Advanced import/export panel notifications using a presentation application

• US 9,189,875 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2008
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Bultrowicz, Mike, Du, Stella, Bartalo, Sue
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhatia, Ajay
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jiang, Haimei
• Application Number:
  US12/187,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20090070636A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,659 Days
• Field of Search: 715/705, 715/730
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20104 Interactive definition of region of interest [ROI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/11 Region-based segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/194 involving foreground-background segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A presentation application is provided that displays import notifications when a slide show presentation is opened by a user and displays export notifications when a slide show presentation is exported by the user. When the user directs the presentation application to open a slide show presentation, the presentation application may determine whether one or more unsupported or unidentifiable features or objects are present in the slide show presentation. The presentation application may display a listing in a window of the presentation application for each such error. The warnings displayed in the list may be selectable, and selecting a warning may cause the presentation to display more information regarding the warning. The presentation application may include similar features when the user requests that the presentation application export a slide show presentation.

Claims

1. A method of correcting import errors in a presentation application implemented on an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving a user indication to open a slide show presentation;

identifying one or more import errors associated with opening the slide show presentation;

automatically correcting one or more slides associated with one of the import errors;

displaying, in a list, a warning for each of the one or more import errors in a window of the presentation application, each warning identifying one or more slides in the slide show presentation associated with a corresponding import error;

receiving a first user input associated with selection of a particular displayed warning, the selected warning associated with a first plurality of automatically corrected slides;

displaying, in response to the first user input, a first slide from the first plurality of automatically corrected slides;

receiving a second user input indicative of a different correction of content of the displayed first slide associated with the selected warning; and

applying, in response to the second user input, different correction to at least one other slide in the first plurality of automatically corrected slides.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a third user input associated with selection of a different displayed warning; and

displaying, in response to the third user input, a plurality of options for correcting an import error associated with the different displayed warning.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving a fourth user input associated with selection of a particular option from the plurality of options; and

correcting, in response to the fourth user input, each slide associated with the import error associated with the selected particular option.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the warning for each of the one or more import errors comprises:

displaying, for each of the one or more import errors, a description of the import error including a listing of slides in the slide show presentation that are affected by the import error.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second selection of the particular displayed warning;

displaying, in response to the second selection, a second slide from the first plurality of slides that is affected by the import error associated with the selected warning.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether to automatically correct another import error; and

automatically correcting each slide associated with the another import error based on the determining.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving another correction for the another import error; and

automatically correcting each slide associated with the another import error using the another correction.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a placeholder object in place of an unsupported object in the slide show presentation; and

providing a warning for the placeholder object in the window of the presentation application.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user indication to remove a displayed warning; and

displaying the window without the warning indicated by the user.

21. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a correction option in association with the particular displayed warning.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the second user input further comprises selecting the correction option, wherein the correction option is associated with a correction to be made to the displayed first slide.

23. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically updating the list of one or more input errors displayed in the window of the presentation application to indicate that the automatic correction took place.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the one import error comprises unavailability of a first resource at an electronic device, the first resource being referenced in data of the slide show presentation.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein automatically correcting comprises a substituting a second resource for the first resource.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the different correction of content comprises substituting a third resource for the first resource.

27. The method of claim 24, wherein the first resource comprises a font.

28. The method of claim 1, wherein the one import error comprises unavailability of a font at the electronic device, and automatically correcting comprises substituting a different font for the unavailable font, the different font having been determined to be similar to the unavailable font.

10. A method of correcting export errors in a presentation application implemented on an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving a user indication to export a slide show presentation from a presentation application to a different program;

identifying one or more export errors in the slide show presentation that are not supported by the different program;

automatically correcting one or more slides associated with one of the export errors;

displaying, in a list, a warning for each of the one or more export errors in a window of the presentation application, each warning identifying one or more slides in the slide show presentation associated with a corresponding export error;

receiving a first user input associated with selection of a particular displayed warning, the selected warning associated with a first plurality of automatically corrected slides;

displaying, in response to the first user input, a first slide from the first plurality of automatically corrected slides;

receiving a second user input indicative of a different correction of content of the displayed first slide associated with the selected warning; and

applying, in response to the second user input, the different correction to at least one other slide in the first plurality of automatically corrected slides.

11. The method of claim 10, the method further comprising:

receiving a third user input associated with selection of a different displayed warning; and

displaying, in response to the third user input, a plurality of options that are supported by the different program for correcting an export error associated with the different displayed warning.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein displaying the warning for each of the one or more export errors comprises:

displaying, for each of the one or more export errors, a description of the export error including a listing of slides in the slide show presentation that are affected by the export error.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining whether to automatically correct another export error; and

automatically correcting each slide associated with the another export error based on the determining.

14. An electronic device for correcting import errors in a presentation application, the electronic device comprising a display and a processor, the processor configured to:

open, in response to an input from an input device, a slide show presentation in a slide show application;

identify, in response to opening the slide show presentation, one or more import errors in the slide show presentation;

automatically correct one or more slides associated with one of the import errors;

direct a display to display a list, in a window of the slide show application, a warning for each of the one or more import errors, wherein each warning identifies one or more slides in the slide show presentation associated with a corresponding import error;

receive a first user input associated with selection of a particular displayed warning, the selected warning associated with a first plurality of automatically corrected slides;

direct the display to display, in response to the first user input, a first slide from the first plurality of slides;

receive a second user input indicative of a different correction of content of the displayed first slide associated with the selected warning; and

apply, in response to the second user input, the different correction to at least one other slide in the first plurality of automatically corrected slides.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether there are any features or objects in the slide show presentation that are unsupported or unidentifiable by the presentation application; and

generate a notification for the display to display the determined features or objects that are unsupported or unidentifiable.

16. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

automatically correct at least one of the one or more slides associated with a different import error.

17. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

direct the display to display a plurality of options for correcting an import error associated with the selected warning.

18. An electronic device for correcting export errors in a presentation application, the electronic device comprising a display, a user input device, and a processor, the processor operative to:

receive a request from a user input device to export a slide show presentation from a presentation application to a particular source;

determine whether one or more export errors will be present in the exported slide show presentation;

automatically correct one or more slides associated with one of the export errors;

direct a display to display a list, in a window of the presentation application, a warning for each of the one or more export errors, wherein each warning identifies one or more slides in the slide show presentation associated with a corresponding export error;

receiving a first input from the user input device, the first input associated with selection of a particular displayed warning, the selected warning associated with a first plurality of automatically corrected slides;

direct the display to display, in response to the first input, a first slide from the first plurality of automatically corrected slides;

receive a second input from the user input device indicative of a different correction of content of the displayed first slide associated with the selected warning; and

apply, in response to the second input, the different correction to at least one other slide in the first plurality of automatically corrected slides.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the processor is further operative to:

determine whether there are any features or objects in the slide show presentation that are unsupported or unidentifiable by the particular source; and

generate a notification for the display to display, in the window of the presentation application, features or objects that are determined to be unsupported or unidentifiable.

20. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the processor is further operative to:

receive a third input from the user input device, the third input indicative of selection of a different displayed warning; and

display additional information for the different warning.