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Notes and sketches
Introduction
The HP 39gs has text and picture editors for entering 
notes and sketches.
• Each aplet has its own independent Note view and 
Sketch view. Notes and sketches that you create in 
these views are associated with the aplet. When you 
save the aplet, or send it to another calculator, the 
notes and sketches are saved or sent as well.
• The Notepad is a collection of notes independent of 
all aplets. These notes can also be sent to another 
calculator via the Notepad Catalog.
Aplet note view 
You can attach text to an aplet in its Note view.
To write a note in 
Note view
1. In an aplet, press  NOTE for the Note view.
2. Use the note editing keys shown in the table in the 
following section.
3.  Set Alpha lock ( ) for quick entry of letters. For 
lowercase Alpha lock, press    .
4. While Alpha lock is on:
– To type a single letter of the opposite case, press 
 letter.
– To type a single non-alpha character (such as 5 
or [ ), press   first. (This turns off Alpha 
lock for one character.)
Your work is automatically saved. Press any view key 
( ,  ,  ,  ) or   to exit 
the Notes view.
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