Patent Document ID: 5444841
Application ID: 08233894

Base Claim:
1. In a data processing system for providing a menu-driven graphical user interface for the display of text data, the data processing system having a data processing unit, a video display terminal, a keyboard, a cursor control device for providing control inputs to said system and a data storage resource, and the graphical user interface providing a document form display representation (document representation) on said video display terminal including at least one data field for text entry and display, a combination comprising: pushbutton means for generating a pushbutton image in said document display adjacent to said data field, said pushbutton means being positioned to provide a visual indication of a replication direction in which said data field can be replicated; means for generating a pointer in said document display; means for positioning said pointer in said document display in response to a first control input from said cursor control device; and replicating means responsive to said pointer positioned at said pushbutton image and to a second control input from said cursor control device representing a data field replicating command for replicating said data field in said document representation.

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Claim 3:
3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said display includes plural display elements and said system further includes means responsive to replication of said data field for repositioning one or more of said display elements previously positioned in a predetermined direction from said pushbutton image, said predetermined direction being opposite to said replication direction.