Inserting lists into (exporting from) an Excel™ spreadsheet.
You can import data from an Excel spreadsheet by the following procedure. In Excel, open the file that
contains the data you wish to export. Select File, Save As... and choose Text (Tab Delimited) from the
"Save File as Type" box. You will select the directory and give the file a name. Then go to the Graph
Link software.
In the TI-82 Graph Link software, go to File, Utilities, Import ASCII Data File. Select List and one of the
list names. Now you need to find and select the file you saved earlier. After you select OK, you will be
asked for a name for the new list file (you can just use the default name). Select OK again and the file
will be saved as a TI-82 list. You can then go to File, Open and see the file or simply download it to
your calculator. (The process is very similar in the other Graph Link software. In the TI-83, TI-86, and
TI-92, you will find the Import option under Tools.)
You can export data from a TI-82 list to an Excel spreadsheet in a couple of ways. First you can open
the list in the Graph Link software and select all the elements. (Edit, Select All) You can then Copy and
Paste it into the Excel spreadsheet. You can also export the information using the Export Data File
under File, Utilities. This procedure is very similar to the importing above.
Installing Graph Link fonts on my Mac
If you are running system 6.* then you will need a font mover (font D/A mover) which opens your
SYSTEM FILE and places the fonts in it. This Font D/A Mover is a Mac utility usually found on the
TIDBITS disk that came with the Mac.
If you are running system 7.* simply drag the fonts from the Graph Link disk to a closed SYSTEM
FOLDER. The Mac should then automatically move the fonts to the users SYSTEM FILE or FONTS
FOLDER (depending on the version of system 7 software).
Mac 5400 will not work with Graph Link - what to do.
The Graph Link draws power from the serial port, which is different from most serial devices. This
appears to be causing a problem with the Mac 5400's. To correct the problem, you will need to unplug
the Graph Link cable, reboot the computer and plug the cable in after the computer starts.
Macintosh PowerBooks and Graph Link - does it work?
Yes, the Graph Link will work with the Macintosh PowerBooks.
The difficulty is that PowerBooks have multiple functionality on a single comm port. The Graph Link will
not re-configure system settings, controlled from Control Panels or Chooser.
To get Graph Link to work with a PowerBook (as noted in the Link85.user and Link82.user files in the
FREEWARE folder) you need to:
! Disable AppleTalk/LocalTalk from the Chooser.
! Launch the 'Portable' control panel, disable the internal modem, and enable the external modem.
After making the above changes, launch the Graph Link application. Graph Link will now communicate
with the link hardware/calculator, since the "printer port" is now a "modem port".
New or Updated Graph Link software - where can I get it?
Software for new models of calculators is made available through the WWW in beta test form during
software development.
When development is complete, it is included in the TI-GRAPH LINK package. New software becomes
available free through the WWW after release, and is also available on diskette in the U.S. and Canada
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