Patent ID: 6032163
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for reformatting objects displayed on a screen of a computer system comprising the steps of:selecting a plurality of objects on said screen to be reformatted, wherein sequentially adjacent objects of said plurality of objects may be separated by one or more object breaks, said selecting step resulting in the provision of a visually modified area on the screen corresponding to said objects selected in said selecting step;providing a border on said screen surrounding said objects selected in said selecting step, said border being buffered a distance away from said visually modified area on the screen;at least momentarily engaging a pointing means at least approximately on said border on the screen to provide an indication that said plurality of objects are to be reformatted, and subsequently removing said object breaks from between said objects in response to said indication; andreformatting said objects without said removed object breaks.