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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2002
Owen C. Braun, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher H. Pratley, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter L. Engrav, Seattle, WA (US);
Stuart J. Stuple, Carnation, WA (US);
Jeffrey T. Krauss, Woodinville, WA (US);
Owen C. Braun, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher H. Pratley, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter L. Engrav, Seattle, WA (US);
Stuart J. Stuple, Carnation, WA (US);
Jeffrey T. Krauss, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A user interface control is provided for navigating, selecting, and organizing document pages. The user interface control includes page tabs corresponding to document pages within an electronic document. The page tabs are organized and displayed adjacent to one another in a horizontal or vertical column. When any page tab is selected, such as with a mouse or keyboard, the document page corresponding to the selected page tab is displayed. A first page tab may be selected and a second page tab may be subsequently selected, such as for instance using a mouse or other pointing device. The selection may include dragging a mouse cursor from the first page tab across several page tabs and subsequently to the second page tab. When such a selection is received, the control displays the contents of each of the document pages corresponding to page tabs between the first and second page tabs. The user interface control may also include next page tabs displayed at either end of the column of page tabs or a new page tab displayed at either end of the column of page tabs. Page tabs may also be selected and moved to a new position between other page tabs.