Operating the TI
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8301OPER.DOC TI-83 international English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/19/01 12:09 PM Printed: 02/19/01 1:34
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In most cases, the appearance of the cursor indicates what
will happen when you press the next key or select the next
menu item to be pasted as a character.
Cursor
Appearance
Effect of Next Keystroke
Entry
Solid rectangle
$
A character is entered at the
cursor; any existing character is
overwritten
Insert
Underline
__
A character is inserted in front of
the cursor location
Second Reverse arrow
Þ
A 2nd character (yellow on the
keyboard) is entered or a 2nd
operation is executed
Alpha
Reverse A
Ø
An alpha character (green on the
keyboard) is entered or
SOLVE
is
executed
Full
Checkerboard
rectangle
#
No entry; the maximum characters
are entered at a prompt or memory
is full
If you press
ƒ
during an insertion, the cursor becomes
an underlined
A
(
A
) If you press
y
during an insertion, the
underline cursor becomes an underlined
#
(
#
).
Graphs and editors sometimes display additional cursors,
which are described in other chapters.
Display Cursors
