Operation Manual

Chapter 1: Getting Started with the TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition 9
Status Bar
The status bar displays on all screens, and gives information about the selected calculator mode
settings, any context help available for the item you currently have selected, and battery status. The
status bar may also show a busy indicator if the calculator is performing an operation, Ø to indicate the
calculator is in alpha status, and
Þ to indicate the secondary function is active.
Selected mode settings are displayed on the top line of the status bar when the cursor is in the active
entry area. Mode settings do not display when the cursor is in the home screen history, since the mode
may have been different for previous calculations.
Context help, if available, is displayed on the second line. The battery status icon, busy indicator, alpha
indicator, and second key indicator are on the right. When you scroll into the home screen history, the
context help on the status bar displays HISTORY.
In the example below, the cursor is on the GridColor option. The context help for GridColor is on the
second line of the status bar.
Using Shortcut Menus
Shortcut menus allow quick access to the following:
Selected
MODE
settings.
Context help
for current
cursor
position.
Battery icon.
This area of the
status bar also
displays the busy
indicator, alpha
indicator, and
second key indicator,
depending on the
state of the
graphing calculator.
TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition
t^
Opens FRAC
menu.
t_
Opens FUNC
menu.
ta
Opens YVAR
menu.
tb
Opens special
menus.
ta
t`
Opens MTRX
menu.