Texas instruments TI-83 PLUS TImeSpan Viewer

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TI-83 Plus
TImeSpan™ Viewer

Getting Started

What Is the TImeSpan™ Viewer Application?
What You Need
Where to Find Installation Instructions

How To…

Start and Quit the Application
Select Topics and Timelines
View and Navigate Timelines
Zoom In and Out
Change the Way Dates Are Shown
Delete the Application

More Information

Error Recovery
Customer Support

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What Is the TImeSpan™ Viewer Application?

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TImeSpan™ Viewer is a handheld software application (App) for
the TI-83 Plus and TI-83 Plus Silver Edition that you use to view
electronic timelines created with the TImeSpan Creator software on
a computer.

TImeSpan Viewer is an excellent aid in teaching or studying:

• History, economics, and other social studies

• Discoveries and inventions in science and technology

• Events in literature, music, and art

Teacher creates topics
using TImeSpan Creator
on the computer.

Topics are trans ferred
using TI Connect™
softwar e and a TI
Connectivity Cable.

Students use T ImeS pan
Viewer to selec t a topic
and view its t im elines on
the handheld device.

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TImeSpan™ Creator is a Windows® computer software application
that teachers or students can use to create topic files containing
multiple timelines, which can then be viewed on the TI-83 Plus.
You can use the TImeSpan Creator or TI Connect™ software to
transfer topics from the computer to the TI-83 Plus. For detailed
information on how to use the TImeSpan Creator, see the
TImeSpan Creator Help.

Up to three timelines may be viewed at a time on the handheld.
Students can compare one series of events with other events as
they happen concurrently.

TImeSpan information is structured as follows.

• Topics are files or application variables (AppVars) that contain
a collection of timelines. Each topic can have up to 20
timelines. A topic must have at least one timeline.

• Timelines are stored within a topic. The TImeSpan Viewer can
display up to three timelines at a time. Each timeline can
contain up to 250 events.

• Events are included in each timeline. Each event must have a
unique name and a date. The event description is optional.

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Topic

Each Topic can have up to
20 Timelines.

Timeline1

Event

Event

Event

Each Timeline can have up

Timeline2

Timeline3

Event

Event

Event

Event

Event

Event

to 250 Events.

General informat ion s tructure

20th Century

Sport

Jessie

Heroes

Owens

Jazz
Giants

Battles

1938

Pearl
Harbor

Example: A topic nam ed 20t h Century includes three t im elines , each of which
has its own events.

1941

Bird

1948

Ben
Hogan

1955

Miles

1963 1966

Trane

La Drang
Valley

1965

Hank
Aaron

1975

Desert
Storm

1990

The TImeSpan™ Viewer can display timeline names up to 20
characters long, including spaces.

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What You Need

Note In this guidebook, any information that pertains to the TI-83 Plus also

pertains to the TI-83 Plus Si lver E dition, unless otherwise noted.

Hardware and software Notes

TI-83 Plus or TI-83 Plus Silver Edition
with v er sion 1.16 or later of the
operating system software.

TI Connectivity com puter-to-device
cable.

Computer wit h M icrosoft® Windows®
95/98/ME/2000/XP, W indows NT®, or
Apple® Mac® OS 7.1 or later.

TI Connect™ software 1.2.1 or later
for Windows or 1.0 for Macintosh.

Optional: TImeSpan™ Creator
computer software application
(W indows only) to create T ImeSpan
topics.

Download a free copy of the latest
operating system software from

education.ti.com/softwareupdates

for t he TI-83 Plus Oper ating System.
If you do not have t his cable, cal l your

distribut or , or order the cabl e from TI’s

online store

You can use a Macintosh to i nstall the
App or transfer topic AppVars, but not to
create TImeSpan topic s.

Download free copies of TI Connect
software fr om

education.ti.com/softwareupdates

Follow the links to Computer Soft ware
and Connectivity S oftware.

Download a free copy of TImeSpan™
Creator soft ware from

education.ti.com/softwareupdates

Follow the link to Computer Sof tware.

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Where to Find Installation Instructions

Detailed instructions on instal ling this and other Apps are available
at education.ti.com/guides. Follow the link to Flash installation
instructions.

Note The instructions in this guidebook ar e only for this App. If you need help

using the TI-83 P lus, refer to its compr ehensi ve guidebook at

education.ti.com/guides

.

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Starting and Quitting the Application

Starting the Application

1. Press Πto display the list of Apps on your TI-83 Plus.

2. Select TImeSpan. The information screen displays.

3. Press any key to continue. If at least one topic is found on your
TI-83 Plus, the MAIN MENU displays.

First-t im e M ain M enu Normal Main Menu
If a topic file is not found on your TI-83 Plus, t he following message displays .

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You must transfer at least one file created in TImeSpan™ Creator
to use the TImeSpan Viewer.

Quitting the Application

To quit the App, you must return to the MAIN MENU.

1. If you are on a timeline screen, press y 5 to return to the

MAIN MENU.

2. From the MAIN MENU, press y 5 to quit the application.

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Using Menus and Options

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q r

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To select a menu option on the TI-83 Plus, either move the cursor
to highlight the option and press Í, or press the number that
corresponds to the menu option.

To select an option defined at the bottom of the screen (such as

EXIT associated with the q key), press the graphing key

directly below the option.

Press a graphing key to
select one of these options.
For example, press q
select EXIT.

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