OUTLINE VIEW
First Claim
1. A method of presenting an outline view of an electronic document, the method comprising:
- displaying, on a display of a client device, first ones of a plurality of organizational elements of the electronic document in a first user navigable graphical panel, said first ones of said organizational elements corresponding to a first outline level of the electronic document;
displaying, on the display of the client device and responsive to user selection of one of the first organizational elements corresponding to the first outline level of the electronic document, one or more child organizational elements of the selected first organizational element in a second user navigable graphical panel, the child organizational elements corresponding to a second outline level of the electronic document;
displaying, on the display of the client device and responsive to user navigation interactions with the first organizational elements or child organizational elements, one or more content previews of content within the electronic document, the content previews being displayed within the first and second user navigable graphical panels according to currently displayed ones of the organizational elements of the first or second outline levels of the electronic document, respectively.
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Abstract
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums for creating and presenting an outline view, the outline view including a first user navigable graphical panel, the first panel displaying first organizational elements corresponding to a first outline level of an electronic content work; a second user navigable graphical panel, the second panel displaying one or more child organizational elements of a selected first organizational element, the child organizational elements corresponding to a second outline level of the electronic content work; and one or more content previews of content within the electronic content work in the first or second panel, the content previews corresponding to the first or second outline levels of the electronic content work, respectively.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of presenting an outline view of an electronic document, the method comprising:
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displaying, on a display of a client device, first ones of a plurality of organizational elements of the electronic document in a first user navigable graphical panel, said first ones of said organizational elements corresponding to a first outline level of the electronic document; displaying, on the display of the client device and responsive to user selection of one of the first organizational elements corresponding to the first outline level of the electronic document, one or more child organizational elements of the selected first organizational element in a second user navigable graphical panel, the child organizational elements corresponding to a second outline level of the electronic document; displaying, on the display of the client device and responsive to user navigation interactions with the first organizational elements or child organizational elements, one or more content previews of content within the electronic document, the content previews being displayed within the first and second user navigable graphical panels according to currently displayed ones of the organizational elements of the first or second outline levels of the electronic document, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of creating an outline view, the method comprising:
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determining for an electronic content work a plurality of organizational elements associated with a plurality of outline levels of the electronic content work using one or more computer processors; creating one or more content previews from portions of the electronic content work, the one or more content previews associated with a particular organizational element; and creating an outline view description from the plurality of organizational elements and the one or more content previews, the outline view description providing instructions to a client application for displaying the plurality of organizational elements and one or more content previews in a plurality of graphical panels. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for creating an outline view, the system comprising:
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one or more processors; and an outline view builder module implemented by the one or more processors and configured to; determine for an electronic content work a plurality of organizational elements associated with a plurality of outline levels of the electronic content work; create one or more content previews from portions of the electronic content work, the one or more content previews associated with a particular organizational element; and create an outline view description from the plurality of organizational elements and the one or more content previews, the outline view description providing instructions to a client application for displaying the plurality of organizational elements and one or more content previews in a plurality of graphical panels. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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