Patent ID: 8745482

Claim:
A method executable on a computer system for organizing data cells in a cell table, the computer system having a graphical user interface including a display device and one or more user interface selection devices, the method comprising: receiving a selection of data cells within a column of the cell table, wherein the selected data cells comprise less than all data cells within the column, wherein the selected data cells within the column of the cell table comprise at least one data cell associated with a first format and at least one data cell associated with a second format that is different from the first format, wherein non-selected data cells within the column of the cell table are associated with at least a third format, wherein the selected data cells within the column of the cell table are not associated with the third format, and wherein the first, second, and third formats are associated with a same format type; displaying on the display device a menu, wherein the menu displays options for organizing the selected data cells, and wherein the menu options comprise the first format and the second format but not the third format; receiving a selection of the first format by which to organize the selected data cells; organizing the selected data cells based on the first format; displaying the organized data cells, including displaying the at least one data cell having the first format and the at least one data cell having the second format; and simultaneously displaying the non-selected data cells associated with at least the third format.