COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A DOCUMENT EDITOR IN-SPACE USER INTERFACE AND A DOCUMENT EDITOR OUT-SPACE USER INTERFACE
First Claim
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- A computer-readable storage medium including computer-executable instructions for communicating status information for a document from an out-space user interface to an in-space user interface for alerting a user of the document of the availability of the status information in the out-space user interface, comprising;
displaying an in-space user interface that includes a display of authoring features and a document display area for creating and editing a document and an out-space actuator associated with the out-space user interface, and displaying a document that is editable in the document display area of the in-space user interface;
receiving a status of the document, and saving the status of the document in the out-space user interface;
performing at least one of;
temporarily displaying in the in-space user interface an out-space communication user interface (UI) component for alerting a user of the document about the availability of the status of the document;
or displaying in the in-space user interface a message bar for alerting a user of the document about the availability of the status of the document; and
disposing the out-space actuator in the out-space communication user interface (UI) component for allowing deployment of the out-space user interface that includes;
removing the display of the editable document that is displayed within the document display area associated with the in-space user interface; and
displaying a non-authoring feature within the document display area in response to selection of the out-space actuator from the out-space communication user interface (UI) component for allowing the user of the document to review the status of the document.
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Abstract
An out-space actuator is selected to access an out-space user interface for a document editor program. An out-space actuator is associated with an in-space user interface having a displayed document. When the out-space actuator is selected, an out-space user interface is displayed that includes an expanded feature selection surface. The out-space user interface may be used to display one or more status panes for providing status information about a document being edited in the in-space user interface. Application features for affecting changes to a given document'"'"'s status may be exposed in the out-space interface in proximity to associated status information. An out-space communication user interface (UI) component may be temporarily displayed in the document in-space user interface to communicate document status information that is presently available in the out-space user interface. A message bar may be displayed in the in-space user interface for communicating information from the out-space user interface.
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20 Claims
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- A computer-readable storage medium including computer-executable instructions for communicating status information for a document from an out-space user interface to an in-space user interface for alerting a user of the document of the availability of the status information in the out-space user interface, comprising;
displaying an in-space user interface that includes a display of authoring features and a document display area for creating and editing a document and an out-space actuator associated with the out-space user interface, and displaying a document that is editable in the document display area of the in-space user interface; receiving a status of the document, and saving the status of the document in the out-space user interface; performing at least one of;
temporarily displaying in the in-space user interface an out-space communication user interface (UI) component for alerting a user of the document about the availability of the status of the document;
or displaying in the in-space user interface a message bar for alerting a user of the document about the availability of the status of the document; anddisposing the out-space actuator in the out-space communication user interface (UI) component for allowing deployment of the out-space user interface that includes;
removing the display of the editable document that is displayed within the document display area associated with the in-space user interface; and
displaying a non-authoring feature within the document display area in response to selection of the out-space actuator from the out-space communication user interface (UI) component for allowing the user of the document to review the status of the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4)
- A computer-readable storage medium including computer-executable instructions for communicating status information for a document from an out-space user interface to an in-space user interface for alerting a user of the document of the availability of the status information in the out-space user interface, comprising;
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- The computer-readable storage medium of claim 3, further comprising;
displaying the status of the document in a document status display pane that is displayed in the out-space user interface; and visually highlighting the document status display pane to indicate that the status of the document displayed in the document status display pane for alerting a user of the document about the availability of the status of the document. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
- The computer-readable storage medium of claim 3, further comprising;
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9. A system for communicating status information for a document from an out-space user interface to an in-space user interface for alerting a user of the document of the availability of the status information in the out-space user interface, comprising:
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a processing unit and a computer-readable storage medium; the processing unit configured to perform actions, comprising; displaying an in-space user interface that includes a display of authoring features and a document display area for creating and editing a document and an out-space actuator associated with the out-space user interface, and displaying a document that is editable in the document display area of the in-space user interface; receiving a status of the document, and saving the status of the document in the out-space user interface; performing at least one of;
temporarily displaying in the in-space user interface an out-space communication user interface (UI) component for alerting a user of the document about the availability of the status of the document;
or displaying in the in-space user interface a message bar for alerting a user of the document about the availability of the status of the document; anddisposing the out-space actuator in the out-space communication user interface (UI) component for allowing deployment of the out-space user interface that includes;
removing the display of the editable document that is displayed within the document display area associated with the in-space user interface; and
displaying a non-authoring feature within the document display area in response to selection of the out-space actuator from the out-space communication user interface (UI) component for allowing the user of the document to review the status of the document. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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- A computer-readable storage medium including computer-executable instructions communicating status information for a document from a secondary user interface to a primary interface for alerting a user of the document of the availability of the status information in the secondary user interface, comprising;
providing a primary user interface having an actuator associated with the secondary user interface, and displaying a document in the primary user interface; receiving a first status of the document, and saving the first status of the document in the secondary user interface; temporarily displaying in the primary user interface an out-space communication user interface (UI) component for alerting a user of the document about the availability of the first status of the document; disposing the actuator associated with the secondary user interface in the out-space communication user interface (UI) component for allowing deployment of the secondary user interface in response to selection of the actuator from the out-space communication user interface (UI) component for allowing the user of the document to review the status of the document; displaying in the primary user interface a message bar for alerting a user of the document about the availability of a second status of the document saved in the secondary user interface; and disposing the actuator associated with the secondary user interface in the message bar for allowing deployment of the out-space user interface that replaces a display of the document within a document display area of the primary user interface used to display the document in response to selection of the actuator from the message bar for allowing the user of the document to review the second status of the document. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
- A computer-readable storage medium including computer-executable instructions communicating status information for a document from a secondary user interface to a primary interface for alerting a user of the document of the availability of the status information in the secondary user interface, comprising;
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