Patent ID: 7296240

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for creating a new document object with a boundary around the new document object for an electronic document page comprising the steps of: placing an insertion point on the electronic document page and outside a boundary for each existing document object on the electronic document page; in response to the placing of the insertion point on the electronic document page, displaying a ghost membrane at the insertion point, wherein the displayed ghost membrane comprises a shape with a color that contrasts with a color for the electronic document page; creating the new document object by adding content at the insertion point; and continuously displaying a membrane around the new document object to define a boundary for the content of the new document object, wherein the membrane is associated with a first and second hit region, wherein the first hit region causes content associated with the hit region to be positioned in a first location of the new document object, wherein the second hit region causes content associated with the hit region to be positioned in a second location of the new document object.