First Steps with
Tutorial 1:
Tutorial 1
TI-Nspire Documents
This first tutorial introduces some of the key features of
Is it a calculator? Is it a computer? ….It’s a handheld device!
Pick up the
a Texas Instruments
Nothing on the screen?
See Getting Started with the
Please don’t worry about what’s on the screen for the moment, but think about how to switch it off. The c key has “off” written in light blue above it so that’s the one to use after pressing the blue key marked /.
But just a minute, it was a key marked 2nd that you used on the calculators, and the change to the use of a ctrl key is quite significant. The designers at TI have moved to making this device much more like a computer and it has a ctrl key, /, and also a shift key g. Many of the main keys on the handheld have second functions written in blue above the key and these are activated using the ctrl key. Notice for example q, p and h. The ctrl key can be used in conjunction with the alphabetic keys to create keyboard shortcuts just as you are used to doing on a computer. For example, you can copy and paste using /C and /V. There’s also that most useful keyboard shortcut for undoing a previous action, /Z, which can also be activated by pressing /d(ª). (See Getting Started guide, Using Keyboard Shortcuts for a full list).
Memory
Just like a computer, documents can be stored on the
•Back up documents and folders to a computer or another
•Delete documents and folders you no longer use
•Reset the memory, which deletes all files and folders on the handheld
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