Title :
A WYSIWYC (what you see is what you compute) spreadsheet
Author :
Wilde, Nicholas P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Sheet based programming languages (spreadsheet applications) are one of the most popular classes of applications on personal computers. Unfortunately, many spreadsheets created by both inexperienced and experienced users are incorrect. A fundamental reason for this is the independence of the computational structure of a spreadsheet from its visible structure. We define a new sheet-based visual language which attempts to overcome this difficulty by using the visible structure of the spreadsheet as the means of specifying the computational structure-a What You See is What You Compute (WYSIWYC) spreadsheet
Keywords :
spreadsheet programs; user interfaces; visual languages; WYSIWYC; What You See is What You Compute; personal computers; sheet-based visual language; spreadsheet; Application software; Computer errors; Computer languages; Computer science; Graphical user interfaces; Logic; Microcomputers; Packaging; Sheet materials; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1993., Proceedings 1993 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bergen
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3970-9
DOI :
10.1109/VL.1993.269580