System and method for editing an item list in electronic content

• US 8,396,900 B1
• Filed: 04/06/2011
• Issued: 03/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Kraley, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Uyen T.
• Application Number:
  US13/081,267
• Time in Patent Office: 706 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 method comprising:

providing an electronic document having a first item and a second item of a list;

receiving an indication to convert the second item to a separate paragraph of the first item; and

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

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a further item below the first item and the separate paragraph, continuity being maintained between the first item and the further item.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of the first item or the further item comprises N number of paragraphs, N being greater than one.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving an indication to convert one of the N number of paragraphs to another item in the electronic document; and

converting the one of the N number of paragraphs to the another item, continuity being maintained between the first item, the further item, and the another item.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the converting of the second item to the separate paragraph causes the second item to be removed from consideration for continuity.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the continuity comprises an ascending order continuity.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the converting of the second item to the separate paragraph comprises receiving a user selection of a toggle button of a graphical user interface application that is used to edit the list within the electronic document.

8. A method comprising:

providing an electronic document having a first item and a second item of a list, the first item having a first ordered item demarcation and comprising a plurality of paragraphs, the second item having a second ordered item demarcation, order continuity being maintained between the first ordered demarcation and the second ordered demarcation;

receiving a command to convert one paragraph of the plurality of paragraphs in the first item to a further item; and

converting, using one or more processors, the one 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 ordered demarcation and the second ordered demarcation in continuity.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein one or more of the plurality of paragraphs are created in response to receiving a command to suppress presentation of ordered item demarcation.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the converting of the one paragraph comprises receiving a user selection of a toggle button of a graphical user interface application that is used to edit 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:

providing an electronic document having a first item and a second item of a list;

receiving an indication to convert the second item to a separate paragraph of the first item; and

converting the second item to the separate paragraph of the first item, the converting causing the separate paragraph to become a part of the first item.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise creating a further item below the first item and the separate paragraph, continuity being maintained between the first item and the further item.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein at least one of the first item or the further item comprises N number of paragraphs, N being greater than one.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an indication to convert one of the N number of paragraphs to another item in the electronic document; and

converting the one of the N number of paragraphs to the another item, continuity being maintained between the first item, the further item, and the another item.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the converting of the second item to the separate paragraph causes the second item to be removed from consideration for continuity.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium or claim 15, wherein the continuity comprises an ascending order continuity.

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

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

providing an electronic document having a first item and a second item of a list, the first item having a first ordered item demarcation and comprising a plurality of paragraphs, the second item having a second ordered item demarcation, order continuity being maintained between the first ordered demarcation and the second ordered demarcation;

receiving a command to convert one paragraph of the plurality of paragraphs in the first item to a further item; and

converting the one 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.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein one or more of the plurality of paragraphs are created in response to receiving a command to suppress presentation of ordered item demarcation.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the converting of the one paragraph comprises receiving a user selection of a toggle button of a graphical user interface application that is used to edit the list within the electronic document.