Patent ID: 6907569

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of displaying a document on a display device, comprising: receiving a user input selecting a location in a document displayed in a display pane and requesting a show-me operation, wherein the selected location is located in a portion of the document that is visible within the pane and wherein the show-me operation is an operation that scrolls the document and during scrolling, displays a visual reference mark that tracks the movement in the pane of the selected location as the selected location scrolls toward a target location in the pane, thereby enabling the user to more easily find the selected location once the scrolling stops; and, in response to the input, performing the show-me operation by performing the following operations without of user input: displaying a visual reference mark at the selected location; then smoothly scrolling the document and the reference mark in the pane toward the target location in the pane, at a rate that allows the user to follow the movement of the document and the reference mark in the pane, and stopping the scrolling when the selected location and the reference mark are at the target location in the pane; and then removing the visual reference mark from the selected location.