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Shift keys – HP Prime Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Getting started

Shift keys

There are two shift keys that you use to access the
operations and characters printed on the bottom of the
keys:

S

and

A

.

Sa

Displays all the available
characters. To enter a character, use
the cursor keys to highlight it, and
then tap

. To select multiple

characters, select one, tap

,

and continue likewise before
pressing

. There are many

pages of characters. You can jump
to a particular Unicode block by
tapping

and selecting the

block. You can also flick from page
to page.

Keys

Purpose (Continued)

Key

Purpose

S

Press

S

to access the operations

printed in blue on a key. For
instance, to access the settings for
Home view, press

SH

.

A

Press the

A

key to access the

characters printed in orange on a
key. For instance, to type Z in Home
view, press

A

and then press

y

. For a lowercase letter, press

AS

and then the letter. In CAS

view,

A

and another key gives a

lowercase letter, and

AS

and

another letter gives an uppercase
letter.