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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. 09, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2004
Jesse Raymond Bedford, Renton, WA (US);
Matthew C. Gauthier, Redmond, WA (US);
Tuan E. Huynh, Seattle, WA (US);
Ramakrishnan Natarajan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Justin M. Maguire, Iii, Seattle, WA (US);
Marcella C. S. Rader, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jesse Raymond Bedford, Renton, WA (US);
Matthew C. Gauthier, Redmond, WA (US);
Tuan E. Huynh, Seattle, WA (US);
Ramakrishnan NataraJan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Justin M. Maguire, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Marcella C. S. Rader, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The invention, in one embodiment, is a method and system for reporting the status of external references, or links, of a spreadsheet workbook. In an Edit Links dialog box, the user may view a list of links and their status. The user may select a Check Status button in the Edit Links dialog box to check the status of the links without updating the links because updating the links may require considerable time. A textual status message is displayed for each link in the Edit Links dialog box. The textual status message indicates to the user whether there is s possible problem with the link. As part of checking the status of a link, an analysis is made to determine whether any problems with the source file exist. For instance, it is determined whether the source file is open and whether it is valid. The results of this analysis determine what is displayed in the status column of the Edit Links dialog box.