METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMATTING BASED ON CONDITION ACTIVATED BY ONE MOUSE CLICK FOR PROGRAMS Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC G06F17/20 G06F17/24 G09G5/22 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: method provides a preliminary presentation which automatically shows the intended outcome of applying one or another control to data. This is preferred when analysing electronic worksheet data by formatting certain data based on the control condition. The method involves identification of one or more data parametres subject to formatting based on the condition on display, selection of a predefined condition and automatic temporary application of that predefined condition to parametre(s), display of the temporary preliminary presentation on the display of the said predefined condition applied to data which correspond to the said predefined condition. The method also enables preliminary change of conditions and parametres applied to data, and automatically provide corresponding preliminary presentation of the effect of such application of the altered conditions with respect to displayed data.

EFFECT: faster formatting of displayed data.

27 cl, 28 dwg