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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2005
Louis M. Weitzman, Brookline, MA (US);
Alister Lewis-bowen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Louis M. Weitzman, Brookline, MA (US);
Alister Lewis-Bowen, Cambridge, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and program product for focusing the display of tabular data wherein the display has multiple rows and columns of cells. A computer running a tabular data application includes a display for displaying the tabular data. The tabular data application includes a routine for defining a user defined area in the tabular data display in a focused display. The routine places indicators at the top, bottom, right side and left side of the focused display. The indicators may be one of an expand indicator or a collapse indicator. A movable cursor in the tabular data display is used to select at least one of the indicators for focusing the display. The routine in the tabular data application expands or collapses the display of tabular data to give a focused display. The expanding or collapsing of the display is determined by whether the selected indicator is an expand indicator or a collapse indicator.