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Tableur: Handwritten Spreadsheets

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Emanuel Zgraggen,

Robert Zeleznik,

Philipp EichmannAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 2362 - 2368

https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2892326

Published: 07 May 2016 Publication History

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The need for back-of-the-envelope calculations, such as rough projections or simple budget estimations, occurs frequently and oftentimes while being away from desktop computers. While major software vendors have optimized their spreadsheet applications for mobile environments their generality still makes them heavyweight for such tasks. We have built Tableur a spreadsheet-like pen- & touch-based system targeted towards these use cases. Our design revolves around handwriting recognition - all data is represented as digital ink - and gestural commands. Through a rethought cell referencing system and by incorporating standard math notation recognition Tableur allows for simple formula creation and we experiment with techniques that support pattern-based prefilling of cells (Smart Fill) and exploration of what-if scenarios (Reverse Editing).

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CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 2016

3954 pages

ISBN:9781450340823

DOI:10.1145/2851581

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Jofish Kaye
Yahoo
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University of Maryland / National Park Service
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University of Michigan
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Dan Morris
Microsoft
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University of Iowa

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