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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Ashok Kuppusamy, Seattle, WA (US);
Joe Keng Yap, Redmond, WA (US);
James Noel Helfrich, Redmond, WA (US);
Roberto C. Taboada, Bothell, WA (US);
Ashok Kuppusamy, Seattle, WA (US);
Joe Keng Yap, Redmond, WA (US);
James Noel Helfrich, Redmond, WA (US);
Roberto C. Taboada, Bothell, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A Format Consistency Checker (FCC) for monitoring and enhancing text formatting within a document. The FCC builds and maintains a data table tracking all formatting 'runs' within a document. The FCC operates in combination with a formatting pane, for adding formatting to a document. The formatting pane provides a log, maintained in a user interface that can be displayed in the same window as a document being edited, of all formatting in the document. A format checker determines a minority case of formatting within a particular document and offers a user an opportunity to modify the minority case formatting to make it consistent with the majority case. A bullets and numbering component determines how bullets and/or numbering have been previously applied in the document. The current format of the bullets and/or numbering is then set to be consistent with the majority case of bullets and/or numbering formatting in the document.