Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Document Manipulation

• US 20120311422A1
• Filed: 09/23/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Weeldreyer, Christopher Douglas, Murrett, Martin J., Schomer, Matthew Todd, Smyth, Kevin Raemon Glyn, Elseth, Ian Joseph
• Granted Patent: US 9,092,130 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/109 Font handling; Temporal or kinetic typography
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

An electronic device displays at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on a display; detects a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, where the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and in response to detecting the first input: selects a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, where the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size, and, while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, displays, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on the display;

detecting a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, wherein the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and

in response to detecting the first input;

selecting a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, wherein the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size; and

while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, displaying, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the predefined page layout is a multi-page layout and the document has content that is associated with a plurality of the pages.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the predefined page layout is a table with a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device includes a touch-sensitive surface, and the first input is detected on the touch-sensitive surface.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the first input is a single tap on the touch-sensitive surface.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device includes a touch-sensitive surface, and the device includes instructions for:

detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

detecting movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

ceasing to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive surface.

7. The device of claim 6, including instructions for, while detecting movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface, displaying a magnified portion of the document corresponding to a current location of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the first insertion point is selected based on a position of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface when the device ceases to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive surface.

8. The device of claim 1, including instructions for, in response to detecting the first input, performing an operation selected from the set consisting of:

placing a text cursor at the first insertion point, selecting a cell of a spreadsheet proximate to the first insertion point for editing, and highlighting text proximate to the first insertion point.

9. The device of claim 1, including instructions for displaying an animation of the document zooming from the first magnification level to the second magnification level.

10. The device of claim 1, including instructions for, in response to detecting the first input, scrolling the document so that the first insertion point is in a central region of a displayed portion of the document.

11. The device of claim 1, including instructions for, in response to detecting the first input, entering a document-editing mode.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the electronic device enters the document-editing mode in response to detecting an end of the first input.

13. The device of claim 11, including instructions for, in response to detecting the first input, displaying a soft keyboard on the display.

14. The device of claim 11, including instructions for, while in the document-editing mode, editing text of the document in response to user inputs.

15. The device of claim 11, wherein the document is one of a plurality of documents, and the device includes instructions for:

prior to entering the document-editing mode, displaying a navigation affordance for navigating between different documents in a set of documents; and

after entering the document-editing mode, replacing the navigation affordance with an exit affordance for exiting the document-editing mode.

16. The device of claim 11, including instructions for:

receiving a request to exit the document-editing mode; and

,

in response to receiving the request to exit the document-editing mode;

exiting the document-editing mode; and

displaying the document at the first magnification level.

17. The device of claim 11, including instructions for:

receiving a request to exit the document-editing mode; and

,

in response to receiving the request to exit the document-editing mode;

exiting the document-editing mode; and

displaying the document at a third magnification level that corresponds to a predefined document magnification level different from the first magnification level.

18. The device of claim 11, including instructions for:

while in the document-editing mode, scrolling the document in response to detecting inputs from a user; and

after exiting the document-editing mode, redisplaying the document as it appeared when the first input was detected.

19. The device of claim 1, wherein the target text display size at which the first portion of text is displayed in response to detecting the first input is a default target text display size, and the device includes instructions for:

while displaying the portion of the document that includes the first portion of text at the second magnification level, detecting a second input corresponding to a request to display a portion of the document at a third magnification level different from the second magnification level;

in response to detecting the second input;

displaying the portion of the document at the third magnification level; and

storing a user-adjusted target text display size corresponding to a text display size of the first portion of text at the third magnification level, wherein the user-adjusted target text display size is different from the default target text display size; and

after storing the user-adjusted target text display size;

detecting a third input indicating a second insertion point in the document, wherein the second insertion point is proximate to a second portion of text in the document; and

in response to detecting the third input, displaying the document at a respective magnification level such that the second portion of text is displayed at the user-adjusted target text display size.

20. The device of claim 1, wherein the first portion of text has a first font size, and the device includes instructions for:

while displaying the portion of the document that includes the first portion of text at the second magnification level, detecting a second input indicating a second insertion point in the document, wherein the second insertion point is proximate to a second portion of text in the document, the second portion of text having a second font size different from the first font size; and

in response to detecting the second input;

selecting a third magnification level different from the second magnification level, wherein the third magnification level is selected so as to display the second portion of text at the target text display size; and

displaying a portion of the document at the third magnification level.

21. The device of claim 1, including instructions for, after displaying the portion of the document that includes the first portion of text at the second magnification level:

detecting a content selection input; and

in response to detecting the content selection input;

identifying a selected portion of the document in accordance with the content selection input; and

in accordance with a determination that the selected portion of the document includes content that is outside of a currently displayed portion of the document, adjusting display of the document so that the entire selected portion of the document is displayed on the display.

22. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display;

displaying at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on the display;

detecting a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, wherein the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and

in response to detecting the first input;

selecting a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, wherein the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size; and

while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, displaying, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text.

23. A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display, cause the device to:

display at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on the display;

detect a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, wherein the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and

in response to detecting the first input;

select a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, wherein the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size; and

while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, display, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text.

24. A graphical user interface on an electronic device with a display, a memory, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, the graphical user interface comprising:

at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level;

wherein;

a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document is detected, wherein the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document;

in response to detection of the first input;

a second magnification level different from the first magnification level is selected, wherein the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size; and

while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text is displayed at the second magnification level.