System and method for maintaining text formatting consistency within an electronic document

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7111238
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09602247

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A Format Consistency Checker (FCC) for monitoring and enhancing text formatting within a document. The FCC builds and maintains a data table tracking all formatting 'runs' within a document. The FCC operates in combination with a formatting pane, for adding formatting to a document. The formatting pane provides a log, maintained in a user interface that can be displayed in the same window as a document being edited, of all formatting in the document. A format checker determines a minority case of formatting within a particular document and offers a user an opportunity to modify the minority case formatting to make it consistent with the majority case. A bullets and numbering component determines how bullets and/or numbering have been previously applied in the document. The current format of the bullets and/or numbering is then set to be consistent with the majority case of bullets and/or numbering formatting in the document.

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MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLCONE MICROSOFT WAY REDMOND WA 98052

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Helfrich, James Noel Redmond, WA 1 53
Kuppusamy, Ashok Seattle, WA 41 2188
Taboada, Roberto C Bothell, WA 24 1473
Yap, Joe Keng Redmond, WA 13 295

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