Patent ID: 7975224

Claim:
A method of configuring document finishing options on a network computer, comprising: displaying a document display window in a document preparation window; displaying a WYSIWYG document in the document display window including at least content of the document while simultaneously displaying in the document preparation window a menu bar including at least a page layout tab; including a selection of finishing options under the page layout tab; applying selected finishing options to the document using the page layout tab, wherein the selected finishing options are applies to and saved for application to the document as the document is being prepared rather than at a time of printing; selecting a print preview display option included under the page layout tab; immediately graphically representing the selected finishing options in a WYSIWYG representation overlaid on content of the document in a print preview window detecting a conflict viewable as an overlap in the graphical representation, wherein the conflict is detected as the document is being prepared and edited rather than at the time of printing; receiving user margin settings of the content to correct any overlap of the content and the selected finishing options; displaying in the document display window the modified document; and, continuing any preparing and editing of the document.