Places->2.
You can enter as many decimals as you want, but the result ill be calculated to 2 places only.
Hw do I set calculator to put in 2 decimal points for adding cash?
