Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Priyanka Singhal

Chad Michael Roberts

Liang Jeff Chen

Joyce S Chou

Dawn Wilson

Juan Dai

Peter Gregory Davis

Shawna Julie Davis

Tirthankar Sengupta

Ryan T Bickel

Benjamin Franklin Carter

Jeffery G Arnold

Jae Pum Park

Peter G Chin

Jeffrey Cheng-Yao Fong

Lori Beth Kratzer

Display screen with graphical user interface

A pointer tool in a touch-screen display is disclosed. The method includes activating a pointer tool in a touch screen display in response to contact with an area of the touch screen and persisting the displaying of the pointer tool in the touch screen display after the contact with the touch screen is removed. Once editing data is received, the pointer tool is removed from the touch screen display.

Pointer tool with touch-enabled precise placement

Display screen with animated graphical user interface

The described embodiments allow for the selection of content in a touch screen display. The method includes detecting a single tap on a word of text in a text editing field in a touch screen, and responsive to the single tap selecting the word of text in whole. In another embodiment additional content can be selected. Contact with selected content displayed in a touch screen can be detected. The contact with the touch screen can be detected moving in a direction along the selected content. Additional content is selected by selecting a word of text adjacent to the selected content being contacted.

Easy word selection and selection ahead of finger

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Bellevue, WA, United States of America

Priyanka Singhal