The SETUP views
The
ALPHA
key gives access to the alphabetical characters, shown below and
right of most keys. Pressing
SHIFT ALPHA
gives lower case.
Calculator Tip
ALPHA
menu. Some
If you press and hold down the
key you can ‘lock’ alpha mode,
although this doesn’t work for lower case. Many people use this to type
in functions by hand rather than going through the
MATH
views, such as the Notepad, also offer a screen key function that lets
you lock either upper or lower case alpha mode.
The
SETUP
views, above
PLOT
,
SYMB
and
NUM
, are used to customize
their respective views. For example, the
PLOT SETUP
screen controls things
like axes, labels etc. Their use changes in different aplets, so for more
information see the explanations in the chapters dealing with the various
aplets, particularly in the Function aplet on page 50.
The
SYMB SETUP
key is only used in one place, which is to choose the data model for bivariate statistics in
the Statistics aplet. It is not available in the other aplets and trying to access it will result only in a quick flash
of an exclamation mark on the screen to say “You’ve done something wrong!”.
Information on the use of the
SKETCH
and
NOTE
views (located above the
APLET
and
VIEWS
keys) can be found in the chapters “Working with Sketches” and
“Working with Notes & the Notepad” on pages 222 & 217.
The main use for the
SKETCH
and
NOTE
views is in aplets downloaded from the Internet. Instructions for
using the aplet are sometimes included with the aplet in note form, and sometimes as an accompanying
sketch.
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