Method and system in an office application for providing...

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Remote data accessing

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C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C709S201000, C709S203000, C709S218000, C709S219000

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10478120

ABSTRACT:
Method, system and program product for providing on-line help information in an office application which includes one or more objects. The on-line help information is dependent on content of a selected object of the office application. A user of the office application is provided with help information setting forth an example directly derived from content of a currently selected object or cell. Content of a user entry field within the object is parsed to determine whether a predefined keyword is present, and if so, at least one parameter associated with the keyword and at least one format or rule related to the at least one parameter are identified. The at least one format and rule specified in the help information are employed in correcting content of the user entry field, for example, for display to the user.

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