Interchangeable Faceplates - Texas Instruments TI-84 PLUS - Graphing Calculator Manual Book

Busy Indicator
When the TI-84 Plus is calculating or graphing, a vertical moving line is displayed as a busy
indicator in the top-right corner of the screen. When you pause a graph or a program, the busy
indicator becomes a vertical moving dotted line.
Display Cursors
In most cases, the appearance of the cursor indicates what will happen when you press the next
key or select the next menu item to be pasted as a character.
Cursor Appearance
Entry Solid rectangle
$
Insert Underline
__
Second Reverse arrow
Þ
Alpha Reverse A
Ø
Full Checkerboard rectangle
#
MathPrint™ Right arrow
If you press ƒ during an insertion, the cursor becomes an underlined
during an insertion, the underlined cursors becomes an underlined # (#).
: If you highlight a small character such as a colon or a comma and then press ƒ or y,
Note
the cursor does not change because the cursor width is too narrow.
Graphs and editors sometimes display additional cursors, which are described in other chapters.

Interchangeable Faceplates

The TI-84 Plus Silver Edition has interchangeable faceplates that let you customize the
appearance of your unit. To purchase additional faceplates, refer to the TI Online Store at
education.ti.com.
Effect of Next Keystroke
A character is entered at the cursor; any existing
character is overwritten
A character is inserted in front of the cursor
location
A 2nd character is entered or a 2nd operation is
executed
An alpha character is entered, SOLVE is
executed, or shortcut menus are displayed.
No entry; the maximum characters are entered at
a prompt or memory is full
The cursor moves to either the next part of the
template or out of the template.
Chapter 1: Operating the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition
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