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CA 2303886 A1 · Owner: Clancey, William J. · Inventors: Canty, Edgar P.; Clancey, William J.; Helfert, Erich A.
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A computer-implemented method (25) of populating row and column cells of an electronic financial statement document (28) containing formulas and data and , related apparatus. A formula for a cell in a financial statement is generated from a row definition for the row and a column definition for the column of the cell, where the row definition defines a term of the statement and the column definition specifies a period of time. The resulting statement (28) is displayed to a user, and new formula expressions can be generated to reflect changes in the statement. The statement can have three kinds of columns namely base columns, subtotal columns, and grand total columns. Data in columns …
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- Filed September 21, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 21, 2018.
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