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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ken A Moss, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Kwatinetz, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395765 ; 395770 ;
Abstract
A number of predefined table formats are provided for formatting a table. A user converts a table into the predefined table format by selecting the range of cells for the table and then selecting the predefined table format to be applied to the range of cells of the table. The formatting is performed automatically by a data processing system. Heuristics are used to determine the structure of the table to be formatted. Separate parts of the table are then successively formatted in accordance with the selected predefined table format.