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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Siddharth Agrawal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert Parker, Beijing, CN;
Dachuan Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Siddharth Agrawal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert Parker, Beijing, CN;
Dachuan Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Resolution and composition of electronic document layout are provided. An intermediate text data structure may be generated to hold a 'resolved' rich text state for a given document. Properties contained in the 'resolved' rich text state are a composite of all relevant properties including user defined and entered properties and including properties associated with the document according to a pre-built document context. This text body resolution process then may be utilized for generating a composite text layout for the text streams associated with a plurality of document components for generating a single rich text stream for presentation to and editing by a user.