About This Guidebook - Texas Instruments Cabri Geometry II Manual Book

About this Guidebook

The Cabri Geometry II Guidebook contains user information about the Cabri Geometry II
software. It provides descriptions, procedures, illustrations, and examples for using the software
features on Macintosh computers, and Windowsé and MS-DOSë-based PCs.
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Many of the procedures, illustrations, and examples are virtually the same for the different
computer types. Significant differences between the Macintosh, Windows, and DOS versions
are identified for your convenience.
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Most of the illustrations are from the Macintosh version; several are from the Windows and
DOS versions. Due to space limitations, we could not show every illustration for each version.
Therefore, some illustrations in this guidebook may be slightly different on your computer.
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Key names are shown in small capital letters such as
Escape key. The
the same function. In this guidebook, "Press
Structure
The Cabri Geometry II Guidebook contains the following chapters and appendices:
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Chapter 1 describes the basic operations for using Cabri II, starting with checking system
requirements for installing the software, through constructing objects, to saving and printing a
construction file.
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Chapter 2 describes the Cabri II menus and provides step-by-step procedures for using them.
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Chapters 3 through 13 describe the Cabri II tools and provide step-by-step procedures for
using them. Each chapter discusses a specific group of Cabri II tools.
Definitions
The following definitions will help you in your understanding of this guidebook.
point
click
double-click
drag
modify
marquee outline
marquee rectangle
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key on the Macintosh and the
RETURN
When used as an instruction, point means to place the screen pointer on
top of the object you wish to select.
Click means to press and release the mouse button quickly, usually when
pointing to a specific location
Double-click means to click the mouse button twice in succession.
Drag means to point to the object you want to drag, press and hold the
mouse button to select the object, and move the screen pointer to a new
location. Release the mouse button to stop dragging.
When used as an instruction, modify means to change the appearance,
size, location, or orientation of the object.
Marquee outline is the outline of an object in animated dots, similar to a
movie marquee.
Marquee rectangle is the selection rectangle that appears when you drag
with the Pointer tool from an unoccupied location in the drawing window.
When you release the mouse button, objects that lie completely within
the rectangle are selected.
for the Control key and
CTRL
key on the PC keyboard perform
ENTER
" means to press either
ENTER
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or .
ENTER RETURN