Appeal No. 2000-0146 Page 2
Application No. 08/979,069
typically includes a user interface window, commonly called a
“desktop
window”. While operating within the desktop window, a user
can manipulate graphical objects, i.e. icons, using a cursor
controller such as a mouse; the icons can be moved simply by
pointing, clicking, and dragging with the mouse. During these
operations, the user receives visual feedback that enhances
his feeling of physical control over the desktop window and
the icons therein. For example, selected icons are
highlighted and, while a button of the mouse is depressed, the
selected icon moves with the cursor.
Unfortunately, moving text within word processing files
has not been as easy. Highlighted text could not be dragged
about a document as if it were an icon; a user could not
"grab" the highlighted text. As a result, he has not had the
aforementioned feeling of physical control during cut, copy,
and paste operations.
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