This document provides instructions for beginners on how to use the Geometer's Sketchpad software. It explains how to use the basic tools like selecting objects with the arrow tool, creating points with the point tool, and drawing circles and segments. It then demonstrates how to measure angles by selecting points, how to construct perpendicular lines by placing a point and clicking on a line segment, and how to add pages and graph functions on a coordinate plane. It also shows how to transform figures by selecting sides and translating or reflecting over a line or axis. Quick tips are provided for undoing mistakes, measuring slopes of lines, and changing measurement units and rounding precision.
35. Choose Graph, then
“define coordinate
system”. It might also be
Draw a simple shape. helpful if you also choose
“snap points” under the
Graph tab as well.