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Method and system in an electronic spreadsheet for persistently copy-pasting a source range of cells onto one or more destination ranges of cells

  • US 6,912,690 B2
  • Filed: 05/23/2001
  • Issued: 06/28/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • selecting a source range of cells in an electronic spreadsheet;

    creating a persistent copy of cells that are in the source range of cells;

    pasting the persistent copy of cells into a destination range of cells; and

    applying a source visual appearance attribute to the source range of cells, the source visual appearance attribute being removed from the source rage of cells only if a copy-paste manager invokes a break-paste command that breaks a relationship previously established between the source range of cells and the destination range of cells.

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