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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 |