Method and system in an electronic spreadsheet for handling user-defined options in a copy/cut—paste operation
US7178098B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 19, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/18
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An example of a solution provided here comprises defining one or more combinations of options, defining an operation to execute (e.g. copy and paste, or cut and paste), computing the content of each cell within the source cell range according to the options, creating a version instance of the destination cell range, and copying the source range of cells into the version instance. Each of the options is defined as a boolean variable, which can be set as “True” or “False,” and impact the content of a cell within an electronic spreadsheet.
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