Pen-based interface for a notepad computer

A display, comprising:

• a first region in the display including a page of a document having an edge;
• a second region in the display adjacent to said first region having tool icons each representing a tool, where one of said tools comprises a radial marking menu located at the edge of the document and having menu, choices in a semi-circle away from the edge;
• a page flipping tool comprising a two-stroke menu allowing selection of a next or previous page of the document and displaying a page menu activated by raising an input device away from the flipping tool when the flipping tool is activated;
• a page scrolling tool located along the edge, the scrolling tool when activated comprising a button allowing scrolling in one direction;
• a third region in the display adjacent to said page display region having a stack icon representing a stack of documents and comprising a two-stroke radial pop-up menu having forward and backward choices for selecting documents in the stack and a stack document list display displaying a list of documents in the stack;
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• a typing tool overlaying a portion of the page and comprising a fourth region where input strokes are received, a fifth region comprising part of the page where typed text corresponding to the strokes is displayed, and a cursor indicating where a next written text will be added to the typed text.

A display, comprising:

• a first region in the display including a page of a document having a corner;
• a second region in the display adjacent to said first region having tool icons each representing a tool, where one of said tools comprises a radial marking menu having menu choices in a semi-circle;
• a page flipping tool located in the corner and comprising a two-stroke menu allowing selection of a next or previous page of the document and displaying a page menu activated by raising an input device away from the flipping tool when the flipping tool is activated;
• a page scrolling tool, the scrolling tool when activated comprising a button allowing scrolling in one direction;
• a third region in the display adjacent to said page display region having a stack icon representing a stack of documents and comprising a two-stroke radial pop-up menu having forward and backward choices for selecting documents in the stack and a stack document list display displaying a list of documents in the stack;
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• a typing tool overlaying a portion of the page and comprising a fourth region where input strokes are received, a fifth region comprising part of the page where typed text corresponding to the strokes is displayed, and a cursor indicating where a next written text will be added to the typed text.

A display, comprising:

• a page of a document;
• tool icons each representing a tool, where one of said tools comprises a radial marking menu having menu choices in a semi-circle;
• a page flipping tool comprising a two-stroke menu allowing selection of a next or previous page of the document and displaying a page menu activated by raising an input device away from the flipping tool when the flipping tool is activated;
• a page scrolling tool allowing scrolling in one direction;
• a stack icon representing a stack of documents;
• a two-stroke radial pop-up menu having forward and backward choices for selecting documents in the stack;
• a stack document list display displaying a list of documents in the stack;
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• a typing tool receiving input strokes, displaying typed text corresponding to the strokes, and indicating a location where a next written text will be added to the typed text.

A display, comprising:

• a page of a document;
• a radial marking menu having menu choices in a semi-circle;
• a page flipping tool comprising a menu allowing selection of a next or previous page of the document;
• a page scrolling tool allowing scrolling in one direction;
• a stack icon representing a stack of documents;
• a radial pop-up menu having forward and backward choices for selecting documents in the stack;
• a list of documents in the stack;
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• a typing tool that, responsive to receiving input strokes, displays text corresponding to the strokes.