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US 2004/0167919 A1Published application
Methods for selectable display of parts of a document on a computer monitor
OwnerDavid Sterling, Athan Gibbs SR.inventors
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If all of a document cannot be displayed on a computer monitor or a designated area of the computer monitor, a part of the document is displayed and a scroll indicator appears on the displayed part to indicate availability of another part of the document. The scroll indicator's placement, appearance and shape may indicate the position of the undisplayed part of the document relative to the displayed part. The area of the document corresponding to where the scroll indicator appears may appear inactive with respect to receiving input. The inactivity is represented by the area having an appearance different from the remainder of the displayed part of the document. If the scroll indicator is activated, another part of the document (not previously included in the displayed part) is displayed. Activation of the scroll indicator affects only the document and does not affect other elements displayed on the computer monitor.
A method for determining whether all of a document may be displayed on a computer monitor, and if all of the document cannot be displayed, displaying part of the document on the computer monitor, and providing selectable access to an undisplayed part of the document, the method comprising:
The method of claim. 1, wherein checking if the size of all of the document may be displayed on the computer monitor comprises checking if a width of all of the document is greater than a width that may be displayed on the computer monitor.
With respect to a part of a document displayed on a computer monitor, a method for providing selectable access to an undisplayed part of the document, the method comprising:
The method of clalim 27, wherein a portion of the displayed part of the document on which the scroll indicator appears is represented by an area having an appearance different from a remainder of the displayed part of the document.
With respect to a computer monitor displaying one or more elements including a displayed part of a document as an element, a method for providing selectable access to an undisplayed part of the document without affecting display of other elements, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.