Resetting the case of text on a computer display
First Claim
1. A method for setting the case of a selected textual object displayed on a display screen of a pen-based computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a stroke input on the display screen;
determining whether the stroke is a case setting gesture that is formed from a single substantially vertical line that intersects the selected textual object, and does not include a significant horizontal component; and
setting the case of at least one character in the intersected selected textual object based upon the direction that the case setting gesture is drawn and the location at which the gesture is drawn relative to the intersected selected textual object when the stroke is determined to be a case setting gesture.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for setting the case of text in a pen-aware computer system is described. In general, the case of one or more letters of a designated text object can be changed with a convenient and simple input gesture. The case resetting gesture takes the form of a substantially vertically extending line that overlies a textual object that includes a character or characters that are intended to have their case reset. The direction and position of the case setting gesture are used to determine which characters are to be affected and whether the designated case is upper or lower case.
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1. A method for setting the case of a selected textual object displayed on a display screen of a pen-based computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a stroke input on the display screen; determining whether the stroke is a case setting gesture that is formed from a single substantially vertical line that intersects the selected textual object, and does not include a significant horizontal component; and setting the case of at least one character in the intersected selected textual object based upon the direction that the case setting gesture is drawn and the location at which the gesture is drawn relative to the intersected selected textual object when the stroke is determined to be a case setting gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for setting the case of a textual object displayed on a display screen of a pen-based computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting a textual object displayed on the display screen; receiving an input stroke on the display screen; determining whether the stroke is a case setting gesture that takes the form of a single substantially vertical line that intersects said selected textual object, and does not include a significant horizontal component; determining whether the line intersects a first character in said selected textual object; resetting the case of the first character in said selected textual object to either upper or lower case based at least in part upon the direction said input stroke is drawn when the stroke is identified as a substantially vertical line that intersects said selected textual object; and wherein the case of said first character is set to upper case when said line is determined to extend vertically upward through such that said first character is intersected, and the case of said first character is set to lower case when said line is determined to extend vertically downward through such that said first character is intersected. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer system including processing means for controlling operation of the computer system, a touch sensitive display screen and a stylus for inputting information to the processing means by touching the stylus to the screen and moving the stylus across the screen comprising:
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means for detecting when a case setting gesture is inputted by the user, the case setting gesture taking the form of a single substantially vertically extending line input onto the display screen at a location that overlies a textual object and does not include a significant horizontal component; means for identifying a portion of the overlaid textual object as being a first character or the overlaid textual object; and means for setting at least the first character or the overlaid textual object to one of the group consisting of upper and lower case based upon the direction that the case setting gesture is drawn by the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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