Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Brendyn O'Dell-Alexander

Matthew James Ruhlen

Gareth Alan Howell

Sugandha SudeshKumar Kapoor

Zhenjun Zhu

Kiran Akella Venkata

Juraj Gottweis

Nicholas Allen Robarge

A user interface is provided that may include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may contain one or more listings corresponding to one or more entities. The second portion may include an editable surface for viewing and editing a first entity of the one or more entities displayed in the first portion. A command to drag and drop a listing corresponding to a second entity of the one or more entities from the first portion displaying the listing into the second portion displaying the first entity is received. In response to receiving the command to drag and drop the listing from the first portion into the second portion, a link to the second entity is inserted into the first entity.

Creating and inserting links by drag and drop

A user interface is provided. The user interface may include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may contain one or more listings corresponding to one or more entities. The second portion may include an editable surface for viewing and editing the entities. A command to drag and drop a listing corresponding to a first entity from the first portion displaying the listing into the second portion displaying a second entity is received. In response to receiving the command to drag and drop the listing from the first portion into the second portion, a link to the first entity is inserted into the second entity.

Portions of content are transformed into portions of rendered content. While the portions of the content are being transformed into portions of the rendered content, each discrete portion of the rendered content can be provided to the application program after that portion is completed.

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Brendyn O'Dell-Alexander