Texas Instruments TINSPIRE Teacher Software Guidebook - Page 480

Note: Stretching or shrinking a slider affects only the length of the track. The Minimum and Maximum values do not change. Animating a slider An animated slider steps repeatedly through its range, using the slider's Step Size. ` Access the slider's context Menu and select Animate. Note: To stop the animation, click Stop Animate. Animation also stops if you lock the slider's associated variable. Removing a slider Removing a slider does not delete the variable associated with the slider. 1. Click in the slider's selection rectangle to select it. 2. Press .. Tips for using sliders Use multiple sliders for a variable • You can assign the same variable to multiple sliders. This lets you see the effect of adjusting a variable by different step sizes or through different ranges. Deselect a slider • To deselect a slider, click another part of the work area, press d, or press e e to move to another element in the work area. Associate a different variable with a slider • Click the text box for the variable name and type the name of the numeric variable to use. • With the slider active, click the h button to select a variable from the list. Using the Trace tools Graphs & Geometry provides two trace tools: • Graph Trace - point-to-point trace of the graph for a function, parametric or polar equation, scatter plot, or sequence. 468 Graphs & Geometry