Patent ID: 6282551
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
In an electronic spreadsheet for processing alphanumeric information, said said electronic spreadsheet comprising a three-dimensional spreadsheet operative in a digital computer and including a plurality of cells for entering data and formulas, a method for organizing the three-dimensional spreadsheet comprising:partitioning said plurality of cells into a plurality of two-dimensional cell matrices so that each of the two-dimensional cell matrices can be presented to a user as a spreadsheet page;associating each of the cell matrices with a user-settable page identifier which serves as a unique identifier for said each cell matrix;creating in a first cell of a first page at least one formula referencing a second cell of a second page said formula including the user-settable page identifier for the second page; andstoring said first and second pages of the plurality of cell matrices such that they appear to the user as being stored within a single file.