Texas Instruments TI-Nspire Series

Contents
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Important Information................................................................... ii
Getting Started with the TI-Nspire™ CX Handheld...............1
About CAS....................................................................................... 1
TI-Nspire™ CX Handheld Keys....................................................... 2
Preparing the TI-Nspire™ CX Handheld for Use .......................... 3
Turning On the TI-Nspire™ Handheld for the First Time............. 3
Adjusting the Brightness of the Backlighting .............................. 5
Using the TI-Nspire™ Touchpad .................................................... 5
Understanding the Scratchpad...................................................... 6
Using the Home Screen.................................................................. 6
The TI-Nspire™ Handheld Screen.................................................. 8
Using Hints.................................................................................... 10
Using the Scratchpad............................................................11
Opening and Closing the Scratchpad.......................................... 11
Calculating with Scratchpad ........................................................ 12
Inserting Items from the Catalog ................................................ 13
Viewing the History...................................................................... 17
Editing Scratchpad Expressions ................................................... 19
Graphing with the Scratchpad .................................................... 19
Working with Variables in the Scratchpad ................................. 25
Saving the Scratchpad Contents.................................................. 25
Clearing Scratchpad Contents ..................................................... 26
Working with Documents on TI-Nspire™ Handhelds..........27
Opening a Document................................................................... 27
Creating a New Document .......................................................... 28
Saving Documents ........................................................................ 29
Working with Applications.......................................................... 30
Using the Application Menu........................................................ 35
Context Menus ............................................................................. 36
Working with Problems and Pages ............................................. 37
Adding a Problem to a Document .............................................. 37
Viewing and Reordering Pages in a Document.......................... 38
Copying, Pasting, and Deleting Problems................................... 41
Renaming a Problem.................................................................... 42
Adding a Page to a Problem........................................................ 42
Moving Through Pages in a Document ...................................... 43
Managing Documents.................................................................. 43