Method and apparatus for managing and navigating within stacks of document pages
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1. An information processing method comprising:
- displaying a plurality of page representations each corresponding to a respective page and a plurality of stack representations each corresponding to a respective plurality of pages, wherein a respective stack representation is visually distinctive from one or more page representations, each of said plurality of stack representations comprising a depiction of a stack of pages and an image corresponding to a current page in said stack, and a request area by which an operator may specify a page in said stack to be a new current page;
receiving one or more operator requests; and
rotating said image of said current page in a selected stack representation and modifying a page of information corresponding to said image so as to effect a similar rotation in a printed representation of said page of information, wherein said selected stack representation is selected and said rotating and said modifying are performed in response to said one or more operator requests.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for an information processing system are disclosed for improved manipulation of documents consisting of multiple pages. In one embodiment, a multi-page document is depicted by a representation of a stack of pages and a request area through which an operator may navigate within the stack. In another embodiment, a multi-page document is depicted by static icon representing the stack and a dynamic miniature replica of a current page within the stack. Additional functions are disclosed such as adding one or more pages to a document, removing a page from a stack, rotating a page within a stack, and adding annotations to a page.
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1. An information processing method comprising:
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displaying a plurality of page representations each corresponding to a respective page and a plurality of stack representations each corresponding to a respective plurality of pages, wherein a respective stack representation is visually distinctive from one or more page representations, each of said plurality of stack representations comprising a depiction of a stack of pages and an image corresponding to a current page in said stack, and a request area by which an operator may specify a page in said stack to be a new current page;
receiving one or more operator requests; and
rotating said image of said current page in a selected stack representation and modifying a page of information corresponding to said image so as to effect a similar rotation in a printed representation of said page of information, wherein said selected stack representation is selected and said rotating and said modifying are performed in response to said one or more operator requests. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 9)
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4. An information processing method comprising:
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displaying a plurality of page representations each corresponding to a respective page and a plurality of stack representations each corresponding to a respective plurality of pages, wherein a respective stack representation is visually distinctive from one or more page representations, each of said plurality of stack representations comprising a static icon depiction of a stack of pages and a miniature replica of a printed representation of a current page in said stack;
receiving one or more operator requests; and
rotating said image of said current page in a selected stack representation and modifying a page of information corresponding to said image so as to effect a similar rotation in a printed representation of said page of information, wherein said selected stack representation is selected and said rotating and said modifying are performed in response to said one or more operator requests.
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6. An information processor comprising:
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a display, a keyboard and/or a pointing device, and processor means for receiving from said keyboard and/or said pointing device one or more operator requests, for displaying on said display a plurality of page representations each corresponding to a respective page and a plurality of stack representations each corresponding to a respective plurality of pages, wherein a respective stack representation is visually distinctive from one or more page representations, each of said plurality of stack representations comprising a depiction of a stack of pages and an image corresponding to a current page in said stack, and a request area by which an operator may select a page in said stack to be a new current page, and for rotating said image of said current page in a selected stack representation and modifying a page of information corresponding to said image so as to effect a similar rotation in a printed representation of said page of information, wherein said processor means selects said selected stack representation and performs said rotating and said modifying in response to said one or more operator requests. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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