HP 39G Master Guide

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................12
How to use this Manual..............................................................................13
Early High School......................................................................................................... 13
Pre-Calculus.................................................................................................................14
Calculus........................................................................................................................14
Where’s the ON button?.............................................................................15
Some Keyboard Examples.........................................................................16
Keys & Notation Conventions ...................................................................17
Some essential keys .......................................................................................................17
The SHIFT key .............................................................................................................17
The ALPHA key............................................................................................................18
The Screen keys ..........................................................................................................18
Pop-up menus & short-cuts.......................................................................................... 18
Everything revolves around Aplets! .........................................................21
Some typical aplet views .............................................................................................. 22
The HOME view...........................................................................................25
What is the HOME view?.................................................................................................25
Exploring the keyboard...................................................................................................26
The screen keys ........................................................................................................... 26
Aplet related keys.........................................................................................................26
The arrow keys.............................................................................................................26
The SYMB, PLOT and NUM keys.................................................................................... 27
Intro to the VIEWS menu .............................................................................................. 28
The VARS key ............................................................................................................... 28
The SETUP views .........................................................................................................30
The MODES view ...........................................................................................................30
Numeric formats ...........................................................................................................31
The ANS key .................................................................................................................32
The negative key .......................................................................................................... 33
The CHARS key............................................................................................................33
The DEL and CLEAR keys ............................................................................................ 34
Angle and Numeric settings...........................................................................................35
Memory Management......................................................................................................37
The MEMORY MANAGER view................................................................................... 37
Downloaded aplets & memory ..................................................................................... 38
The GRAPHICS MANAGER ........................................................................................39
The LIBRARY MANAGER............................................................................................ 39
Fractions on the hp 39g+................................................................................................40
Pitfalls to watch for ....................................................................................................... 42
The HOME History.............................................................................................................43
COPYing calculations...................................................................................................43
Clearing the History...................................................................................................... 44
SHOWing results..........................................................................................................44
Storing and Retrieving Memories..................................................................................45
Referring to other aplets from the HOME view...............................................................46
An introduction to the MATH Menu...............................................................................47
Resetting the calculator..................................................................................................48
Soft reboot....................................................................................................................48
Soft reboot (Hardware)................................................................................................. 49
Hard reboot (with memory wipe) ..................................................................................49
Summary ..........................................................................................................................50

HP 39G Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	39G
Category	Calculator
Language	English