Patent ID: 8250460

Claim:
A method for displaying data, the method comprising: defining first, second, and third sets of spreadsheet cells in a display, the first and second sets being separated by a first boundary having a selected orientation, the second and third sets being separated by a second boundary having the selected orientation, wherein the first and second boundaries have an orientation selected from a vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation; determining the first, second and third sets of spreadsheet cells based on first input from a user; adjusting one of a location of the first boundary and a location of the second boundary, based on second input from received from the user; adjusting a first position of the first boundary in response to first signals received from the user; adjusting a second position of the second boundary in response to second signals received from the user; receiving from the user a first selection of one of the first, second, and third sets of spreadsheet cells; displaying a menu comprising a disable scrolling option; receiving from the user a second selection of the disable scrolling option; disabling a selected scrolling function within one or more of the first, second, and third sets of spreadsheet cells in accordance with an alternating pattern, in response to the first selection and the second selection; defining, on the display, a third boundary having a second orientation perpendicular to the selected orientation, wherein the third boundary defines fourth and fifth sets of cells; and disabling a second scrolling function different from the selected scrolling function within at least one of the fourth and fifth sets of cells.