Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Yibing Zhu

Victor Poznanski

Seth Fox

Theresa Ann Estrada

Derik Bjorn Stenerson

Sian Elizabeth Lindley

Keith Arthur Fournier, Ii

Robert Andrew Little

Rolf Arnold Ebeling

Ali Taleghani

Ruth Kikin-Gil

James Squires Masson

Robin Emily Wakefield

Douglas Maxwell Taylor

Catherine Anne Harley

Robyn Sambo

Michael Gary Heyns

Georges Krinker

Ivan Obraztsov

Jim Masson

Described herein are systems and methods for utilizing an embedded action card in an electronic document editable using an application. The action card comprises code that facilitates communication with an associated service, the associated service can be local to a computer executing the application or on a remote computer. The action card can provide a user with real-time information received from the associated service. The action card can receive information from the user which the action card provides to the associated service.

Embedded action card in editable electronic document

Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for graphically organizing content in a user interface to a software application. A visual representations of data objects is presented on a canvas in the user interface. User input is received indicative of at least a visual construct for arranging the visual representations of the data objects on the canvas and criteria for arranging the visual representations of the data objects with respect to the visual construct. Data associated with each of the data objects that relates to the criteria is then identified. Each of the visual representations of data objects are placed on the visual construct based on the data related to the criteria.

Graphically organizing content in a user interface to a software application

Non-limiting examples described herein relate to dynamic and intelligent transformation of a data object to a form that fits a context of a content portion in a receiving application/service. As an example, action(s), such as a drag and drop, is received through a user interface of a productivity service. The drag and drop drags a data object onto a content portion of a digital document. A context for the drag and drop is determined based on semantic analysis of the drag and drop. A composite data object is generated based on the determined context of the drag and drop. The composite data object comprises the content portion and a representation of the data object that alters presentation of the data object to fit a context of the content portion. The composite data object may be surfaced through the user interface.

Transformation of data object based on context

Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for indicating a change to content in a document to a user. A document is displayed in a user interface to an application. Content then is introduced into the document from a source external to the document. After the content has been introduced into the document, the source of the content is queried for any changes to the content at the source. If a change has occurred, an indication of the change to the content at the source is introduced in the document.

Displaying an indication of changes made to content at a source

Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure relate to fidelity management of an exemplary notecard item based on action(s) for movement that may re-locate notecard item(s) across any of: different content portions of a digital document, different digital documents of an application/service and digital documents of different applications/services. Specific data (and metadata) is collected and analyzed to enable determination of a level of fidelity for rendering of a notecard item, where a representation of a notecard item is generated to fit a context of a digital document in which the notecard item is being placed. A representation of a notecard item may be rendered at a first level of fidelity in one context but a different level of fidelity when the notecard item is moved to a different context. In other instances, evaluation of a notecard item yields a determination to maintain fidelity after an action that re-locates a notecard item.

Fidelity management and transformation of notecard items

Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure relate to creation and management of exemplary notecard items that are reusable in different contexts and across different applications/services. Exemplary notecard items may be created and presented through a user interface of an application/service. A notecard item is individual, self-contained digital data object that provides content to supplement a digital document. Exemplary notecard items live outside of an application/service, in which the notecard item is created or used, where a notecard item may be linked to a digital document but also exists as a separate object. For instance, an exemplary notecard file may be created for management of a created notecard item, where the notecard file is stored in one or more data storages (e.g., a local cache of a computing device and/or a distributed data storage) that is accessible by applications/services.

Creation of notecard items and association with digital documents

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Yibing Zhu