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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1995
Charles R Anderson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Robert W Warfield, Aptos, CA (US);
Istvan Cseri, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Murray K Low, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Weikuo Liaw, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Alan M Bush, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Borland International, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic spreadsheet system of the present invention includes a notebook interface having a plurality of notebook pages, each of which may contain a spread of information cells, or other desired page type (e.g., Graphs page). Methods are provided for rapidly accessing and processing information on the different pages, including displaying a plurality of page identifiers for selecting individual pages, and further including a preferred syntax for referencing information. Additional methods are provided for editing cells and blocks of cells.