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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Stephen M. Danton, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott Roberts, Bothell, WA (US);
Laurent Mollicone, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jordan Sehn, Redmond, WA (US);
Tad D. Price, Auburn, WA (US);
David K. Peck, Seattle, WA (US);
Yuri Rychikhin, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen M. Danton, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott Roberts, Bothell, WA (US);
Laurent Mollicone, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jordan Sehn, Redmond, WA (US);
Tad D. Price, Auburn, WA (US);
David K. Peck, Seattle, WA (US);
Yuri Rychikhin, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for using visual landmarks to organize diagrams. Embodiments of the invention facilitate using visual landmarks to organize elements within a diagram. Elements of a diagram can be arranged in accordance with configurable defined properties of visual landmarks to provide some degree of layout structure within the diagram. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention provide a user experience that provides some structure but retains the flexibility of free form editing. Users can customize visual landmarks to cause the visual landmarks to exhibit desired behavior.