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Sections of the display – HP Prime Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Getting started

Sections of the display

Home view has four sections (shown above). The

title bar

shows either the screen name or the name of the app you
are currently using—Function in the example above. It
also shows the time, a battery power indicator, and a
number of symbols that indicate various calculator
settings. These are explained below. The

history

displays

a record of your past calculations. The

entry line

displays the object you are currently entering or
modifying. The

menu buttons

are options that are

relevant to the current display. These options are selected
by tapping the corresponding menu button. You close a
menu, without making a selection from it, by pressing

J

.

Annunciators

. Annunciators are symbols or characters

that appear in the title bar. They indicate current settings,
and also provide time and battery power information.

Title bar

History

Menu buttons

Entry line

Annunciator

Meaning

[Lime green]

The angle mode setting is currently
degrees.

[Lime green]

The angle mode setting is currently
radians.

[Cyan]

The Shift key is active. The function
shown in blue on a key will be
activated when a key is pressed.
Press

S

to cancel shift mode.

π

SS