kAbout the Function Menu

Use the function keys (1 to 6) to access the menus and commands in the menu bar along the bottom of the display screen. You can tell whether a menu bar item is a menu or a command by its appearance.

kStatus Bar

The status bar is an area that displays messages and the current status of the calculator. It is always displayed at the top of the screen.

• Icons are used to indicate the information described below.

This icon:Indicates this:

The current battery level. The icons indicated (from left to right): Level 3, Level 2, Level 1, Dead. See “Low Battery Message” (page 1-38) for more information.

Important!

If the Level 1 icon ( ) appears, immediately replace the batteries. For details about battery replacement, see the separate “Hardware User’s Guide”.

Calculation in progress.

! key was pressed and the calculator is standing by for the next key operation.

a key was pressed and the calculator is standing by for the next key

operation. The icon indicates the lower-case input mode (eActivity and Program modes only).

Alpha Lock (page 1-2) is in effect.

!i(CLIP) was pressed and the calculator is standing by for range specification (page 1-11).

Setup “Input/Output” setting.

Setup “Angle” setting.

Setup “Display” setting.

Setup “Frac Result” setting.

Setup “Complex Mode” setting.

For details about the Setup screen, see “Using the Setup Screen” (page 1-32).

For information about other icons and messages that are specific to each application, see the chapters that cover each application.

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