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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1997
Ronald Andrew Fein, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen M Hirsch, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason T Barnett, Renton, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for defining and applying a style of a paragraph based upon the formatting properties of the paragraph. The paragraph type of the paragraph is identified. A determination is made whether the paragraph type is one which is capable of having a style defined for it. If not, then a determination is made whether the major formatting properties of the paragraph match those of an existing style and, if so, then the matching existing style is applied to the paragraph. If the paragraph type is one which is capable of having a style defined for it, then a determination is made whether the major formatting properties of the paragraph match the those of an existing style with the same paragraph type as the paragraph type of the paragraph. If so, then the matching existing style is applied to the paragraph. If not, then a style is defined with the formatting properties of the paragraph. The defined style is then applied to the paragraph and all direct formatting is removed.