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      type="guide"
      id="base">

    <info>
        <link type="guide" xref="index#number"/>
    </info>

	<title>Number Bases</title>
    
    <p>
    To enter numbers in a particular number base use <link xref="superscript">subscript numbers</link>.
    The following numbers are equivalent.
    </p>
    <example>
    <p>
    1001011₂
    </p>    
    <p>
    113₈
    </p>
    <p>
    75
    </p>
    <p>
    4B₁₆
    </p>
    </example>
    <p>
    When in <link xref="mouse">programming mode</link>, use the drop-down menu to change the base of the calculation.
    </p>
    <p>
    Keyboard shortcuts can be used to switch to <gui>Binary</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>B</key></keyseq>), <gui>Octal</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>O</key></keyseq>), <gui>Decimal</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>D</key></keyseq>) and <gui>Hexadecimal</gui> (<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>) modes.
    </p>
    <p>
    To convert numbers to other base on the fly, <link xref="conv-base">Number Base conversion</link> can be used.
    </p>
</page>
