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Method and apparatus for consolidating edits made by multiple editors working on multiple document copies

  • US 5,890,177 A
  • Filed: 04/24/1996
  • Issued: 03/30/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for producing a formal document from a first document and a second document in response to user commands, the apparatus comprising:

  • means responsive to a user command for comparing the first document with the second document in order to identify a first section of the first document which contains unedited portions identical to portions of a second section of the second document;

    means responsive to the comparison of the first and second documents for creating a consolidated document which displays both edited and unedited portions of each of the first and the second sections;

    means responsive to the creation of the consolidated document for determining changes between the first section and the second section;

    editing means controlled by user commands for selecting desired changes to be made in the first section from the determined changes; and

    means responsive to a user command for forming a final document which includes the unedited portions of the first section and the selected desired changes.

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