DYNAMIC COLUMN ADJUSTMENT

1 . A method of adjusting a column in a table, comprising the steps of:

defining a plurality of resizing columns;

defining a plurality of data columns;

selecting one of said resizing columns; and

moving individually, said selected resize column whereby a column width of at least one of said data columns is adjusted.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of alternating one of said resizing columns positioned adjacent to one of said plurality of data columns.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the width of said column is adjusted in the horizontal direction.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the width of said column is adjusted by moving a visual cursor of a pointing device.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein any of said data columns is returned to an initial column width by acting upon an adjacent resizing column.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each of said resizing columns appear as an internal vertical border between said plurality of data columns.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said selecting step further comprises depressing a mouse button on a pointing device.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said moving step further comprises dragging one of said resizing columns in the horizontal direction.

9 . A table for displaying a plurality of data in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, comprising:

at least one data column;

at least one resizing column; and

said at least one data column adjacent to said at least one resizing column;

whereby selecting at least one of said resizing columns to move individually, a column width of said at least one data columns adjacent to said selected resizing column.

10 . A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a machine readable medium to perform a method, comprising:

instructions for defining a plurality of resizing columns;

instructions for defining a plurality of data columns instructions for selecting one of said resizing columns; and

instructions for moving individually, said selected resize column whereby a column width of at least one of said data columns is adjusted.

11 . The computer-program product of claim 10 , further comprising the instructions for alternating one of said resizing columns positioned adjacent to one of said plurality of data columns.

12 . The computer-program product of claim 10 , wherein the width of said column is adjusted in the horizontal direction.

13 . The computer-program product of claim 10 , wherein the width of said column is adjusted by moving a visual cursor of a pointing device.

14 . The computer-program product of claim 10 , wherein any of said data columns is returned to an initial column width by acting upon an adjacent resizing column.

15 . The computer-program product of claim 10 , wherein each of said resizing columns appear as an internal vertical border between said plurality of data columns.

16 . The computer-program product of claim 10 , wherein said selecting step further comprises depressing a mouse button on a pointing device.

17 . The computer-program product of claim 10 , wherein said moving step further comprises dragging one of said resizing columns in the horizontal direction.

18 . A data processing system having at least a processor and accessible memory to implement a method for dynamic column adjustment, comprising:

means for defining a plurality of resizing columns;

means for defining a plurality of data columns;

means for selecting one of said resizing columns; and

means for moving individually, said selected resize column whereby a column width of at least one of said data columns is adjusted.