Texas Instruments TI-89 User Manual page 65

Adding Descriptive Information to Objects
Creating a
Descriptive
Comment
Note: The text cursor is
controlled by pressing
¥
and the cursor pad
simultaneously.
Hint: Use the Comment tool
to add a descriptive
label/comment to a
measurement.
Creating and Editing
Numerical Values
Note: The text cursor is
controlled by pressing
¥
and the cursor pad
simultaneously.
TI-89 / TI-92 Plus / Voyage™ 200 PLT Cabri Geometry App
The tool creates a text box in unoccupied space or next to
Comment
a measurement. It is similar to the
text box does not attach itself to an object.
1. Press
2‰
TI-89:
TI-92 Plus / Voyage™ 200 PLT:
and select 5:Comment
2. Press ¸ to create a comment box
anywhere in the plane. Drag the
comment box by the lower right
corner to specify the size of the
comment.
3. Type the comment text on the
keyboard and press N.
You can reposition the comment by
dragging it to the desired location.
The tool creates an edit box for editing numerical
Numerical Edit
values, including interactive numbers or measurements. Interactive
numbers must be created with this tool; and they can be interactively
modified and used to define rotations, dilations, or measurement
transfer values.
1. Press
2‰
TI-89:
TI-92 Plus / Voyage 200 PLT:
and select
6:Numerical Edit
2. Press ¸ to place an edit box
anywhere in the drawing for creating
an interactive number.
3. Type a numerical value and press
N.
4. (Optional) Before pressing N, to
add a unit description to a number,
2 ‰
press:
TI-89: A:Units
TI-92 Plus / Voyage 200 PLT:
‰
A:Units
and select from:
Number
Volume , Angle .
(continued)
Label tool except that a comment
‰
.
Drag an appropriately sized
box.
Enter a comment.
‰
.
Position the edit box.
Enter a numerical value.
Assign a unit of measurement.
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