Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to using subcells to display both text and mathematically evaluable information within a cell of a spreadsheet. An algorithm can be applied to user-specified cell data to determine if the data are mathematically evaluable or not. If the user-specified cell data are not mathematically evaluable, such as the case when the data are text characters, the data are displayed within the cell as input. If the user-specified cell data are mathematically evaluable, such as the case when the data are a mathematical expression, the data can be evaluated and the resulting solution displayed within the cell. The cell can be used as a portion of a mathematical expression associated with a different cell, wherein the text data may be ignored and the solution to the mathematical expression used to solve the mathematical expression associated with the different cell.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for displaying a document having spreadsheet cells in an unaligned format. The method allows for the display of a document containing a table. The table has a plurality of cells arranged in rows and columns. Unlike prior art tables that align all cells contiguous with one another, the method allows a user to place cells as desired. A user may space cells in the same row or column apart from one another, with no intervening cells and no contiguous borders. A user may also shift some cells in a column left or right of other cells in the same column and shift some cells in a row above or below other cells in the same row.