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up and down button won't work

up and down button won't work

ok so i was messing around and when i pressed ALPHA and the up/ down buttons it did nothing… ok? hmmm. i pressed some numbers and it up and down button acting like the keyboard “home” and “end” keys. i don’t know how to turn this back to normal. help please

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Guest [Entry]

"[alpha]+[arrow keys] is rarely useful. It’s meant to scroll several lines at a time, typically when you’re programming.

[alpha]+[other buttons] is used for accessing variables. All those green letters above the main keys show what variable the calculator will display when you press it with [alpha] enabled. (Note: the white space, colon, question mark, and double quotes; along with the f1 through f5 buttons (at the very top) are not variables, they have different functions.

As for your solution: You may have accidentally turned on alpha-lock (this allows you to keep typing variables without needing to repeatedly press [alpha]). It can be easily fixed by pressing [alpha] again. If for some reason that doesn’t work, turn your calculator off and back on again.

You may want to familiarize yourself with the user-manual. ;)"