Today I found an interesting article that compares mechanical adding machine with software calculators. I definitly recommend it for all of you adding machine users, who are not sure if a software calculator is the way to go, especially in finanical terms.
" Conclusion:
In my opinion, mechanical paper tape adding machines are a costly, outdated addiction. Migrating the adding machine functionality to electronic adding machine software, like DeskCalc, makes excellent business sense both from cost and environmental perspectives. I think it's time the mechanical paper tape dinosaurs faded into the same sunset where pencil and paper spreadsheets disappeared almost 30 years ago."
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Read more: Tape Adding Machines, a Very Expensive, Unnecessary Addiction?
The text-field is a column within the tape (not in the formula mode). To each individual computation position a describing text can be added. The fast detection of corresponding texts can be done with [ F2]-Key activated in the text registration mode, and that text is selected and closed with ENTER. Subsequently, the detection of the next value, results etc. takes place.
You may have several calculation in your tape and like to know the average value or the grant total of all your results. You may either use the keyboard shortcuts for grand total and for average value or the A or GT button...
Read more: Grand total and average value - adding machine features
Update: Copy and Paste from Excel, without currency symbols problems
New: Copy selected values in to a new tape
Just select some positions in your current tape, right mouse-click - choose "copy to new tape" and DeskCalc creates a new tape and adds the selected positons to this new tape.