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Table of Contents
Introduction
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How to use this Manual
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13
Early High School
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13
Pre-Calculus
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14
Calculus
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14
Where’s the ON button?
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15
Some Keyboard Examples
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Keys & Notation Conventions
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17
Some essential keys
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17
The SHIFT key
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17
The ALPHA key
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The Screen keys
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18
Pop-up menus & short-cuts
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18
Everything revolves around Aplets!
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Some typical aplet views
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22
The HOME view
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25
What is the HOME view?
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Exploring the keyboard
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26
The screen keys
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26
Aplet related keys
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The arrow keys
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26
The
SYMB
,
PLOT
and
NUM
keys
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Intro to the
VIEWS
menu
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The
VARS
key
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The
SETUP
views
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The
MODES
view
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30
Numeric formats
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The
ANS
key
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The negative key
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33
The
CHARS
key
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33
The
DEL
and
CLEAR
keys
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34
Angle and Numeric settings
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35
Memory Management
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The MEMORY MANAGER view
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Downloaded aplets & memory
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The GRAPHICS MANAGER
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The LIBRARY MANAGER
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Fractions on the hp 39g+
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Pitfalls to watch for
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The
HOME
History
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COPYing calculations
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Clearing the History
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SHOWing results
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Storing and Retrieving Memories
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Referring to other aplets from the
HOME
view
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An introduction to the MATH Menu
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Resetting the calculator
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Soft reboot
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Soft reboot (Hardware)
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Hard reboot (with memory wipe)
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Summary
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