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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2005
Michael J. Mccormack, Snohomish, WA (US);
Christopher W. Bryant, Seattle, WA (US);
George Fordham, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan A. Mcpherson, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott T. Gardner, Seattle, WA (US);
Clinton Dee Covington, Kirkland, WA (US);
Daniel Hough, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael J. McCormack, Snohomish, WA (US);
Christopher W. Bryant, Seattle, WA (US);
George Fordham, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan A. McPherson, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott T. Gardner, Seattle, WA (US);
Clinton Dee Covington, Kirkland, WA (US);
Daniel Hough, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A one-screen entry point to a document management program ('program') is provided to allow a user to browse templates associated with the program. The templates can be local templates and/or online templates provided by one or more Web services. The one-screen entry point allows a user to search, browse, or download online templates, and/or create documents using the templates. Each template is identified with a template category and displayed together with templates identified with the same template category. Local templates are presented along with online templates if the local templates and the online templates are identified with the same online template category. A user or an administrator of the program can create and/or customize local templates and local template categories. A blank template is provided so a user can create custom documents for the program.