Jason RimmerJR User guide

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User guide

Everything Babbage does, from your first line to every setting, with screenshots. New here? Start with Getting started.

Start here

01Getting startedInstall Babbage, open it, and write your first sheet.
02The basicsLines, answers, headings, comments and the words Babbage skips.

Calculate

03Numbers and percentagesArithmetic, exact fractions, number forms and percentages.
04Units and conversionsConvert lengths, weights, volumes, speeds, temperatures and more.
05MoneyCurrencies, cents, tips, tax and price math.
06Variables and totalsName a value, reuse earlier lines, and add up a sheet.
07Dates and timesDate math, durations, workdays and time zones.
08Functions and financeRoots, trigonometry, logarithms, statistics, loans and more.

Answers and sheets

09Answers and formatsCopy an answer, and show it as a fraction, in scientific form or rounded.
10Sheets and filesThe sidebar, renaming, exporting, and where your sheets live.

Reference

11The keyboardEvery shortcut.
12SettingsEvery setting, pane by pane.
13Updates and privacyWhat Babbage keeps, and the one thing it can ask the network.
14The command lineAnswer an expression or a sheet from a terminal with bbg.

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