In scientific mode there is an upwards pointing arrow. Its in the bottom left corner in the picture above.
That acts like Shift and shows the second function for the keys and 1/x is one of those.
On screen shift key for a desktop with a mouse
I really hope microsoft was having a giggle when they were putting this garbage together.
On a desktop with a mouse (or other precision pointing device) and no touchscreen? How about you give me something optimized for my usage, instead of something for peoples fat fingers on a small touch screen. FFS
I agree. Optimising for keyboard use seems rare nowadays.
And when they bother to add keyboard shortcuts they are not visible so they are hard to remember.
My benchmark application for efficiency has always been the DOS Lotus 1-2-3 - before everyone laughs, it made some very smart decisions:
* Menus read horizontally left to right instead of from top to bottom, which is how people read the fastest. (or right to left dep on where you live)
* Keyboard shortcuts are part of the commands - so you are learning them just by using the program and seeing them again and again
* Simple macros were just sequences of keyboard commands. Anyone who could use the program could automate it
And it was extremely fast even on crap PC's for the time. Someone with some experience could work so rapidly that a person watching couldn't keep up.