Patent ID: 7236979
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for manipulating data in a word processing application, comprising: detecting an input from an input device; determining whether the input indicates the manipulation of data in a tabular manner, wherein determining whether the input indicates the manipulation of data in a tabular manner includes scanning at least one contiguous line in a word processing document to determine whether the at least one contiguous line is a horizontally aligned line, the horizontally aligned line being horizontally aligned with a line of data associated with the input, wherein scanning is performed until a non-aligned line is identified, the non-aligned line having a different horizontal alignment than the line of data; and upon determining that the input indicates the manipulation of data in a tabular manner, formatting the data into a tabular structure without requiring pre-configuration of a tabular structure and displaying the tabular structure.