Method and system for inserting a data object into a computer-generated document using a text instruction
First Claim
1. A method of a user interactively inserting a formula into a computer-generated document without using an equation editor by said user comprising:
- receiving text interactively entered, by said user, into said computer-generated document;
receiving an interactively selected portion of said text that was highlighted by said user, said user selected text portion including at least one text instruction symbol and at least one text character, which is not included in said text instruction symbol, wherein said user selected text portion represents a formula;
converting said user-selected text into a data object representing said formula, wherein said data object comprises said formula and further wherein said at least one text character which is not included in said text instruction symbol remains unchanged during the converting; and
returning said data object insertion into said computer-generated document.
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Abstract
For inserting a data object as for example a mathematical formula or special characters like Greek characters into a text document, instruction symbols representing the data object are inputted in the form of text characters into the text document. A text portion containing instruction symbols is selected, and the instruction symbols contained in the selected text portion are converted into a data object represented by the instruction symbols. The invention allows rapid input of data objects into the text document, in particular simple mathematical formulae or single special characters without entering a formula editor or the like.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of a user interactively inserting a formula into a computer-generated document without using an equation editor by said user comprising:
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receiving text interactively entered, by said user, into said computer-generated document;
receiving an interactively selected portion of said text that was highlighted by said user, said user selected text portion including at least one text instruction symbol and at least one text character, which is not included in said text instruction symbol, wherein said user selected text portion represents a formula;
converting said user-selected text into a data object representing said formula, wherein said data object comprises said formula and further wherein said at least one text character which is not included in said text instruction symbol remains unchanged during the converting; and
returning said data object insertion into said computer-generated document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium for inserting a data object into a computer-generated document, the computer program product comprising program code for a method of a user interactively inserting a formula into a computer-generated document without using an equation editor by said user, said method comprising:
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receiving text interactively entered, by said user, into said computer-generated document;
receiving an interactively selected portion of said text that was highlighted by said user, said user-selected text portion including at least one text instruction symbol and at least one text character, which is not included in said text instruction symbol, wherein said user selected text portion represents a formula;
converting said user-selected text into a data object representing said formula, wherein said data object comprises said formula and further wherein said at least one text character which is not included in said text instruction symbol remains unchanged during the converting; and
returning said data object insertion into said computer-generated document. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; and
a memory, coupled to said processor, storing instructions for a method of a user interactively inserting a formula into a computer-generated document without using an equation editor by said user, where upon execution of said instructions on said processor, said method comprises;
receiving text interactively entered, by said user, into said computer-generated document;
receiving an interactively selected portion of said text that was highlighted by said user, said user selected text portion including at least one text instruction symbol and at least one text character, which is not included in said text instruction symbol, wherein said user selected text portion represents a formula;
converting said user-selected text into a data object representing said formula, wherein said data object comprises said formula and further wherein said at least one text character which is not included in said text instruction symbol remains unchanged during the converting; and
returning said data object insertion into said computer-generated document. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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