Patent ID: 9477650
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving a selection to insert a table structure into a word processing document; displaying the table structure including an outer table border and a number of interior table borders including bound interior table borders and at least one of a semi-bound interior table border and an unbound interior table border, wherein the semi-bound table border includes one end coupled to the outer table border, and ends of the unbound interior table border do not extend to the outer table border; generating an underlying grid structure for the table structure by expanding the one or more semi-bound and unbound interior table borders to define corresponding bound underlying grid structure borders, the underlying grid structure comprising an outer grid border corresponding to the outer table border and bound interior grid borders corresponding to the bound, and the expanded one or more semi-bound and unbound interior table borders, wherein all borders of the underlying grid structure are bound; and displaying a table animation animating a table action using constraints dictated by the underlying grid structure, wherein the table action is one of: a column deletion action, a column insertion action, a row deletion action, and a row insertion action.