Casio FXCP400 8-2Editing Figures, uUsing Select, uUsing Toggle Select, • Tap G on the toolbar, Chapter 8: Geometry Application, Selecting and Deselecting Figures

9.Tap [OK]. This performs the parallel displacement and draws triangle A’’B’’C’’.

Tip: In the above example, we performed the transformation and the parallel displacement operations separately. You could also perform both operations at the same time, if you want. To do so, input both the matrix [[1, 0], [0, −1]] and the vector [1, 1] in step 4, and then tap [OK]. This will produce the result shown in step 9.

8-2 Editing Figures

This section explains how to move, copy, change the color of, and perform other editing operations on Geometry application figures.

Selecting and Deselecting Figures

Before you can execute certain editing commands, you must first select the figure you want to edit. There are two figure selection modes: Select and Toggle Select, each of which is described below.

uUsing Select

Tap G on the toolbar. This causes the button to become highlighted, indicating that Select is enabled. Select allows you to select as many figures as you would like, and then move, copy, paste, or perform other operations on the selection as a single entity.

• Tap G on the toolbar.

•To select side BC of the triangle, tap it.

•Tapping point D selects it, leaving side BC of the triangle selected, too.

• To deselect all of the figures, tap anywhere on the screen where there are no figures.

uUsing Toggle Select

Tap i on the toolbar. This causes the button to become highlighted, indicating that Toggle Select is enabled. Toggle Select allows you to select and deselect figures.

For example, if you have multiple figures selected, Toggle Select will allow you to deselect a single part of the selection. Tapping the part again will turn the selection back on.

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