Texas Instruments TI-86 - Manual (Page 33)

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The 2nd Key
The - key is yellow. When you press -, the cursor
becomes Æ (the 2nd cursor). When you press the next key,
the yellow character, abbreviation, or word printed above
that key is activated, instead of the key’s primary function.
- š returns
the STAT menu X STAT
The ALPHA Key
The 1 key is blue. When you press 1, the cursor
becomes ³ (the uppercase ALPHA cursor). When you
press the next key, the blue uppercase character printed
above that key is pasted to the cursor location.
X STAT 1 ã X ä
returns an X
When you press - n, the cursor becomes Ï (the
lowercase alpha cursor). When you press the next key, the
lowercase version of the blue character is pasted to the
cursor location.
X STAT - n ã X ä
returns an x
ALPHA-lock and alpha-lock
To enter more than one uppercase or lowercase alpha character consecutively, set ALPHA-
lock (for uppercase letters) or alpha-lock (for lowercase letters).
To set ALPHA-lock when the entry cursor is displayed, press 1 1.
♦
To cancel ALPHA-lock, press 1.
♦
To switch from ALPHA-lock to alpha-lock, press - n.
To set alpha-lock when the entry cursor is displayed, press - n 1.
♦
To cancel alpha-lock, press 1 1.
To enter a space within text,
press
1 ¤ . Spaces are
not valid within variable
names.
For convenience, you can
press
2 instead of -
n ã x ä to enter the
commonly used x variable.
The Name= prompt and store
symbol (
¶ ) set ALPHA-lock
automatically.