{"id":1488,"date":"2016-06-17T14:52:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T21:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2023-02-24T20:34:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T20:34:40","slug":"converter-tool-windows-calculator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2016\/06\/17\/converter-tool-windows-calculator\/","title":{"rendered":"Converter Tool in Windows Calculator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I discovered a really simple, but super helpful tip recently while attending a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Victoria-App-Developer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victoria App Developer User Group<\/a>\u00a0meetup, run by my friend and Microsoft MVP for Windows Platform Development,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mvp.microsoft.com\/en-us\/PublicProfile\/5000540?fullName=Jan%20%20Hannemann\">Jan Hannemann<\/a>. He had fellow Microsoft MVP for Windows Platform Development <a href=\"https:\/\/mvp.microsoft.com\/en-us\/PublicProfile\/5000637?fullName=Mark%20%20Schramm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Schramm<\/a>\u00a0over from the mainland to present on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Victoria-App-Developer\/events\/230862569\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adaptive UI in UWP<\/a>. Mark did a stellar job breaking down complex concepts for\u00a0a non-dev\u00a0such as myself.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation abstract was: <em>&#8220;UWP Apps may run on a variety of devices that encompass multiple form factors from IoT to Huge screens.\u00a0 To write once and have it look great on all devices you need to consider Adaptive UI design techniques.\u00a0 This session will show you the techniques you need to make great apps and demonstrate some of the new features of UWP App development to make it easy.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/06\/WP_20160530_18_19_19_Pro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1490 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/06\/WP_20160530_18_19_19_Pro-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"WP_20160530_18_19_19_Pro\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/WP_20160530_18_19_19_Pro-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/WP_20160530_18_19_19_Pro-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/WP_20160530_18_19_19_Pro-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/WP_20160530_18_19_19_Pro-1536x866.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/WP_20160530_18_19_19_Pro.jpg 1627w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During his presentation, Mark used the Windows Calculator App to perform a demonstration, and that&#8217;s when I discovered a button I had never clicked on before. The Windows Calculator App, available for free in the App Store, is pre-loaded on Windows 10 devices. <em>(What&#8217;s\u00a0strange to me\u00a0is there are 1,140\u00a0results when you search for &#8220;calculator&#8221;, what&#8217;s up with that?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/06\/2016-06-17_14-37-35.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1491\" src=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/06\/2016-06-17_14-37-35.png\" alt=\"2016-06-17_14-37-35\" width=\"337\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/2016-06-17_14-37-35.png 337w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/2016-06-17_14-37-35-300x275.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, when you open the calculator it looks pretty standard &#8211; and good reason\u00a0&#8211; the default setting is &#8220;Standard&#8221;. If you want to switch settings, you click on the &#8220;hamburger&#8221; icon<em>\u00a0(or as\u00a0some of us wacky\u00a0Canadians call it, the &#8220;pancake stack&#8221; icon).<\/em>\u00a0I honestly did not\u00a0even realize this button was here until\u00a0Mark&#8217;s presentation when he\u00a0clicked on it to show\u00a0off the\u00a0calculator&#8217;s adaptive design and response to being scaled up and down in size.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1492\" src=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-01.png\" alt=\"Windows-Calculator-01\" width=\"446\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-01.png 446w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-01-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, this is where you can switch to a Scientific or a Programmer calculator keypad to perform advanced calculations. But if you keep scanning down, you will spot the built-in converter tool!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1493\" src=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-02.png\" alt=\"Windows-Calculator-02\" width=\"456\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-02.png 456w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-02-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I think about the\u00a0amount of time I&#8217;ve wasted\u00a0opening a browser to use Google to perform a simple\u00a0conversion when baking or chatting with US friends or clients&#8230; oh man. So stoked this functionality is right at my finger tips as I always have my Calculator App one click\u00a0away by keeping it\u00a0pinned to my Taskbar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1494\" src=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-03.png\" alt=\"Windows-Calculator-03\" width=\"456\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-03.png 456w, https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-03-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of all the converter options available to you:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1495\" src=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/oh365eh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2016\/06\/Windows-Calculator-04.png\" alt=\"Windows-Calculator-04\" width=\"253\" height=\"1159\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy calculating and converting! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I discovered a really simple, but super helpful tip recently while attending a Victoria App Developer User Group\u00a0meetup, run by my friend and Microsoft MVP for Windows Platform Development,\u00a0Jan Hannemann. 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