Patent ID: 8037417

Claim:
One or more computer storage media storing computer-executable instructions for performing a method of selecting a graphical object, the method comprising: receiving user input defining a selection line having a starting point and an end point, wherein the end point is redrawn as additional segments of the selection line are defined through user input; when the selection line is substantially straight, selecting each object intersected by the selection line; and when the selection line is non-linear, drawing a connection line joining the starting point and the end point of the selection line to thereby form a lasso enclosure while additional segments of the selection line are still being defined by user input, wherein the connection line is deleted and redrawn as the end point is redrawn, and selecting each object substantially encircled by the lasso enclosure when the percentage of each respective object encircled by the lasso enclosure meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein the predetermined threshold associated with a graphical object formed of electronic ink is less than the predetermined threshold associated with an image object.