Using the Interactive Menu
2-9 Using the Interactive Menu
The [Interactive] menu includes most of the commands that are on the [Action] menu. Selecting a command on the [Action] menu will simply execute the command. With the [Interactive] menu, on the other hand, selecting a command will display a dialog box prompting input of the arguments required by the command’s syntax (when necessary). The following are the differences between the [Interactive] menu and [Action] menu.
Interactive Menu and Action Menu•With the [Action] menu, you select a command to input a function into the work area.
•With the [Interactive] menu, you drag the stylus across existing input in the work area and then select a command. This encloses the highlighted expression with the command and opens a dialog box if more arguments are needed.
•When you select an [Interactive] menu item without highlighting an expression first, a dialog box will open prompting you for the necessary arguments.
•When a command requires multiple arguments, a dialog box appears prompting you for the arguments with the [Interactive] menu.
•The [Interactive] menu has an “apply” command while the [Action] menu does not.
•The “DispStat”, “Clear_a_z,” and “DelVar” commands of the [Action] menu’s [Command] submenu are not included on the [Interactive] menu.
Tip
•Operation of the following [Interactive] menu commands is identical to the same commands on the [Action] menu.
[Transformation], [Advanced], [Calculation], [Complex],
•For information about using these commands, see
The following example shows how to use the
Example: To factorize the expression x3 – 3x2 + 3x – 1
uTo factorize from the Interactive menu
(1)In the work area, input the expression you want to factorize (x3 – 3x2 + 3x – 1).
(2)Drag the stylus across the expression to select it.
(3)Tap [Interactive], [Transformation], and then [factor].
• This factorizes the selected expression.
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