There are numerous shortcuts to various functions on the TI-89. You should become familiar with those that you may be using often.
| Shortcut Keys | What they do. |
| Lighten or darken contrast | |
| Calculate approximate answer | |
| Move cursor to top or bottom in editors | |
| Scroll tall objects in history | |
| Highlight left or right from cursor | |
| Page up or page down in editors | |
| Move cursor far left or far right | |
| Not equal to | |
| Factorial (!) | |
| & (append) | |
| Less than or equal to | |
| Greater than or equal to | |
| Type one lowercase letter | |
| Type one uppercase letter | |
| Lowercase alpha lock | |
| Uppercase alpha lock | |
| Exit alpha lock |