EXPOSING NON-AUTHORING FEATURES THROUGH DOCUMENT STATUS INFORMATION IN AN OUT-SPACE USER INTERFACE.

摘要

An out-space actuator is selected to access an out-space user interface (UI) for a document editor program. An out-space actuator associates with an in-space UI having a displayed document. When the out-space actuator is selected, out-space UI is displayed to include expanded feature selection surface. The out-space UI may be used to display one or more status panes for providing status information about a document being edited in the in-space UI. Application features for affecting changes to a given document's status may be exposed in the out-space interface in proximity to associated status information. An out-space communication UI component may temporarily display in the document in-space UI to communicate document status information that is presently available in the out-space UI. A message bar may be displayed in the in-space UI for communicating information from out-space UI.