US Patent Application 17833247. TABLE COLUMN OPERATIONS FOR SPREADSHEETS simplified abstract
Contents
TABLE COLUMN OPERATIONS FOR SPREADSHEETS
Organization Name
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor(s)
Advait Sarkar of Cambridge (GB)
George Chalhoub of Oxford (GB)
Christopher Evan Oslund of Seattle WA (US)
Christian Mendel Canton of Bellevue WA (US)
TABLE COLUMN OPERATIONS FOR SPREADSHEETS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 17833247 Titled 'TABLE COLUMN OPERATIONS FOR SPREADSHEETS'
Simplified Explanation
The present technology is about improving spreadsheet tables. It introduces systems and methods to make it easier to apply certain operations to multiple cells within a table column. For example, when a cell event occurs in a spreadsheet, the system detects it and identifies the table column that the cell belongs to. It then applies specific instructions, called metadata, to the cell based on the configuration of that table column. This simplifies the process of applying desired effects across a range of cells within a table column.
Original Abstract Submitted
Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to enhancements to spreadsheet tables. More specifically, embodiments of the present technology include systems and methods for incorporating various table column operations into table columns headers, thereby simplifying the act of propagating a desired effect across a range that exactly matches the table column. In an embodiment, a spreadsheet application detects a cell event in a spreadsheet, wherein the cell event affects one or more cells of the spreadsheet, determines that a cell of the one or more cells is inside a range that makes up a table in the spreadsheet, identifies a table column of the table to which the cell belongs, identifies metadata for the table column, wherein the metadata for the table column comprises column configuration instructions, and applies the column configuration instructions to the cell.
