Patent ID: 7412647

Claim:
In a computing environment, a method for visually distinguishing between pages having different types of content, the method comprising: receiving a request to display multiple pages of a document, the request indicating that the multiple pages should be displayed based on an identified column number representing at least one column; determining that the document includes pages having a first type of content; determining that the document also includes a pages having a second type of content; and laying out a page grid for displaying the pages having the first type of content and pages having the second type of content, including determining a page of the document that has active focus, and creating at least one page row in the page grid including a page row for the page that has active focus, wherein laying out the page grid further includes separating pages having the first type of content from pages having the second type of content, such that the pages having the second type of content will always be displayed in a different row of the page grid than pages with the first type of content, such that only pages having the same type of content are added to a same row such that a number of pages in the row matches the column number.