Patent ID: 6442575
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
For an electronic system for creating and editing an electronic file including a table, the table comprising a first row and a first column, a method for creating an integrated header row within the table in the electronic file, the method comprising the steps of:receiving an indication to add the integrated header row, wherein the indication comprises receiving dimensions of a drawn box from a user input defining the boundaries of the integrated header row; adding a second row above the first row; splitting the first row into a third and a fourth row, so that the table comprises the second row, the third row, and the fourth row; splitting the first column into a second column, a third column, and a fourth column, so that the table comprises the second column, the third column, and the fourth column, wherein the table comprises a plurality of cells defined by intersections of the rows and the columns of the table, each cell comprising borders defining a boundary for each cell; suppressing the borders of cells that are not part of the table or part of the integrated header row; merging the cells within the integrated header row; and adding the integrated header into the table.