Re: total newbie
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- Subject: [mg111050] Re: total newbie
- From: magma <maderri2 at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:05:10 -0400 (EDT)
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On Jul 17, 2:16 pm, "Michael Robinson" <kellrobin... at yahoo.com> wrote: > I downloaded mathematica tonight so I can do an assignment. I have to > modify a file our teacher posted on the class website, solve some equations > and generate a curve... > okay, this file ends in the extension nb. > I need to know how to make the commands in the file execute. > > Now don't laugh. I put the cursor at the end of the line (for example a > ParametricPlot command) and hit enter. I get a carriage return. > > My problem is so elementary that the help menus don't even address it. If you use a keyboard with a numeric keypad, press Enter on the num. keypad. Otherwise, or in alternative, press shift-Return (Return is the big key on the main keyboard area, it is also - sometimes and erroneously - called Enter) Laptops normally do not have a numeric keypad, so you will use shift- Return