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Defining Calc Zones

You can partition an M-book into self-contained sections, called calc zones. A calc zone is a contiguous block of text, input cells, and output cells. Notebook inserts Microsoft Word section breaks before and after the section to define the calc zone. The section break indicators include bold, gray brackets to distinguish them from standard Word section breaks.

You can use calc zones to prepare problem sets, making each problem a separate calc zone that can be created and tested on its own. An M-book can contain any number of calc zones.

Note    Using calc zones does not affect the scope of the variables in an M-book. Variables used in one calc zone are accessible to all calc zones.

Creating a Calc Zone

After you create the text and cells you want to include in the calc zone, you define the calc zone by following these steps:

1. Select the input cells and text to be included in the calc zone.
2. Select Notebook -> Define Calc Zone.

Note    You must select an input cell and its output cell in their entirety to include them in the calc zone.

See Evaluating a Calc Zone for information about evaluating a calc zone.

Defining Autoinit Input Cells

Converting an Input Cell to Text