Patent ID: 7293242

Claim:
A computer implemented method for editing software documents comprising the steps of: identifying at least one user selection of at least a portion of a text of a first document displayed within an application; prompting a user for a target point inside a document instance of a second document to which said user selection is to be posted, wherein prompting the user comprises displaying a graphical view window that includes an insertion point determination section within which an insertion point is designated where the portion of text of the first document is to be inserted automatically in the document instance without the user manually dragging the portion of text to the insertion point, and at least one of a file name field for specifying a pathname for a target destination containing the document instance, and a file type field for designating a file type to which the portion of text of the first document is to be converted, and wherein the document instance visibly presents a portion of the second document for selecting the target point, said portion being presented within the graphical view window and comprising less than the entirety of the second document; receiving a user input specifying the target point inside the document instance to which the user selection is to be posted; and, duplicating said user selection to said target point inside the document instance, wherein the duplicating visibly inserts the portion of the text within the document instance at the target point and updates the second document to include the portion of the text at the corresponding target point.