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Using the Interactive Menu

2-8 Using the Interactive Menu

The [Interactive] menu includes all of the commands contained on the [Action] menu. Listed below are the differences between the [Action] menu and [Interactive] menu.

Interactive Menu and Action Menu

•With the [Action] menu, you select a command to input the appropriate 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 executes the command operation you selected in the work area.

•The [Interactive] menu has an “apply” command while the [Action] menu does not.

•When a command uses multiple arguments, a dialog box appears prompting you for the arguments with the [Interactive] menu.

Tip

•Operation of the following [Interactive] menu commands is identical to the same commands on the [Action] menu.

[Transformation], [Calculation], [Complex], [List-Create], [List-Calculation], [Matrix-Create], [Matrix-Calculation], [Vector], [Equation/Inequality], [Assistant]

•For information about using these commands, see “2-7 Using the Action Menu”.

Interactive Menu Example

The following example shows how to use the [Transformation]-[factor] command from both the [Interactive] menu and the [Action] menu.

Example: To factorize the expression x3 – 3x2 + 3x – 1

u To 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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