Texas Instruments TI-Nspire CAS Getting Started

Contents
Important Information 2
Getting Started with the TI-Nspire™ Handheld 7
About CAS 7
TI-Nspire™ Handheld Keys 7
Preparing the Handheld for Use 9
Turning On the TI-Nspire™ Handheld for the First Time 9
Using the TI-Nspire™ Touchpad 11
Using the Home Screen 12
Understanding the Scratchpad 15
The TI-Nspire™ Handheld Screen 15
Using Hints 16
Using Keyboard Shortcuts 18
Using the Scratchpad 23
Calculating with Scratchpad 24
Inserting Items from the Catalogue 25
Viewing the History 30
Editing Scratchpad Expressions 32
Graphing with the Scratchpad 32
Working with Variables in the Scratchpad 38
Saving the Scratchpad Contents 38
Clearing Scratchpad Contents 39
Working with Documents on TI-Nspire™ Handhelds 41
Opening a Document 41
Creating a New Document 42
Saving Documents 42
Working with Applications 44
Using the Application Menu 50
Context Menus 51
Working with Problems and Pages 52
Adding a Problem to a Document 52
Viewing and Reordering Pages in a Document 53
Copying, Pasting and Deleting Problems 57
Renaming a Problem 58
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Texas Instruments TI-Nspire CAS Specifications

General

Type	Graphing
Cover	-
Form factor	Pocket
Control type	Buttons, Touch
Product color	Grey, Silver
Digits	- digits
Display tilting	No
Display resolution	320 x 240 pixels
Display number of lines	- lines
Compatible operating systems	Windows XP/2000\\r Mac OS X 10.4/10.5
Battery type	AAA
Power source	Battery
Number of batteries supported	4
USB port	Yes
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1
RAM capacity	16 MB
ROM capacity	20 MB

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	198.3 mm
Width	100 mm
Height	28.7 mm