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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Johnny Sterling Campbell, Renton, WA (US);
Eran Megiddo, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert George Hawking, Seattle, WA (US);
Johnny Sterling Campbell, Renton, WA (US);
Eran Megiddo, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert George Hawking, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods that enable a workbook author to break a workbook out into a set of logically separate pieces, referred to herein as 'workbook parts.' Calculation dependencies between the workbook parts may be maintained, so that all the calculations are correct across the entire spreadsheet. An organization may be enabled to manage each workbook part separately, thus certain users may be denied access to view or edit certain workbook parts. Accordingly, where multiple authors are contributing to a tightly controlled workbook, the person responsible for spreadsheet management is enabled to allow each of those authors access to edit only the portion that they need to be concerned with.