International Business Machines Corporation
Spreadsheet search functionality

Abstract:

A value is received that is in at least one cell of a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet includes data across a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. A subsection of the spreadsheet in which to search for the value is received. The subsection includes less than all columns and less than all rows. The subsection is searched for all cells that contain the value. All cells within the subsection that contain the value are provided.