| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7617450 |
Method, system, and computer-readable medium for creating, inserting, and reusing document parts |
November 10, 2009 |
| A method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for creating, inserting, and reusing document parts in an electronic document. According to a system, a word processing application program receives a selection of a document part category. In response to the selection of th |
| 7599094 |
Optimizing the printing of data on a page |
October 6, 2009 |
| Methods and systems are provided for automatically adjusting printing settings to optimize the fit of text, data and/or images on printed pages. Once selected text or data is designated for printing, a determination is made as to whether the selected text or data may be printed on a |
| 7577914 |
Automatically sized computer-generated workspaces |
August 18, 2009 |
| A method and system are provided for automatically sizing computer-generated workspaces to allow users to enter data anywhere in an available workspace. A calculation is performed to determine the total available workspace displayable by a display device based on the size of the disp |
| 7574669 |
User interface control for navigating, selecting, and organizing document pages |
August 11, 2009 |
| A user interface control is provided for navigating, selecting, and organizing document pages. The user interface control includes page tabs corresponding to document pages within an electronic document. The page tabs are organized and displayed adjacent to one another in a horizontal |
| 7519579 |
Method and system for updating a summary page of a document |
April 14, 2009 |
| A summary page provides a current overview of a document. A query may be created or selected to search for a particular type of data in the document. Metadata associated with the document is analyzed to locate the type of data identified in the query. The query result is displayed on |
| 7454700 |
Method and apparatus for restricting the application of formatting to the contents of an electro |
November 18, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus are provided for restricting the application of formatting to the contents of an electronic document. According to the method, a request may be received to perform a formatting operation on a portion of the contents of an electronic document. In response to the |
| 7423659 |
Method and system for utilizing void regions in computer-generated areas of text |
September 9, 2008 |
| A method and system are provided for inserting an object in a void region in an existing object. A user locates the void region by determining whether the insertion point for the object is outside of an edit region. If the insertion point is outside of the edit region, the user is in a |
| 7409089 |
Writing guide for a free-form document editor |
August 5, 2008 |
| Displaying a writing guide for a free-form document editor by detecting electronic ink, classifying the detected ink as corresponding to handwriting or a drawing, and displaying a handwriting guide or a drawing guide in response to classifying the detected ink as handwriting or a dra |
| 7360156 |
Method and system for performing actions on content in a region within a free form two-dimension |
April 15, 2008 |
| A method and system are provided for performing actions on content in a region within a free form two-dimensional workspace. In a computer software application, a region is defined within the workspace, an action is associated with the region, content is received within the region, and |
| 7324993 |
Method and system for converting and plugging user interface terms |
January 29, 2008 |
| A program module may allow a user to change a user interface language. Because a help feature often refers to user interface terms, a user may become confused if the help feature refers to user interface terms in the help language rather than in the user interface language. HTML help |
| 7236979 |
Menu-less system and method for interactively manipulating and reformatting data entered in a ta |
June 26, 2007 |
| The present invention is directed at a simplified system and method for manipulating data in a data processing application. The system and method allow the user to manipulate data in a table-like manner without resorting to other data entry screens or windows to define a table-like s |
| 7231597 |
Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for creating asides within an electronic documen |
June 12, 2007 |
| A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for creating asides within an electronic document are provided. The keystroke combination is defined for creating an aside with an electronic document. If the keystroke combination is received, a location is identified within the elec |
| 7212309 |
Best fit printing |
May 1, 2007 |
| Methods and systems are provided for automatically adjusting printing settings to optimize the fit of text, data and/or images on printed pages. Once selected text or data is designated for printing, a determination is made as to whether the selected text or data may be printed on a |
| 7200803 |
System and method for visually categorizing electronic notes |
April 3, 2007 |
| Described is a mechanism for visually categorizing electronic notes so that important information within the notes can be easily discerned. More specifically, a user may request to categorize an object (i.e., a note) in a document that is being displayed on a screen. The request may be |
| 7140536 |
Method and system for highlighting modified content in a shared document |
November 28, 2006 |
| A shared document is displayed in a customized form with highlighted content that identifies significant portions of the document. The highlighted content draws a user's attention to the portions of the document that may have been modified, deleted or added by others since the last t |
| 7062090 |
Writing guide for a free-form document editor |
June 13, 2006 |
| Displaying a writing guide for a free-form document editor by detecting electronic ink, classifying the detected ink as corresponding to handwriting or a drawing, and displaying a handwriting guide or a drawing guide in response to classifying the detected ink as handwriting or a dra |
| 6772110 |
Method and system for converting and plugging user interface terms |
August 3, 2004 |
| A method and system for dynamically changing user interface terms in the help feature to the user interface language chosen by the user as opposed to the help feature language, and for converting and plugging user interface terms. A program module may allow the user to change the user |
| 6356866 |
Method for converting a phonetic character string into the text of an Asian language |
March 12, 2002 |
| Converting an incoming phonetically-coded string representing an East Asian language into its proper text characters. Conversion is triggered when dynamic IME analysis of the string indicates a threshold probability of correct conversion. Conversion of unconverted phonetic text is also |
| 6049869 |
Method and system for detecting and identifying a text or data encoding system |
April 11, 2000 |
| Detecting an encoding system used to encode computer readable text or data across a wide variety of encoding systems. When a user attempts to download and use text or data on his or her computer, encoded data is passed from the desired text or data file to a series of code readers. E |
