HP 40gs hp 40gs_user's guide_English_E_HDPMSG40E07A.pdf - Page 352

hp40g+.book Page 4 Friday, December 9, 2005 1:03 AM Creating and editing programs Create a new program 1. Press PROGRM to open the Program catalog. 2. Press . The HP 40gs prompts you for a name. A program name can contain special characters, such as a space. However, if you use special characters and then run the program by typing it in HOME, you must enclose the program name in double quotes (" "). Don't use the " symbol within your program name. 3. Type your program name, then press . When you press , the Program Editor opens. 4. Enter your program. When done, start any other activity. Your work is saved automatically. Enter commands Until you become familiar with the HP 40gs commands, the easiest way to enter commands is to select them from the Commands menu from the Program editor. You can also type in commands using alpha characters. 1. From the Program editor, press the Program Commands menu. CMDS to open CMDS 21-4 Programming