Patent ID: 8458169

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: constructing a formatted view of a data record according to an arrangement of data components, the data components including a control item operable to receive a user input, the arrangement defined in a layout and specifying relative display positions of the data components, the layout specifying an original size of each of the data components; creating a mini-form of the formatted view, the mini-form including a representation of each of the data components and preserving the relative display positions of the data components within the mini-form and having an image size that differs from an original size of the formatted view as specified by the layout, wherein creating the mini-form comprises: replacing the control item with an image item representing the control item; and positioning the image item at a location in the mini-form according to a display position of the control item relative to the data components within the mini-form as specified in the layout; and providing for display, on a display device, a plurality of display items, the display items including the mini-form of the formatted view.