Method and system for producing documents
First Claim
1. A method for producing documents comprising:
- providing a source document template;
parsing, in a computer, the source document template into source template elements that comprise fixed text, data source fields and logic;
converting, in a computer, at least some of the source template elements requiring conversion for a destination document template to provide destination template elements;
presenting to an operator populated source template elements and populated destination template elements and identifying differences between the populated source template elements and the populated destination elements and presenting a symbol of the differences to the operator, each of the destination template elements being associated with at least one of the source template elements;
accepting operator input to correct at least some of the destination template elements;
generating, in a computer, a destination document template from the destination template elements including operator corrections; and
in a computer, generating a plurality of documents from the destination document template by accepting content from a data source and populating the data source fields and logic in the destination document template with the content.
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Abstract
A method and system for producing documents with which the quality of a template conversion is increased by presenting to an operator associations of template elements between a source document template and a destination document template and allowing the operator to correct any erroneous association during the conversion. This includes providing a source document template, parsing the source document template into source parsed elements, converting at least some of the source parsed elements that require conversion for a destination document template and thereby providing destination template elements. This further includes presenting to an operator the source parsed elements and the destination template elements with their association and accepting operator input to correct at least some of the destination template elements. Then generating a destination document template from the destination template elements that include operation corrections and generating documents from the destination document template and a data source containing field data.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for producing documents comprising:
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providing a source document template; parsing, in a computer, the source document template into source template elements that comprise fixed text, data source fields and logic; converting, in a computer, at least some of the source template elements requiring conversion for a destination document template to provide destination template elements; presenting to an operator populated source template elements and populated destination template elements and identifying differences between the populated source template elements and the populated destination elements and presenting a symbol of the differences to the operator, each of the destination template elements being associated with at least one of the source template elements; accepting operator input to correct at least some of the destination template elements; generating, in a computer, a destination document template from the destination template elements including operator corrections; and in a computer, generating a plurality of documents from the destination document template by accepting content from a data source and populating the data source fields and logic in the destination document template with the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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