Appeal No. 2005-1431
Application 09/442,070
A user requests actions by first selecting an object and then selecting an action (e.g., a
menu item) to be performed upon the object. Col. 11, ll. 13-16. Selection may be made by using
the mouse to double-click on the object (col. 8, ll. 15-18) or the menu item. When the user
indicates that the budgeting data is to be edited, the word processing program (Word) determines
which application should be used to edit the budgeting data (e.g., the Excel spreadsheet program)
and launches (starts up) that application; the user can then manipulate the budgeting data using
the launched application, and changes are reflected in the compound document. Col. 7, ll. 55-62.
The same procedure is used whether the budgeting data is stored as an embedded object or a
linked object. Col. 7, ll. 62-63.
Figure 8 shows the contents of the drop-down Edit menu group when it is selected
following selection of the Excel object; the available options include an entry 803 entitled
"Microsoft Excel Worksheet Object Edit." If the Edit menu group is selected without previously
selecting an Excel object, entry 803 does not appear. Col. 11, ll. 28-29.
Figure 4 shows the appearance of the compound document after the user has selected the
Excel object and selected "Microsoft Excel Worksheet Object Edit" from the drop-down Edit
menu. The title bar changes to read "Microsoft Excel - Worksheet in VAC1.DOC," the Excel
object becomes highlighted by a hatched border pattern 406, the menu bar shows a different set
of menu groups (i.e., File, Edit, Formula, Format, Data, Options, Macro, Window, and Help),
and a rectangular spreadsheet selection cursor 408 appears which permits selection of an item
within the spreadsheet object 405 to be edited using the menu bar. Col. 8, ll. 25-46. As shown
in Figure 9, these menu groups comprise a composite menu bar 901 consisting of Word menu
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