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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2007
Crystal Lynn Hoyer, Seattle, WA (US);
Lawrence Waldman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jason Stuart Schneekloth, Redmond, WA (US);
Thomas Charles Underhill, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Michael Becker, Redmond, WA (US);
Crystal Lynn Hoyer, Seattle, WA (US);
Lawrence Waldman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jason Stuart Schneekloth, Redmond, WA (US);
Thomas Charles Underhill, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Michael Becker, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Technologies are described herein for dynamically laying out images and associated text using pre-defined layouts. The pre-defined layouts are created and data defining the layouts is stored in a layout definition file. An application program provides a user interface for dynamically laying out the images and associated text using the contents of the layout definition file. The user interface includes a canvas onto which a user may place one or more images and a layout gallery through which a user may select a pre-defined layout to be applied to images placed on the canvas. The layout gallery includes selectable visual representations corresponding to each of the available pre-defined layouts. When one of the visual representations is selected, the corresponding pre-defined layout is dynamically applied to images on the canvas. The visual representations displayed in the layout gallery may also be utilized to generate a preview of the layout.