Owner manual

Demo
Home
Power
To see a demonstration of the HP 38G's features, type DEMO
into the edit line in Home. (Press | home | |a...z|D |a...z|E
|A...z|M |A...z|0 I ENTER|.) To Stop the demo, press any key.
Home is the calculator’s home base. If you want to do
calculations, or you want to quit the current activity (such as
an aplet, a program, or an editor), press | home |.
To save power, the calculator turns itself off after several
minutes of inactivity. All stored and displayed information are
saved.
If you see the ((*)) annunciator or the Low Bat message,
then the calculator needs fresh batteries. See chapter 9.
The Keyboard
Shifted The ■ (shift) key is a shifted keystroke that accesses the
Keystrokes operation printed in turquoise above a key. For instance, to
® access the Modes screen, press ■, then | home |. (You do not
need to hold down the ■ .) This is depicted in this manual as
“press ■[MODES] ."
To cancel a shift, press ■ again.
Alpha Shift The alphabetic keys are also shifted keystrokes. For instance,
l^ -^l to type z, press | A...Z | (T|. (The letters are printed in light
green to the lower right of each key.)
To cancel Alpha, press | A...Z | again.
• For a lowercase letter, press ■ | A...Z |.
• For a string of letters, hold down | A...Z | while typing.
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