Systems and methods for displaying contextual revision history in an electronic document
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1. A method of presenting revision history information of an electronic document, comprising:
- displaying the electronic document via a user interface, the electronic document comprising a plurality of sections that each have respective revision history information;
receiving, via the user interface, a user selection of a section of the plurality of sections of the electronic document;
presenting, in the user interface, a first menu comprising a plurality of options for the selected section within the electronic document, wherein an option of the plurality of options represents respective revision history information for the selected section within the displayed electronic document;
in response to a user selection, from the first menu, of the option representing the revision history information for the selected section within the displayed electronic document, presenting a second menu for the revision history information of the selected section within the displayed electronic document, wherein the revision history information comprises a plurality of revisions that are each associated with an editor having made a revision, and timestamp information indicating a time that the revision was made;
receiving a user selection of a revision of the plurality of revisions, wherein the user selection of the revision is indicated by a user interaction with at least one visual indicator element in the user interface to cause the at least one visual indicator element to be aligned with at least one of a beginning of text corresponding to the revision or an end of the text corresponding to the revision; and
causing the selected revision to be reverted in the selected section.
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Abstract
A user may want to view the revision history of a particular section or context of an electronic document. The user selects a context by selecting a section of the electronic document in a document editing application. Based on the selected context, the application filters and displays only information about revisions associated with the selected section of the electronic document. The application omits information about revisions made to other unselected sections of the electronic document from display.
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1. A method of presenting revision history information of an electronic document, comprising:
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displaying the electronic document via a user interface, the electronic document comprising a plurality of sections that each have respective revision history information; receiving, via the user interface, a user selection of a section of the plurality of sections of the electronic document; presenting, in the user interface, a first menu comprising a plurality of options for the selected section within the electronic document, wherein an option of the plurality of options represents respective revision history information for the selected section within the displayed electronic document; in response to a user selection, from the first menu, of the option representing the revision history information for the selected section within the displayed electronic document, presenting a second menu for the revision history information of the selected section within the displayed electronic document, wherein the revision history information comprises a plurality of revisions that are each associated with an editor having made a revision, and timestamp information indicating a time that the revision was made; receiving a user selection of a revision of the plurality of revisions, wherein the user selection of the revision is indicated by a user interaction with at least one visual indicator element in the user interface to cause the at least one visual indicator element to be aligned with at least one of a beginning of text corresponding to the revision or an end of the text corresponding to the revision; and causing the selected revision to be reverted in the selected section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of presenting revision history information of an electronic document, comprising:
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displaying the electronic document via a user interface, the electronic document comprising a plurality of sections that each have respective revision history information; receiving, via the user interface, a user selection of a section of the plurality of sections of the electronic document; and presenting a first menu comprising a plurality of options for the selected section within the electronic document, wherein an option of the plurality of options represents respective revision history information for the selected section within the displayed electronic document; in response to a user selection, from the first menu, of the option representing the revision history information for the selected section within the displayed electronic document, presenting a second menu for the revision history information of the selected section within the displayed electronic document, wherein; the revision history information comprises a plurality of revisions that are each associated with an editor having made a revision to the object, and timestamp information indicating a time that the revision was made, and a revision of the plurality of revisions is selectable via a user interaction with the at least one visual indicator element to cause the at least one visual indicator element to be aligned with at least one of a beginning of text corresponding to the revision or an end of the text corresponding to the revision. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for presenting revision history information of an electronic document, the system comprising:
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a memory; and a processor, coupled to the memory, to; display the electronic document via a user interface, the electronic document comprising a plurality of sections that each have respective revision history information; receive, via the user interface, a user selection of a section of the plurality of sections of the electronic document; present, in the user interface, a first menu comprising a plurality of options for the selected section within the electronic document, wherein an option of the plurality of options represents respective revision history information for the selected section within the displayed electronic document; in response to a user selection, from the first menu, of the option representing the revision history information for the selected section within the displayed electronic document, presenting a second menu for the revision history information of the selected section within the displayed electronic document, wherein the revision history information comprises a plurality of revisions that are each associated with an editor having made a revision, and timestamp information indicating a time that the revision was made; receive a user selection of a revision of the plurality of revisions, wherein the user selection of the revision is indicated by a user interaction with at least one visual indicator element in the user interface to cause the at least one visual indicator element to be aligned with at least one of a beginning of text corresponding to the revision or an end of the text corresponding to the revision; and cause the selected revision to be reverted in the selected section.
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