Appeal No. 1997-0411 Page 9
Application No. 08/441,658
teach selecting document formatting information, it neither
teaches nor would have suggested permitting a user to select
the paper size, paper direction, and printing direction of a
document and the setting thereof.
Eight-in-One does not cure this deficiency. The
reference teaches formatting a spreadsheet. P. 179.
Specifically, Eight-in-One shows a “Graph Definition Screen.”
P. 234. We agree with the examiner that the Screen
“explicitly shows a data direction selection area and an axis
selection area.” (Examiner’s Answer at 4.) The Screen,
however, does not show areas for selecting the paper size,
paper direction, or printing direction of the spreadsheet.
Consequently, the reference neither teaches nor would have
suggested permitting a user to select the paper size, paper
direction, and printing direction of a document and the
setting thereof.
Neither Weiner nor Mano cures these deficiencies. The
examiner notes, “Weiner is cited only as showing any menus can
contain any number of names.” (Id. at 4.) He adds, “Mano is
used simply to show the type of structure on which the above
mentioned combination of art could be used.” (Id. at 7.)
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