Introduction................................................................................................. 12
Early High School......................................................................................................... 13
Pre-Calculus ................................................................................................................. 14
Calculus........................................................................................................................ 14
Some essential keys ....................................................................................................... 17
The SHIFT key ............................................................................................................. 17
The ALPHA key............................................................................................................ 18
The Screen keys .......................................................................................................... 18
Some typical aplet views .............................................................................................. 22
The HOME view........................................................................................... 25
What is the HOME view?................................................................................................. 25
Exploring the keyboard................................................................................................... 26
The screen keys ........................................................................................................... 26
Aplet related keys......................................................................................................... 26
The arrow keys ............................................................................................................. 26
Intro to the VIEWS menu .............................................................................................. 28
The VARS key ............................................................................................................... 28
The SETUP views ......................................................................................................... 30
The MODES view ........................................................................................................... 30
Numeric formats ........................................................................................................... 31
The ANS key ................................................................................................................. 32
The negative key .......................................................................................................... 33
The CHARS key............................................................................................................ 33
The DEL and CLEAR keys ............................................................................................ 34
Memory Management...................................................................................................... 37
The GRAPHICS MANAGER ........................................................................................ 39
The LIBRARY MANAGER............................................................................................ 39
Fractions on the hp 39g+................................................................................................ 40
Pitfalls to watch for ....................................................................................................... 42
The HOME History ............................................................................................................. 43
COPYing calculations................................................................................................... 43
Clearing the History...................................................................................................... 44
SHOWing results.......................................................................................................... 44
Resetting the calculator.................................................................................................. 48
Soft reboot .................................................................................................................... 48
Soft reboot (Hardware)................................................................................................. 49
Summary .......................................................................................................................... 50
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