Appeal No. 1996-3750
Application No. 08/321,058
Representative claims 2, 3, 4 and 5 are reproduced as
follows:
2. A computer implemented method of annotating a
word processing object on a data processing system, said word
processing object having a body with at least one side margin,
comprising the steps of:
a) selecting a location in said body of said word
processing object;
b) associating an annotation with said location;
c) providing said word processing object to an
output means with said annotation being located in said side
margin and adjacent to said selected location in said body of
said word processing object;
d) revising said body; and
e) after revising said body, aligning said
annotation with said selected location such that said
annotation remains adjacent to said selected location and in
said side margin.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein said step of
aligning said annotation with said selected location, further
comprises the step of moving a portion of said annotation to a
next page.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein said step of
aligning said annotation with said selected location, further
comprises the step of adding space in said body so as to
maintain the alignment of said annotation and said selected
location.
5. The method of claim 2 further comprising the
steps of:
a) determining if two selected locations are
contained in a single line of said body; and
b) if two selected locations are in a single line
of said body, moving at least one of said annotations
associated with said two selected locations in said side
margin within a predetermined number of lines of said body so
that said annotations can be read without overlap.
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