How to Reset the Graphing Window on the TI-84 Evo

If you want to reset your graphing window back to the default view, there is a quick way to do it without adjusting the window settings by hand.

Reset to the standard window

Here is Y1=X² drawn in a window that has drifted into the corner, with the axes pushed off-screen. It is the same parabola as always, just framed badly:

The TI-84 Evo graphing a parabola crammed into the top-left corner with no axes visible
  1. Press zoom. It sits in the top row, third from the left, and opens a numbered list of ready-made views.
    TI-84 Evo top key row with the zoom key highlighted
    The TI-84 Evo ZOOM menu with ZStandard as option 6
  2. Choose 6:ZStandard. Arrow down to it and press enter, or just press 6 to run it right away.
  3. The graph redraws. ZStandard centers the origin and sets both axes to run from -10 to 10, so the whole shape lands back in frame.
    The TI-84 Evo graphing the parabola centered on the origin after ZStandard

Good to know

  • Still blank after ZStandard? The curve may live outside a -10 to 10 box. Open the zoom menu again and pick 0:ZoomFit. It keeps your left and right edges and rescales the top and bottom to fit the function, so a graph that was hiding above the window drops into view.
    The TI-84 Evo graphing a parabola brought back into view by ZoomFit
  • Just need to nudge the view? 2:Zoom In and 3:Zoom Out in the same menu step closer or pull back from where you already are, without resetting anything.