TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator For Dummies, 3rd Edition
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When using the TI-84 Plus calculator, especially when you first start using it, you are going to make errors or press the wrong keys. The TI-84 Plus calculator offers four ways to edit an entry:

  • Deleting the entire entry:

    Use the

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    to place the cursor anywhere in the entry and then press [CLEAR] to delete the entry.

  • Erasing part of an entry:

    To erase a single character, use the

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    to place the cursor on the character you want to delete and then press [DEL] to delete that character.

  • Inserting characters:

    Because “typing over” is the default mode, to insert characters you must first press [2nd][DEL] to enter Insert mode. When you insert characters, the inserted characters are placed to the left of the cursor. For example, if you want to insert CD between B and E in the word ABEF, you would place the cursor on E to make the insertion.

    To insert characters, use the

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    to place the cursor at the location of the desired insertion, press [2nd][DEL], and then key in the characters you want to insert. Notice, the cursor does not blink with the typical black square you’re used to seeing; instead, it blinks with an underscore. When you’re finished inserting characters, press one of the arrow keys to take the calculator out of Insert mode.

  • Keying over existing characters:

    “Type over” is the default mode of the calculator. So if you want to overtype existing characters, just use the

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    to put the cursor where you want to start, and then use the keyboard to enter new characters.

About This Article

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About the book author:

Jeff McCalla is a mathematics teacher at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis, TN. He cofounded the TI-Nspire SuperUser group, and received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science & Mathematics Teaching.

C.C. Edwards is an educator who has presented numerous workshops on using TI calculators.

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