Patent ID: 6185591
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An improved method implemented in a programmed computer system for editing a document containing initial text stored in and displayed by said computer system, comprising the steps of:displaying the document;accepting user input to define a sequence of changes to the initial text of the document;obtaining user input so as to select a subset of the sequence of changes to the text of the document;displaying the document with said subset of the sequence of changes;selecting and undoing changes in the subset of the sequence of changes irrespective of the sequence in which the changes to the initial text of the document were made;implementing changes in the sequence of changes which are not selected and undone to provide an edited document; anddisplaying and storing the edited document and the selected changes undone so that the stored document has text corresponding to the undone changes along with the remaining sequence of changes.