diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/util/CellRangeAddressBase.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/util/CellRangeAddressBase.java
index 05ebdd2c2..f94444d9a 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/util/CellRangeAddressBase.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/util/CellRangeAddressBase.java
@@ -118,10 +118,31 @@ public abstract class CellRangeAddressBase {
 	 * @param rowInd The row, 0-based.
 	 * @param colInd The column, 0-based.
 	 * @return True if the coordinates lie within the bounds, false otherwise.
+	 * @see #intersects(CellRangeAddressBase) for checking if two ranges overlap
 	 */
 	public boolean isInRange(int rowInd, int colInd) {
-		return _firstRow <= rowInd && rowInd <= _lastRow &&
-				_firstCol <= colInd && colInd <= _lastCol;
+		return _firstRow <= rowInd && rowInd <= _lastRow && //containsRow
+				_firstCol <= colInd && colInd <= _lastCol; //containsColumn
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Check if the row is in the specified cell range
+	 *
+	 * @param rowInd the row to check
+	 * @return true if the range contains the row [rowInd]
+	 */
+	public boolean containsRow(int rowInd) {
+		return _firstRow <= rowInd && rowInd <= _lastRow;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Check if the column is in the specified cell range
+	 *
+	 * @param colInd the column to check
+	 * @return true if the range contains the column [colInd]
+	 */
+	public boolean containsColumn(int colInd) {
+		return _firstCol <= colInd && colInd <= _lastCol;
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -129,6 +150,7 @@ public abstract class CellRangeAddressBase {
 	 *
 	 * @param other a candidate cell range address to check for intersection with this range
 	 * @return returns true if this range and other range have at least 1 cell in common
+	 * @see #isInRange(int, int) for checking if a single cell intersects
 	 */
 	public boolean intersects(CellRangeAddressBase other) {
 		return this._firstRow <= other._lastRow &&
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/util/TestCellRangeAddress.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/util/TestCellRangeAddress.java
index e11d3cf03..3f0f44145 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/util/TestCellRangeAddress.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ss/util/TestCellRangeAddress.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package org.apache.poi.ss.util;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -32,8 +33,10 @@ import org.apache.poi.util.LittleEndianOutputStream;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public final class TestCellRangeAddress {
-    static final byte[] data = new byte[] { (byte) 0x02, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x04,
-            (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x00, (byte) 0x03, (byte) 0x00, };
+    static final byte[] data = new byte[] {
+            0x02, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00,
+            0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00,
+    };
 
     @Test
     public void testLoad() {
@@ -241,6 +244,28 @@ public final class TestCellRangeAddress {
         assertNotIntersects(baseRegion, disjointRegion);
     }
     
+    @Test
+    public void containsRow() {
+        final CellRangeAddress region = new CellRangeAddress(10, 12, 3, 5);
+        
+        assertFalse(region.containsRow(9));
+        assertTrue(region.containsRow(10));
+        assertTrue(region.containsRow(11));
+        assertTrue(region.containsRow(12));
+        assertFalse(region.containsRow(13));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void containsColumn() {
+        final CellRangeAddress region = new CellRangeAddress(10, 12, 3, 5);
+        
+        assertFalse(region.containsColumn(2));
+        assertTrue(region.containsColumn(3));
+        assertTrue(region.containsColumn(4));
+        assertTrue(region.containsColumn(5));
+        assertFalse(region.containsColumn(6));
+    }
+    
     private static void assertIntersects(CellRangeAddress regionA, CellRangeAddress regionB) {
         if (!(regionA.intersects(regionB) && regionB.intersects(regionA))) {
             final String A = regionA.formatAsString();