Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhanced find and replace for electronic documents
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Application No.: US13524183Application Date: 2012-06-15
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Publication No.: US09740674B2Publication Date: 2017-08-22
- Inventor: Marise Chan , Tuan Huynh , Justin M. Maguire, III , Marcella C. S. Rader , Christopher C. Yu
- Applicant: Marise Chan , Tuan Huynh , Justin M. Maguire, III , Marcella C. S. Rader , Christopher C. Yu
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; G06F17/24

Abstract:
An enhanced find and replace feature for a spreadsheet program module is disclosed. The enhanced find and replace feature allows users to search for terms and attributes across multiple sheets of a workbook. The find and replace feature also allows searches to be performed based on the formatting attributes of a cell as well as the textual or numerical contents of a cell. The enhanced find and replace feature also allows users to perform bulk formatting of cells (even cells without text) in a spreadsheet. In another aspect, the enhanced find and replace feature lists all the results of the find operation in a results list so that the user may choose which result(s) to view and edit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120284601A1 Enhanced Find and Replace for Electronic Documents Public/Granted day:2012-11-08
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