Patent Document ID: 6044387
Application ID: 08926747

Base Claim:
1. A method for effecting an automatic editing operation on a plurality of web page files at one time using a computer, comprising the steps of: (a) enabling a user to specify the editing operation that is to be automatically effected on the plurality of files by the computer; (b) without requiring intervention by the user, automatically opening each of the plurality of files, if not already open, in order to identify each file for which the editing operation is applicable; and (c) implementing the editing operation on each file for which the editing operation is applicable.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the editing operation comprises one of the steps of: (a) spell checking text included in the plurality of files to identify words that may be misspelled; and (b) finding characters specified by the user and replacing said characters with replacement characters entered by the user.