INTEGRATED COLLABORATIVE USER INTERFACE FOR A DOCUMENT EDITOR PROGRAM

摘要

An integrated collaborative user interface for a document editor is provided. The integrated collaborative user interface includes a document pane, document details pane and a section details pane. Document details and section details are obtained and provided to authors. A collaborative author views the document details, section details and provides updates to a document in the document editor. Changes are then refreshed to the authors to provide a consistent and up-to-date status of the document.

主权项

1. A method for providing notifications to collaborators of a document, comprising:
accessing a document editor program that includes collaborative authoring functionality for collaboration and communication on the document and an integrated collaborative user interface that is used to display information relating to the collaboration; using the integrated collaborative user interface to associate collaborators with one or more sections of the document for at least one of: reviewing the one or more sections and updating the one or more sections, wherein more than one collaborator can be associated with a same section; receiving an update to the document as a result of an input made by at least one of the collaborators; sending a notification of the update to the document to at least one of: a new collaborator and an existing collaborator of the document; and refreshing the document to reflect the update.