Today, even the most basic Windows applications such as Alarm, Clock, and Calculator are designed to let you perform a number of varying tasks in addition to the obvious chores. In the Calculator app, a new mode was made available to all users in the May 2020 build of Windows 10. As the name implies, it can be used to plot equations on a graph and analyze functions. This graphing mode is quite helpful if you are a student or an employee making presentations, especially if your career is in mechanical and architectural streams. Although, for most users, the graphing mode is greyed out or disabled by default. It thus needs to be enabled manually. Today, we will teach you how to enable or disable Calculator Graphing Mode in Windows 10.
How to Enable Calculator Graphing Mode in Windows 10
The Calculator application itself has four different modes built into it along with a bunch of converters.
- The first one is called the Imodi ejwayelekile which will let you perform basic arithmetic calculations.
- Okulandelayo ngu Imodi yesayensi which allows advanced calculations with the use of trigonometric functions and exponents.
- It is followed by a Imodi yomhleli for performing programming-related calculations.
- And finally, the new Graphing mode to plot equations on a graph.
Why Enable Graphing Mode in Calculator?
- Kuyakusiza ukuba visualize the concept of Algebraic equations like functions, polynomials, quadratics.
- It allows you to work on parametric & polar graphing which is hard to draw on paper.
- In Trigonometry functions, it helps you to figure out amplitude, period, and phase shift.
- In programming, if your projects are based on data sets and spreadsheets, you can rely on this for accurate data.
Enabling graphing mode in the calculator application is actually a very easy task and involves editing either Group Policy Editor or Windows Registry. Both of these applications store important settings pertaining to Windows OS and its applications, so be extremely careful when following the steps to avoid prompting any errors or damaging your system altogether. In this article, we have detailed two different ways to enable Calculator Graphing Mode in Windows 10 and also provided a basic walkthrough of the model at the end.
Method 1: Through Local Group Policy Editor
This method is applicable if you are using Professional and Enterprise editions of Windows 10. Though, if you have a Home edition then you will not be allowed to access the Group Policy Editor. So, try the other method.
Step I: Determine Your Windows 10 Edition
1. Vula Amasethingi ngokushaya Windows + I okhiye together, and select System, njengoba kukhonjisiwe.
I-2. Chofoza Mayelana ngakwesobunxele kwesobunxele.
3. Bheka ifayela le- I-Windows Specifications ingxenye.
Step II: Enable or Disable Calculator Graphing Mode in Windows 10
I-1. Hit Okhiye beWindows + R kanyekanye ukuvula Qalisa ibhokisi lengxoxo.
I-2. Thayipha gpedit.msc bese uchofoze OK button to launch Umhleli Wenqubomgomo Yeqembu Lendawo.
3. Kufanele ufike User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Calculator in the left pane by clicking on the isithonjana somcibisholo at the side of each folder.
I-4. Chofoza Allow Graphing Calculator entry in the right pane. Then, select the ukulungiselelwa kwenqubomgomo option shown highlighted.
I-5. Chofoza Inikwe amandla inkinobho yomsakazo bese uchofoza Faka isicelo ukusindisa izinguquko.
Qaphela: If you haven’t previously altered the entry, it will be in Akulungiselelwe state, by default.
6. Close down all the programs and perform a ukuqala kabusha kwesistimu.
I-7. Kwakho I-Calculator app will show Igrafu option once your PC boots back on.
Qaphela: To disable graphing calculator on Windows 10 computer, select Abakhubazekile inketho ku Isinyathelo 5.
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Method 2: Through Registry Editor
If for some reason you weren’t able to enable the graphing mode from the group policy editor, editing the Windows registry will also do the trick. Follow the given steps to enable or disable Calculator graphing mode on Windows 10 PCs:
I-1. Chofoza Qala, thayipha umhlanga, bese uchofoza Vula ukuqalisa I-Registry Editor.
2. Paste the following location indlela in the address bar and hit the Faka ukhiye.
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesCalculator
Qaphela: It is quite possible you did not find the Calculator folder. You will therefore need to create one manually. Right-click on Izinqubomgomo bese uchofoza New ulandelwa ngu Key. Name the key as I-Calculator.
Qaphela: If the Calculator key was already present on your PC, chances are the AllowGraphingCalculator value also exists. Otherwise, you will again need to manually create the value.
3. Qhafaza kwesokudla ku- blank space. Chofoza Okusha > I-DWORD (i-32-bit) Inani. Qamba igama le- Inani as AllowGraphingCalculator.
4. Manje, chofoza kwesokudla AllowGraphingCalculator bese uchofoza Shintsha.
I-5. Thayipha 1 ngaphansi Idatha yenani: to enable the feature. Click on OK ukusindisa.
6. Phuma I-Registry Editor futhi Qala kabusha i-PC yakho.
Qaphela: If you wish to disable Graphing mode in the future, change the Idatha yokubaluleka kuya 0 in Isinyathelo 5.
How to Use Calculator Graphing Mode
Step I: Access Graphing Mode
I-1. Vula I-Calculator Isicelo.
2. Chofoza ku- hamburger (three horizontal lines) icon present at the top-left corner.
3. In the ensuing menu, click on Igrafu, njengoba kukhonjisiwe.
4. Within a split second, you will be greeted with an empty graph on the left pane and a familiar-looking calculator numeric pad on the right, as shown below.
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Step II: Plot Equations
I-1. Ngena zibalo (isib x +1, x-2) on the top right fields for f1 & f2 fields, njengoba kubonisiwe.
2. Simply, hit Faka on your keyboard after typing out the equation to plot it.
3. Hover the mouse pointer over the plotted line ukuthola exact coordinates of that point, as illustrated below.
Step III: Analyze Equations
Apart from plotting equations, the graphing mode can also be used to analyze equations, although not all of them. To check the functional analysis of an equation, click on the lightning icon eceleni kwaso.
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Step IV: Change the Style of the Plotted line
1. Chofoza ku- paint palette icon ukuvula Line Options.
2A. This will let you change the style of the plotted line as:
2B. Select the Color from the color options provided.
Step V: Use Graph Options
Once the equations are mapped, three new options become active at the top-right corner of the graph window.
1. The first option lets you trace the plotted lines using the mouse or keyboard.
2. The next one is to share the graph via mail.
3. And the last one allows you to customize the graph which allows you to:
- change the minimum and maximum values of X and Y,
- switch between different units like degrees, radians, & gradians,
- adjust the line thickness and
- modify graph theme.
Kunconywe:
Hope so the above method helped you to enable, use or disable Calculator Graphing Mode in Windows 10. Drop your queries/suggestions below and share with us all the crazy graphs you plot using it.