Label color

Meaning

White

Just press the key

Yellow

Press [ 2nd ] and then the key

Green

In Base-N mode, just press the key

Blue

Press [ ALPHA ] and then the key

Using the 2nd and ALPHA keys

To execute a function with a yellow label, press [ 2nd ] and then the corresponding key. When you press [ 2nd ], the 2nd indicator appears to indicate that you will be selecting the second function of the next key you press. If you press [ 2nd ] by mistake, press [ 2nd ] again to remove the 2nd indicator

Pressing [ ALPHA ] [ 2nd ] locks the calculator in 2nd function mode. This allows consecutive input of 2nd function keys. To cancel this, press [ 2nd ] again.

To execute a function with a blue label, press [ ALPHA ] and then the

corresponding key. When you press [ ALPHA ], the indicator appears to indicate that you will be selecting the alphabetic function of the next key you press. If you press [ ALPHA ] by mistake, press [ ALPHA ] again to

remove the indicator.

Pressing [ 2nd ] [ ALPHA ] locks the calculator in alphabetic mode. This allows consecutive input of alphabetic function keys. To cancel this, press [ ALPHA ] again.

Cursor

Press [ ] or [ ] to move the cursor to the left or the right. Hold down a cursor key to move the cursor quickly.

If there are entries or results not visible on the display, press [ ] or [ ] to scroll the display up or down. You can reuse or edit a previous entry when it is on the entry line.

Press [ ALPHA ] [ ] or [ ALPHA ] [ ] to move the cursor to the

beginning or the end of the entry line. Press [ ALPHA ] [ ] or [ ALPHA ]

[ ] to move the cursor to the top or bottom of all entries.

The blinking cursor indicates that the calculator is in insert mode.

Inserting and Deleting Characters

To insert a character, move the cursor to the appropriate position and enter the character. The character is inserted to the immediate left of the cursor.

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HP 9g Graphing manual Using the 2nd and Alpha keys, Cursor, Inserting and Deleting Characters