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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsCharles D. Ellis, David F. Gainer, Samuel C. Radakovitz, Yonghong Zeng, Dave McDonald
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The present invention comprises methods and user interfaces for organizing data displayed within a data application. Specifically, the present invention provides methods and systems for arranging the display of the data by a format applied to one or more portions of the data. The formats comprise different visual characteristics of the displayed data. In exemplary embodiments, the data application organizes the data by the fill color of the cell, the font color of the data within the cell, or the type of icon inserted into the cell. The organizations comprise any type of rearrangement of the data. In exemplary embodiments, the data application sorts or filters the displayed data according to the format.
In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display device and one or more user interface selection devices, a method for displaying one or more selections to organize, by a format, a data selection in a data application, comprising:
In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display device and one or more user interface selection devices, a method for displaying one or more selections to organize, by a format, a data selection in a data application, comprising:
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for organizing items of formatted data displayed in a data application, performing steps comprising:
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