TI-Nspire Release 2.0

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TI-Nspire Technology Version 2.0

Intro

Thank

you

for

updating

your

TI

Nspire

products

to

Version

2.0.

This

current

version

has

updates

for

all

of

thefollowingproducts:

TINspireTMHandheldoperatingsystemVersion2.0

TINspireTM

CAShandheldOperatingSystemVersion2.0

TINspireTM

TeacherSoftwareVersion2.0

TINspireTM

CASTeacherSoftwareVersion2.0

TINspireTM

StudentSoftwareVersion2.0

TINspireTM

CASStudentSoftwareVersion2.0

TheseReleaseNotesaretohelpusersthathavebeenusingTINspireproductsupdatetheirTINspire

Handheldsand/orComputerSoftwaretoVersion2.0.Thesenoteswillhelpusersseewhatchangeshave

beenmadeinthismostrecentrelease,Version2.0.PleasemakesuretoupdateallofyourTINspire

productstothelatesetversiontotakefulladvantageofnewfeaturesandenhancements.

Overview

Keypad&SoftwareRefresh

ThereisnowanewHomeScreenthatgivesausermore

optionsbasedonwhattheyaretryingtoaccomplish:

QuickCalculationandgraphingviaScratchPadfor

mathematicsyou

may

not

want

to

save

or

need

to

get

to

quickly

DocumentManagement

Addingapplicationstoadocument

TheTINspireSoftwaregotarefreshinVersion2.0:

anewlookandfeel

colorsintheapplicationstoaddclarityandpedagogicalvalue

catchyandcolorfulicons

easier

access

to

features

you

need

to

use

via

panels

and

tabs

movablepanelsmaketheTINspireTeacherEditionmoreflexibletouseincombinationwithan

interactivewhiteboard

printingimprovements

multipledocumentsopeninoneuserinterface

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Contents

1

Handheld

Improvements .......................................................................................... 5

1.1NewKeypadOptions.................................................................................................................5

1.2HomeScreen ............................................................................................................................. 7

1.3Scratchpad.................................................................................................................................8

1.4ClickableAreas .......................................................................................................................... 9

1.5PageLayout .............................................................................................................................10

2 SoftwareEnhancements......................................................................................... 112.1Colors&Icons..........................................................................................................................12

2.2Panels ......................................................................................................................................14

2.3LessonBundles ........................................................................................................................ 19

2.4

Multiple

Docs

on

Desktop .......................................................................................................20

2.5Printing ....................................................................................................................................21

3 ComputerSoftwareGeneralUpdates .................................................................... 233.1DisplayContinuity ...................................................................................................................23

3.2DocumentAuthoringEnhancements......................................................................................24

4 MathematicalEnhancementsPart1 ...................................................................... 254.1DynamicSequenceGraphing&PhasePlots ...........................................................................25

4.2ZoomDecimal..........................................................................................................................27

4.3MultipleBoxPlotsfromLists...................................................................................................28

4.4OtherStatisticalEnhancementsforEaseofUse.....................................................................29

4.5Polynomial

Root

Finder...........................................................................................................30

4.6SimultaneousLinearEquationSolver......................................................................................31

4.7Derivative&IntegralTemplatesforTINspire ........................................................................32

5 MathematicalEnhancementsPart2 ...................................................................... 335.1InteractiveMathBoxes. ..........................................................................................................33

5.2UserInputandTextDialogBoxes ...........................................................................................34

AppendixPointsofinterest ..................................................................................... 35


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1 HandheldImprovements1.1NewKeypadOptionsTINspireClickpadKeypad TINspireTouchpadKeypad

ThebuttonsoftheTINspireTouchpadareorganizedinthreezones:

(i) TheNavigationkeys

TheScratchPadkey, seedetailsinsection1.3isnew

andthedocument(doc)keygiveseasieraccesstodocument

management.Thedockeyactivatesthedocument

managementmenu,similartothepreviousToolsmenu.

(ii) TheMath&Numerickeys

Thenumerickeysaresurroundedwithbuttonsforwhich

youhavedifferentfunctionalitypressingleftandright

exceptfortheenterkey.Notethatthereisnoseparatekey

anymoreforthesuchthatorwithoperator|.

Thetrigonometryfunctionalityisbroughttogetherunderonetrigkeywhichactivatesthe

followingpalette.

Forthemathematicalsymbolspress2nd[=]:

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(iii) TheAlphakeys

TheAlphakeysarebroughttogetherasanalphabetickeyboardatthebottomofthehandheld

withspecialcharactersymbolkeysattheleftandattheright.

?!

Thenavigationisverysimilar.Acomparison:

Touchpad Clickpad Functionality

esc esc Escape

home/on home Homescreen(ifhandheldison)

home/on on On(ifhandheldisoff)

ctrl+esc ctrl+esc Undo

ctrl+home/on ctrl+on Off

Ctrl+docorctrl+i ctrl+i Addpagetodocument

doc ctrl+home BringupDocumentmenu

Menu Menu BringupAppspecificmenu

ctrl+menu

ctrl+menu

Bringup

Context

menu

Tab Tab Tab

ctrl+tab ctrl+tab Switchbetweenappsonpage

scratchpadorctrl+0 ctrl+0(zero) BringupScratchPad

ctrl+trig ctrl+? Hints

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1.2HomeScreen

Center

starting

point

Documentmanagementonright&Scratchpadonleft

DirectaccesstoGeometryView

TheHomeScreenRefreshwillhelp:

Tofocusmoreonthedocumentsandmaketheuseofdocumentsmucheasierviatherightpartof

thehomescreen.

TomakecalculationsandtodrawgraphswithoutbeinginadocumentviaScratchpad.

Makeitthecommonstartingpoint eachtimeyouturnonyourdeviceyougettheHomeScreen.

NewfordocumentmanagementfromtheHomeScreenis:

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Recent

Aswithcomputersoftware,withRecentyoucan(re)openeasilyand

quicklyrecentlyuseddocumentswithoutfirstgoingtoMyDocuments.

Current

Thisoptiontakesyoutothecurrentlyopendocumentthelastopenedorcreateddocument.

Version2.0allowsyoutoopenGraphs&GeometryinthetwoavailableviewsGraphingView=Graphs

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1.3Scratchpad

Scratchpadallowsuserstodoacalculationoragraphwithoutopeningadocument.Theresultsof

Scratchpadcanbesavedintoadocumentoraddedtothecurrentdocument.

NotethatScratchpadisonlyavailableforthehandheldorinhandheldviewin

thesoftware.

ScratchCalculate ScratchGraph

InScratchCalculateyoucanuseallfunctionalitythatsavailablefortheCalculatorexceptProgramming.

ProgramsandUserDefinedfunctioncanbeexecutedinScratchCalculate.ScratchGraphallowsyoutouse

allgraphingfunctionality,butnoGeometryfunctionality.

WhenyouwanttosavetheresultsofScratchCalculateand/orScratchGraphclickon Scratchpadand

selectSavetoDocument. YoucanselectwhichparttosaveintoadocumentCalculateand/orGraph

andifyouwanttosaveitinanewdocumentorinthecurrentlyopendocumentintoanewproblem.

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1.4ClickableAreas

WiththenewTINspireTouchpadkeypad,thehandheldscursorisnowavailableeverywhere:

HomeScreen Calculator Lists&Spreadsheet

toopenanapplication toselectanexpression toselectacell

Withacursoravailableeverywhere,moreclickableareasareavailable:

PageTabsandArrowsinPageheading(= PageNavigation &= Documentmenu)

Menus

Pallets

Settings&CloseDocument

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1.5PageLayout

Whendeletinganapplicationonapagewithmultipleapplications,thepagelayoutwillchange

automaticallytoonewithoutthatapplication.Itispossibletogrouptheapplicationsoftwoconsecutive

pages.

Forexample,toremoveastatisticalplotcreatedbyQuickGraphandtoreturnwithaLists&Spreadsheet

page,youjusthavetoselecttheapplicationData&Statistics(CTRLK)andpressDelete([]backspace

forcomputers). DeletinganapplicationcanalsobedonewiththeDeleteApplicationcommandinthe

Documentmenu.

AfunctiontablecanbeaddedeasilywhileintheGraphs&GeometryAPP.

Applicationsontwoconsecutivepagescanbegroupedononepageinthepagesorterorfromapage

itselfusingtheGroupcommandfromtheDocumentmenu.Thiscanbedonewithupto4applications.

TheUngroupcommand(fromtheDocumentmenu)separatestheapplicationsonapageintoseparate

pages.

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2 SoftwareEnhancements

ImmediatelyyouwillnoticetheadditionofcolortotheTINspireVersion2.0SoftwareStudentandTeacher

whichgivestheTINspireexperienceadifferentlookandfeel.

Before

going

into

more

details,

first

consider

three

general

improvements:

TheFilemenucontainsaRecentDocumentsoption(alsoavailableontheHomeScreenofthe

handheldsseesection1HandheldImprovements)

Thereare

only

two

views:

Normal

View

and

Handheld

View.

Inthebottomrightyoucanswitch,withoutopeningamenu,betweenbothviews:

.

ForHandheldviewitspossibletozoominandout:

DirectaccesstodocumentsettingsbyclickingonSettings

inthebottomofthewindow.

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2.1Colors&Icons

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Thestructureofthemenusandthenamingofthemenu

itemsremainverysimilartopreviousversions.However,the

iconsacquiredanoticeableandcolorfulrefresh.

Belowareafewmenusofapplicationstogetanideaofthe

newicons.

Thefollowingapplicationsallowtheuseofcolortoaddclarityanddidacticalvalue:Graphs&Geometry,

Lists&SpreadsheetsandData&Statistics especiallytheGraphingapplication.

Acolor

group

is

added

to

the

toolbar:

Colorsindocumentscreatedwiththesoftwarewillbeautomaticallyconvertedintograyscalewhen

transferredtothehandheld.Thecolorinformationwillbestoredinthedocumentsowhenreopenedin

thesoftwareafterwards,thecolorsarepreserved. Also,adocumentcreatedusinggrayscaleona

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HereisaquickoverviewofwhatcanbedonewithcolorsinGraphs&Geometry,Lists&Spreadsheets

andData&Statistics.

Graphs

&

Geometry

Graphswillbeautomaticallycolored. ThecolorcanbechangedafterwardsusingtheColortoolbaror

rightclickingonthegraphandselectColor.

Forgeometricalobjects,theLine

Coloroptioncanbeused.Inthecaseof

Shapes,theFillColoroption.

Notethat

Ifyouselectmultipleobjects,youcanchangeallselectedobjectstothesamecolor.

Youcannotchangethecolor(black)oftextinGraphs&Geometry.

Thetextoftheheaderofacolumninthefunctiontablehasthesamecolorasthegraphofthe

correspondingfunction.

Lists&Spreadsheet

InLists&Spreadsheet,acellcanbeformatted

using:

FillColortochangethebackgroundcolorofa

cell,

Textcolortochangethecolorofthetextina

cell.

Data&Statistics

InData&Statisticsaplotwillbecolored

automaticallyinredandcanbechanged

afterwardsbyFillColor.

Categoricalsplitsand/ormultipleplotsinthesame

applicationwillbecoloreddifferentlyandthe

colorcanbechangedafterwards.

Pleasenote

that

the

color

(black)

of

text

cannot

be

changed

in

Data

&

Statistics.

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2.2Panels

TohaveeasieraccesstoveryoftenusedtoolstheVersion2.0interfaceisequippedwithpanelsin

combinationwithTabstoopenthepanels. Thefollowingpanelsareavailable:

Atthe

left

you

have

the

PageSorter,

TI

SmartView

(Teacher

Software)

or

KeyPad(StudentSoftware),

MyFilesandUtilities

AndattherightaHelpPanelandonewithReference/Links(TeacherSoftwareonly)

Anoverview

PageSorter

ThePageSorterpanelissimilartotheonein

previousversions.NowinVersion2.0youcan

renameaproblemfromthePageSorterso

documentscan

be

more

structured

and

aligned

to

textbooksandcurriculumbygivingamore

meaningfulnametoproblemsthanjustProblem1,

Problem2,

TISmartView(TeacherSoftware)or

KeyPad(StudentSoftware)

FortheTINspireTeacherSoftwareVersion2.0,the

keypadandthehandheldemulatorareavailablein

thesame

panel

which

makes

switching

between

themmucheasier. FortheStudentSoftwareonly

thekeypad,navigationareaincluded,isavailable.

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MyFiles

ThepanelMyFilescontainstheFileManagement

partoftheTINspireComputerLinksoftware.

Itcontainstwobrowsers,oneforthehandheld

MyHandheldandoneforthecomputerMy

Computer.

Documenttransfer

is

just

amatter

of

copyandpasteordraganddrop.

Whenyouconnectahandheldtoyourcomputerit

willbeautomaticallydetectedandthecontentwill

beshownintheMyHandheld.

Utilities

TheUtilitiespanelcontainstheMathTemplates

paletteandtheSymbolsPalettetogetherwiththe

tabsavailableintheCataloginpreviousversions.

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Openingdocuments

can

be

done

via

My

Files

by

grabbinganddroppingadocumentintothe

workspace.Thisisthesamefordocumentsonthe

computeranddocumentsonthehandheld.

Documentsopeninthesoftwarecanbesaved

directlytothehandheldwiththeoptionSaveto

Handheld.

MyFilescanbeusedtoupgradehandheldsaswell.

Forthesepanelswehavethefollowingmodes:

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HelpTheHelppanelprovidesintheTINspireTeacherSoftwareaswellintheStudentSoftwareextended

helpfunctionalityintheTINspiresoftwareitself.

Reference/Links

TheTeacherSoftwareprovidesapanelthatlistswebsiteswithregionalcontent,aSearchEnginefortns

activities,andasectionwhereeducatorscansavetheirfavoritelinkstouseintheclassroomorto

preparetheirclasses.

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2.3LessonBundles

ViaMyFilesMyComputer,youcanbundleagroupoffilesrelatedtoacertainlesson.

Forexample,namethelessonbundleComplexNumbers.Thendoubleclickonthelessonbundle(orclickon

thelessonbundleandthenclickEdit/ViewAllFiles)toaddfilestoabundle.ClickonAddFilestoLessonand

selectfiles,allformatsallowed,relatedtothelesson.

Afteraddingfilestothelessonbundle,allformatscanbeopenfromMyFilesiftheappropriate

applicationisinstalled.AlessonbundlecanalsobedraggedanddroppedfromMyComputertoMy

Handheldandallthetnsdocumentsinthebundlewillbetransferredtoafolderwiththesamenameas

thelessonbundle.

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AlessonbundlecanbepackedbyrightclickingonthebundleandselecttoPackLesson. Allthefileswillbe

compressedintoabundlewhichcanbestoredoreasilyshared(viaemail).Itwillappearautomaticallyasa

lessonbundleinMyFiles.

2.4Multiple

Docs

on

Desktop

InVersion2.0youcanhavemultipledocumentsopeninonewindowoftheTINspireSoftware.With

multipledocumentsopen,youareabletouseTISmartViewEmulatoraswell.

Opendocuments

can

be

viewed

as

Tabs

or

as

tiles

(via

Tile

documents

in

the

Window

menu).

AlsoinTileView,handheldviewandnormalviewcanbecombinedandthedocumentscanbeeditedor

animated. TheTileViewisidealtocompareanswers/solutionsfromdifferentstudents.

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2.5Printing

MoreprintingfeaturesareaddedtoVersion2.0.

ThefollowingnewfeaturesareavailableinVersion2.0:

Morepapersizeselections

Morepagesonasheet

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Reservespaceforcommentstoaddnotes/commentsafterprinting

MarginSettings

Hide/ShowProblem&PagesLabels

GroupPagesbyProblem

Hide/ShowDocument

Name

in

Footer

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3 ComputerSoftwareGeneralUpdates

3.1DisplayContinuity

Thefollowing

geometrical

construction

was

made

using

the

software:

Thissamedocumentwilllookasfollowsopeningitonahandheldusing:

TINspireVersion1.7 TINspireVersion2.0

Notethat

TheaspectratiowillbepreservedwhenchangingfromNormalViewtoHandheldVieworwhenyou

changeresolutionforthesoftware.

ForobjectssuchasTextandSlidersyouneedtobeverycarefulbecausethesizewillnotdecrease

whenchangingfromNormalmodetoHandheldmode,whichcanresultinoverlappingandthe

imagenotbeingcompletelyinthescreen.

ForpreservingtheaspectratioforVersion1.Xdocuments,theyneedtobesavedfirstintheVersion

2.0

format

and

then

reopened.

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3.2DocumentAuthoringEnhancements

a. PincommandinGraphs&Geometry

Graphs&Geometryprovidesanoptiontopindownobjectssoyouwontbeabletograbandmove

theobjectsbyaccidentortochangeaconstruction.

Not

pinned

Pinned

b. GroupinginGraphsinGeometry

InVersion2.0youcangroupobjectsinGraphs&Geometry.Asaresult,youareabletograband

moveagroupofobjectsasoneobject.Inthatway,theorganizationofthepagelayoutcannotbe

disturbed.

c.DocumentProperties

TheTINspireTeacherSoftwarecontainstheoptiontoaddDocumentPropertiestoaTINspire

document.TheDocumentPropertiesareavailableviatheFilemenuinthetoolbar.TheDocument

Propertiesoptionallowsyoutoaddauthoringinformationtodocumentsandtomakeitreadonly.

ForCopyright,

you

have

the

options

Public

Domain

and

Copyright.

The

tab

Protection

allows

you

to

makethedocumentreadonly.ThereadonlysettingcanonlybeturnedoffusingtheTINspire

TeacherSoftware.

TheReadOnlyoptionallowseducatorstosharedocumentsbutnotallowstudents/colleaguesto

savechangesinthatsamedocument.Inthisway,thedocumentiskeptsecure.

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4 MathematicalEnhancementsPart1

4.1DynamicSequenceGraphing&PhasePlots

(i) DynamicSequenceGraphing

Theinitialtermwillbeplottedingreenandcanbegrabbedandmovedtoinvestigatethebehaviorof

asequenceintermsoftheinitialcondition/term.

(ii) Phaseplot:Afoxrabbitmodel

Supposetheamountofrabbitsisdependingonitsyearlybirthpercentageandtheamountoffoxes

thatcanbecaught.Andthattheamountoffoxesdependsontheamountoflivingrabbitsandthe

amountofrabbitskilledbythefoxes.

Somequestions

What

will

happen

with

the

amount

of

rabbits

when

the

amount

of

foxes

increases?

Whatistheconsequenceforthefoodofthefoxes?

Whatistheconsequenceontheamountoffoxes?

Whatistheconsequencefortheamountofrabbits?

Thefollowingphaseplotisbasedonthemodeldeterminedbythesequencesu1,theamountof

rabbits,andu2,theamountoffoxesasdefinedbelowwithinitialterm200foru1and50foru2.

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Toplotthephaseplot,defineaCustomSequenceplotasfollows:

Hereyoucanalsograbtheinitialpointtoseehowthepopulationevolvesinrelationtotheinitial

conditions.

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4.3MultipleBoxPlotsfromLists

Youarenowabletohavemorethanoneboxplotonasinglepage.

Supposethedatabelowrepresentsthescoresofatestfromaclassof23students:8maleand15

female.The

data

is

stored

in

columns

A

and

B

named

as

boy

and

girl,

respectively.

Noticebelowhowwecreatedaboxplotwiththeboydata. Thenweclickonboyalongthehorizontal

axis,select2.AddXVariableandselectgirlfromthelistofvariables.Thiscanbeaccomplishedfor

severalboxplotsonthesamepage.

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4.4OtherStatisticalEnhancementsforEaseofUse

a. FrequencyplotsfromData&Statistics

TocreateaFrequencyplotinData&Statistics: clickonthemenukeyandselectPlotPropertiesand

thenAddXVariablewithFrequencyandcompletethedialogbox.

b. DrawvalueofCDFcommands

Selecte.g.DistributionsNormalCdfintheStatisticsmenuandfilltheDialogboxinasfollows:

Notethat:

TheoptionShadeareaisnewheretovisualizeautomaticallytheprobabilitytogetavalue

between80

and

84

out

of

apopulation

with

anormal

distribution

having

amean

of

82

and

standarddeviationof2.

ThenumericresultwillbeenteredinacellA1inLists&Spreadsheet.

YoucangrabthelowerorupperlimitinData&Statisticstoexplorehowtheprobability

changes.

TheoptionShadeareaisalsoavailablefortheothercontinuousdistributions.

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4.6SimultaneousLinearEquationSolver

TheAlgebramenualsocontainsthesubmenu,SolveSystemofLinearEquations.

Thecommand linSolvecanbeenteredmanuallyorviawizards.

AlthoughTINspireCAShasthesolvecommand,thelinSolve()commandisalsoaddedtoTINspireCASto

ensurethatdocumentscreatedwithTINspirehavethesamefunctionalityasTINspireCAS.

.

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5 MathematicalEnhancementsPart2

MakingtheAlgebraicRepresentation&ProgrammingInteractive5.1

Interactive

Math

Boxes

YounowhavetheoptionofenteringMathBoxesintotheNotesApplication.Youcandefineafunctionin

aMathBoxinNotes,interactwithitmathematicallyinNotes,andseetheresultsinNotes.

IfyouchangewhatwasdefinedintheMathBox,TINspirewillupdateallotherinteractiveMathBoxes

relatedtothischange.AndTINspirewillupdateallotherapplicationsinwhichthefunctionwas

referenced includingGraphs&GeometryandData&Statistics.Thisbringsneweducationalvalueandit

completesthepictureofdynamiclinkedmultiplerepresentationsofmathematicalconcepts.

AMathBox,inVersion2.0,hasthefollowingattributes:

Default I/OFormat I/OSeparation

IntheMathBoxyouwillhavethesameconstraintsasintheCalculatorapplicationfor

calculationsand

evaluation

of

expressions.

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AppendixPointsofinterest

Youarenowabletodetectpointsofinterestingraphszeros,maximums,minimums,usingtheAnalyze

Graphfeatureasillustratedbelow.Noticethatthegraphicaltoolsforthederivativeandintegralarenow

includedinthismenu.

TINspireCAS TINspire

TheAnalyzeGraphtoolsarealsoaddedtothecontextmenuwhenrightclickingonagraph.

TINspireCAS TINspire

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