Appeal No. 97-1657 Page 3
Application No. 08/216,735
via the editing window. When the user does so, the invention
automatically modifies the value of at least one of the other
variables. The invention further modifies the display of the
object responsive to the user’s changing the value of the
other variable.
Claim 1, which is representative of the invention,
follows:
1. A method in a data processing system for efficiently
manipulating a graphic object displayed within a graphic user
interface in said data processing system, said graphic object
being defined by a plurality of interrelated variables, said
method comprising:
displaying an editing object within said graphic user
interface in response to a selection of said graphic object by
a user;
permitting said user to alter a value for one of said
plurality of interrelated variables utilizing said editing
object;
automatically altering a value for at least one other
variable in response to said user altering said value for one
of said plurality of interrelated variables utilizing said
editing object; and
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