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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2005
Daniel P. Chartier, Redmond, WA (US);
Benjamin C. Constable, Redmond, WA (US);
Sam Spencer, Redmond, WA (US);
Hessan Tchaitchian, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel P. Chartier, Redmond, WA (US);
Benjamin C. Constable, Redmond, WA (US);
Sam Spencer, Redmond, WA (US);
Hessan Tchaitchian, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing direct style sheet editing. The disclosed systems and methods may include selecting a first target rule for a next formatting operation. The selected first target rule may include a modified property and may be selected from a plurality of target rules. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include enabling property changes to occur in a most specific target rule in the plurality of target rules. The most specific target rule may contain the modified property. Moreover, the disclosed systems and methods may include providing a highlighting mechanism configured to allow a user to see which regions of a page are to be affected by the selected first target rule.