Natural Quick Functions Gestures
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsSam C. Radakovitz, John Campbell, Carlos Augusto Otero, Allison Jane Rutherford, Uhl Albert
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Abstract
Natural gestures for interacting with spreadsheet documents are provided. A user may interact with a spreadsheet document using a variety of touch-based gestures. Gestures applied to a spreadsheet document may be used for making structural and display changes to the document. For example, gestures may be used on the spreadsheet document for inserting new columns and rows; for revealing hidden columns and rows; for deleting columns and rows; for extending functionalities across columns and rows; for moving objects displayed in a spreadsheet document; and for navigating various parts of a spreadsheet document.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for interacting with an electronic spreadsheet document using gesture input, comprising:
- receiving a computer-enabled spreadsheet document;
- receiving a gesture input on the spreadsheet document for making a structural change to the spreadsheet document;
- and
- updating a display of the spreadsheet document to include the structural change made to the spreadsheet document in response to the gesture input.
A computer readable medium on which is stored computer executable instructions which when executed by a computer perform a method for interacting with an electronic spreadsheet document using gesture input, comprising:
- receiving a computer-enabled spreadsheet document;
- receiving a gesture input on the spreadsheet document for making one or more changes to the spreadsheet document;
- and
- updating a display of the spreadsheet document to include the one or more changes made to the spreadsheet document in response to the gesture input.
A system for interacting with an electronic spreadsheet document using gesture input, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more processors operable to:
- display a spreadsheet document;
- receive a gesture input on the spreadsheet document for making a structural change to the spreadsheet document;
- and
- update a display of the spreadsheet document to include the structural change made to the spreadsheet document in response to the gesture input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.