Patent ID: 7231602
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for reformatting a previously formatted portion of document text within a document comprising the steps of: determining a sample of formats comprising a plurality of formats from a format set, the format set including at least one font set and at least one color set, each font set including a plurality of fonts defining a font theme, and each color set including a plurality of colors defining a color scheme, wherein the format set includes an associated identifier descriptive of the font theme and the color scheme, and wherein each of the formats from the plurality of formats includes a format font name, a format font color, and a format font size; identifying a portion of text within the document to be reformatted; and for each format included in the sample of formats, reformatting the portion of text with the format, and simultaneously displaying the portion of text reformatted in each of the formats in the sample of formats in a live preview window such that a user is able to visually compare how the portion of text will appear in each of the formats.