Appeal No. 96-3260 Page 2
Application No. 08/134,214
The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for
reformatting paragraphs on a computer screen. A plurality of
words in an area of the screen may be highlighted and a border
is provided around the highlighted area wherein a momentary
engagement of a pointing device with the border results in
reformatting of the words, or objects, so as to remove breaks,
such as carriage return breaks, tab breaks and paragraph
breaks, from between the words, or objects.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. A method for reformatting objects displayed on a
screen of a computer system comprising the steps of:
selecting a plurality of objects on said screen to be
reformatted, wherein sequentially adjacent objects of said
plurality of objects may be separated by one or more object
breaks, said selecting step resulting in the provision of a
visually modified area on the screen corresponding to said
objects selected in said selecting step;
providing a border on said screen surrounding said objects
selected in said selecting step, said border being buffered a
distance away from said visually modified area on the screen;
at least momentarily engaging a pointing means at least
approximately on said border on the screen to provide an
indication that said plurality of objects are to be
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