Two ways. First, you don't need the calculator for simple things: open Spotlight with cmd-space, and type a calculation. 2-4 will yield -2, and 4^4 (4 to the fourth power) will yield 256. You can use parentheses, plus/minus/multiply/divide, powers, and negative numbers all from Spotlight. The asterisk is multiply, the slash is divide, dash is minus/negative, and plus is plus. You just type the calculation--no need to hit enter--and after a second, VO will say the answer.
If you still need to use the calculator, open it and you'll be on the "0", which is the display. Type your calculation and press enter to hear the result. You can then do more calculations, and if you don't type another number before the symbol (plus, minus, etc), the value displayed is used. You can use the number pad with no problem, but VO won't announce the symbol you enter for some reason. It will announce the numbers, though. > On Mar 6, 2016, at 07:46, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello. > > Last night I ventured to use Calculator on my I Mac as I had always used the > Calculator on my I phone. What ever I did, I could not find the subtract, > multiply but could find the Plus. I even put the Keyboard help on with VO K > as I thought I’d get to know where the multiply was. So if anyone has used > the calculator on the Mac, please could you give me some instructions as how > I should use it please? I also have a Mac mini and use the Apple USB > keyboard and so I hope I can use it in the same way when I use the calculator > on my Mac Mini as well. Logically I would have thought that Apple would have > designed the calculator on the Mac in the same way as the calculator on the I > phone. > > Thanks. > > Kawal. > I'm fundraising for RNIB. > > Please help me make a difference by making a donation to my Virgin Money > Giving page. > > To find out more about what I'm doing and why, please visit > http://www.virginmoneygiving.com/team/RNIBiceland > <http://www.virginmoneygiving.com/team/RNIBiceland> where you can also > sponsor me online. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall [email protected] -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
