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Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2005
Applicants:

Roy Simkhay, Seattle, WA (US);

David F. Gainer, Redmond, WA (US);

Tom J. Hoke, Sammamish, WA (US);

Benjamin C. Chamberlain, Redmond, WA (US);

Paavany Jayanty, Bellevue, WA (US);

Charles D. Ellis, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Roy Simkhay, Seattle, WA (US);

David F. Gainer, Redmond, WA (US);

Tom J. Hoke, Sammamish, WA (US);

Benjamin C. Chamberlain, Redmond, WA (US);

Paavany Jayanty, Bellevue, WA (US);

Charles D. Ellis, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/246 (2013.01);
Abstract

Table styles provide a way to format an entire spreadsheet table quickly and easily. According to described implementations, table styles can be created and customized for repeated use in a spreadsheet application. As a result, a user does not have to manually modify multiple formatting options for each table included in one or more spreadsheets. A graphical user interface is also described that provides simple user access to existing table styles that can be modified according to the user's requirements.


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