Method and apparatus for visually emphasizing numerical data contained within an electronic document
First Claim
1. A method for emphasizing numerical data contained in an electronic document, the method comprising:
- determining whether a request to emphasize all of the numerical data in the electronic document has been received; and
in response to receiving the request, locating all of the requested numerical data contained within the electronic document and emphasizing the located numerical data to distinguish the located numerical data from the remainder of content of the electronic document when displayed wherein locating all of the numerical data comprises,breaking sentences in the electronic document into words, andcomparing the words to contents of a numerical search table, the contents of the numerical search table being user specified and configured to define types of numerical data to be located in the electronic document, the types of numerical data to be located specified by the numerical search table comprising at least the following;
arabic numbers, cardinal numbers expressed as strings, ordinal numbers, roman numbers, and currency symbols.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for visually emphasizing all of the numerical data contained in an electronic document. A determination is made as to whether a request to emphasize all of the numerical data in the electronic document has been received. If such a request is received, all of the numerical data within the electronic document is located and emphasized. Emphasizing may include adding a highlighting attribute to the located numerical data or adding other formatting to visually distinguish the numerical data from the remainder of the electronic document. A request may also be received to deemphasize the located numerical data. In response to receiving such a request, the emphasis is removed from the located numerical data.
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1. A method for emphasizing numerical data contained in an electronic document, the method comprising:
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determining whether a request to emphasize all of the numerical data in the electronic document has been received; and in response to receiving the request, locating all of the requested numerical data contained within the electronic document and emphasizing the located numerical data to distinguish the located numerical data from the remainder of content of the electronic document when displayed wherein locating all of the numerical data comprises, breaking sentences in the electronic document into words, and comparing the words to contents of a numerical search table, the contents of the numerical search table being user specified and configured to define types of numerical data to be located in the electronic document, the types of numerical data to be located specified by the numerical search table comprising at least the following;
arabic numbers, cardinal numbers expressed as strings, ordinal numbers, roman numbers, and currency symbols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for emphasizing numerical data contained in an electronic document containing both text data and numerical data, the system comprising:
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a memory storage; and a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is for executing instructions corresponding to; a word processing application program for editing the text data and the numerical data within the electronic document; and a dynamically linked library for use with the word processing application program, the dynamically linked library for receiving a request to emphasize all of the numerical data in the electronic document and to locate all of the requested numerical data contained within the electronic document and emphasize only the located numerical data to distinguish the located numerical data from the remainder of content of the electronic document when displayed in response to receiving the request, the dynamically linked library comprising instructions to, break sentences in the electronic document into words, and compare the words to contents of a numerical search table, the contents of the numerical search table being user specified and defining types of numerical data to be located in the electronic document, the types of numerical data to be located specified by the numerical search table comprising at least the following;
arabic numbers, cardinal numbers expressed as strings, ordinal numbers, roman numbers, and currency symbols. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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