CPC G06F 40/18 (2020.01) [G06F 40/103 (2020.01)] | 40 Claims |
1. As an alternative to formatting cells, when the cells are populated by a built-in spreadsheet function contained in a cell of a spreadsheet, a method applying formatting as an argument of the built-in spreadsheet function including:
receiving a first signal from a user invoking a selection list panel, in a context of a user-specified built-in spreadsheet function in a spreadsheet cell that populates a plurality of cells in a spreadsheet range with function results;
responsive to the first signal, causing display of the selection list panel that includes a list of specifications appropriate to the context that are useable with the built-in spreadsheet function,
wherein a plurality of first specifications in the list are formatting specifications that configure formatting of output from the built-in spreadsheet to populate a plurality of cells in a spreadsheet range and override cell formatting otherwise applied to the spreadsheet range; and
receiving at least one second signal from the user selecting at least one of the formatting specifications, and configuring the formatting of the output from the built-in spreadsheet function accordingly when the spreadsheet function is committed to the spreadsheet cell.
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