Abstract:
Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with content cropping are disclosed. One exemplary method comprises extracting one or more portions of content from a first file and cropping at least one portion of the one or more portions of content, and displaying the cropped extracted at least one portion of content as at least a portion of a second file.

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     Authoring tools, such as one or more software programs, may be capable of including in a first object, such as by linking to and/or copying, one or more external objects, such as one or more image files, text files, and/or combinations thereof. In the case of one or more external object that have been copied into the first object, authoring tools may be further capable of modifying the copies of the one or more external objects such as by selecting a portion of the external object for display, for example. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
       Subject matter is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. Claimed subject matter, however, both as to organization and method of operation, together with objects, features, and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference of the following detailed description when read with the accompanying drawings in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of an embodiment comprising, such as a user interface including one or more documents; 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic diagram of an embodiment, such as one or more container objects; 
         FIG. 3  is an embodiment, such as a document generation engine and/or authoring tool; 
         FIG. 4  is a flowchart depicting an embodiment, such as one or more processes; and 
         FIG. 5  is a flow chart depicting an embodiment, such as one or more processes. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of claimed subject matter. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that claimed subject matter may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components and/or circuits have not been described in detail so as not to obscure claimed subject matter. 
       FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of an embodiment 10, such as a user interface, a graphical user interface, and/or a document generation tool. In this context a user interface, a graphical user interface, and/or a document generation toll may comprise one or more portions of software which may allow a user to interact one or more, for example, by one or more input devices of a computing system and/or computing platform. In this context, embodiment 10 may include and/or, at least in part, form one or more documents, such as document  100 , and/or document  102 , for example. In this context, a document may mean one or more computing system readable files capable of at least in part conveying one or more pieces of information, such as one or more portions of text and/or data stored in one or more computing system and/or computing platform readable files, for example. For additional example, a document may comprise data stored in one or more files in memory and/or a visual representation, such as a visual rendering of the data with one or more computer displays, for example, such as in conjunction with a graphical user interface. Though it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example relating to a document and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. By way of example, documents  100  and/or  102  may comprise one or more respective portions of text, such as text portion  104  and/or text portion  106 , which may be stored in memory and/or rendered for display with a computing platform (not shown), for example. It should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example relating to one or more documents and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. As one potential example, a computing system and/or computing platform may include one or more processing units or processors, one or more input/output devices, such as a display, a keyboard and/or a mouse, and/or one or more memories, such as static random access memory, dynamic random access memory, flash memory, and/or a hard drive, although, again, claimed subject matter is not limited in scope to this example 
     For further example, documents  100  and/or  102  may further comprise one or more modules and/or objects, such as container object  108  and/or container object  110 . In this context, a module may mean one or more sets of computer system executable instructions, such as one or more subroutines, one or more software programs, and/or one or more objects, for example. In this context, an object may mean one or more computing system and/or computing platform executable instructions along with one or more data units and/or portions of data, for example. In this context, a container object may mean one or more objects capable of linking to, displaying, and/or extracting at least a portion of one or more files and/or documents, for example. In this context, a container object may be stored in memory and/or visually rendered, for example, by one or more user interfaces. By way of example, container object  108  and/or container object  110  may comprise one or more computing system and/or computer platform executable instructions and/or one or more respective links to one or more portions of one or more files and/or documents. Though it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example relating to a container object and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. Additionally, container object  108  and/or container object  110  may comprise computing system executable instructions capable of extracting at least one or more determined portions of one or more files and/or documents, for example. Though, again, it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example relating to a container object and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. As one possible example, container object  108  and/or container object  110  may comprise a respective link, such as link  114  and/or link  116 , for example, to a first file  120  and/or a first portion  122  of first file  120 , and/or one or more instructions, such as instructions  124  and/or instructions  126 , though, again, it should be noted that claimed subject matter is not limited in scope to this example. In this context, instructions  124  and/or instructions  126  may, when executed by one or more computing systems and/or computing platforms, result in container object  108  and/or container object  110  extracting data, such as first file  120  and/or first portion  122  of first file  120 , for possible use by container object  108  and/or container object  110 , for example. However, it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example relating to a container object and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. 
       FIG. 2  is a schematic diagram of an object, such as one or more container objects, such as container object  108  and/or container object  100 , for example. As mentioned above, container object  108  may comprise one or more computer system executable instructions, such as instructions  124  and/or  126 , respectively, and/or one or more pieces of information, such as link  114  and/or link  116 , respectively. In this context, link  114  and/or link  116  may comprise one or more pointers, such as a universal resource locator (URL), to a document, file, and/or portion of a document and/or file, such as file  120  and/or first portion  122  of file  120 , for example. However, it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example of a container object and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. For example, instructions  124  and/or  126  may comprise one or more instructions which may, when executed, result in container object  108  and/or container object  110  reading and/or extracting a file and/or a portion of a file, such as file  120  and/or first portion  122 , for example. For further example, instructions  124  and/or instructions  126  may, when executed, at least in part, form an extracted text box  200  and/or an extracted text box  202 , respectively, for example. In this context, extracted text box  200  and/or extracted text box  202  may comprise a portion container object  108  and/or container object  110 , capable of displaying, such as through one or more user interfaces, an extracted file and/or an extracted portion of a file, such as file  120  and/or first portion  122 , for example. Though it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example relating to a container object and that claimed subject matter is in no way limited in this regard. For further example, instructions  124  and/or instructions  126 , may when executed, result in placing at least a portion of extracted text in extracted text box  200  and/or extracted text box  202 , respectively, such as for displaying the placed at least a portion of extracted text. It should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example of an object and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. 
       FIG. 3  is an embodiment  300 , such as a document generation engine and/or authoring tool, which may be accessible to a user through an interface, such as a graphical user interface, and/or which may be stored in memory of a computing system and/or computer platform, for example. Embodiment  300  may comprise one or more objects, subroutines, and/or other software, firmware, shareware, freeware, and/or combinations thereof, such as, a document composer  302 , a text composer  304 , a container component generator  306 , and/or a content cropper  308 , for example. In this context, document composer  302  may comprise one or more computing system and/or computing platform executable instructions  310  capable of forming one or more user interfaces, for example. In this context the one or more user interfaces may be capable of creating and/or modifying one or more documents, at least in part in response to one or more user inputs, such as keystrokes on a keyboard and/or one or more pointing devices, such as one or more mice, to name but a few examples. Though it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example relating to a document generator and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. In this context, instructions  310  may additionally, when executed by a computing system and/or computing platform, result in generating one or more documents, such as document  100  and/or document  102 , which may be stored in memory and/or rendered in a user interface such as embodiment 10, for example. Though it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example relating to a document generator and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. 
     For example, in this context, text composer  304  may comprise one or more instructions, such as computing system and/or computing platform executable instructions  309 . In this context, instructions  309  may, when executed by a computing system and/or computing platform, generate one or more interfaces capable of allowing a user to input one or more portions of text, such as by using a keyboard and/or other input device, for example. Though it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example relating to a text generator and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. For further example, container component generator  306  may, in this context, comprise one or more instructions, such as one or more computing system and/or computing platform executable instructions  314 , for example. Instructions  314  may, when executed by a computing system and/or computing platform, result in generating one or more container objects, such as container object  108  and/or container object  110 , for example. In this context, the one or more container object may be formed, at least in part, in response to an input from a user, such as selecting one or more choices from a drop down menu and/or clicking on one or more icons, to name but a few examples. Though it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. 
     For additional example, content cropper  308  may, in this context, comprise one or more instructions, such as one or more computing system and/or computing platform executable instructions  316 . By way of example, instructions  316  may, when executed by a computing system and/or computing platform, generate a content cropping interface and/or tool (not shown). The content cropping interface may allow a user to specify and/or determine one or more portions of a file, such as file  120 , to include for rendering and/or display in a document, such document  100  and/or document  102 , for example. In this context crop may mean to specify one or more portions of a file, such as highlighting one or more portions and/or excluding one or more portions, for example. In this context specify may mean to name and/or state to one or more determined levels of detail. For example, in this context, specifying one or more portions of the file may comprise stating a number of characters, words, sentences, paragraphs, pages, other data units, and/or combinations thereof. In this context determine may mean to settle or decide, such as by choosing one or more possibilities, to fix the form, position, and/or character of, to bring about as a result, to set one or more boundaries, to limit in extent and/or scope, to put and/or set an end and/or beginning, and/or combinations thereof, for example. Though it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example relating to a content cropping interface and/or tool and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. 
       FIG. 4  is a flow chart of an embodiment, such as one or more processes relating to content cropping, for example. With regard to box  400 , one or more container objects, such as container objects  108  and/or  110  may be formed, inserted and/or placed on one or more pages, such as document  100  and/or document  102 , for example. In this context the one or more container object may be formed, for example in computing system&#39;s memory and/or in a graphical user interface, at least in part in response to one or more events, such as in response to one or more user initiated event and/or events initiated in one or more other manners, for example. With regard to box  410 , the one or more container objects may be linked to one or more files, such as file  120 , for example, such as in response to one or more user commands and/or other instruction, for example. 
     With regard to box  420 , in this context, the container object may read, copy, and/or&#39;extract one or more portions of content from the one or more files, for example. In addition, the container object may display, such as in one or more user interfaces, the read, copied, and/or extracted one or more portions of content from the one or more files as at least a portion of the document, for example. With regard to box  430 , one or more portions of the read, copied, and/or extracted content may be selected for further display as at least a portion of the document. In this context, a user may select the one or more portions of the read, copied, and/or extracted content, by, for example, highlighting one or more portions of the read, copied, and/or extracted content, for example. In this context highlighting may mean to make prominent and/or emphasize, for example by using one or more pointing devices associated with a computing system. By way of example, highlighting may comprise a user clicking on one or more portions of text in a graphical user interface, so that the one or more portions of text are made prominent relative to other text. Though, again, it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example relating to a container object and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. Additionally, a user may select the one or more portions of the read, copied, and/or extracted content, for example, by determining one or more cropping parameters for the container object. For example, a user may determine a number of characters, words, sentences, and/or paragraphs to select. Additionally, a user may determine a range of the read, copied, and/or extracted content, such as by specifying a starting and ending point within the extracted content, for example. In this context a user may provide the determined range to a user interface, for example. In addition, once a user has selected the one or more portions of the read, copied, and/or extracted content, that selection may be saved, such as along with the link and/or the container object. For example, the stored selection may be, at least in part, used as described more fully below. Though, again, is should be noted that these are merely examples of selecting one or more portions of extracted content and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. 
     With regard to box  440 , the container object may be updated from time to time, such as in response to a user request and/or one or more other events, such as after a period of time and/or after the linked file has been modified and/or saved, to name but a examples. In this context updating a container object may, at least in part, comprise removing the read, copied, and/or extracted portions of content from the container object, for example. Additionally, updating the container object may, at least in part, further comprise re-extracting the one or more portions of content from the file, based at least in part on the saved selection discussed above, for example. In addition, updating the container object may, at least in part, further comprise selecting one or more portions of the re-extracted one or more portions of content, such as by selecting a different portion and/or range selected with regard to box  430 , for example. In this way, the selected one or more portions of the file may be at least partially updated in the event that the selected one or more portions of content have been modified and/or updated in the file, for example. Though, of course, it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example of updating a container object and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. 
       FIG. 5  is a flow chart of an embodiment, such as a container object update process, for example. With regard to box  500 , an event, such as modifying and/or saving a file that has been linked to by one or more documents and/or one or more container objects, such as file  120 , may trigger and/or initiate one or more update processes, for example. By way of example, at least in part in response to a triggering event, one or more programs, such as embodiment 10 and/or embodiment  300 , for example, may initiate one or more update processes. With regard to box  510 , the one or more programs, may generate a listing of one or more documents, such as document  108  and/or document  110 , that may include one or more links to one or more portions of the file, for example. With regard to box  520 , the embodiment may update the one or more document that may include a link one or more links to one or more portions of the file, for example. Though, it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example relating to an update process and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. 
     With regard to box  530 , for the one or more documents linking to the one or more portions of the file, the one or more program may generate a respective listing of one or more container objects which may include one or more links to one or more portions of the file, such as container object  108  and/or container object  110 , for example. With regard to box  540 , the embodiment may update the one or more container objects of the one or more documents, such as by the update process described with regard to box  440 , for example. Though, of course, it should be noted that this is merely an illustrative example relating to an update process and that claimed subject matter is not limited in this regard. With regard to box  550 , once the one or more documents, and/or respective one or more container objects, linking to the file have been updated then the update process may end, for example. Though, again, it should be noted that the above is merely an illustrative example relating to an update process and that claimed subject manner is in no way limited in this regard. 
     It will, of course, also be understood that, although particular embodiments have just been described, claimed subject matter is not limited in scope to a particular embodiment or implementation. For example, one embodiment may be in hardware, such as implemented on a device or combination of devices, as previously described, for example. Likewise, although claimed subject matter is not limited in scope in this respect, one embodiment may comprise one or more articles, such as a storage medium or storage media. This storage media, such as, one or more CD-ROMs and/or disks, for example, may have stored thereon instructions, that when executed by a system, such as a computer system, computing platform, or other system, for example, may result in an embodiment of a method in accordance with claimed subject matter being executed, such as one of the embodiments previously described, for example. As one potential example, a computing platform may include one or more processing units or processors, one or more input/output devices, such as a display, a keyboard and/or a mouse, and/or one or more memories, such as static random access memory, dynamic random access memory, flash memory, and/or a hard drive, although, again, claimed subject matter is not limited in scope to this example. 
     In the preceding description, various aspects of claimed subject matter have been described. For purposes of explanation, specific numbers, systems and/or configurations were set forth to provide a thorough understanding of claimed subject matter. However, it should be apparent to one skilled in the art having the benefit of this disclosure that claimed subject matter may be practiced without the specific details. In other instances, well-known features were omitted and/or simplified so as not to obscure claimed subject matter. While certain features have been illustrated and/or described herein, many modifications, substitutions, changes and/or equivalents will now occur to those skilled in the art. It is, therefore, to be understood that the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications and/or changes as fall within the true spirit of claimed subject matter.