Table Of Contents - Texas Instruments TI-89 Manual Book

Table of Contents

Chapter 1:
Getting Started
Chapter 2:
Operating the
Calculator
This guidebook describes how to use the
table of contents can help you locate "getting started"
information as well as detailed information about the
features. Appendix A provides one convenient
TI-89 / TI-92 Plus
location to find details about every
and instruction.
Flash Applications...................................................................................... x
Keystroke Differences ............................................................................. xii
What's New?............................................................................................. xiv
Getting the TI.89 Ready to Use ................................................................ 2
Getting the TI.92 Plus Ready to Use........................................................ 3
Setting the Contrast and Selecting a Language...................................... 4
Performing Computations......................................................................... 8
Graphing a Function ................................................................................ 11
Turning the TI.89 / TI.92 Plus On and Off ............................................ 14
Setting the Display Contrast ................................................................... 15
The TI.89 Keyboard ................................................................................. 16
The TI.92 Plus Keyboard......................................................................... 17
Modifier Keys............................................................................................ 18
Entering Alphabetic Characters............................................................. 21
Home Screen............................................................................................. 23
Entering Numbers .................................................................................... 25
Entering Expressions and Instructions................................................. 26
Formats of Displayed Results................................................................. 29
Editing an Expression in the Entry Line ............................................... 32
Menus......................................................................................................... 34
Using the Custom Menu .......................................................................... 37
Selecting an Application.......................................................................... 38
Setting Modes ........................................................................................... 40
Using the Clean Up Menu to Start a New Problem.............................. 43
Using the Catalog Dialog Box................................................................. 44
Storing and Recalling Variable Values................................................... 47
Reusing a Previous Entry or the Last Answer...................................... 49
Auto-Pasting an Entry or Answer from the History Area ................... 52
Status Line Indicators in the Display..................................................... 53
Finding the Software Version and ID Number ..................................... 55
TI-89 / TI-92 Plus
function
TI-89 / TI-92 Plus
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