APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING DOCUMENTS IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING NETWORK

摘要

An authoring application for allowing users (106) to create, control and distribute electronic content including a canvas interface (108) for constructing a project of the electronic content from a plurality of resource files (152), the canvas interface (108) having a canvas area (110) for constructing screen elements of the selected resource files (152) to create screens; a path area (l 12) for illustrating a relationship among the screens of the project, and a properties area for adjusting characteristics of the selected screen elements, a reader interface for allowing the users to view the project, the reader interface being accessible from the canvas interface and a resource interface for managing groups, membership in groups, and user accounts, said groups and user accounts having varying levels of control over the project.