HP 39g+ - Manual (Page 16)

1-6 Getting started
Shifted keystrokes
There are two shift keys that you use to access the
operations and characters printed above the keys:
and .
CHARS Displays a menu of all available
characters. To type one, use the
arrow keys to highlight it, and press
. To select multiple characters,
select each and press , then
press .
Key Meaning (Continued)
Key Description
Press the key to access the
operations printed in blue above the
keys. For instance, to access the
Modes screen, press
, then
press . ( MODES is labeled in
blue above the key). You do
not need to hold down when
you press HOME. This action is
depicted in this manual as “press
MODES .”
To cancel a shift, press again.
The alphabetic keys are also shifted
keystrokes. For instance, to type Z,
press
Z. (The letters are
printed in orange to the lower right of
each key.)
To cancel Alpha, press
again.
For a lower case letter, press
.
For a string of letters, hold down
while typing.