Automatic index creation for a word processor
First Claim
1. A method for creating an index tag in a computer document from within a word-processor program comprising the steps:
- invoking an automatic text-analysis program from within the word-processor program;
performing automatic semantic analysis of text within the document using the text-analysis program;
generating an index term using the text-analysis program; and
inserting into the document an index tag having an indication of the index term which was generated by the text-analysis program.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus to enable scanning one or more documents, from within a word-processor program, wherein said method and apparatus automatically identifies key topics and phrases in a document'"'"'s text, and inserts identifying tokens for the index-generation program in the word-processor to generate an index to those key topics. One embodiment provides an apparatus and method for automatically identifying semantically important key topics within an integrated word-processor environment. A document is scanned from within a word-processor program, automatically identifies significant key topics in the document, and creates and inserts index tokens for these key topics. One embodiment includes a process running in a word-processor program on a computer which (a) allows an author to select index generation for a document being processed (edited) and then, using a semantic analyzer program running on a computer, (b) automatically identifies significant key topics within the document, (c) generates and embeds index tokens into the text of the document.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for creating an index tag in a computer document from within a word-processor program comprising the steps:
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invoking an automatic text-analysis program from within the word-processor program; performing automatic semantic analysis of text within the document using the text-analysis program; generating an index term using the text-analysis program; and inserting into the document an index tag having an indication of the index term which was generated by the text-analysis program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A tool for a word-processor program, the word-processor program capable of processing a first computer-readable document, the tool comprising:
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means for identifying a first key topic in said first document, wherein said means for identifying said first key topic includes means for analyzing text in said first document with a computer program; means for inserting a first source anchor associated with said first key topic into a list; and means for creating a hyperlink between said first source anchor and said first key topic in said first document. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed information system to create an index tag in a computer document from within a word-processor program by performing the following steps when such program is executed on the system:
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performing automatic semantic analysis of text within the document using the text-analysis program; generating an index term using the text-analysis program; and inserting into the document an index tag having an indication of the index term which was generated by the text-analysis program. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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