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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2004
Jason E. Black, Redmond, WA (US);
Keith a Burnard, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jason E. Black, Redmond, WA (US);
Keith A Burnard, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for indicating changes in a structured document includes identifying a new topic or a modified topic in an updated version of a structured document having one or more topics, generating a table of contents having one or more topic entries associated with the one or more topics, marking a topic entry associated with the new topic or the modified topic with a marker indicating that the associated topic is new or modified. A system includes an unmarked table of contents having an entry associated with a unit of updated topic content, and a marking module marking the entry if the unit of updated topic content has changed or the unit of updated topic content comprises a new topic.