STORING ADDITIONAL DOCUMENT INFORMATION THROUGH CHANGE TRACKING

摘要

Additional document information may be stored through change tracking. In some examples, an application, such as a document processing application, may allow collaborative creation and/or editing of a document. As individual collaborators enter new content or make changes to existing content, the new content and/or changes go through two phases. As an individual collaborator is editing, the change is temporary. The collaborator may decide not to integrate it to the document. The temporary content may become permanent or integrated through a save action (manual or automatic). In some examples, the temporary content may be shared with other collaborators through a scheme to indicate its status as temporary giving the collaborators a true collaboration experience.

主权项

1. A computing device for storing additional document information through change tracking, the computing device comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions associated with a document processing application; one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors executing the document processing application in conjunction with the instructions stored in the memory, wherein the document processing application includes:
a collaboration engine configured to:
allow collaborators to edit a document; andreceive an indication associated with a content change from one of the collaborators performing the content change; anda change tracking engine configured to:
detect the content change in the document;identify a content change type based on the indication, wherein the content change type includes one of: a temporary type and a committed type; andpresent the content change and the content change type to the collaborators who did not perform the content change, wherein the content change with the temporary type is presented through a channel that is distinct from another channel used to present the content change with the committed type.