1. A method of facilitating the selection of graphic data on a display screen of a computer comprising the steps of: displaying a pointing cursor on said display screen; pointing to a graphic object displayed on said display screen by moving said pointing cursor on said display screen proximate to said graphic object by means of a pointing device connected to said computer; and highlighting only a portion of said graphic object when pointed to by said pointing cursor within a predetermined distance to indicate the object that would be selected by an input signal to said computer, said highlighting step being performed exclusive of the step of displaying said pointing cursor.