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Cursor mode

Enables you to go into cursor

 

mode, for quicker selection of

 

expressions and

 

subexpressions (see

 

page 15-10).

Edit expr.

Enables you to edit the

 

highlighted expression on the

 

edit line, just as you do in the

 

HOME screen (see

 

page 15-11).

Change font

Enables you to choose to type

 

using large or small

 

characters (see page 15-10).

Cut

Copies the selection to the

 

clipboard and erases the

 

selection from Equation

 

Writer.

Copy

Copies the selection to the

 

clipboard.

Paste

Copies the contents of the

 

clipboard to the location of

 

the cursor. The clipboard

 

contents will be either

 

whatever Copy or Cut

 

selected the last time you

 

used these commands, or the

 

highlighted level when you

 

selected COPY in CAS

 

history.

ALGB menu

The

menu contains

 

functions that enable you to

 

perform algebra, such as

 

factoring, expansion,

 

simplification, substitution,

 

and so on.

 

DIFF menu

The

menu contains

functions that enable you to perform differential calculus, such as differentiation, integration, series expansion, limits, and so on.

15-2

 

 

Equation Writer