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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2012
Marise Chan, Redmond, WA (US);
Tuan Huynh, Seattle, WA (US);
Justin M. Maguire, Iii, Seattle, WA (US);
Marcella C. S. Rader, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher C. Yu, Redmond, WA (US);
Marise Chan, Redmond, WA (US);
Tuan Huynh, Seattle, WA (US);
Justin M. Maguire, III, Seattle, WA (US);
Marcella C. S. Rader, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher C. Yu, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An enhanced find and replace feature for a spreadsheet program module is disclosed. The enhanced find and replace feature allows users to search for terms and attributes across multiple sheets of a workbook. The find and replace feature also allows searches to be performed based on the formatting attributes of a cell as well as the textual or numerical contents of a cell. The enhanced find and replace feature also allows users to perform bulk formatting of cells (even cells without text) in a spreadsheet. In another aspect, the enhanced find and replace feature lists all the results of the find operation in a results list so that the user may choose which result(s) to view and edit.