Getting started 1-25
Accessing the 
display history
Pressing   enables the highlight bar in the display 
history. While the highlight bar is active, the following 
menu and keyboard keys are very useful:
Clearing the 
display history
It’s a good habit to clear the display history (  
CLEAR) whenever you have finished working in HOME. It 
saves calculator memory to clear the display history. 
Remember that all your previous inputs and results are 
saved until you clear them.
Using fractions
To work with fractions in HOME, you set the number 
format to Fraction or Mixed Fraction, as follows:
Setting Fraction 
mode
1. In HOME, open the HOME MODES input form.
 
MODES
Key Function
,  Scrolls through the display history.
Copies the highlighted expression to 
the position of the cursor in the edit line.
Displays the current expression in 
standard mathematical form.
Deletes the highlighted expression from 
the display history, unless there is a 
cursor in the edit line.
 
CLEAR
Clears all lines of display history and 
the edit line.
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