Object-oriented editor for creating world wide web documents
First Claim
1. A desktop publishing system, comprising:
- a) an output display device, said output display device displaying;
1) a palette window comprising a user defined objects panel and a predefined objects panel, the user defined panel comprising a list of user defined objects and the predefined objects panel comprising a list of predined objects, and2) a view window displaying an page comprising at least one object selected from one of said list of user defined objects and said list of predined objects;
b) an input device, said input device selecting said object from one of said list of user defined objects and said list of predefined objects for display in said page at said view window.
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Abstract
An object-oriented HTML based editor for creating Web documents to be published on the World Wide Web. Each HTML command is treated as a unique object having associated properties. A user using an input device, such as a mouse, clicks and drags representations of objects representing HTML commands from a palette window on an output display device. The objects are dropped into a representation of a collection of objects in a view window on the output display device. Each one of the objects in the collection of objects may be edited by way of a context sensitive object editor window to customize the Web document. An object is selected by an input device and dragged to the object editor window, where the properties associated with the object are displayed and may be directly manipulated.
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12 Claims
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1. A desktop publishing system, comprising:
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a) an output display device, said output display device displaying; 1) a palette window comprising a user defined objects panel and a predefined objects panel, the user defined panel comprising a list of user defined objects and the predefined objects panel comprising a list of predined objects, and 2) a view window displaying an page comprising at least one object selected from one of said list of user defined objects and said list of predined objects; b) an input device, said input device selecting said object from one of said list of user defined objects and said list of predefined objects for display in said page at said view window. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In a desktop publishing system, a computer mediated method of generating and displaying a collection of objects representing a document, comprising:
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a) displaying a list of objects in a palette window on a display device, comprising; i) displaying a list of user defined objects in a user defined objects panel in said palette window; ii) displaying a list of predefined objects in a predefined objects panel in said palette window; b) receiving input from an input device selecting an object from one of said list of user defined objects and said list of predefined objects for said collection of objects; c) displaying said collection of objects in a page displayed in a view window of said display device, including said selected object. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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