An adaptive environment for the user interface of Excel

Published 1 January 1993Open access

Christopher G. Thomas, Mette Krogsæter

Citations37

TL;DR

The extension of an existing and complex program, Excelm, to an adaptive and customizable system, called Flexcel, to provide a convenient environment for adapting Excel’s user interface to particular users and their current tasks.

Abstract

Software systems developed in recent years are becoming increasingly powerful, but in most cases they tend to abandon the user to deal with the complexity of the system alone. There is an immense need for systems with individual, context-sensitive support. In this paper, we discuss the development of such a support system with special focus on the user interface. We describe the extension of an existing and complex program, Excelm, to an adaptive and customizable system. This extension is called Flexcel and has been implemented and evaluated.

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Computer Science

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