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Patent US7703036 - User interface for displaying selectable software functionality controls ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsAn improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable software functionality controls that are relevant to a selected object and that remain visibly available for use while the selected object is being edited. Upon selection of a particular object for editing, functionality available for editing...http://www.google.com/patents/US7703036?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7703036 - User interface for displaying selectable software functionality controls that are relevant to a selected objectAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7703036 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/955,941Publication dateApr 20, 2010Filing dateSep 30, 2004Priority dateAug 16, 2004Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2512155A1, EP1637986A2, EP1637986A3, US20060036964, US20100180226, US20130014048, US20140019896Publication number10955941, 955941, US 7703036 B2, US 7703036B2, US-B2-7703036, US7703036 B2, US7703036B2InventorsJesse Clay Satterfield, Aaron M. Butcher, David A. Morton, Jensen M. Harris, Justin DenneyOriginal AssigneeMicrosoft CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (220), Non-Patent Citations (214), Referenced by (68), Classifications (24), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetUser interface for displaying selectable software functionality controls that are relevant to a selected object
Selectable controls presented in the “Formatting” section 250 may include such selectable controls as text justification, text type, font size, line spacing, boldface, italics, underline, etc. Accordingly, functionalities associated with formatting operations are logically grouped together underneath the overall task of “Writing.” A third logical grouping 260 is presented under the heading “Writing Tools.” The writing tools section 260 includes such writing tools as find/replace, autocorrect, etc. According to embodiments of the present invention, upon selection of a different task-based tab from the tab section, a different set of selectable functionality controls in different logical groupings is presented in the user interface 200 associated with the selected task-based tab. For example, if the “Insert” task tab 220 is selected, the selectable functionality controls presented in the user interface 200 are changed from those illustrated in FIG. 2 to include selectable functionality controls associated with the insert task. For detailed information regarding the user interface 200, illustrated in FIG. 2, see United States Patent Application, Ser. No. 10/955,967, entitled “Command User Interface for Displaying Selectable Software Functionality Controls,” which is incorporated herein by reference as if fully set out herein.
For example, referring to FIG. 3, if a picture object embedded in a text file or other document is selected for editing by the user, the ribbon-shaped user interface 300 replaces the ribbon-shaped user interface 200 so that the user is provided with task-based tabs 310, 320, 330 particular to editing the selected picture object. Similar to the description of the user interface 200 described above, upon selection of one of the task-based tabs 310, 320, 330, the portion of the user interface 300 disposed beneath the tabs is populated with individual or logical groupings of selectable functionality controls for applying functionality available under the selected task-based tab to the selected object. For example, referring to the user interface 300, selection of a “Style Gallery” tab 310 causes the presentation of a “Layout” section 350 and a “Picture Styles” section 355. In addition, a “Selection” section 345 is provided for allowing the user to select between multiple picture objects, for example, for application of any selected functionality. If the user applies a given functionality to the selected object, but is not satisfied with the result of the functionality application, a reset button 340 is provided for allowing the user to reset the selected object back to its condition prior to applying the selected functionality. Selection of one of the other task-based tabs, such as the “Effects” tab 320 or the “Picture Tools” tab 330, will cause a different set of selectable functionality controls to be displayed in the lower portion of the user interface 300 associated with the selected task-based tab.
Referring to the example functionality controls illustrated in the user interface 300, in the “Picture Styles” section 355, a plurality of images are provided for showing a user how a selected object would be displayed if a particular combination of formatting options or picture styles is applied to the object. According to embodiments of the present invention, selection of one or more of the images may cause all commands necessary for formatting or stylizing the selected object in a manner consistent with the selected image from the user interface 300. That is, upon selecting a desired image in the “Picture Styles” section 355, the selected object in the user's document is automatically formatted or stylized accordingly. The “Layout” section 350 is representative of a functionality controls section which may have one or more images or potential layout styles or schemes than may be displayed in the user interface 300. Accordingly, as illustrated and described below with reference to FIG. 6, selection of the “Layout” section 350 may cause a drop-down menu or drop-across menu to be displayed providing a user with a variety of different layout options that may be applied to the selected object.
If insufficient space is available in the user interface 300 for displaying all logical groupings of functionality controls associated with a given task-based tab, a determination may be made at application run time as to any logical groupings that must be collapsed or closed until the associated task-based tab is selected. Similarly, if the user manually reduces the size of the user interface 300, a determination is made as to the available space for displaying selectable functionality control sections, and certain selectable functionality control sections are collapsed as required. As should be appreciated, a determination may be made as to the order of collapsing selectable functionality control sections such that a criteria, such as “most used” or “most recently used” may be used for determining which selectable functionality control sections are displayed and which sections are collapsed as the available space in the user interface is decreased.
Referring now to FIG. 4, an example text document is displayed in a word processing application workspace having an embedded picture object. The user interface 200, disposed along the upper edge of the word processing application workspace, is displayed with task-based tabs and associated selectable functionality control sections for writing text into the displayed document. If the user desires to edit the picture object 410, according to embodiments of the present invention, the user need not search for functionality required for editing picture objects. Upon selecting the picture object 410 for editing, a “Show Picture Tools” control 420 is displayed to the user for allowing the user to call up tools and other functionality available to the user for editing the selected object. As should be understood by those skilled in the art, the description of the editing of a picture object is for purposes of example only and is not limiting of a variety of different tools and functionalities that may be exposed to the user in a user interface 300 described above upon selection of different types of objects. For example, tools and functionality may be provided for editing table objects, spreadsheet objects, slide presentation objects, database objects, and the like.
If the user selects the “Show Pictures Tools” control, according to the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 3-10, the user interface 300 is dynamically generated and temporarily replaces the user interface 200, as illustrated in FIG. 5. Referring to FIG. 5, the user interface 300 replaces the user interface 200, and task-based functionality available to the user for editing the selected picture object is displayed in the user interface 300, as described above with reference to FIG. 3. Now, the user may select one or more functionalities applicable to editing the selected object (e.g., picture object) without the need for searching through a variety of different menus or tool bars for functionality needed for editing the selected object. In order to dismiss the user interface 300 and return to the user interface 200, an exit control may be selected.
Referring to FIG. 6, consider, for example, that the user decides to change the layout of the document by moving the embedded picture object to a different location. The user could manually move the embedded object to a different location followed by changing the orientation and location of text contained in the document to cause the overall document to have an acceptable and desirable layout. However, according to embodiments of the present invention, the user may select the layout control 350 to deploy a drop-down menu for providing a variety of different potential layouts for the selected object within the selected document. For example, the drop-down menu 600 provides layouts such as “Centered Large,” 610, “Top Left,” 620, “Top Right,” 630, “Centered in Text,” 640, “Above & Below,” 650 and “Alone on Page” 660. As should be understood, the potential layouts described and illustrated with respect to FIG. 6 are for purposes of example only and are not limiting of a variety of different layouts that may be provided to the user via the user interface 300.
As described above with reference to FIG. 3, according to embodiments of the present invention, all required commands for applying a presented formatting or layout to the selected object may be coded for execution upon selecting one of the formatting or layout images provided in the user interface. Accordingly, if the user desires to select a layout placing the selected picture object in the top right orientation of the selected document, the user may select the “Top Right” layout 630, and all required functionality for rearranging the selected object and document according to the selected layout is applied to the document and object so that the document assumes the selected layout, as illustrated in FIG. 7.
As described above, one method for deploying the user interface 300 for providing selectable functionality associated with a particular object is to select a particular object within a given document. Alternatively, the user interface 300, containing functionality associated with a particular object may be deployed by inserting an object of a given type into a document. For example, referring to FIG. 9, if a user decides to insert a table object into the document illustrated in FIG. 9, the user may select the “Insert” task-based tab 220 from the user interface 200 for deploying selectable functionality controls associated with inserting text or objects into the document. If the user then decides to insert a particular object, for example, a table object, into the document, the user may utilize one or more selectable functionality controls presented in the user interface 200, or the user may launch a dialog 900, as illustrated in FIG. 9, for creating and inserting a desired object, for example a table object, into the selected document.
According to embodiments of the present invention, once the user selects for inserting the desired object into the document, the object 1050 is inserted into the document, as illustrated in FIG. 10. Simultaneously, the user interface 200 is replaced with a user interface 300 for displaying selectable functionality for editing the now-selected table object 1050. For example, referring to FIG. 10, the user interface 300 now includes task-based tabs associated with editing a table object. For example, task-based tabs, illustrated in the user interface 300, include “Style Gallery,” “Effects,” “Borders and Shading,” “Table Layout,” and “Date.” As described above with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, selection of one of the task-based tabs, for example the “Style Gallery” tab, causes a display of individual or groupings of selectable functionality controls 1020, 1030, 1040 for editing the selected object according to the selected task-based tab.
FIGS. 11 through 15 illustrate aspects of an alternate embodiment of the present invention. Referring now to FIG. 11, aspects of this embodiment of the present invention are illustrated and described with reference to a spreadsheet application 140. As illustrated in FIG. 11, a spreadsheet document is displayed having an example table of data 1150. A user interface 1100 similar to the user interface 200 described above with reference to FIG. 2 is disposed above the spreadsheet workspace for providing spreadsheet application functionality. A plurality of task-based tabs are provided at the top of the user interface 1100 for selectively displaying logical groupings of selectable functionality controls associated with given task-based functionality tabs. For example, task-based functionality tabs included in the user interface 1100 include “Insert,” “Page Layout,” “Analysis,” etc.
According to aspects of this embodiment, when an object is selected for editing, such as the table object 1150 illustrated in FIG. 11, the selectable functionality controls associated with the selected object do not replace the tabs displayed in the user interface 1100, but are appended to the user interface 1100 beneath the tabs displayed in the user interface 1100. The controls associated with the selected object are automatically displayed in the appended orientation relative to the tabs of the user interface 1100 upon selection or insertion of a given object. Selection of any of the tabs in the user interface 1100 dismisses the controls displayed for the selected or inserted object that are appended beneath the user interface 1100. For example, a “Styles” section 1110 is provided for applying spreadsheet workspace styles to the document, a “Properties” section 1120 is provided, an “Actions” section 1130 is provided, and a “Publish to Server” section 1140 is provided. According to embodiments of the present invention, because a table object is embedded in the spreadsheet workspace, a “Table Tools” tab is exposed adjacent to the task-based functionality tabs 1100. As should be appreciated, selection of the “Table Tools” tab may cause a display of selectable functionality controls associated with table objects in the lower portion of the user interface.
As illustrated in FIG. 12, selection of the “Table Tools” tab causes display of the selectable functionality controls associated with the selected table. Alternatively, the display of the selectable functionality controls associated with the selected table may be automatically displayed upon selection of the table object without use of the “Table Tools” tab. As should be understood, description of the table object 1150 and use of the “Table Tools” tab are for purposes of example only and are not limiting of operation of embodiments of the present invention with respect to other objects that may be inserted into or edited in the spreadsheet workspace.
Referring to FIG. 13, if a user decides to create a chart, for example, using data contained in the selected table object, the user may select one of the chart-type images “Controls” illustrated in the user interface of FIG. 12. Upon selection of a chart for inserting into the spreadsheet workspace, an “Insert Chart” dialog 1310 may be displayed for allowing the user to specify attributes of the selected chart. As illustrated in FIG. 14, once particular chart attributes are selected, a corresponding chart is drawn and is displayed in the spreadsheet workspace. According to embodiments of the present invention, insertion of the selected chart automatically causes functionality of the previously displayed user interface (see FIGS. 12 and 13) to be replaced with selectable functionality controls associated with editing the selected and inserted chart. For example, a “Chart Structure” section 1410, a “Chart Options” section 1420, a “3D View” section 1430, and an “Axis Scale” section 1440 are displayed in a lower portion of the user interface to provide particular selectable functionality controls associated with editing the selected chart.
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