Patent ID: 6613098
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for saving data having a format and functionality specific to a parent spreadsheet program into a hypertext markup language (HTML) document, such that the data are viewable with a browser program, and so that the data can be reintroduced into the parent spreadsheet program without loss of the format and functionality that the data previously exhibited in the parent spreadsheet program, comprising the steps of:(a) enabling a user to select the data from within the parent spreadsheet program; (b) incorporating the data from the parent spreadsheet program into the HTML document by: (i) using HTML to represent data that are displayable with a browser program; (ii) using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to represent cell-level properties of the data so as to minimize a code required to represent the data in the HTML document, as compared to using HTML to represent cell-level properties of the data; and (iii) using Extended Markup Language (XML) to represent information required for preserving the functionality of the data when reintroduced into the parent spreadsheet program, but which is not required for the display of the data with a browser program; and (c) saving representations of the data in HTML, CSS, and XML in at least one file, said at least one file including the HTML document.