Patent ID: 7392478

Claim:
A method of copying and pasting a source range of cells onto a destination range of cells in a multi-dimensional spreadsheet comprising a plurality of cells identified by a cell address along each dimension, a range of cells comprising at least one cell, said source range of cells comprising at least one working range of cells, and at least one fastening range of cells in which at least one graphical object is represented, said at least one graphical object being associated with said at least one working range of cells, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a source range of cells; performing a comprehensive paste operation, comprising the steps of selecting a destination range of cells, and copying onto the selected destination range of cells, the selected source range of cells with a graphical object whose fastening range of cells is included in the source range of cells; and for the graphical object, determining that a means for identifying the working range of cells within the source range of cells are not absolute; and for a working range of cells associated with the graphical object, replacing means for identifying the working range of cells within the source range of cells with means for identifying the working range of cells within the destination range of cells responsive to said determining that the means for identifying are not absolute.