Entering a single upper-case character, Entering several upper-case characters, Entering a single lower-case character – HP 49g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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The HP 49G’s alpha keyboard enables you to enter letters and other

characters. The

(ALPHA)

key is used, in various ways, to activate the alpha

keyboard.

When the alpha keyboard is active, many of the keys become character
keys. These are the keys that have a white letter printed on a green

backgroioid in the bottom right comer.

Tire alpha annunciator—a—appears in the status area whenever the

alpha keyboard is active.

Entering a single upper-case character

To enter a single upper-case character, press (SPHA) and then the

appropriate character key. (The alpha keyboard is deactivated after you

press a character key.)

Entering several upper-case characters

There are two ways to enter several upper-case characters one after the

other:

Entering characters

press

hold

twice, enter the characters, and press

down, enter the characters and release

again, or

Pressing

(ALPHA)

twice locks the alpha keyboard, keeping it active imtil you

deactivate it (by pressing

(ALPHA)

again, or by pressing

(ENTER)

(CANCEp).

Entering a single lower-case character

To enter a single lower-case character, press

character key.

I and the appropriate

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