Editing multi-layer documents

• US 20050216886A1
• Filed: 03/14/2005
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Onfolio, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Washburn, Donald A.
• Application Number:
  US11/079,901
• Publication Number:
  US 20050216886A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/110
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

A software tool for dealing with multi-layer documents provides the user with a display of a first of a multi-layer document'"'"'s pages for editing and additionally affords the user the capability of providing an input that represents specifying a location within the displayed page and selecting an HTML object that need not already exist as a sub-page in the multi-layer page. In response to receiving such an input, the tool imports the selected object as a new sub-page and inserts a link to the new page at the specified location.

Claims

1. A method of editing a multi-layer document, comprising:

A) displaying a first page of the document for editing; and

B) in response to receipt of user input that represents the user'"'"'s selecting an HTML object and specifying a location within the displayed page;

i) importing the HTML object into a sub-page of the document,

ii) inserting a link to the sub-page into the first page at the specified location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

A) generating a new sub-page of the document in response to a selection of a section of text in the document,

B) inserting a copy of the section of text into the new sub-page, and

C) converting the section of text to a link to the new sub-page.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

A) generating a new sub-page in response to a command initiated at a cursor location in a current page of the document,

B) opening the new sub-page for editing,

C) saving the new sub-page as a sub-page of the document, and

D) inserting a link to the new sub-page at the cursor location in the current page.