Changing Mode Settings

To change mode settings, follow these steps:

1. Press or } to move the cursor to the line of the setting that you want to change.
2. Press ~ or | to move the cursor across the line to the desired setting.
3. Press [enter] to select a setting.

Exception: LANGUAGE Press ~ or | to select a loaded language. Press or } to set the selected language.

Note: The second line of the status bar displays context help with a description of line modes.

Mode

Description

MATHPRINT CLASSIC

Controls whether inputs and outputs on the home screen and in the Y= editor are displayed as they are in textbooks

NORMAL SCI ENG

Numeric notation

FLOAT 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Number of decimal places in answers

RADIAN DEGREE

Unit of angle measure

FUNCTION PARAMETRIC POLAR SEQ

Type of graphing

THICK DOT-THICK THIN DOT-THIN

Resets all Y= line styles

SEQUENTIAL SIMUL

Whether to plot sequentially or simultaneously

REAL a+bi re^(qi)

Real, rectangular complex, or polar complex

FULL HORIZONTAL GRAPH-TABLE

Full screen, two split-screen modes

FRACTION TYPE: n/d Un/d

Displays results as simple fractions or mixed fractions

ANSWERS: AUTO DEC

Controls the format of the answers

STAT DIAGNOSTICS: OFF ON

Determines which information is displayed in a statistical regression calculation

STAT WIZARDS: ON OFF

Determines if syntax help prompts are provided for optional and required arguments for many statistical, regression and distribution commands and functions

SET CLOCK

Sets the time and date

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

Sets the display language