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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2013
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Marina Dukhon, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jonathan Ian Gordner, Seattle, WA (US);
Jesse Clay Satterfield, Seattle, WA (US);
Navjot Singh, Seattle, WA (US);
Maria Fernandez Trevino, Monterrey, MX;
Amy E. Alberts, Seattle, WA (US);
Paula Guntaur, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An out-space actuator is selected to access an out-space user interface for a document editor program. An out-space actuator is associated with an in-space user interface having a displayed document. When the out-space actuator is selected, an out-space user interface is displayed that includes an expanded feature selection surface. The out-space user interface may be used to display one or more status panes for providing status information about a document being edited in the in-space user interface. Application features for affecting changes to a given document's status may be exposed in the out-space interface in proximity to associated status information. An out-space communication user interface (UI) component may be temporarily displayed in the document in-space user interface to communicate document status information that is presently available in the out-space user interface. A message bar may be displayed in the in-space user interface for communicating information from the out-space user interface.