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Build-A-PIVOT Tutorial Highlights

When you step through the Build-A-PIVOT interactive tutorial, you'll build your Web pages as you go.

Build-A-PIVOT Features

The Checklist – an interactive form to help users gather data (digital reports, photo images, maps, etc.) and record information to include in their PIVOT pages. Follow this link to see an example of the Checklist.

The Wizard – an interactive Web page builder that accesses the Checklist information and steps users through the process of adding content and functionality to their PIVOT pages.Follow this link to see an example of the PIVOT Wizard.

Build-A-PIVOT Wizard also offers the following Web page enhancing functionality:

• An interactive watershed graphic for illustrating contributing factors or solutions for the user-specified problems.
• Tables of specific project information recorded in the Checklist.
• Interactive map images that link to more information.
• User-defined glossary pop-ups for on-the-spot explanations.

View a 3-minute Flash® movie for a quick overview (a new browser window will open and the movie will load in it). The movie introduces the PIVOT concept, explains benefits of using PIVOT Web pages, and highlights components of the Build-A-PIVOT interactive tutorial. You will need the Flash plug-in to view the movie. If you do not have the plug-in, a message box should prompt you to download it. The audio from the movie is available in text version.