Method and apparatus for defining table styles
US8078955B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 2, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/117
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system that facilitates a grid-based approach to defining styles for a table. During operation, the system allows a user to define a new table style by specifying styles for cells in a two-dimensional grid of table cells, wherein a style for a given cell specifies one or more attributes for the given cell. The system then applies the new table style to a target table, wherein applying the new table style involves repeating or tiling a pattern of cell styles defined in the two-dimensional grid across the target table.
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