Numbers-a medium that counts (spreadsheet software)

Author

Davenport, Glorianna ; Harber, Jonathan D.

Author_Institution

MIT Media Lab., Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

4

fYear

1991

fDate

7/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

44

Abstract

The use of spreadsheets to bring hypermedia to the office is proposed. It is argued that the numeric cell is a powerful generic object type, and its use is explored. The application of Hypercalc (a prototype hypermedia spreadsheet constructed by combining an authoring interface with a series of video device drivers written for Informix´s Wingz, a graphical spreadsheet with a built-in scripting language) to a business case study is described. The tools of the resulting environment, called Hypercase, are discussed. The limitations of the traditional monomedia approach to business case studies are outlined.<>

Keywords

authoring languages; computer graphics; hypermedia; office automation; software tools; spreadsheet programs; Hypercalc; Hypercase; Informix; Wingz,; authoring interface; business case study; generic object type; graphical spreadsheet; hypermedia spreadsheet; numeric cell; office automation; scripting language; video device drivers; Animation; Application software; Computer graphics; Computer industry; Laboratories; Marketing and sales; Microcomputers; Multimedia computing; Multimedia systems; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/38.126879

Filename

126879