Patent ID: 6961907

Claim:
A method of manipulating displayed data on a monitor attached to a computer, comprising the steps of: displaying data in a document on the monitor; selecting a first portion of the data displayed in the document in response to input from an operator; in response to a command from the operator to copy or cut the selected first portion of the data displayed in the document into a clipboard in a memory of the computer, placing the selected first portion of the data into the clipboard; returning to the document from the clipboard and selecting a second portion of the data displayed in the document in response to input from an operator; and in response to a command from the operator to copy or cut the selected second portion of the data from the document into the clipboard in the memory of the computer, appending the selected second portion of the data displayed in the document to the selected first portion of the data previously placed in the clipboard, without overwriting the first portion of the data in the clipboard, wherein appending further comprises accessing the clipboard, identifying a location in the clipboard, and appending the selected second portion of the data to the identified location in the clipboard.