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A method and apparatus for selectively providing hierarchy to a circuit design. The present invention contemplates providing a number of hierarchical statements in a description of a circuit design, wherein the syntax of the hierarchical statements allows the hierarchical statements to be visible wh

A method and apparatus for selectively providing hierarchy to a circuit design. The present invention contemplates providing a number of hierarchical statements in a description of a circuit design, wherein the syntax of the hierarchical statements allows the hierarchical statements to be visible when providing a first representation of the circuit design and effectively invisible when providing a second representation of the circuit design.

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A method and apparatus for selectively providing hierarchy to a circuit design. The present invention contemplates providing a number of hierarchical statements in a description of a circuit design, wherein the syntax of the hierarchical statements allows the hierarchical statements to be visible wh

A method and apparatus for selectively providing hierarchy to a circuit design. The present invention contemplates providing a number of hierarchical statements in a description of a circuit design, wherein the syntax of the hierarchical statements allows the hierarchical statements to be visible when providing a first representation of the circuit design and effectively invisible when providing a second representation of the circuit design. sed on a first user interaction with the application program; c) initiating a first search within the first document in the second window; and d) displaying the results of the first search in context with a copy of the first document in the second window, wherein the first window continues to display the first set of text in the first document. 15. The computer readable medium of claim 14 further comprising the steps of: (e) initiating a second search within the first document based upon a second user interaction with the application program; and (f) displaying the results of the second search in the third window, wherein the first window continues to display the first set of text in the first document and the second window continues to display the first search results. 16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the results of the first search can be viewed simultaneously with the results of the second search by a user. 17. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the user interaction includes utilization of a second user interaction area within the second window. 18. The computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein the second and the third window can be minimized by selecting an action available from the second window. 19. The method of claim 15 wherein the results of the second search are displayed in the context of text in the first document. 20. The computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein the first set of text in the first document is obscured by the second window. 21. The computer readable medium of claim 20 wherein the first set of text in the first document is partially obscured by the second window. 22. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein said first search was performed within a second document in the second window and said results were displayed in context with a copy of the second document in the second window, wherein the first window continues to display the first set of text in the first document. 23. The computer readable medium of claim 14 further comprising the steps of: (e) initiating a second search within a second document based upon a second user interaction with the application program; and (f) displaying the results of the second search in the third window, wherein the first window continues to display the first set of text in the first document and the second window continues to display the first search results. 24. The method of claim 14 wherein the activated application program is a word processing program. 25. The computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein the results of the first search in the second window includes highlighted symbols corresponding to a search criteria of the first search. 26. The computer readable medium of claim 14 wherein the first set of text in the first document can be viewed simultaneously with the results of the first search by a user. 27. A system for displaying the results of a find character string function within a document, the system comprising: a) means for displaying a first set of text in a first document in a first window, the first window being associated with an activated application program; b) means for creating a second window to initiate the find character string function based on a first user interaction with the application program; c) means for initiating a first search within the first document in the second window; and d) means for displaying the results of the first search in context with a copy of the first document in the second window, wherein the first window continues to display the first set of text in the first document. 28. The system of claim 27 further comprising: e) means for initiating a second search within the first document based upon a second user interaction with the application program; and f) means for displaying the results of the second search in the third window wherein the first window continues to display the first set of text in the first document and the second