Status Line Indicators In The Display - Texas Instruments TI-89 Manual Book

Status Line Indicators in the Display

Status Line
Indicators
Note: To cancel 2 , ¥ ,
j , or ¤, press the same
key again or press a
different modifier key.
Note: If the next key you
press does not have a
diamond feature or an
associated letter, the key
performs its normal
operation.
The status line is displayed at the bottom of all application
screens. It shows information about the current state of the
TI-89 / TI-92 Plus
Current Modifier
Folder Key
Angle
Mode
Exact/Approx
Indicator Meaning
Current Shows the name of the current folder. Refer to
Folder "Using Folders to Store Independent Sets of
Variables" in Chapter 5.
that is set up automatically when you use the
TI-89 / TI-92 Plus
Modifier Key Shows which modifier key is in effect, as described
below.
2 — will use the second function of the next key
2nd
you press.
2 ¥ — will use the diamond feature of the next key
you press.
j — will type the lowercase letter for the next
(TI-89)
key you press.
2 ™ — lowercase alpha-lock is on. Until you
(TI-89)
turn this off, will type the lowercase letter for each
key you press. To cancel alpha-lock, press j.
¤ j — uppercase ALPHA-lock is on. Until you
(TI-89)
turn this off, will type the uppercase letter for each
key you press. To cancel ALPHA-lock, press j.
+
¤ — will type the uppercase letter for the next key
you press. On the
letter without having to use j.
Angle Shows the units in which angle values are
Mode interpreted and displayed. To change the
mode, use the 3 key.
RAD Radians
Degrees
DEG
, including several important mode settings.
Graph
Number
(G#1 on the
TI-92 Plus)
Mode
MAIN
.
, you can use ¤ to type a
TI-89
Chapter 2: Operating the Calculator
Replace
Batteries
Graph
Mode
History Pairs,
Busy/Pause,
Locked Variable
is the default folder
Angle
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