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INTERACTIVE VISUAL SPREADSHEET

Software to view your calculations

Like Excel, but more visual

1st simple example: Calculation of the surface of an area.

Click for example on the “Length” box (A1) and modify the value. Then type “Enter” or click anywhere in the diagram. The software will calculate the surface in the “Surface” box (A3).

Click here to enlarge the “Surface area” diagram

2nd example : Calculation of savings of a household

The difference between household revenues (A2 – A9) and expenses (B2 – B9) is monthly savings (C9). If the household accumulates savings at an interest rate (C8) for a certain number of months (C2), the total amount saved is shown in box C3.

(click here to enlarge the diagram)

Use the above interactive diagram

• Click on A3 (Salary) in the above interactive diagram.
• Change the figure by entering the new value.
• Type “Enter” or click anywhere in the diagram..
• The software will recalculate all the values of notions influenced (Total revenues, Monthly savings, …).

Conclusion

The software allows you to create interactive calculators with as many boxes (notions) as you want.

Each notion can be linked to one or more others.

Each notion can be calculated using the values of one or more other notions.

Each notion can contain information (explanations, images, documents, links, etc.).

Each link can contain information too.

We thus obtain a self-explanatory interactive visual spreadsheet.

You can communicate the most complicated matters to your public

(customers, visitors to your website, students, etc.)

• publish your interactive diagrams on your website

• send your diagrams by email.

Create and use your visual spreadsheets for free with LinkNotions

Create your own diagram

(Register to get to your account where you can create new diagrams or modify existing ones)

Edit the above diagram in your account

What are the characteristics of a LinkNotions visual spreadsheet?

It can calculate: Calculate the value of a notion using the values of other notions using the appropriate formulas.

It is visual: Insert explanations, documents, images, hyperlinks in the notions.

It is interactive: The user can discover the content with the mouse. He can modify the figures and ask the software to calculate online.

It is used to communicate: You can create your visual spreadsheets and publish them on the internet or send them by email. As it can contain multiple explanations, it becomes self-explanatory. The receiver can therefore understand and use them. If you want, he can copy the spreadsheet into his LinkNotions account and transform it there.

You can use LinkNotions in two ways:

1) With Calculation

Put the focus on calculating

The diagram is a visual spreadsheet

You can calculate the value of a notion using values from one or more other notions.

2) Without Calculation

Put the focus on influences between notions

The diagram is a concept map

Click here for explanations on this kind of diagram

When to use a visual spreadsheet?