Patent ID: 7437659
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring and correcting design publication problems of a document comprising: receiving input for one of creating, editing, or deleting objects within a document; while receiving the input, determining if the created, edited, or deleted objects create possible publication design problems; automatically detecting a document output type for publishing the document; accessing a list of checks to apply to the document, wherein the list of checks are dependent on the document output type; determining if a user has flagged certain checks in the list of checks to skip based upon previously selected user options, the previously selected user options comprising determining whether too much blank space exists on top of a document page, determining whether an object is off the document page, determining whether an object is disproportional on the document page, and determining whether one object covers another object on the document page; identifying components of the input; storing the components in a list of events in an event queue; determining how each event affects publication of the document, wherein each event in the list of events comprises event data, wherein the event data comprises event specific information which comprises the location of change on a document page where a user event has occurred; in response to determining possible publication design problems, displaying a user interface addressing a status of the possible publication design problems for the document, wherein the user interface lists at least two of the design problems and allows a user to select an order in which the design problems will be addressed; and in response to receiving a selection of a problem from the list, highlighting within the document the problem wherein the problem is highlighted within the document using a screen mechanism.