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System and method in an electronic spreadsheet for displaying and/or hiding range of cells

  • US 7,275,207 B2
  • Filed: 11/19/2002
  • Issued: 09/25/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In an electronic multidimensional spreadsheet comprising a plurality of cells identified by a cell address along each dimension of the spreadsheet, a method for displaying and/or hiding on a user interface, elements of a range of cells, the range of cells comprising one or a plurality of contiguous elements aligned along a given spreadsheet dimension, an element comprising one or a plurality of cells, the method comprising:

  • (A) detecting a command for hiding at least one element in a selected range of cells, the command identifying the selected range of cells and 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;

    (C) identifying the selected display focus level;

    (D) identifying a focus manager table, a horizontal level range table, a vertical level range table, a horizontal range table, and a vertical range table, the identified tables associated with the selected range of cells and associating a defined display focus level with at least one cell attribute; and

    (E) selectively displaying the element on the user interface based on a relationship of the selected display focus level with the display focus level associated with the element.

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