SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PRESENTATIONS OF OPEN DOCUMENTS
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1. A method comprising:
- presenting, by a software application, a user interface that includes a plurality of user-selectable elements, wherein each of the elements corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of open documents in the application;
enabling, by the software application, user selection of a plurality of the elements concurrently; and
responsive to receiving concurrent selection of said plurality of said elements, said software application concurrently displaying the respective plurality of documents to which the selected elements correspond.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing presentation of open documents, wherein a software application presents a user interface that provides a plurality of user-selectable elements (such as tabs) that each corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of open documents. The user interface enables selection of a plurality of the elements concurrently, and in response to such concurrent selection of a plurality of the elements, the software application concurrently displays the respective plurality of documents to which the selected elements correspond.
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1. A method comprising:
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presenting, by a software application, a user interface that includes a plurality of user-selectable elements, wherein each of the elements corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of open documents in the application; enabling, by the software application, user selection of a plurality of the elements concurrently; and responsive to receiving concurrent selection of said plurality of said elements, said software application concurrently displaying the respective plurality of documents to which the selected elements correspond. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 26, 27)
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14. A system comprising:
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computer-readable medium to which a software application is stored; processor operable to execute instructions of said software application; display operable to display output of the software application; input device operable to input information to the software application; said software application operable to present on said display a plurality of user-selectable elements each corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of documents opened in the software application; said software application operable to receive concurrent selection of a plurality of said elements, and responsive to said concurrent selection, concurrently output to the display the respective plurality of documents to which the concurrently selected elements correspond. - View Dependent Claims (15, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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responsive to a plurality of documents being opened in a software application, said software application presenting to a display an interface that comprises a plurality of user-selectable elements, wherein each of the plurality of elements included in the interface corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of open documents; receiving, by the software application, user selection of a plurality of said elements concurrently; and responsive to said receiving, the software application determining an arrangement on the display of said respective plurality of documents to which the concurrently selected elements correspond for optimally presenting on the display the content of the respective plurality of documents to which the concurrently selected elements correspond, and said application concurrently displaying on the display the determined arrangement of the respective plurality of documents to which the concurrently selected elements correspond. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. (canceled)
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24. Computer-executable software code stored to a non-transitory computer-readable medium that, when read by a processor-based computer, causes the computer to perform the method of:
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presenting to a display a user-selectable tab interface that includes a plurality of user-selectable elements, wherein each of said plurality of elements corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of open documents in an application; receiving user selection of a plurality of said elements concurrently; and responsive to said receiving, said application concurrently displaying to the display the respective plurality of documents to which the concurrently selected elements correspond. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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