HP 40gs - Manual (Page 256)

15-4 Equation Writer
• The fourth symbol, S, in the above example, indicates
that you are in step-by-step mode. If you were not in
step-by-step mode, this symbol would be
D (which
stands for Direct).
The first line of an Equation
Writer menu only indicates
some of the mode settings.
To see more settings,
highlight the first line and
press
. The configuration
menu appears. The header of the configuration menu has
additional symbols. In the example above, the upward-
pointing arrow indicates that polynomials are displayed
with increasing powers, and the
13 indicates the modulo
value.
You can change CAS mode settings directly from the
configuration menu. Just press
until the setting you
want to choose is highlighted and then press .
Note that the configuration menu includes only those
options that are not currently selected. For example, if
Rigorous is a current setting, its opposite, Sloppy, will
appear on the menu. If you choose
Sloppy, then
Rigorous appears in its place.
To return your CAS modes to their default settings, select
Default cfg and press
.
To close the configuration menu, select Quit config
and press .
N O T E You can also change CAS mode settings from CAS
MODES screen. See “CAS modes” on page 14-5 for
information.
Online Help
language One CAS setting that only
appears on the configuration
menu is the setting that
determines the language of
the online help. Two
languages are available:
English and French. To choose French, select
Francais
and press . To return to English, select English and
press .
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