Apple Inc.

Eric A Hulteen

Yin Yin Wong

S Joy Mountford

Daniel S Venolia

Laurie June Vertelney

Gitta B Salomon

Thomas D Erickson

Kathleen M Gomoll

Hsiao-Wuen Hon

John J Thompson-Rohrlich

John A Thompson-Rohrlich

Gerald T Beauregard

A method of correcting a text in a data processing system is described. The method includes the step of locating a first incorrect character in the text. A character list of alternative characters for the first incorrect character is then shown to the user who replaces the first incorrect character with a correct character from the character list. The change of the first incorrect character is then propagated through a remainder of the text in accordance with a matching score and a language probability score of the remainder of the text with respect to the correct character to correct any subsequent incorrect character in the text.

Character-based correction arrangement with correction propagation

A user interface element having a plurality of user interface elements for marking, finding, organizing, and processing data within documents stored in an associated computer system are described. Each element typically has an appearance which is uniquely related to the data or the function the element is designed to represent or perform, respectively. In their simplest form, these elements are only used to mark data within a document. Each element, however, can also be programmed to cause the computer to perform some function in association with the marked data, such as printing the data or mailing the data to someone. A user can select particular data within a document using an element and have that data associated with the element in memory. Data marked with common elements can be found by searching for a particular representative element in memory. Users can create their own elements, program elements with their own desired functionality, and modify existing elements. Elements can also be compounded together so as to cause a combination of tasks to be performed by simply activating one element.

User interface system having programmable user interface elements

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Eric A Hulteen