Method and computer-readable medium for interacting with a portion of an electronic document
First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, will cause the computer to:
- display a user interface control for interacting with a portion of an electronic document, the user interface control comprising a border surrounding the portion of the electronic document.
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Abstract
A method and computer-readable medium are provided for interacting with a portion of an electronic document. According to the method, a UI control is displayed that includes a border surrounding the portion of the electronic document and one or more UI items that allow actions to be performed on the portion of the electronic document. The UI control may be displayed continually or displayed when user input is received within the portion of the electronic document. The border of the UI control may form a bounded region that is displayed transparently over the display of the portion of the electronic document. The transparency of the bounded region may be increased gradually when user input is received in the portion of the electronic document and removed gradually when user input is subsequently received outside the portion. A selectable region may be provided within the UI control for selecting and moving the portion of the electronic document to another location within the document.
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28 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, will cause the computer to:
display a user interface control for interacting with a portion of an electronic document, the user interface control comprising a border surrounding the portion of the electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for interacting with a portion of an electronic document, the method comprising:
displaying a user interface control for interacting with the portion of the electronic document, the user interface control comprising a border surrounding the portion of the electronic document and one or more user interface items which, when selected, will cause actions to be performed on the portion of the electronic document, the one or more user interface items displayed adjacent to said border. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- 21. The method of claim 21, wherein the user interface control is removed gradually when user input is received outside the portion of the electronic document.
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28. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, will cause the computer to:
display a user interface control for interacting with a portion of an electronic document, the user interface control comprising a border surrounding the portion of the electronic document, wherein the portion of the document comprises any one of a table of contents, a cover page, a sidebar, a pull quote, a header, a footer, a bibliography, a citation, a comment, content bound to an external data source, a calculated document field, a math region, a picture, a table, a placeholder, a page, a section, XML markup, or formatting properties.
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