发明名称 METHOD AND SYSTEM IN AN ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET FOR PERSISTENTLY SELF-REPLICATING MULTIPLE RANGES OF CELLS THROUGH A COPY-PASTE OPERATION
摘要 <p>The present invention relates to the field of information processing by digital computers, and more particularly to a method and system for persistently self replicating multiple ranges of cells through a copy-paste operation, in a multi dimensional spreadsheet comprisin g a plurality of cells identified by a cell address along each dimension, a range of cells comprising one or a plurality of cells The method comprises the steps of: ~ defining a set of ranges of cells, each range of cells having the same siz e; ~ each time the content of a range of cells belonging to this set is changed , automatically performing a self-replication operation, the self-replication operation comprising the steps of: ~ copying the changed range of cells onto a buffer; ~ determining the set of ranges of cells to which the changed range of cells belongs to; ~ identifying the ranges of cells belonging to the set; ~ pasting the content of the buffer in each of identified range of cells belonging to the set.</p>
申请公布号 CA2357653(A1) 申请公布日期 2002.04.24
申请号 CA20012357653 申请日期 2001.09.24
申请人 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 发明人 BAUCHOT, FREDERIC
分类号 G06Q10/00;G06F3/048;G06F17/24;(IPC1-7):G06F17/30;G06F12/02 主分类号 G06Q10/00
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