User Guide

2.1 In This Chapter
TopicsSection
• The Input Prompt (>)
• Suppressing Output
• 2-D and 1-D Math Input
• Input Separators
Input Prompt - Where you enter input
• The Maple Library
• Top-Level Commands
• Package Commands
Commands - Thousands of routines for per-
forming computations and other operations
• Using PalettesPalettes - Items that you can insert by click-
ing or dragging
• Using Context MenusContext Menus - Pop-up menus of common
operations
• Launching Assistants and Tutors
• Example: Using the Interactive Plot
Builder
Assistants and Tutors - Graphical interfaces
with buttons and sliders
• Viewing Task Templates
• Inserting a Task Template
• Performing the Task
Task Templates - Sets of commands with
placeholders that you can insert and use to
perform a task
• Inserting a Text Region
• Formatting Text
Text Regions - Areas in the document in
which you can enter text
• Assigning to Names
• Unassigning Names
• Valid Names
Names - References to the expressions you
assign to them
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