Texas Instruments Derive 5 Introduction Manual page 20

Kutzler & Kokol-Voljc: Introduction to D
In D you can specify virtually any precision, meaning number of significant digits used for
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arithmetic. The practical limitations are given by the available memory and your patience. Note
that computing time increases with increasing precision.
Update your text to indicate the chosen precision.
Bring the text object into editing mode by clicking into it. Position the cursor immediately
after the word: an
Change the text appropriately by using the backspace key (æ_) to delete the letter n, then
adding: 35-digit
Reducing the text's font size requires the Formatting Toolbar to be on.
Open the
View Toolbars
Turn the Formatting Toolbar on by selecting the
For editing D text, use the same techniques as in standard word processing programs. This
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toolbar indicates that the font size is 12 points. Before you can reduce the font size to 10 points,
you need to highlight the respective portion of text.
Highlight the entire sentence. Either use the technique of dragging the mouse pointer (hold
the left mouse button down) from one end of the text to the other, or put the cursor at the
text's end (or beginning), then repeatedly use the left (or right) arrow key together with the
shift key, or place the cursor anywhere in the text, then triple-click.
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submenu with the Window>View Toolbars command.
Formatting Toolbar command.
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