by Ben Huot
ben@benjamin-newton.com
www.benjamin-newton.com

Visual Explanation: Interactive Spreadsheet

Screenshots of Interactive Spreadsheet

An easy way to see how to navigate my website interactivity is to explain how it works. The following pictures show how to use the interactive spreadsheet for navigating my book of lists. I am using my humanities recommended booklist as an example. The same concepts apply to the other interactive spreadsheets, and with the same graphics and color themes.

Samples of Spreadsheet - Global View

The following is the default top view of the spreadsheet.

The following is the top view of the spreadsheet (search for history).

The following is the bottom view of the spreadsheet.

The following is the bottom view of the spreadsheet (by author).

Samples of Spreadsheet - Zoomed In

The following is the zoomed in top of book list (by author, forward). Click on arrows next to heading you want to sort by. Down arrow does forward.

The following is the zoomed in top of book list (by author, backwards). Click on arrows next to heading you want to sort by. Up arrow does backward.

The following is the zoomed "entries" selection part at top left of book list. Select number of items to list per page according to search terms and in order according to heading.

The following is the zoomed "search" selection part at top right of book list. Type in search terms to show list of items that match search term.

The following is the zoomed "next" arrow part at bottom right of book list. Click on the forward arrow icon to get to next page of the results of your search terms. Click on the backward arrow icon to get to previous page of the results of your search terms.