To set zoom factors 1. In the Plot view, press .

2.Press .

3.Select Set Factors... and press .

4.Enter the zoom factors. There is one zoom factor for the horizontal scale (XZOOM) and one for the vertical scale (YZOOM).

Zooming out multiplies the scale by the factor, so that a greater scale distance appears on the screen. Zooming in divides the scale by the factor, so that a shorter scale distance appears on the screen.

Other views for scaling and splitting the graph

VIEWS menu options

The preset viewing options menu () contains options for drawing the plot using certain pre-defined configurations. This is a shortcut for changing Plot view settings. For instance, if you have defined a trigonometric function, then you could select Trig to plot your function on a trigonometric scale. It also contains split-screen options.

In certain aplets, for example those that you download from the world wide web, the preset viewing options menu can also contain options that relate to the aplet.

Press , select an option, and press .

Option

Meaning

 

 

Plot-

Splits the screen into the plot and a

Detail

close-up.

Plot-Table

Splits the screen into the plot and

 

the data table.

Overlay

Plots the current expression(s)

Plot

without erasing any pre-existing

 

plot(s).

 

 

Aplets and their views

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