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Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2007

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2003
Applicants:

Alex Simmons, Seattle, WA (US);

Stuart Stuple, Carnation, WA (US);

Christopher Pratley, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Alex Simmons, Seattle, WA (US);

Stuart Stuple, Carnation, WA (US);

Christopher Pratley, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Grouping pages of an electronic document into a series and displaying a title area for that series. The title area on the viewable area of a display screen whenever a page within a page grouping is displayed. The title area may contain editable document objects accessible while viewing any page in the page group. Some of these document objects may contain information derived from other computer programs, such as a scheduling program and information may be automatically placed into these document objects. The format of the title area may be customized and the entire title area may be hidden from view. Also, pages may be moved from one page group to another. These moved pages may be associated with the title area of the new page group, with the title area of the original page group inserted into the page as a document object.


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