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Setting modes, Checking mode settings – Texas Instruments TI-84 User Manual

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Chapter 1: Operating the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition

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Setting Modes

Setting Modes

Setting Modes

Setting Modes

Checking Mode Settings

Checking Mode Settings

Checking Mode Settings

Checking Mode Settings

Mode settings control how the TI-84 Plus displays and interprets numbers and graphs.
Mode settings are retained by the Constant Memory feature when the TI-84 Plus is
turned off. All numbers, including elements of matrices and lists, are displayed according
to the current mode settings.

y

Changes the cursor to

Þ

; the next keystroke performs a 2nd operation

(an operation in blue above a key and to the left); to cancel 2nd, press

y

again.

ƒ

Changes the cursor to

Ø

; the next keystroke pastes an alpha character

(a character in green above a key and to the right) or executes SOLVE
(Chapters 10 and 11); to cancel

ƒ

, press

ƒ

or press

|

,

}

,

~

, or

.

y 7

Changes the cursor to

Ø

; sets alpha-lock; subsequent keystrokes (on an

alpha key) paste alpha characters; to cancel alpha-lock, press

ƒ

. If

you are prompted to enter a name such as for a group or a program,
alpha-lock is set automatically.

Pastes an X in Func mode, a T in Par mode, a

q

in Pol mode, or an n in

Seq mode with one keystroke.

Keystrokes

Result