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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2006
Sara Melanie Brown, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ryan Hill, Mountain View, CA (US);
Amit Kumar, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Parker, Burlingame, CA (US);
Dachuan Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sara Melanie Brown, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ryan Hill, Mountain View, CA (US);
Amit Kumar, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Parker, Burlingame, CA (US);
Dachuan Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Highlighting selected objects in an electronic document is provided in a manner such that a highlighted object maintains coloring and formatting properties to allow for a maintenance of visual fidelity with a pre-highlighted view of the highlighted object and that allows for a semi-transparent background underneath a highlighted object that allows a user to see and appreciate the coloring and any visual properties applied to the background underneath the highlighting applied to the selected object.