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Printing History Edition 1 July 2013 Contents Preface Manual conventions ................................................................ 9 Notice ................................................................................. 10 1 Getting started Before starting ...................................................................... 11 On/off, cancel operations...................................................... 12 The display .......................................................................... 13 Sections of the display ...................................................... 14 Navigation........................................................................... 16 Touch gestures ................................................................. 17 The keyboard ....................................................................... 18 Context-sensitive menu ...................................................... 19 Entry and edit keys................................................................ 20 Shift keys......................................................................... 22 Adding text...................................................................... 23 Math keys ....................................................................... 24 Menus ................................................................................. 28 Toolbox menus................................................................. 29 Input forms ........................................................................... 29 System-wide settings .............................................................. 30 Home settings .................................................................. 30 Specifying a Home setting ................................................. 34 Mathematical calculations ...................................................... 35 Choosing an entry type ..................................................... 36 Entering expressions ......................................................... 37 Reusing previous expressions and results ............................. 40 Storing a value in a variable.............................................. 42 Complex numbers ................................................................. 43 Sharing data ........................................................................ 44 Online Help ......................................................................... 45 2 Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) History in RPN mode ............................................................. 48 Sample calculations............................................................... 49 Manipulating the stack........................................................... 51 Contents 1 3 Computer algebra system (CAS) CAS view .............................................................................53 CAS calculations ...................................................................54 Settings ................................................................................55 4 Exam Mode Modifying the default configuration.....................................62 Creating a new configuration.............................................63 Activating Exam Mode...........................................................64 Cancelling exam mode......................................................66 Modifying configurations........................................................66 To change a configuration .................................................66 To return to the default configuration ...................................67 Deleting configurations ......................................................67 5 An introduction to HP apps Application Library ................................................................71 App views ............................................................................72 Symbolic view ..................................................................73 Symbolic Setup view .........................................................74 Plot view..........................................................................74 Plot Setup view .................................................................76 Numeric view...................................................................77 Numeric Setup view ..........................................................78 Quick example......................................................................79 Common operations in Symbolic view......................................81 Symbolic view: Summary of menu buttons............................86 Common operations in Symbolic Setup view.............................87 Common operations in Plot view ............................................88 Zoom ..............................................................................88 Trace...............................................................................94 Plot view: Summary of menu buttons....................................96 Common operations in Plot Setup view.....................................96 Configure Plot view...........................................................96 Common operations in Numeric view ....................................100 Zoom ............................................................................100 Evaluating......................................................................102 Custom tables.................................................................103 Numeric view: Summary of menu buttons...........................104 Common operations in Numeric Setup view............................105 Combining Plot and Numeric Views.......................................106 Adding a note to an app......................................................106 Creating an app..................................................................107 App functions and variables .................................................109 2 Contents 6 Function app Getting started with the Function app .................................... 111 Analyzing functions............................................................. 118 The Function Variables......................................................... 122 Summary of FCN operations ................................................ 124 7 Advanced Graphing app Getting started with the Advanced Graphing app ................... 126 Plot Gallery ........................................................................ 134 Exploring a plot from the Plot Gallery................................ 134 8Geometry Getting started with the Geometry app .................................. 135 Plot view in detail................................................................ 141 Plot Setup view............................................................... 146 Symbolic view in detail........................................................ 148 Symbolic Setup view....................................................... 150 Numeric view in detail ........................................................ 150 Geometric objects ............................................................... 153 Geometric transformations ................................................... 161 Geometry functions and commands....................................... 165 Symbolic view: Cmds menu ............................................. 165 Numeric view: Cmds menu.............................................. 182 Other Geometry functions................................................ 188 9 Spreadsheet Getting started with the Spreadsheet app............................... 193 Basic operations ................................................................. 197 Navigation, selection and gestures ................................... 197 Cell references ............................................................... 198 Cell naming................................................................... 198 Entering content ............................................................. 199 Copy and paste ............................................................