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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:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Matthew J. Androski, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark S. Igra, Seattle, WA (US);
Kent R. Lowry, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian Frank, Austin, TX (US);
Jeanell D. Sullivan, Carnation, WA (US);
Justin M. Maguire, Iii, Seattle, WA (US);
Matthew J. Androski, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark S. Igra, Seattle, WA (US);
Kent R. Lowry, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian Frank, Austin, TX (US);
Jeanell D. Sullivan, Carnation, WA (US);
Justin M. Maguire, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A user can click on a spreadsheet cell to enter edit mode and alter the contents of the cell. Edit mode can be exited through a click and drag maneuver. The click and drag maneuver not only exits edit mode, but also selects a range of cells. The click and drag is performed by depressing a mouse button while the mouse indicator is positioned Over the edit cell, moving the mouse while holding the mouse button depressed, and releasing the mouse button when the end of the desired range of cells is reached. The range of selected cells starts with the edit cell and continues to the cell over which the mouse indicator was positioned when the mouse button was released.