Method and apparatus for viewing collaborative documents

摘要

A method and apparatus for viewing a collaborative document and a portable document at a device in a network. The collaborative document is hosted on a server and accessible through a network. The device hosts a corresponding portable document. The document processing application allows viewing of the portable document and the collaborative document on the device, wherein the user may select the desired view. In one embodiment, each view is displayed as a tabbed window, and switching views is enabled by selection of a tab. When the device is disconnected from the network, the user may view and process the portable document.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
processing, on a client device, a portable document corresponding to a collaborative document, wherein the collaborative document is resident on a server device and is accessible to the client device when connected to the server device via a network, the portable document being resident on the client device and editable thereby when disconnected from the server device; determining that the client device is connected to the server device; in response to determining that the client device is connected to the server device, enabling a display of a single switchable view on the client device, the single switchable view comprising a first view of the collaborative document resident on the server device and a second view of the portable document resident on the client device, the single switchable view being adapted to selectively switch between the first view and the second view based on a user selection received via a graphical user interface; and switching between the first view of the collaborative document resident on the server device and the second view of the portable document resident on the client device based on a received user selection.