Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

David Charles Wadsworth

L Tucker Hatfield

Jason F Morrill

Michael J Smith

Andrew Grey Carlson

Brian T Hill

Seung Wook Son

Hoe Jin Kim

William Charles Kennedy

Samuel Chung

Robert James Straavaldson

Soo Youn Cho

Han Ui Jung

Darren Muller

Methods and systems providing for collaborative commenting in a drawing tool are provided. One example method includes receiving a shape on a drawing canvas, and receiving a comment associated with the shape, the comment including a name of a commenting user. The method also includes receiving an indication of a movement of the shape from the first position to a second position, and, in response to the indication of the movement of the shape, automatically moving the comment closer to the second position of the shape. In some cases, the commenting user can be a user other than the user adding the shape to the document, and can be performed by a concurrent editor of the document.

Collaborative commenting in a drawing tool

Integrated workflow visualization and editing is provided using a visual graphic diagramming tool and a web application platform tool to create a workflow. A visual representation of a workflow is created using the visual graphic diagramming tool. A declarative markup language file representing the workflow is provided to a web application platform tool for further modification of the workflow. The workflow is opened in the web application platform tool and desired parameters in the workflow are set. Visualization data from the graphic diagramming tool and the set parameters are bundled in a single declarative markup language file formatted for reading by both the visual graphic diagramming tool and the web application platform tool to allow manipulations and parameterization of the workflow in both the visual graphic diagramming tool and the web application platform tool.

Integrated workflow visualization and editing

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David Charles Wadsworth