TI-Nspire For Dummies
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Recall that a dark outline designates your current location in a spreadsheet. The TI-Nspire Lists & Spreadsheets app is no different. To enter data or a formula, simply start typing and press the [ENTER] key when you have finished. This moves you to the cell beneath the one where you are currently located.

Alternatively, press the [TAB] key after entering data or a formula in a cell. This moves you to the cell immediately to the right of the cell where you are currently located.

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In general, you can move around the spreadsheet by pressing the arrow keys on the Touchpad. Here are some other tricks that can help you move around a spreadsheet more efficiently:

  • Press [MENU]→Actions→Go To.

    After you select this command, a dialog box appears. Simply type the reference for the cell that you want to go to and press [ENTER] to “jump” to this new location.

    Use the shortcut key sequence [CTRL][G] to initiate the Go To command.

  • Press [CTRL][1], the equivalent to the End key on a computer.

    Pressing these keys automatically moves you to the last filled cell in a column of data. If you are in an empty column, this feature moves you to the last row (row 2500) of the column.

  • Press [CTRL][7], the equivalent to the Home key on a computer.

    Pressing this key sequence moves you to row 1 of the current column.

  • Press [CTRL][3], the equivalent to the Page Down key on a computer.

    The TI-Nspire Handheld allows you to view five spreadsheet rows at a time. Therefore, the Page Down key sequence moves you down five rows every time you press these keys.

  • Press [CTRL][9], the equivalent to the Page Up key on a computer.

    Pressing these keys moves you up five rows at a time.

Press [TAB] to jump to the column name area located at the top of the column.

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Jeff McCalla teaches Algebra 2 and Pre-Calculus at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis. He is a T3 instructor for Texas Instruments and co- founder of the TI-Nspire SuperUser group. Steve Ouellette wrote the first edition of TI-Nspire For Dummies as well as CliffsNotes® Guide to TI-Nspire.

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