HP 40G manual Display, Parts of the display, To adjust the contrast To clear the display

The display

To adjust the contrast

To clear the display

Simultaneously press >21@ and >￿@ (or >￿@) to increase (or decrease) the contrast.

•Press CANCEL to clear the edit line.

•Press >6+,)7@CLEAR to clear the edit line and the display history.

Parts of the display

History

Edit line

Title

Menu key labels

Menu key or soft key labels. The labels for the menu keys’ current meanings. 672?ais the label for the first menu key in

this picture. “Press ” means to press the first menu key, that is, the leftmost top-row key on the calculator keyboard.

Edit line. The line of current entry.

History. The HOME display (>+20(@) shows up to four lines of history: the most recent input and output. Older lines scroll off the top of the display but are retained in memory.

Title. The name of the current aplet is displayed at the top of the HOME view. RAD, GRD, DEG specify whether Radians, Grads or Degrees angle mode is set for HOME. The '￿and (￿ symbols￿indicate whether there is more history in the HOME display. Press the *e,￿and *k,￿to scroll in the HOME display.

N O T E The HP 40G is packaged with a computerized algebra system (CAS). Press &$6_to access the computerized algebra system. This User’s Guide contains images from the HP39G and do not display the &$6_menu key label.

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