Patent ID: 7249320

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for grouping pages within an electronic document for a free-form document editor, comprising: creating the electronic document with the free-form document editor by inserting at least one document object into a first document page; creating a second document page within the electronic document by inserting at least one document object into the second document page; creating a grouping relationship between the second document page with the first document page within the electronic document, the grouping relationship comprising one of the following: the first document page proceeding the second document page in the electronic document and the second document page proceeding the first document page in the electronic document; displaying a title area in response to displaying the first or second document pages of the electronic document on an output screen, wherein the title area comprises at least two document objects wherein, when text is entered into a first of the at least two document objects, a space between the at least two document objects is configured to shrink and text in a second of the at least two document objects becomes abbreviated to minimize space in the title area taken by the second of the at least two document objects and to maximize the space between the at least two document objects; and maintaining the title area in a continually-viewable fixed position on the output screen as long as the first or second pages of the electronic document are viewable on the output screen.