Abstract: Semantic zoom based navigation may be used to navigate content, such as content related to spreadsheets. Different gestures (e.g. pinch/stretch, pan, swipe) may be used while navigating the content. For example, while viewing data from a particular sheet in a workbook a pinch gesture may be received that changes the displayed content to a thumbnail view showing thumbnails that each represent a different sheet within the workbook. A gesture may also be received to change a view of an object. For example, a user may perform a stretch gesture near an object (e.g. a chart, graph, . . . ) that changes the current view to a view showing underlying data for the object. A user may also perform a gesture (e.g. a stretch gesture) on a portion of a displayed object that changes the current view to a view showing the underlying data for a specific portion of the object.

Abstract: A tweak and view mode may be used by a user to see an effect of a proposed change to a document before the change is committed to the document. The application may automatically navigate to different portions of the document and/or display different sections of the document. Instead of the user having to search for the portion of the document affected by the change, the changed portions are determined for the user. The portions may be automatically displayed to the user and/or the user may determine when to move to each different portion that changed as a result of the proposed change. The proposed change may be accepted/rejected by the user. For example, a User Interface (UI) element may be selected by the user to either accept the change or reject the change.

Abstract: Users may collaborate on a document and be notified of changes (e.g. comments, changes) made to the document using different notification methods. A comment may be added to the document from within the document and/or externally from the document. A comment may also be added to a comment stream (e.g. a thread of related comments). The different notification mechanisms may include mechanisms such as: Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), electronic mail, phone call, Instant Messaging (IM), social network post/message, toast message, live tile, and the like. A user may configure the desired notification methods. A newsfeed may display a feed of collaboration items that reflect comments/changes to the document. The user may select a displayed collaboration item from the newsfeed to access the document. A user may also respond (e.g. comment) to a notification that may be added as a comment in the document.

Abstract: Semantic zoom based navigation may be used to navigate content, such as content related to spreadsheets. Different gestures (e.g. pinch/stretch, pan, swipe) may be used while navigating the content. For example, while viewing data from a particular sheet in a workbook a pinch gesture may be received that changes the displayed content to a thumbnail view showing thumbnails that each represent a different sheet within the workbook. A gesture may also be received to change a view of an object. For example, a user may perform a stretch gesture near an object (e.g. a chart, graph, . . . ) that changes the current view to a view showing underlying data for the object. A user may also perform a gesture (e.g. a stretch gesture) on a portion of a displayed object that changes the current view to a view showing the underlying data for a specific portion of the object.

Abstract: A tweak and view mode may be used by a user to see an effect of a proposed change to a document before the change is committed to the document. The application may automatically navigate to different portions of the document and/or display different sections of the document. Instead of the user having to search for the portion of the document affected by the change, the changed portions are determined for the user. The portions may be automatically displayed to the user and/or the user may determine when to move to each different portion that changed as a result of the proposed change. The proposed change may be accepted/rejected by the user. For example, a User Interface (UI) element may be selected by the user to either accept the change or reject the change.

Abstract: A presentation device selectively renders list data that is synchronized across multiple devices via a centralized or distributed synchronization system. The selective rendering depends on a variety of factors including the identity of the entity (e.g., a user, an organization, a system, a device) accessing the list data and the limitations of the presentation device used to access the list data. The selective rendering may also depend on the service or application through which the resource referenced by each list item can be accessed. Further, when uploading list data to a synchronization system, the list data is pre-filtered according to the storage location of each resource referenced by a list item and/or the service through which each resource referenced by a list item is accessible.

Abstract: A protocol handler that is registered to handle URLs that follow a protocol that is associated with a client application initiates content downloads from a network location. When a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is selected from a browser, the protocol handler passes the URL to the client application registered to handle the protocol. The client application parses the URL and determines the actions to perform based on the content identified in the URL. A client application may perform many different actions, such as: downloading the identified content; downloading any additional content (e.g. related files) associated with the identified content; place the downloaded content on a clipboard; automatically display downloaded content within a display; and the like. When the application is not installed on the client machine, information may be provided to the user to assist in interacting with the content identified by the URL.