Authoring Tool and Method for Creating an Electrical Document
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Abstract
An authoring tool for creating an electronic document, a method for creating the electronic document, a data storage medium for instructing a computer to execute the method for creating the electronic document and a data storage medium for instructing a computer to display the electronic document. The authoring tool comprises; a template module for selecting a template for the electronic document, the template comprising one or more display pages; a content management module for arranging one or more media files on each display page with selected interrelationships between the media files; a generating module for creating an electronic page file for each display page, wherein the media files are embedded in the respective electronic page files based on the selected interrelationships and in a manner such that each electronic page file includes interrelationship data defining the interrelationships of the embedded media files in said each electronic page file with other media files in said each electronic page file and with other media files in other electronic page files of the electronic document; and a binding module for electronically binding the respective electronic page files so as to create the electronic document.
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34. An authoring tool for creating an electronic document, the authoring tool comprising:
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a template module for selecting a template for the electronic document, the template comprising one or more display pages; a content management module for arranging one or more different media files on two or more of the display pages with selected interrelationships between the media files; a generating module for creating an electronic page file for each display page, wherein each electronic page file contains data representing a vertex grid structure and wherein the media files are mapped to one or more vertices of the vertex grid structure for embedding the media files, the electronic page file further comprising data representing the selected interrelationships; and a binding module for electronically binding the respective electronic page files so as to create a vertex grid based electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method for creating an electronic document, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting a template for the electronic document, the template comprising one or more display pages; arranging one or more different media files on two or more of the display pages with selected interrelationships between the media files; creating an electronic page file for each display page, wherein each electronic page file contains data representing a vertex grid structure and wherein the media files are mapped to one or more vertices of the vertex grid structure for embedding the media files, the electronic page file further comprising data representing the selected interrelationships; and electronically binding the respective electronic page files so as to create a vertex grid based electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A data storage medium having stored thereon computer code means for instructing a computer to execute a method for creating an electronic document, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting a template for the electronic document, the template comprising one or more display pages; arranging one or more different media files on two or more of the display pages with selected interrelationships between the media files; creating an electronic page file for each display page, wherein each electronic page file contains data representing a vertex grid structure and wherein the media files are mapped to one or more vertices of the vertex grid structure for embedding the media files, the electronic page file further comprising data representing the selected interrelationships; and electronically binding the respective electronic page files so as to create a vertex grid based electronic document.
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58. A data storage medium having stored thereon computer code means for instructing a computer to display an electronic document, the electronic document comprising:
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one or more display pages; one or more different media files on two or more of the display pages with selected interrelationships between the media files; and an electronic page file for each display page, wherein each electronic page file contains data representing a vertex grid structure and wherein media files are mapped to one or more vertices of the vertex grid structure for embedding the media files, the electronic page file further comprising data representing the selected interrelationships, wherein the respective electronic page files are bound together so as to form a vertex grid based electronic document.
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