Electronic display and data processing apparatus for displaying text and graphics in a ring binder representation
First Claim
1. An electronic display and data processing apparatus for displaying a page of text or graphics and adapted to facilitate deleting or moving such a page of text or graphics, comprising:
- a computer that stores data and that generates control signals; and
a display controlled by the control signals to display a representation of a ring binder, including at least one ring, the ring of the ring binder being selected as a first step in deleting a page or moving a page whereby selecting the ring results in the ring appearing to be open;
wherein the display is operable to be controlled by the control signals to display a representation of a bundle of several pages filed in the ring binder, and wherein a page lying uppermost in the bundle is selected when a user selects the ring and said selected uppermost page is shown in a reduced size compared to non-selected pages;
wherein the display is further controlled by the control signals to display at least one option button after the user has selected the ring, the option button proposing a page management action selected from a group of page management actions comprising;
an action of deleting the page that is bound in the ring binder;
an action of moving the page to a new position in the ring binder;
wherein said action of deleting the page that is bound in the ring binder, further comprises;
an action of selecting the page to be deleted;
an action of displaying the selected page on the display at a reduced size and in a position in which the selected page is no longer bound by the ring of the ring binder;
an action of displaying a "Delete" button on a pop-up menu on the display, said "Delete" button, when selected, omitting the selected page from the display and displaying the ring binder with the rings closed.
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Abstract
One of the problems facing the designers of an electronic display and data processing apparatus is how to allow the user to perform various page management functions to, e.g. text or graphic documents, residing in the system. Examples of such functions are deleting a page or retrieving it from storage or moving it from one location to another or storing it for easy later retrieval. A particularly user friendly arrangement of an electronic display and a data processing apparatus includes a computer for storing data, and a display operable to be controlled by the computer to display a representation of a ring binder including at least one ring whereby when the user selects the ring of the ring binder the ring opens or closes.
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17 Claims
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1. An electronic display and data processing apparatus for displaying a page of text or graphics and adapted to facilitate deleting or moving such a page of text or graphics, comprising:
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a computer that stores data and that generates control signals; and a display controlled by the control signals to display a representation of a ring binder, including at least one ring, the ring of the ring binder being selected as a first step in deleting a page or moving a page whereby selecting the ring results in the ring appearing to be open; wherein the display is operable to be controlled by the control signals to display a representation of a bundle of several pages filed in the ring binder, and wherein a page lying uppermost in the bundle is selected when a user selects the ring and said selected uppermost page is shown in a reduced size compared to non-selected pages; wherein the display is further controlled by the control signals to display at least one option button after the user has selected the ring, the option button proposing a page management action selected from a group of page management actions comprising; an action of deleting the page that is bound in the ring binder; an action of moving the page to a new position in the ring binder; wherein said action of deleting the page that is bound in the ring binder, further comprises; an action of selecting the page to be deleted; an action of displaying the selected page on the display at a reduced size and in a position in which the selected page is no longer bound by the ring of the ring binder; an action of displaying a "Delete" button on a pop-up menu on the display, said "Delete" button, when selected, omitting the selected page from the display and displaying the ring binder with the rings closed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of controlling an electronic display and data processing apparatus, adapted to display a page of text or graphics, that facilitates deletion or moving of such a page of text or graphics, comprising the steps of:
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storing data in a computer and generating control signals; using the control signals to control a display to show a representation of a ring binder, including at least one ring, whereby the ring of the ring binder is selected as a first step in deleting a page or moving a page such that selecting the ring results in the ring appearing to open; displaying a representation of a bundle of several pages filed in the ring binder, wherein the page lying uppermost in the bundle is selected when a user selects the ring and wherein said selected uppermost page is shown in a reduced size compared to non-selected pages; displaying at least one option button after the user has selected the ring, the option button proposing a page management action selected from a group of page management actions, comprising; an action of deleting the page that is bound in the ring binder; an action of moving the page to a new position in the ring binder; selecting the page to be moved; displaying the page on the electronic display at a reduced size and in a position in which the selected page is no longer bound by the rings of the ring binder; and displaying an "Insert" button on the display on a pop-up menu on each successive page that is scrolled to by the user, said "Insert" button, when selected, moving the page on the electronic display to a position immediately in front of the page on which the selected "Insert" button was displayed. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An electronic display and data processing apparatus for displaying a page of text or graphics and adapted to facilitate deleting or moving such a page of text or graphics, comprising:
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a computer that stores data and that generates control signals; and a display controlled by the control signals to display a representation of a ring binder, including a least one ring and at least one page, the ring of the ring binder being selectable as a first step in deleting a page or moving a page whereby selecting the ring results in the ring appearing to be open to permit said page to be moved or deleted.
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17. A method of controlling an electronic display and data processing apparatus adapted to display a page of text or graphics, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing data in a computer and generating control signals; controlling a display with said control signals to show a representation of a ring binder which includes at least one ring and at least one page, said ring being selectable as a first step in deleting or moving a page such that selecting said ring results in said ring appearing to be open to permit said page to be moved or deleted.
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