Method and apparatus for creating and organizing a document from a plurality of local or external documents represented as objects in a hierarchical tree
US6023715A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 24, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/166
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An authoring tool allows users to create complex documents from a base division model, the model includes a plurality of pointers allowing the divisions to be interconnected to one another dynamically to create a complex hierarchy of divisions, including nested divisions. The content of a division may be located externally to the actual document and authoring tool system. A display mechanism is further disclosed for instantaneously determining the division name and page number within a document from a graphic user display.
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