METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL CONTENTS IN A DOCUMENT
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1. A computer implemented method for controlling an e-mail document, the computer implemented method comprising:
- responsive to a user input by a recipient to perform a manipulation on the e-mail document, determining whether a constraint against the manipulation is present for a section of the e-mail document, wherein the section is less than all of the e-mail document; and
responsive to the constraint against the manipulation being present, preventing the manipulation on the section of the e-mail document.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for controlling an e-mail document. Responsive to a user input by a recipient to perform a manipulation on the e-mail document, a determination is made as to whether a constraint against the manipulation is present for a section of the e-mail document, wherein the section is less than all of the e-mail document. Manipulation is prevented on the section of the e-mail document in response to the constraint against the manipulation being present.
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1. A computer implemented method for controlling an e-mail document, the computer implemented method comprising:
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responsive to a user input by a recipient to perform a manipulation on the e-mail document, determining whether a constraint against the manipulation is present for a section of the e-mail document, wherein the section is less than all of the e-mail document; and responsive to the constraint against the manipulation being present, preventing the manipulation on the section of the e-mail document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer implemented method for controlling an e-mail document, the computer implemented method comprising:
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displaying the e-mail document in a user interface to form a displayed e-mail document; displaying set of constraints that may be set a selected section of the displayed e-mail document in the user interface, wherein the selected section is less than all of the displayed e-mail document; and responsive to a constraint being selected from the set of constraints for the selected section, setting the constraint for the selected section to form a controlled e-mail document. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer usable program code for controlling an e-mail document, the computer program medium comprising; computer usable program code, responsive to a user input by a recipient to perform a manipulation on the e-mail document, for determining whether a constraint against the manipulation is present for a section of the e-mail document, wherein the section is less than all of the e-mail document; and computer usable program code, responsive to the constraint against the manipulation being present, for preventing the manipulation on the section of the e-mail document. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A data processing system comprising:
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a bus; a communications unit connected to the bus; a storage device connected to the bus, wherein the storage device includes computer usable program code; and a processor unit connected to the bus, wherein the processor unit executes the computer usable program code to determine whether a constraint against the manipulation is present for a section of the e-mail document, wherein the section is less than all of the e-mail document in response to a user input by a recipient to perform a manipulation on the e-mail document; and
prevent the manipulation on the section of the e-mail document in response to the constraint against the manipulation being present. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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