Patent ID: 7464343

Claim:
In a computer system having a display and a user interface selection device, a method of providing a graphical user interface on the display, comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a first level of categories of functions for performing an action on a displayed document or presentation; (b) displaying a second level of categories of functions for performing an action on the displayed document or presentation, the second level of categories of functions being subcategories of a selected first level category of functions; (c) displaying a visual representation of one or more functions for performing an action on the displayed document or presentation, the visual representation of one or more functions being one or more subcategories of a selected second level category of functions, and the visual representation of one or more functions providing a visual indication of the function represented by the visual representation; and (d) displaying at least one of a title and description of a visual representation of a function when a screen cursor controlled by a user is positioned over the visual representation of the function.