Abstract: A page layout view of a spreadsheet is presented for display. The page layout view presents a single interface screen enabling a user to enter and revise data in a cell area of the spreadsheet, as well as manipulate a format of the spreadsheet as it will appear on a printed page. Page layout parameters such as page size, orientation, and margins are determined, and a rectangle is formed to model the page layout parameters. A border of the rectangle represents margins of the page, and an area surrounded by that border is mapped for the presentation of editable data cells. A number of cells that can be fitted in the area surrounded by the rectangle border are superimposed onto the rectangle, which is presented on a display. A plurality of rectangles representing several such pages may optionally be presented on the display at one time.