Ex parte GREULICH et al. - Page 2




               Appeal No. 96-3093                                                                                                 
               Application 08/046,880                                                                                             


               canceled .  2                                                                                                      
                      The disclosed invention relates to the computer selection                                                   
               and display means having means for controlling the computer                                                        
               and the monitor.  The control means provides a first set of a                                                      
               plurality of selectable options on the monitor, a second and a                                                     
               third set of plurality of selectable options overlying, but                                                        
               not completely obscuring, the first set of options.  The                                                           
               control means also provides a fourth set of selectable options                                                     
               graphically displayed with the second and the third set of                                                         
               options and highlighting only selected ones of the fourth set                                                      
               of options depending upon the selections made out of the                                                           
               second and the third sets of options.  The control means                                                           
               further comprise means responsive to preliminary selection of                                                      
               the fourth set of options for pictorially illustrating a                                                           
               simulation of an object, such as a business form, to be                                                            
               created by the invention, so that an operator may more easily                                                      
               visualize the object to be created.                                                                                





                      2Two amendments after the final rejection were filed, and                                                   
               were entered in the record.                                                                                        
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