Chapter 1
The Layout of Your Calculator
1.1
Functions Keys
Immediately beneath your calculator’s screen is the following:
These buttons,
through
, are your function keys. As with regular computers, function
keys all you access to additional features of the different applications you will use. How these are
used in the various applications will be explained in the appropriate sections of the handbook.
1.2
Blue 2nd and Green Diamond
At the bottom left of your calculator, you have the following:
The two buttons
and
are some of the most important buttons on your calculator.
Almost everything on your calculator is color-coded. To be able to use items or commands that
are blue or green, you must first press the corresponding button:
or
.
Find the
button under
.
Above
, you have ”@” in blue and ”GRAPH” in green.
If you wanted to use the ”@” command, you would need to first press
and then
.
If you wanted to use the ”GRAPH” command, you would press
and then
.
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