| US 7,533,340 B2 | ||
| Interactive tooltip | ||
| Margaret G. Hudson, North Bend, Wash. (US); Tuan Huynh, Seattle, Wash. (US); Kent R. Lowry, Seattle, Wash. (US); Justin M. Maguire, III, Seattle, Wash. (US); Eric W. Patterson, Sammamish, Wash. (US); Marcella Rader, Bellevue, Wash. (US); and Mariya Tikunova, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 08, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/962,361. | ||
| Application 10/962361 is a continuation of application No. 09/794691, filed on Feb. 27, 2001, granted, now 6,828,988. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0050470 A1, Mar. 03, 2005 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—711 | 21 Claims |
| 1. A method for providing an interactive tooltip in an electronic document, the method comprising:
receiving an indication that a function is being entered in an editing location of the electronic document, wherein the electronic
document comprises a spreadsheet and the editing location comprises a data cell of the spreadsheet;
recognizing an entered function name in the editing location of the electronic document in response to a user entering the
function name;
retrieving tooltip information associated with the recognized function name;
retrieving a description of data required for the function; and
displaying the tooltip information in a display location, the display location being proximate to the editing location of
the electronic document, wherein the tooltip information includes a function name and an argument name, the function name
providing a link to a function name help topic, the argument name providing a link to a portion of the editing location of
the electronic document corresponding to the argument name, the tooltip information identifying the argument name as being
currently entered and the description of data required for the function.
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