Re: total newbie
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- Subject: [mg111079] Re: total newbie
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:11:28 -0400 (EDT)
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- Reply-to: HPR <read at math.uvm.edu>
On 7/18/2010 1:07 AM, Helen Read wrote: > On 7/17/2010 8:16 AM, Michael Robinson 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. > > Shift-Enter (that is, hold down the shift key while you press Enter). > > Here's a getting started video that I made for my own students that you > might find useful. Try doing the examples in Mathematica along with the > video. If it goes too fast, pause the video so you can catch up. > It might help if I actually include the link to the video. http://www.uvm.edu/~cems/mathstat/mathematica/screencasts/mathematica_getting-started.mp4 -- Helen Read University of Vermont