TI Organizer for the TI-83 Plus Getting Started Start here How To… Create, edit, and delete addresses Create, set, view, edit, and delete schedule options Create, set, edit, mark, and delete tasks Find numbers, text, and special characters Examples Creating and saving a new address More Information Deleting Organizer Memory Usage Error Recovery Customer Support 6/29/01 © 1999, 2001 Texas Instruments
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What is Organizer for the TI-83 Plus? Organizer is a simple and easy to use electronic organizer for students and teachers that runs on their TI-83 Plus calculators. • The Address function stores names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses. • The Schedule function provides daily, weekly, and monthly views of class schedules and appointments. • The Task function lists things to do, such as important assignments.
Organizer Main Menu 1. Press . If you do not see Organize as an option, you need to download the Organizer application on your TI-83 Plus. 2. Highlight Organize and press Í. The Organizer main menu appears.
Selecting an Option On all screens, up to five options are displayed along the bottom of the screen. To select one of these options, press the key below the option. For example, SCHEDULE Home Screen WEEK=o NEW=p GOTO=q MAIN=s OPT=r Select an option with o, p, q, r, or s. Entering Letters On the calculator, letters are printed in turquoise above the keys. To enter in a letter, press and the key for the letter you want.
Entering Special Characters To enter special characters that are not on the calculator keyboard, such as @, \, and #, enter the Special Characters screen while you are entering in text. Special characters are available whenever you see the CHRS option at the bottom of the screen. Select CHRS. Organizer for the TI-83 Plus Select OK to paste the highlighted character to the previous screen.
The ADDRESS Home Screen To display the ADDRESS home screen, select ADDRESS from the Organizer main menu. If you have not entered any addresses, the screen is blank except for the option key names. Creating a New Address To create a new address, select NEW from the ADDRESS home screen. For information on entering characters, see the sections entitled, “Entering Letters” and “Entering Special Characters.” Hint Names are displayed in alphabetical order by the first word of the name.
Example: Enter the ADDRESS home screen, and create and save a new address. 1. Press and select Organize. The Organizer main menu appears. 2. Press Í to select ADDRESS. The ADDRESS list screen appears. 3. Select NEW. The title prompt displays “Enter name…”.
4. Enter the name and press Í. To key in a space, press O (above Ê). The cursor moves to the next line, and the title prompt changes to “Enter phone…”. 5. Enter the phone number and press Í. To enter a hyphen between parts of the number, press ¹. The cursor moves to the next line, and the title prompt changes to “Enter e-mail…”. 6. Enter an e-mail address, and press Í. (To enter numbers, remember to press to deselect Alpha-lock.) To enter the @ sign, select CHRS, and then press ~ Í.
7. Enter a mailing address. To force a line wrap and move the cursor to the next line, select CHRS, and then press Í to select ß. 8. Select SAVE to save the entry. 9. Select LIST to return to the ADDRESS list screen. Editing an Existing Address To edit an existing address entry, highlight the address you want on the ADDRESS list screen, and press Í. Select the EDIT, COPY, DEL options to edit, copy, or delete the entry. 1. On the ADDRESS list screen, highlight an existing address you want to edit.
2. Press Í to display the entry’s detail screen. 3. Select EDIT. Press and } to move to the part of the entry you want to edit. 4. Enter the new information. Use y 6 and { to insert or delete characters. 5. Select SAVE. (Select ESC and then YES to cancel changes.) 6. Select LIST to return to the ADDRESS list screen.
Deleting an Address 1. On the ADDRESS list screen, highlight an existing entry you want to delete, and then press Í. 2. Press Í to display the entry’s detail screen. 3. Select DEL to display the Delete this entry? screen. 4. Select YES to delete this entry and return to the address list. (Select NO, DO NOT DELETE to return to the detail screen, or select CANCEL to cancel the deletion and return to the address list.
The SCHEDULE Home Screen To display the SCHEDULE home screen, select SCHEDULE from the Organizer main menu. A monthly calendar screen displays. Press }, as necessary, to move to previous months. Press , as necessary, to move to futures months. Press | and ~ to highlight dates. WEEK Displays appointments for the current week. NEW Displays the screen for adding a new appointment. GOTO Displays the schedule for the date you select. OPT Displays the screen for setting schedule options.
Creating a New Appointment When creating a new appointment, select NEW from the SCHEDULE home screen. For information on entering characters, see the section entitled, “Entering Letters” and “Entering Special Characters.” 1. Press and select Organize. The Organizer main menu appears. Press to highlight SCHEDULE. 2. Press Í to select SCHEDULE. The SCHEDULE home screen appears. 3. Select NEW. The title prompt displays “Enter date…”.
4. Enter the month, day, and year. Press . 5. The title prompt displays “Enter start time…”. Enter the start time. For am, press . —or— For pm, press ~ Í . The title prompt displays “Enter end time…”. 6. Enter the ending time. For am, press . —or— For pm, press ~ . The title prompt displays “Enter note….
7. Enter a text description of the appointment. Select CHRS to access special characters not on the calculator keyboard. 8. Select SAVE to save the appointment. Setting Schedule Options 1. From the SCHEDULE home screen, select OPT.
2. Select whether to show the end time in your list of appointments in your appointments list: For YES, press . —or— For NO, press ~ Í . 3. Select whether to start the week on Sunday or Monday: For SUNDAY, press Í. —or— For MONDAY, press ~ Í. 4. Select OK to save options and return to the SCHEDULE home screen.
Viewing Your Schedule Viewing your daily schedule 1. From the SCHEDULE home screen, use the cursors to highlight the date you want to see. 2. Press Í. A list of appointments for that date displays. Press and } to move down and up the appointment list. 3. To see the details of an appointment, highlight the appointment and press Í. 4. To return to the list of appointments, select LIST.
5. To see appointments for a different date, select GOTO. Enter the date, and then select OK. 6. To return to the calendar, select CALENDAR. Viewing your weekly schedule 1. From the SCHEDULE home screen, select WEEK. 2. The weekly schedule screen appears. Days of the week are shown across the top of the screen; time in 2-hour increments is shown down the left side of the screen. A black box marks the day and time of each appointment.
3. Press and } to scroll through the times. 4. To enter a new appointment, select NEW, —or— to go to a different date, select GOTO, —or— to return to the main menu, select MAIN. Editing an Existing Appointment 1. On the SCHEDULE home screen, highlight the entry you want to edit.
2. Press Í to display the entry’s detail screen. Select EDIT. 3. Press and } to move to the part of the appointment you want to edit. 4. Enter the new information. Use y 6 and { to insert or delete characters. 5. Select SAVE. (Select ESC to cancel changes and return to the address list.) 6. Select LIST to return to the ADDRESS list screen.
Deleting an Appointment 1. On an appointment list screen, highlight the entry you want to delete and press Í. 2. Press Í to display the entry’s detail screen. 3. Select DEL to display the Delete schedule? dialog box. 4. Select THIS ENTRY ONLY or ALL ENTRIES BEFORE “DATE” to delete specified appointments and return to the detail screen. (Select CANCEL to cancel the deletion and return to the address list.
The TASK Home Screen To display the TASK home screen, select TASK from the Organizer main menu. If you have not entered any tasks, the screen is blank except for the option key names. DONE Marks a selected task as done. NEW Displays the screen for adding a new task. GOTO Displays the task list for the date you select. OPT Displays the screen for setting task list options. MAIN Returns to the main menu. Creating a New Task When creating a new task, select NEW from the TASK screen.
1. From the TASK home screen, select NEW. The title prompt displays “Enter due date….” 2. Enter the month, day, and year, and then press . The title prompt displays “Enter status….” 3. Select the STATUS option. For PENDING, press Í. —or— for DONE, press ~ Í. The title prompt displays “Enter note….
4. Press y to turn on the shift lock. Then enter a text description of the task. Select CHRS to access special characters not on the calculator keyboard. 5. Select SAVE to save the task. 6. Select LIST to return to the TASK home screen. Setting TASK List Options 1. From the TASK home screen, select OPT.
2. Select whether to sort tasks by due date or status: For DUE DATE, press . or For STATUS, press ~ Í . 3. Select whether to show the task’s due date: For YES, press Í. —or— For NO, press ~ Í. 4. Select OK to save options. Editing a Task To edit an existing task, highlight the task you want on the TASK home screen, and press Í. Select the EDIT, COPY, DEL options to edit, copy, or delete the entry.
1. On the TASK list screen, highlight the existing task you want to edit. 2. Press Í to display the detail screen. Select EDIT. 3. Press and } to move to the part of the task you want to edit. 4. Enter the new information. Use y 6 and { to insert or delete characters.
5. Select SAVE to save the task. (Select ESC to cancel changes and return to the task list. 6. Select LIST to return to the TASK home screen. Marking a Task “DONE” On the task list, highlight the task you want to mark and press select DONE. A check mark appears beside the task. Note: To undo the check mark, select DONE again.
Deleting a Task 1. On the TASK home screen, highlight the existing task you want to delete, and then press Í. 2. Select DEL to display the Delete screen. 3. Highlight THIS TASK ONLY or ALL DONE TASKS and then select OK to delete the specified tasks and return to the detail screen. (Select CANCEL to cancel the deletion and return to the TASK list.
The FIND Option FIND lets you to search your organizer for specific numbers, text, or special characters. FIND NEXT Displays the page where the word(s) are found. CHRS ESC Displays the special characters screen. Exits the FIND option. 1. Press and select Organize. The Organizer menu appears. Press to highlight FIND. 2. Press Í to select FIND. The Look For screen appears.
3. Press (to turn off Alpha Lock) and enter the area code. To search for a word or phrase, enter in the text. To search for a special character, select CHRS, highlight the character you want, and press Í. 4. Select FIND NEXT. If Organizer finds the area code, it displays the first occurrence it finds, and highlights it on the screen for easy recognition. 5. To find another entry, select GOTO. To continue searching, select FIND NEXT again. To cancel the search at any time, select ESC.
Displaying the INFO Screen From the Organizer main menu, select INFO to view the currently installed version of Organizer. The screen automatically returns to the main menu after a few seconds. Version number Quitting the Organizer Application To quit the Organizer application, select QUIT from the Organizer main menu, or press y 5. You are returned to the TI-83 Plus home screen.
Deleting Organizer from the TI-83 Plus You may have more than one Flash application on the TI-83 Plus at one time. When you need more space, you may remove an application and download it again later from a PC or another TI-83 Plus. To remove the Organizer application from the calculator, follow the procedure for deleting any application from archive memory: 1. Press y L 2:Mem Mgmt/Del... to display the amount of RAM and ARC space available. 2. Select A:Apps... 3. Move the 4 indicator to Organize. 4.
Memory Usage and Considerations Organizer data is stored in archive memory as: • Address • Schedule • Task • ORGINFO Do not attempt to edit or un-archive this memory. Doing so could corrupt your data and cause memory errors within the application. Individual entries have certain size limitations: • An Address can have up to 121 characters total in all fields. • A Schedule entry is limited to dates and times plus 23 characters.
Error Recovery Instructions Low Battery Condition Do not attempt a Flash download if the low-battery message appears on the calculator. Low battery indication is shown on the initial screen. If you receive this error during an installation, change the batteries before trying again. Check Amount of Flash Application Free Space On the TI-83 Plus, press y L, and then select 2:Mem Mgmt/Del…. The Organizer application requires at least 32,768 bytes of ARC FREE.
Archive Full This error appears when the TI-83 Plus does not have sufficient memory for the application. In order to make room for another application, you must delete an application and/or archived variables from the TI-83 Plus. Before deleting an application from the TI-83 Plus, you can back it up by using the Link > Receive Flash Software... menu in TI-GRAPH LINK™ for the TI-83 Plus. Once saved, you can reload it to the TI-83 Plus later using the Link > Send Flash Software menu in TI-GRAPH LINK.
Validation Error Electrical interference caused a link to fail or this calculator is not authorized to run the application. Miscellaneous Errors See pages B-6 through B-10 in the TI-83 Plus manual (education.ti.com/guides) for information about the specific error or contact TI-CARES.
Miscellaneous If you obtain new or upgraded software for your TI-83 Plus, you may need to provide your current software version and/or the serial number of your unit. It is also good to know your version number in case you have difficulties with your TI-83 Plus and need to contact technical support. Knowing the software version may make it easier to diagnose the problem. Verify Maintenance Upgrade Version and Serial Number On the TI-83 Plus, press y L, and then select 1:About.
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