Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Diana Gail Kimball

Christopher D Edwards

Christopher Doan

Christopher Michael Maloney

Valerie Rosen

Lishan Yu

Megan Ann Bates

Trevor Florence

A format object task pane is provided that presents contextual formatting controls for formatting objects. The format object task pane may be docked to an edge of an application window and may be modeless, allowing a user to interact with application functionalities while the task pane is open. Formatting controls may behave contextually and display controls specific to a currently selected object. The presented formatting controls may be organized by categories and by sections within the categories. Text formatting and object formatting controls may be provided in a same task pane.

Format object task pane

Display screen with graphical user interface

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Diana Gail Kimball