Patent ID: 7703038

Claim:
A computer-implemented method in which at least one computer system accesses instructions from computer storage and executes the instructions to perform steps comprising: rendering a graphical user interface on a display screen associated with the at least one computer to allow editing of graphics within a work area; receiving a start input to define a start of the work area at a start location of a pointing device on the graphical user interface; receiving a motion input that alters a location of the pointing device on the graphical user interface from the start location to an end location; receiving an end input to define an end of the work area at the end location of the pointing device defined upon receipt of the end input; creating the work area in which graphics may be edited between the start location and the end location of the pointing device on the graphical user interface, the work area defining a graphics editing region confined between the start input and the end input; rendering the graphical user interface as a main computer application window on the display screen; populating the main computer application window with a first set of multiple selectable icons for selective resizing of the main computer application window on the display screen, the first set of multiple selectable icons displayed at a perimeter location of the main computer application window; prior to creation of the work area, rendering a portion of the main computer application window to include display of first default background content; and wherein creating the work area includes: displaying the work area as an additional computer application window over a portion of the first default background content of the main application window; populating the additional computer application window with a second set of multiple selectable icons, the second set of multiple selectable icons enabling selective resizing of the additional computer application window on the display screen, the multiple selectable icons displayed at a location perimeter of the additional computer application window; and populating the additional computer application window with second default background content that is visually different than the first default background content.