System and method for generating an item list in electronic content

• US 7,945,595 B1
• Filed: 05/12/2008
• Issued: 05/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Kraley, Mike
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; Uyen T.
• Application Number:
  US12/119,407
• Time in Patent Office: 1,100 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/802
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/12 Use of codes for handling textual entities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

In various embodiments, a computerized method includes creating a first item of a list having at least two items that form a portion of electronic content. The computerized method can include creating a second item of the list within the electronic content, as well as converting the second item to a separate paragraph below the first item, wherein the separate paragraph is part of the first item. The computerized method may include creating another item of the list below the separate paragraph, wherein a continuity is maintained between the first item and the another item of the list. The computerized method includes storing the electronic content in a machine-readable medium.

Claims

1. A computerized method comprising:

creating a first item of a list having at least two items within electronic content;

creating a second item of the list within the electronic content;

converting, using one or more processors, the second item to a separate paragraph below the first item, the converting causing the separate paragraph to become a part of the first item;

creating another item of the list below the separate paragraph, continuity being maintained between the first item and the another item of the list, the converting of the second item causing the second item to be removed from consideration for continuity; and

storing the electronic content in a machine-readable medium.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein an order that is part of the continuity is created between the first item and the another item, independent of creating a different list.

3. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first item or the another item comprises N number of paragraphs, wherein N is greater than one.

4. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the continuity comprises an order continuity.

5. The computerized method of claim 4, wherein the order continuity comprises an ascending numerical order continuity.

6. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein converting the second item to the separate paragraph is in response to a user selecting a toggle button of a graphical user interface application that is used to create the list within the electronic content.

7. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein items of the list can be converted between an item of the list and a separate paragraph that is associated with a different item based on a user selecting a toggle button of a graphical user interface application that is used to create the list within the electronic content.

8. A computerized method comprising:

receiving a command to format text as items in a list in an electronic document;

creating, using one or more processors, a first item of the items in the list based on received text, a first ordered item demarcation being present adjacent to the received text for the first item;

receiving a command to suppress presentation of an ordered item demarcation;

creating a separate paragraph below the first item based on received text, in response to the command to suppress, no ordered item demarcation being presented adjacent to the received text of the separate paragraph;

receiving a command to resume presentation of an ordered demarcation;

creating a second item of the items in the list based on received text, in response to the command to resume, a second ordered item demarcation being presented adjacent to the text for the second item, order continuity being maintained between the first ordered demarcation and the second ordered demarcation, the continuity being independent of the separate paragraph;

receiving a command to convert the separate paragraph to a further item;

converting the separate paragraph to the further item, the converting causing a further order demarcation to be presented adjacent to text of the further item, the further order demarcation being between the first order demarcation and the second demarcation in continuity; and

storing the electronic document in a machine-readable medium.

9. The computerized method of claim 8, wherein the order continuity comprises an ascending numerical order continuity.

10. The computerized method of claim 8, wherein receiving the command to suppress and receiving the command to resume presentation of the ordered demarcation comprises receiving a user selection of a toggle button of a graphical user interface application that is used to create the list within the electronic document.

11. A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

presenting electronic content to a user in an application;

creating, in response to input from the user, a first item and a second item of a list within the electronic content, wherein order continuity is maintained between the first item and the second item;

receiving a toggle button input selection from the user, while a cursor of the application is within the second item;

converting the second item to a separate paragraph below the first item that is a part of the first item, in response to receiving the toggle button input selection, the converting causing the separate paragraph to become a part of the first item such that order continuity is not maintained between the first item and the second item after the converting;

receiving an input from the user to create a new paragraph in the electronic content below the separate paragraph below the first item;

creating a new item of the list in response to receiving the input from the user to create the new paragraph, wherein the order continuity is created between the first item and the new item; and

storing the electronic content in a machine-readable medium.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the order continuity is created between the first item and the new item, independent of creating of a different list.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the order continuity comprises an ascending numerical order continuity.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the new item comprises N number of paragraphs, wherein N is greater than one.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the first item, the second item and the new item can be converted between an item of the list and a separate paragraph that is associated with a different item based on a user selecting a toggle button of the application that is used to create the list within the electronic content.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

creating a first item of a list having at least two items within electronic content;

converting, using one or more processors, the second item to a separate paragraph below the first item, the converting causing the separate paragraph to become a part of the first item;

creating another item of the list below the separate paragraph, continuity being maintained between the first item and the another item of the list, the converting of the second item causing the second item to be removed from consideration for continuity; and

storing the electronic content in a machine-readable medium.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the continuity comprises an ascending order continuity.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the ascending order continuity comprises an alphabetical ascending order.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein at least one of the first item or the second item comprises N number of paragraphs, wherein N is greater than 1.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the continuity is maintained between the first item and the second item of the list independent of creation of a separate list.

21. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;

a non-transitory machine-readable medium to store electronic content; and

an application module

to create a first item of a list within the electronic content, the first item comprising N paragraphs, wherein N is greater than one,

to create a second item that is part of the list below a last paragraph of the N paragraphs of the first item, an order continuity being maintained between the first item and the second item of the list, the continuity being independent of the N paragraphs,

to receive a command to convert one of the N paragraphs to a further item, and

to convert the one of the N paragraphs to the further item, the converting causing the order continuity between the first item and the second item of the list to be broken by insertion of an order demarcation corresponding to the further item.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the order continuity comprises an ascending alphabetical order continuity.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the application module is to present a graphical user interface application that is to display the list, the graphical user interface application comprising a toggle button that a user can select to toggle at least one of the N paragraphs to become a separate item of the list.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the order continuity is maintained among the first item, the separate item, and the second item.

25. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the order continuity is maintained between the first item and the second item of the list independent of creation of a separate list.