| 摘要 |
The present invention includes an object oriented graphic user interface having overlapping windows. The present invention includes an access window having topics, index and look for button functions for selection by a user. To assist the user, the present invention includes visual cues referred to as "coach marks", generated by the CPU for identifying features on the display which relate to the information disposed within the presentation window. The coach marks are displayed generally concurrently with the display of the presentation window, and appear to approximate a geometric object, such as, for example, an arrow, a circle, an X, and the like. The coach marks encircle, point to, and/or underline objects, features, icons, folders an other display elements to assist the user in operating the computer system. In the present embodiment, the coach marks are rendered such that they appear on the display as if drawn by hand. The marks may be in color, or black and white, depending on the capability of the particular computer display system. Methods are disclosed for the generation and rendering of the coach marks on the graphic user interface. |
