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Document processing apparatus and computer program product therefor

US6397233B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 7, 1996
Grant dateMay 28, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/10
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A document processing apparatus displays a created document on a display screen and carries out an editing process with respect to the created document in response to an instruction from pointing device for pointing on the display screen. The document processing apparatus includes a detecting mechanism for detecting whether or not a document region change request which requests a change of a document region is issued, and a changing mechanism for changing a first document region on the display screen pointed by the pointing device to a prescribed region to which pointing of the pointing device changes when the detecting mechanism detects issuance of the document region change request.

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