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Editing entries – Sharp EL-9900 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Operating the Graphing Calculator

Editing Entries

* See page 26 for details.

The calculator has the following two editing modes: equation

mode, and one line mode.

You can select one from the G EDITOR menu of the SETUP

menu.

Equation editor

One line editor

Use

; ' { } to move the cursor around, and

use the

D B C keys to edit entries.

D key deletes an entry AT THE CURSOR.

B key erases one BEFORE THE CURSOR.

• Use

C to clear the entire entry line.

When the editing mode is set to one-line, insert mode needs to

be manually specified. Press and release

@, then i to

set the insert mode. Press

@ i again to return to the

overwrite mode.

The

C key clears all screen entries in the Calculation screen,

as well as clearing error messages. It also clears a single line

equation in the

Y screen. For more information on the Y

key, refer to Chapters 4 and 6 of the manual.

Example

Type 3096, then change 3 to 4. When done, jump the cursor to

the very end of the numbers.

# C 3 0 9 6 ;
; ; ; D 4
' ' '

Editing modes

Cursor naviga-

tion

About the Insert

mode