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•The fourth symbol, S, in the above example, indicates that you are in step-by-step mode. If you were not in step-by-step mode, this symbol would be D (which stands for Direct).

The first line of an Equation Writer menu only indicates some of the mode settings. To see more settings, highlight the first line and press . The configuration

menu appears. The header of the configuration menu has additional symbols. In the example above, the upward- pointing arrow indicates that polynomials are displayed with increasing powers, and the 13 indicates the modulo value.

You can change CAS mode settings directly from the

configuration menu. Just press until the setting you want to choose is highlighted and then press .

Note that the configuration menu includes only those options that are not currently selected. For example, if Rigorous is a current setting, its opposite, Sloppy, will appear on the menu. If you choose Sloppy, then Rigorous appears in its place.

To return your CAS modes to their default settings, select Default cfg and press .

To close the configuration menu, select Quit config and press .

N O T E You can also change CAS mode settings from CAS MODES screen. See “CAS modes” on page 14-5 for information.

Online Help language

One CAS setting that only appears on the configuration menu is the setting that determines the language of the online help. Two languages are available:

English and French. To choose French, select Francais and press . To return to English, select English and press .

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