Hot Calculator. Introduction

Hot Calculator. Introduction

Atlantis contains the Hot Calculator – a calculator tightly integrated with the document window.

Using the Hot Calculator, you can perform a wide range of mathematical calculations without leaving a document window.

Hot Calculator is able to calculate mathematical expressions selected within a document window. The result of calculations can be either placed to the clipboard, or inserted immediately after the expression being calculated, or can replace this expression.

 

Before performing calculation itself, you should select the expression that should be calculated.

When you click the Calculate toolbar button or press the Alt+= keys, Atlantis attempts to calculate the selected mathematical expression.

The Enable Autodetection of Expressions option (the Tools | Options... command, Hot Calculator tab) controls how this calculating are performed in case there were no text selected.

When this option is on, and no text were selected, Atlantis attempts to detect the expression for calculating. The detected expression (if any) will be selected but no calculating will be performed.
After the expression was successfully detected, you should click the Calculate toolbar button or press the Alt+= keys again to calculate the selected expression.

When this option is off, and no text is selected, Atlantis will display the message informing you that you should select the desired expression.

 

The whole group of the Hot Calculator options (the Tools | Options... command, Hot Calculator tab) determines what will be done after the expression was successfully calculated.

 

 

A little demonstration of the Hot Calculator's abilities.

Let's imagine that you write a message to your... debtor.

You finished typing the sentence. As you see, the cursor is at the end of it.
Now you wish to replace the 780+25% text with the final sum.

Let's assume that the Enable Autodetection of Expressions option is on.
Let's also assume that Replace Calculated Expression With Result option is checked too.

So, you simply click the toolbar button or press the Alt+= keys.

No text is selected. So Atlantis attempts to detect the required expression.

As you see, Atlantis has selected the proper expression.

Now you click the button again or press the Alt+= keys.

Atlantis has replaced the 780+25% text with the result (780 plus 25 percents of 780).

 

The above example demonstrates the simplest abilities of the Hot Calculator of Atlantis.

Click here for the advanced information about the Hot Calculator.