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Application No. 08/479,569
selectable functions generate the audio and visual multimedia
help. The second selectable functions provide textual help. We
find that claim 16 requires that the documentation menu displayed
on the workstation includes three items:
a) a topic field for indicating a topic for which
documentation is available;
b) a first user selectable function associated with the
topic field; and
c) a second user selectable function associated with
the topic field;
In Microsoft, the documentation menu includes a topic field which
will include a topic. Clicking on a topic in a topic field
brings up information on the selected topic. However, claim 16
requires first and second user select-able functions as part of
the documentation field. As we stated, supra, with respect to
claim 54, in Reed when a topic selected, the information provided
may have accompanying icons for audio and audio/video. This is
not the same as having both of the first and second user
selectable functions, along with the topic field, as part of the
documentation menu. We find no teaching or suggestion of these
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