Patent ID: 7346894

Claim:
A method of specifying settings used with a file, said method comprising: opening said file using a software application, wherein associated with said file are global settings that are applied to said file when contents of said file are rendered for display, said application automatically imposing said global settings on all files associated with said application by default, wherein said file is rendered in a first window having a first size and a first position in a display screen; saving a file-specific setting defined for said file, wherein said global settings for other said files associated with said application are unchanged by said file-specific setting, wherein said file-specific setting establishes at least one of a second size and second position for a window, said second size and said second position different from said first size and said first position; closing said file; and upon subsequent opening of said file, applying said file-specific setting to said display of said contents of said file, said file-specific setting superseding a corresponding global setting for said file, wherein as a result of said file-specific setting said file is rendered in a second window having at least one of said second size and said second position in said display screen.