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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2005
Eric B. Vigesaa, Seattle, WA (US);
Allan Folting, Redmond, WA (US);
Bruce Cordell Jones, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert C. Collie, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eric B. Vigesaa, Seattle, WA (US);
Allan Folting, Redmond, WA (US);
Bruce Cordell Jones, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert C. Collie, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system associate conditional formats with selected data points or groups of data points within a summary table. In one embodiment, related groups of data are determined based upon currently highlighted cells in a summary table. A user then selects from the groups and identifies conditional formats to be associated with the specified data points. The conditional formats are associated with currently displayed as well as non-displayed data within the summary table. The associated conditions are saved relative to the data points rather than the original cell positions so that the conditions remain associated with the data points following a reorganization of the summary table.