6. The data processing system of claim 1 wherein said data field is for displaying text data to be input in a data store, and further wherein there are plural data fields and plural pushbutton means associated with individual ones or groups of said plural data fields.
1. In a data processing system for providing a menu-driven graphical user interface for the display of text data, the data processing system having a data processing unit, a video display terminal, a keyboard, a cursor control device for providing control inputs to said system and a data storage resource, and the graphical user interface providing a document form display representation (document representation) on said video display terminal including at least one data field for text entry and display, a combination comprising: pushbutton means for generating a pushbutton image in said document display adjacent to said data field, said pushbutton means being positioned to provide a visual indication of a replication direction in which said data field can be replicated; means for generating a pointer in said document display; means for positioning said pointer in said document display in response to a first control input from said cursor control device; and replicating means responsive to said pointer positioned at said pushbutton image and to a second control input from said cursor control device representing a data field replicating command for replicating said data field in said document representation.