Text Selection
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAleksandrs Baklanovs, Daniel T. Fitzgerald, Joe L. Hartshorn, Rhys L. Short
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Abstract
Mechanisms for selecting text within a displayed document comprises mechanisms for performing the operations of displaying a document comprising continuous text, receiving user input defining a single continuous area of the displayed document, the defined area covering text within the displayed document that is non-continuous, and capturing the text within the defined area. Objects can also be selected with the tool, and multiple areas can also be selected in the same way, all of which can be of any shape that the user desires.
Claims20
A method, in a data processing system comprising a processor and memory, of selecting text within a displayed document, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying, on a display device associated with the data processing system, a document comprising continuous text;
- receiving, via a user interface of the data processing system, user input defining a first area of the displayed document, the defined first area covering text within the displayed document that is non-continuous;
- capturing, by the text within the defined first area;
- and
- modifying, by the data processing system, the displayed document based on the capturing of the text within the defined first area.
A system for selecting text within a displayed document, the system comprising a display device, a memory, a user interface, and a processor configured to:
- display, on the display device, a document comprising continuous text;
- receive, via the user interface, user input defining a first area of the displayed document, the defined first area covering text within the displayed document that is non-continuous;
- capture the text within the defined first area;
- and
- modify the displayed document based on the capturing of the text within the defined first area.
A computer program product on a non-transitory computer readable medium for selecting text within a displayed document, the product comprising instructions for:
- displaying a document comprising continuous text;
- receiving user input defining a first area of the displayed document, the defined first area covering text within the displayed document that is non-continuous;
- capturing the text within the defined first area;
- and
- modifying the displayed document based on the capturing of the text within the defined first area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.