Patent ID: 8443335

Claim:
A method for configuring a processor coupled to a graphical user interface display terminal apparatus into a computer-implemented apparatus tool to design an electronic circuit, comprising: encoding onto non-transitory computer readable storage medium a plug-in which interoperates with an application programming interface of at least one of a spreadsheet or a word processing program; encoding onto non-transitory computer readable storage medium a library of insertable templates compatible with a word processing program which receive data and enable consistency checks; encoding onto non-transitory computer readable storage medium executable program code to transform the data entered into the templates of word processing files into a platform independent representation encoded onto non-transitory computer readable storage medium; encoding onto non-transitory computer readable storage medium executable program code to calculate default values and addresses; and encoding onto non-transitory computer readable storage medium executable program code to store default values and addresses into said platform independent representation encoded onto non-transitory computer readable storage medium.