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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1996
Fumihiko Kitayama, Yokohama, JP;
Kazushi Kuse, Fujisawa, JP;
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of flexibly setting a tool button with user operation, comprises the steps of specifying commands for making a desired editing object and also of specifying parameters of the editing object. An editing object is generated on a display screen based upon the specified commands and the specified parameters. The object displayed on the display screen may be selected with a pointing device and related to a tool button. The specified command and the specified parameters of the object are then set to the related tool button. The first display form of the tool button may be changed to a second display form corresponding to the specified command and/or the specified parameters.