Method of and editing system for setting tool button

摘要

To specify a command for making a desired editing object and also parameters of the editing object, with user's operation, and to set the object displayed on a display screen to a tool button. A method of flexibly setting a tool button with user's operation, comprising the steps of specifying commands for making a desired editing object and also specifying parameters of the editing object; generating on a display screen the editing object based on the specified commands and the specified parameters; selecting the object displayed on the display screen, with a pointing device; specifying a tool button, displayed at its first display form on the display screen, with the pointing device so that the selected object is related to the tool button; setting the specified command and the specified parameters of the object to the related tool button; and changing the first display form of the tool button to a second display form corresponding to the specified command or the specified parameters and displaying the tool button at the second display form. <IMAGE>