Method for controlling the order of editing cells in a spreadshe

Details Method for controlling the order of editing cells in a spreadshe Method for controlling the order of editing cells in a spreadshe

1991-07-25

1992-06-09

Lee, Thomas C.

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364DIG2, 364419, 364943, 3649431, 3649482, G06F 1300

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051214997

ABSTRACT:
A mechanism allows for programming the order of cells for an operator to enter data in a spreadsheet. Each cell of the spreadsheet may be provided with a "next cell" attribute, and these attributes as well as other attributes for the cells are stored in a table. The "next cell" attribute may be a constant, such as the name of the next cell, or it may be a logic expression so that the next cell to be edited can be different depending on some condition. When the operator presses the NEXT CELL key, the "next cell" attribute is searched by accessing the attribute table, and if a "next cell" attribute is found, it is evaluated to determine the next cell to be edited.

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