Patent ID: 7895511

Claim:
A computer system comprising a processor and a computer readable memory unit coupled to the processor, said memory unit containing program code that when executed by the processor implement a method for copying and pasting cells in a multi-dimensional spreadsheet, said method comprising: copying and pasting a source range of cells onto a destination range of cells in the spreadsheet by performing a comprehensive paste of the source range of cells onto the destination range of cells, wherein a graphical object in the source range of cells has an associated fastened range of cells comprised by the source range of cells and an associated working range of cells comprised by the source range of cells, wherein the working range of cells of the graphical object in the source range of cells is identified by a first relative offset of the working range of cells within the source range of cells, wherein said copying and pasting results in the graphical object being comprised by the destination range of cells, and wherein said copying and pasting further results in the fastened range of cells and the working range of cells of the graphical object in the source range of cells being respectively pasted into an associated fastened range of cells and an associated working range of cells in the destination range of cells.