Texas Instruments TI-83 PLUS User Manual

Organizer for the

TI

TI-83 Plus

Getting Started

Start here

How To…

Create, edit, and delete addresses
Create, set, view, edit, and delete schedule options
Create, set, edit, mark, and delete tasks
Find numbers, text, and special characters

Examples

Creating and saving a new address

More Infor m a t ion

Deleting Organizer
Memory Usage
Error Recovery
Customer Support

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.

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Where to Find Installation Instructions

You can find detailed instructions on installing Flash applications
at education.ti.com/guides

.

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What is Organizer for the TI-83 Plus?

Organizer is a simple and easy to use electronic organizer for
students and teachers that runs on their TI-83 Plus calculators.

The Address function stores names, addresses, telephone

•

numbers, and e-mail addresses.
The Schedule function provides daily, weekly, and monthly

•

views of class schedules and appointments.
The Task function lists things to do, such as important

•

assignments.
The Find function searches the entire database of

•

information for a name or keyword.

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Organizer Main Menu

1. Press . If you do not see

Organize

as an option, you need to download
the Organizer application on your
TI-83 Plus.

2. Highlight

Organize

and press Í.

The Organizer main menu appears.

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Selecting an Option

SCHEDULE Home Screen

Select an option with

o, p, q, r

, or

s

.

OPT

=

r

NEW

=

p

MAIN

=

s

GOTO

=

q

WEEK

=

o

On all screens, up to five options are displayed along the bottom
of the screen. To select one of

these options, press the key

below the option. For example,

Entering Letters

On the calculator, letters are printed in turquoise above the keys.
To enter in a letter, press
want. It is a good idea to turn on the shift lock (

 and the key for the letter you

y ) when

you need to key in many letters.

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Entering Special Characters

Select

CHRS

.

Select

OK

to paste the
highlighted character to the
previous screen.

To enter special characters that are not on the calculator
keyboard, such as @, \, and #, enter the

Special Characters

screen
while you are entering in text. Special characters are available
whenever you see the

option at the bottom of the screen.

CHRS

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The ADDRESS Home Screen

Hint

Names are displayed in alphabetical order by the first word
of the name. If you want the names to be in order by last name,
you must key in the last name first.

To display the

ADDRESS

home screen, select
Organizer main menu. If you have not entered any addresses,
the screen is blank except for the option key names.

Creating a New Address

To create a new address, select

NEW

from the
screen. For information on entering characters, see the sections
entitled, “Entering Letters

” and “Entering Special Characters.”

ADDRESS

ADDRESS

from the

home

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Example:

1. Press



and select

Organize

. The

Organizer main menu appears.

2. Press

Í

to select

ADDRESS

. The

ADDRESS

list screen appears.

3. Select

NEW

.

The title prompt displays “

Enter

name

…”.

Enter the

a new address.

ADDRESS

home screen, and create and save

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4. Enter the name and press

Í

. To

key in a space, press

O (above Ê).

The cursor moves to the next line,
and the title prompt changes to
“

Enter phone

…”.

5. Enter the phone number and press

Í. To enter a hyphen between

parts of the number, press ¹.
The cursor moves to the next line,

and the title prompt changes to
“

Enter e-mail

…”.

6. Enter an e-mail address, and press

Í. (To enter numbers, remember

to press  to deselect Alpha-lock.)
To enter the @ sign, select

CHRS

, and

then press ~ Í.
The cursor moves to the next line,

and the title prompt changes to
“

Enter address

….”

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7. Enter a mailing address.
To force a line wrap and move the

cursor to the next line, select

CHRS

,

and then press

Í

to select

ß

.

8. Select

SAVE

to save the entry.

9. Select

LIST

to return to the

ADDRESS

list

screen.

1. On the

ADDRESS

list screen, highlight

an existing address you want to edit.
Press  and } to move down and

up the

ADDRESS

list.

Editing an Existing Address

To edit an existing address entry, highlight the address you want
on the

COPY, DEL

ADDRESS

list screen, and press Í. Select the

options to edit, copy, or delete the entry.

EDIT

,

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2. Press

Í

to display the entry’s detail

screen.

3. Select

EDIT

. Press and }to move

to the part of the entry you want to edit.

4. Enter the new information. Use

y 6

and { to insert or delete characters.

5. Select

SAVE

. (Select

ESC

and then

YES

to cancel changes.)

6. Select

LIST

to return to the

ADDRESS

list

screen.

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Deleting an Address

1. On the

ADDRESS

list screen, highlight
an existing entry you want to delete,
and then press

Í

.

2. Press

Í

to display the entry’s detail

screen.

3. Select

DEL

to display the Delete this

entry? screen.

4. Select

YES

to delete this entry and

return to the address list.

(Select

NO, DO NOT DELETE

to return

to the detail screen, or select

CANCEL

to cancel the deletion and

return to the address list.)

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The SCHEDULE Home Screen

WEEK

Displays appointments for the current week.

NEW

Displays the screen for adding a new appointment.

GOTO

Displays the schedule for the date you select.

OPT

Displays the screen for setting schedule options.

MAIN

Returns to the main menu.

To display the

SCHEDULE

home screen, select
the Organizer main menu. A monthly calendar screen displays.
Press

}, as necessary, to move to previous months. Press ,

as necessary, to move to futures months. Press
highlight dates.

SCHEDULE

| and ~ to

from

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