Method in an electronic spreadsheet for displaying and/or...

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2002-11-19

2009-06-09

Campbell, Joshua D (Department: 2178)

Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i

Presentation processing of document

Spreadsheet

C715S212000, C715S217000, C715S220000, C715S227000, C715S273000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07546523

ABSTRACT:
In an electronic multidimensional spreadsheet, a method for displaying and/or hiding on a user interface including (A) detecting a command for hiding at least one element in a selected range of cells, the command identifying a display focus level selected among a plurality of ordered display focus levels defined for the selected range of cells; (B) identifying the selected range of cells comprising the element to hide; (C) identifying the selected display focus level; (D) identifying a table associated with the selected range of cells, the table associating each defined display focus level with at least one cell content criteria to apply to the content of the at least one cell; and (E) selectively displaying the element on the user interface based on the relationship of the selected display focus level with the display focus level associated with the element.

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