System and method for formatting a cell in response to data stored in a separate location
US7647551B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 15, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/177
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data cell included in a document supporting cell structured data is conditionally formatted according to data that is stored in a separate location from the document. A user is allowed to select from a drop-down menu of related data sets a particular data set for conditionally formatting the data cell. The data cell is formatted according to the data set and the condition without requiring that the data set be stored locally in the document.
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