Method of setting alternate style assignments to menu elements of an application

Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program product for setting alternate style assignments to menu elements of an application are presented. At least one menu element of an application is selected. An alternate style is assigned to the at least one menu element. The at least one menu elements of the application is displayed, wherein the at least one menu element is presented in the alternate style assigned to the element.

1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
 assigning an alternate style to at least one menu element of a new version of an application, wherein the at least one menu element is for a new feature of the new version of the application, the new feature being included in the new version of the application and is not included in a prior version of the application; and   displaying, in the new version of the application executed on a computer system, the at least one menu element of the application, wherein the at least one menu element is presented in the alternate style, wherein the alternative style indicates that the new feature is new in the new version by distinguishing the at least one menu element for the new feature from menu elements for features provided by the prior version   wherein the new feature is used in a tutorial that provides guidance regarding making a sequence of menu selections, wherein the tutorial provides guidance by applying an alternate style to the at least one menu element to be selected during the sequence of menu selections.   
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . (canceled) 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein assigning the alternate style comprises assigning the alternate style to a background of the at least one menu element. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein assigning the alternate style comprises assigning the alternate style to a text portion of the at least one menu element. 
     
     
         6 - 9 . (canceled) 
     
     
         10 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
 assigning an alternate style to at least one menu element of an application, wherein the at least one menu element is for at least one feature of the application used in a tutorial; and   displaying, in the application executed on a computer system, the at least one menu element of the application, wherein the at least one menu element is presented in the alternate style, wherein the alternative style indicates that the at least one feature is used in the tutorial by distinguishing the at least one menu element from menu elements for features not used in the tutorial,   wherein the tutorial provides guidance regarding making menu selections, wherein the tutorial provides guidance upon the indication of a help request for a particular function in the application.   
     
     
         11 . (canceled) 
     
     
         12 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable code thereon the medium comprising:
 instructions for assigning an alternate style to at least one menu element of a new version of an application, wherein the at least one menu element is for a new feature of the new version of the application, the new feature being included in the new version of the application and is not included in a prior version of the application; and   instructions for displaying, in the new version of the application executed on a computer system, the at least one menu element of the application, wherein the at least one menu element is presented in the alternate style, wherein the alternative style indicates that the new feature is new in the new version by distinguishing the at least one menu element for the new feature from menu elements for features provided by the prior version, wherein the new feature is used in a tutorial that provides guidance regarding making a sequence of menu selections, wherein the tutorial provides guidance by applying an alternate style to the at least one menu element to be selected during the sequence of menu selections.   
     
     
         13 . (canceled) 
     
     
         14 . (canceled) 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 12  wherein the instructions for assigning the alternate style comprise instructions for assigning the alternate style to a background of the at least one menu element 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 12  wherein the instructions for assigning the alternate style comprise instructions for assigning the alternate style to a text portion of the at least one menu element. 
     
     
         17 - 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the new version of the application is a new software product release with respect to the prior version of the application. 
     
     
         22 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10  wherein the tutorial provides guidance regarding making a sequence of menu selections.