Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Anupam Garg

Benjamin Edward Rampson

Eric W Patterson

Brian Scott Ruble

Nickolas Dwayne Welton

Michael Davenport

Benjamin Sklar

Kristin Michele Tolle

Samuel C Radakovitz

Christopher John Gross

Matthew John Androski

Poornima Hanumara

Andrew John Verprauskus

Scott Ruble

Adam Michael Buerman

Matthew Kevin Becker

Technologies are described herein for summary data autofill. A device executes an application program configured to receive data input. The application program may determine a portion of the data may be aggregated or conducive to being summarized. Upon the detection of a user input of additional data into a document having data contained therein, the application program may display a suggested complete summary of the data. An input may be received to accept the suggested complete summary, whereby the manner in which the suggested complete summary is displayed may be changed to indicate the acceptance of the suggested complete summary. A confidence level that the suggested complete summary is a correct summary of the data may be determined. The confidence level may be adjusted based on further input of data or additional data.

Summary data autofill

Tools and techniques are described for linking visual properties of charts to cells within tables. Methods provided by these tools enable users to select visual properties that are associated with graphical displays of chart data, and to link these visual properties to respective cells within the tables. User interfaces provided by these tools may provide representations of visual properties associated with the graphical displays of chart data, with these representations of the visual properties being responsive to user input to link the cells in the tables to the visual properties. These user interfaces may also include representations of the cells that are associated with the representations of the visual properties.

Linking visual properties of charts to cells within tables

A chart element representing a chart modification for a standard chart may be provided pictorially by a computing device. The standard chart may be modified using the chart element through the presentation of a first gallery representing a feature of the standard chart for possible modification. The feature may include a horizontal axis title and a vertical axis title. A selection of the vertical axis title for possible modification from the first gallery may be received. A set of visual representations of how the vertical axis title could be modified in a second gallery may then be presented. The visual representations may include options for not displaying an axis title and for displaying an axis title in a rotated orientation. One of the options may be selected to modify the standard chart. The modified chart may then be displayed by the computing device.

Modifying and formatting a chart using pictorially provided chart elements

Concepts and technologies are described herein for transferring an application state between a web control rendered by a native application to native indicators provided by the native application. The web control may be embedded in the native application or may be accessed by the native application. In accordance with some concepts and technologies disclosed herein, an application state control transfers the application state from a web control to a native application. The transfer may occur as a result of a function request received at the native application.

Delegation of rendering between a web application and a native application

A sparkline is associated with a location in a document to provide a visual representation of one or more data values included in the document. The sparkline is associated with a data source within the document including the one or more data values. The sparkline is generated by generating the visual representation based on the one or more data values with a matrix of points to be presented at the associated location in the document. The sparkline is presented at the associated location in the document. The sparkline is configured to be regenerated when one or more of the data values in the data source change.

Graphically displaying selected data sources within a grid

Methods and systems are provided for modifying a chart. Chart elements are provided to a user pictorially. Each picture represents a chart modification. The chart elements are used to modify the formatting of a standard chart according to user preferences. The modified chart document is then displayed to the user including user desired formatting.

Various technologies and techniques are described that enhance ease of selection of chart styles using dynamically generated icons to represent style and templates. As one non-limiting example, a gallery view of available chart styles for a currently selected theme is generated using the same rendering engine that processes data to create graphs. A sample chart is generated of the same type as a graph in an active document. Sample data is retrieved for the selected chart type. The currently selected theme is applied to the sample chart, and the sample chart is formatted for a small form factor. Each available style in the currently selected theme can be applied to the sample chart, which is now formatted for an iconic sized graphical representation, to generate mini-graph representations of each style. The styles can be presented to the user as a gallery view for user selection of a chart style.

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Anupam Garg