HP 17bII+ - Manual (Page 30)

30 1: Getting Started
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Typing Words and Characters: the ALPHAbetic Menu
The ALPHAbetic menu is automatically displayed when you need it to
type letters and characters. The ALPHA menu also includes characters
not found on the keyboard:
„ Uppercase letters.
„ Space.
„ Punctuation and special characters.
„ Non-English letters.
ABCDE FGHI JKLM
space OTHER OTHER R S T U V
: < > # $ , . /
Alpha
menu NOPQ RSTUV WXYZ
F G H I
&
! @
*
Letters,
space
OTHER
characters
To type a letter you need to press two keys; for example,  is produced
by the keystrokes
  .
Each letter menu has an
 key for accessing punctuation and
non-English characters. The letter menus with just four letters (for
example, FGHI) include a space character (
).
To familiarize yourself with the ALPHA menu, type in the equation for the
cost of carpeting. The necessary keystrokes are shown below. (Note the
access to the special character, “/”.) Use
< , if necessary, to make
corrections. If you need to do further editing, refer to the next section,
“Editing ALPHAbetic Text.” When you’re satisfied that the equation is
correct, press
I to enter the equation into memory.