There are three packages for distribution: two are for windows, the first including the Java Runtime Environment (which you must already have or download), the second without; the third is for any platform, including Windows.

Windows Users

• sspackage0_7a_win.zip (for those without JREv1.4)
  1. Download sspackage0_7a_win.zip
  2. Unzip it with WinZip
  3. Install the Java Runtime Environment from file j2re-1_4_0_01-windows-i586.exe
  4. Double click on ShapeShifter.jar in the /shapeshifter0_7a folder to run


• shapeshifter0_7a.zip
  1. Download shapeshifter0_7a.zip
  2. Unzip it with WinZip
  3. Double click on ShapeShifter.jar in the /shapeshifter0_7a folder to run

If ShapeShifter.jar fails to run, download run_jar.bat, put it in the same directory as ShapeShifter.jar and execute it.

All Platforms

• shapeshifter0_7a.jar
  1. Download shapeshifter0_7a.jar
  2. Unjar the package by typing the following in the command prompt:
     jar xf shapeshifter0_7a.jar shapeshifter0_7a
  3. Double click on ShapeShifter.jar in the /shapeshifter0_7a folder to run

If ShapeShifter.jar fails to run, type the following in the command prompt:
java -jar ShapeShifter.jar

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• Operators

  The following are operators that work in ShapeShifter.

  add + subtract - multiply * divide / power ^

  absolute abs arc cosine acos arc sin asin arc tangent atan cosecant cosec cosine cos cotangent cot exponential exp

  logarithm lg natural logarithm ln secant sec sine sin square root sqrt tangent tan

• Typing special symbols

  Typing in upper-case the certain names of Greek letters or some mathematical expressions followed by a space will lead to the conversion to the appropriate symbols. A table of conversion is shown below.

  ALPHA α BETA β GAMMA γ DELTA δ EPSILON ε ZETA ζ ETA η THETA θ IOTA ι KAPPA κ LAMBDA λ MU μ

  NU ν XI ξ OMICRON ο PI π RHO ρ SIGMA σ TAU τ UPSILON υ PHI φ CHI χ PSI ψ OMEGA ω

  SQRT √

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