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From: Antares 531 on 10 Feb 2010 18:09
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:00:53 -0500, "Nathan Sokalski"
<njsokalski(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>You may be right that XP and Vista didn't have fractions (I don't always
>remember correctly), but the Windows 7 Calculator is definitely SUPPOSED to
>be regarded as a scientific calculator. If you look at the options under the
>View menu, one of the choices is "Scientific". As far as I can tell, it has
>all the basic features of a scientific calculator other than fractions,
>which in my mind is the most important feature of scientific calculators.
>You would think that if they are willing to add all the features and modes
>that they did, they would think to add fractions.
>
MS Word, Excel and some of the other applications will let you type in
fractions, and will do the calculations accordingly. Maybe this is
what you were thinking about. Gordon
From: Carlos on 10 Feb 2010 18:21
Nathan,
Why is it that you need the Calculator to display numbers in a quotient
fashion?
I've been an engineer for over 30 years and never had a need for it.
Maybe I've missed something.
:)
Carlos
P.S.: not trying to argue, uh?

"Nathan Sokalski" wrote:

> You may be right that XP and Vista didn't have fractions (I don't always
> remember correctly), but the Windows 7 Calculator is definitely SUPPOSED to
> be regarded as a scientific calculator. If you look at the options under the
> View menu, one of the choices is "Scientific". As far as I can tell, it has
> all the basic features of a scientific calculator other than fractions,
> which in my mind is the most important feature of scientific calculators.
> You would think that if they are willing to add all the features and modes
> that they did, they would think to add fractions.
> --
> Nathan Sokalski
> njsokalski(a)hotmail.com
> http://www.nathansokalski.com/
>
> "Steve Foster" <steve.foster(a)picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:xn0gq89fzw4oigz01v(a)msnews.microsoft.com...
> > Nathan Sokalski wrote:
> >
> >>When using the Windows 7 Calculator in Scientific mode, how can I make it
> >>display the answer as a fraction? If I remember correctly, the calculator
> >>in previous versions of Windows allowed you to view the answer as a
> >>fraction, and I have never in my life seen a scientific calculator that
> >>doesn't let you use fractions. Am I missing something, or are fractions
> >>just not yet a feature of the Windows 7 Calculator? Thanks.
> >
> > I think you're mistaken in your belief that the Windows Calculator has
> > ever shown fractions.
> >
> > I don't see anything in it in XP, Vista or W7 that would enable fractions.
> >
> > I don't regard Calculator programs as "scientific calculators" (those are
> > small devices commonly purchased by students).
> >
> > --
> > Steve Foster
> > ------------
> > Please reply only to the newsgroups.
> > For SSL Certificates, Domains, etc, visit.:
> > https://netshop.virtual-isp.net
>
From: Nathan Sokalski on 11 Feb 2010 00:20
I don't actually have a specific "need" for it, I just find it very
surprising that it is not there. And I figure that if somebody wants to use
their computer do stuff where they need some of the other functions on the
Scientific mode, they would probably want to be able to do fractions, too.
In fact, I think that the average person would be more likely to use
fractions than some of the other functions. That may be different for
engineers like you or people in other specific fields, but I think if you
asked the average person which one they would rather have (for those people
that even care about the Calculator at all), more people would say fractions
than anything else. But I haven't done a study or gathered statistics, so I
guess I can't say anything for a fact except that it doesn't have fractions
now, that I wish it did, and that I think it should.
--
Nathan Sokalski
njsokalski(a)hotmail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

"Carlos" <Carlos(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:632CA233-C6ED-43EE-AEC4-D0671AC0A43A(a)microsoft.com...
> Nathan,
> Why is it that you need the Calculator to display numbers in a quotient
> fashion?
> I've been an engineer for over 30 years and never had a need for it.
> Maybe I've missed something.
> :)
> Carlos
> P.S.: not trying to argue, uh?
>
> "Nathan Sokalski" wrote:
>
>> You may be right that XP and Vista didn't have fractions (I don't always
>> remember correctly), but the Windows 7 Calculator is definitely SUPPOSED
>> to
>> be regarded as a scientific calculator. If you look at the options under
>> the
>> View menu, one of the choices is "Scientific". As far as I can tell, it
>> has
>> all the basic features of a scientific calculator other than fractions,
>> which in my mind is the most important feature of scientific calculators.
>> You would think that if they are willing to add all the features and
>> modes
>> that they did, they would think to add fractions.
>> --
>> Nathan Sokalski
>> njsokalski(a)hotmail.com
>> http://www.nathansokalski.com/
>>
>> "Steve Foster" <steve.foster(a)picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:xn0gq89fzw4oigz01v(a)msnews.microsoft.com...
>> > Nathan Sokalski wrote:
>> >
>> >>When using the Windows 7 Calculator in Scientific mode, how can I make
>> >>it
>> >>display the answer as a fraction? If I remember correctly, the
>> >>calculator
>> >>in previous versions of Windows allowed you to view the answer as a
>> >>fraction, and I have never in my life seen a scientific calculator that
>> >>doesn't let you use fractions. Am I missing something, or are fractions
>> >>just not yet a feature of the Windows 7 Calculator? Thanks.
>> >
>> > I think you're mistaken in your belief that the Windows Calculator has
>> > ever shown fractions.
>> >
>> > I don't see anything in it in XP, Vista or W7 that would enable
>> > fractions.
>> >
>> > I don't regard Calculator programs as "scientific calculators" (those
>> > are
>> > small devices commonly purchased by students).
>> >
>> > --
>> > Steve Foster
>> > ------------
>> > Please reply only to the newsgroups.
>> > For SSL Certificates, Domains, etc, visit.:
>> > https://netshop.virtual-isp.net
>>
From: David Kerber on 11 Feb 2010 08:49
In article <D934A631-B51C-4A6F-8C67-8D4AA8157C82(a)microsoft.com>,
njsokalski(a)hotmail.com says...
>
> You may be right that XP and Vista didn't have fractions (I don't always
> remember correctly), but the Windows 7 Calculator is definitely SUPPOSED to
> be regarded as a scientific calculator. If you look at the options under the
> View menu, one of the choices is "Scientific". As far as I can tell, it has
> all the basic features of a scientific calculator other than fractions,
> which in my mind is the most important feature of scientific calculators.
> You would think that if they are willing to add all the features and modes
> that they did, they would think to add fractions.

What scientific calculators have you seen fractions in? I've never seen
one; I've only seen them in student calculators and ones that can work
symbolically.

D

From: David Kerber on 11 Feb 2010 08:51
In article <84F0F04A-AC8A-47DC-BE2F-5C35BCEA4D73(a)microsoft.com>,
njsokalski(a)hotmail.com says...
>
> I don't actually have a specific "need" for it, I just find it very
> surprising that it is not there. And I figure that if somebody wants to use
> their computer do stuff where they need some of the other functions on the
> Scientific mode, they would probably want to be able to do fractions, too.
> In fact, I think that the average person would be more likely to use
> fractions than some of the other functions. That may be different for
> engineers like you or people in other specific fields, but I think if you
> asked the average person which one they would rather have (for those people
> that even care about the Calculator at all), more people would say fractions

That's why you don't see it in real scientific calculators. Scientists
and engineers, who actually use the scientific functions, don't normally
work in fractions unless they're working symbolically.

D

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