Apple Inc.

Benjamin Stiglitz

Ted Stephen Boda

Haroon S Sheikh

Ryan John Poling

An electronic device is provided having a video out mode for providing output to an external display coupled to the electronic device. The electronic device may automatically detect connection of the external display and select a display mode from a list of display modes based on selection criteria. The video out mode may include a user interface for controlling a presentation displayed on the external display. The user interface may include controls, including touch-sensitive controls, for advancing the presentation, moving back in the presentation, navigating the presentation, exiting the video out mode, and displaying of a pointer on the external display.

Video out interface for electronic device

A system in accordance with the present invention may include one or more programs stored in the memory, with instructions to scan for drawing objects on a drawing area of a graphics editing application, determine overlap of the drawing objects on the drawing area, analyze the overlap of the drawing objects and a force to repel each of the drawing objects on the drawing area to eliminate the overlap, and organize the drawing objects according to the force to repel each of the drawing objects on the drawing area to eliminate the overlap.

Organizing and displaying drawing objects

A method for receiving, via a computer, a selection of a drawing line is provided. The drawing line has a first end point and a second end point. The drawing line is displayed in a display area of a display device. The computer receives a selection of a change to the first end point and the second end point. The drawing line and a line end tool are then redisplayed in the display area of the display device based on an orientation of the drawing line.

Smart Graphics objects

A method is provided for maintaining one or more operations to restore an original state of a document in an undo stack. The document may include a graphics object. The method may further provide for receiving a selection for an operation to be performed on the graphics object and utilizing the undo stack to modify the original state of the document based on the operation to create a first preview. The first preview may be displayed in a display area of a display device before the operation is committed.

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Benjamin Stiglitz