Texas instruments TI-NSPIRE Computer Link Software

Computer Link Software

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License

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Education\TI-Nspire.

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Contents

Important Information................................................................... 2

Using the TI-Nspire™ Computer Link Software ....................5

Getting started with TI-Nspire™ Computer Link Software ........ 5

Exploring handheld contents ....................................................... 7

Capturing screens from a handheld ........................................... 12

Backing up handheld documents on the computer .................. 17

Updating TI software .................................................................. 19

Texas Instruments Support and Service ...................................... 23

Index......................................................................................25

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Using the TI-Nspire™ Computer Link
Software

Getting started with TI-Nspire™ Computer Link
Software

The TI-Nspire™ Computer Link Software lets you:

• Transfer documents between your computer and a TI-Nspire™
handheld.

• Capture images from a TI-Nspire™ handheld screen and use them in
TI-Nspire™ documents and computer documents.

• Make a backup of a handheld’s documents as a single file on your
computer and later restore the documents.

• Update the operating system (OS) software on a TI-Nspire™
handheld.

Opening the TI-Nspire™ Computer Link Software

1. Make sure you have connected a TI-Nspire™ handheld to your
computer.

Note: The TI-Nspire™ Computer Link Software works with the
TI-Nspire™ handheld only. You cannot use it to communicate with
other TI handhelds, such as a TI-92 Plus. To communicate with those
handhelds, use the TI Connect™ software (version 1.6 or later)
instead of TI-Nspire™ Computer Link Software.

2. Double-click the TI-Nspire™ Computer Link Software icon on
the desktop.

The software displays a list of connected handhelds and lets you
select one.

Note: You can communicate with only one handheld at a time.

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3. If multiple handhelds are connected, click the handheld to which you
want to connect.

4. Click Select.
TI-Nspire™ Computer Link Software displays the Explorer tab.

Selecting among multiple handhelds

You can switch to a different handheld anytime you are using TI-Nspire™
Computer Link Software.

1. Connect the handheld to the computer.

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2. Click at the lower right corner of the TI-Nspire™ Computer Link
Software window.

3. Click the handheld name, and then click Select.

Exploring handheld contents

The Explorer tab in the TI-Nspire™ Computer Link Software lets you view
the contents of a connected handheld and transfer (copy) documents
between your computer and the handheld. You can also rename and
delete handheld documents.

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À Column headings – In the detail view, click a heading to sort the list.

Click again to reverse the order.

Á Files residing in the selected computer folder
 Split bar – Drag up and down to show more or fewer files.
à Documents residing in the selected handheld folder

Selecting the view format

Note: You can click the Refresh button anytime to refresh the file

and folder lists.

f Click

f Click View > List View or click to view a list of only the file

f Click

f Click

View > Detail View or click to view details of the files and

to sort the list.

names.

View > Show Folder View to show the structure of computer

and handheld folders in a separate pane on the left.

View > Hide Folder View to hide the folder structure.

Viewing the contents of a handheld

1. If the Explorer is not visible, click the Explorer tab.

2. In the folder view, click any folder to show its contents in the right
list.

Before copying documents or folders to a handheld

• With the exception of .fig files created with Cabri II Plus, TI-Nspire™

Computer Link Software allows only TI-Nspire™ handheld documents
to be copied to a handheld. If you inadvertently try to copy other
types of files, or a folder containing other types of files, TI-Nspire™
Computer Link Software notifies you and cancels the copy operation.

• When you copy a Cabri II Plus .fig file to the handheld, the file is

converted to a two-page TI-Nspire™ (.tns) document:

– The first page is a Graphs & Geometry page with converted

objects.

– The second page is a Notes page to let you know which

elements were not converted successfully.

• Only subfolders can reside within the Documents folder on the

handheld. You can copy files into those subfolders but not directly
into the Documents folder.

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