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In-line dynamic editor for mixed object documents
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1985-09-23
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Granted: 1989-03-21
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Expires: 2005-09-23
Abstract
Abstract A method for the intelligent, in-line, dynamic editing of documents containing mixed object types on a computer work station is disclosed. The mixed object types may be text objects, draw graphics objects, business graphics objects, and tables objects. The editor executes actions on use selected objects and attributes based on internal knowledge of the object type selected rather than by explicit user commands. This procedure provides a simple user interface that makes manipulation of objects and attributes and command execution transparent to the user.
Inventors
- 👤 Barbara A. Barker
- 👤 Irene H. Hernandez
- 👤 Beverly H. Machart
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 08:25
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T11/00; G06T11/60; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0484; G06F3/04842; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/103
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
A method for the intelligent, in-line, dynamic editing of documents containing mixed object types on a computer work station comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a document and a command bar on the computer work station, said command bar containing at least generic actions which may be chosen by a user in the editing of the document; (b) determining if an object on the document has been selected by the user for editing; (c) determining the type of object selected by the user for editing; and (d) displaying in said command bar editing actions which are specific to the type of object selected by the user for editing.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
108 words
A method for the intelligent, in-line, dynamic editing of documents containing mixed object types on a computer work station comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a document and a command bar on the computer work station, said command bar containing at least generic actions which may be chosen by a user in the editing of the document; (b) determining if an object on the document has been selected by the user for editing; (c) determining the type of object selected by the user for editing; and (d) displaying in said command bar editing actions which are specific to the type of object selected by the user for editing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method recited in claim 1 further comprising the steps of: (e) determining if an edit action has been selected by the user for editing a selected object; (f) processing the edit action selected by the user for the selected object and automatically reformatting the document as required; and (g) redisplaying the document as edited and reformatted.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method recited in claim 2 further comprising the steps of: (h) determining if the user has selected a terminating action; and (i) ending the editing of the document when the terminating action is selected.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
114 words
The method recited in claim 1 wherein said mixed object types may be text objects, draw graphics objects, business graphics objects, and tables objects, said step of displaying in said command bar editing actions which are specific to the type of object selected by the user for editing comprising any one of the steps of: displaying text commands in said command bar if a text object is selected; or displaying draw graphics commands in said command bar if a draw graphics object is selected; or displaying business graphics commands in said command bar if a business graphics object is selected; or displaying tables commands in said command bar if a table object is selected.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method recited in claim 4 wherein said step of displaying in said command bar editing actions which are specific to the type of object selected by the user for editing includes displaying both said generic actions and the specific actions simultaneously in the command bar.
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