International Journal of Business and Economics Volume 2, No. 2 August, 2003

New Guidelines for Spreadsheets

John F. Raffensperger

Department of Management, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Abstract

This article examines rules of style for text, graphics, and mathematics and applies these rules to spreadsheets. The article describes the new style in detail with an example and contrasts the new style with the existing programming style.

Keywords：spreadsheets, readability, visual display.

JEL Classifications：C60, M10.

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