METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING, EDITING, PRINTING, AND DISPLAYING WORKS CONTAINING PRESENTATION METRIC COMPONENTS

摘要

The invention comprises a computer-based system for creating, editing, and displaying works such as books, screenplays, or multimedia works that include textual components and associated presentation metrics. Graphical representations of presentation metrics (101) and the temporal relationships are displayed. In one embodiment, a hierarchy of events is displayed upon parallel levels (102). Changes to the presentation metrics of events at one level in the hierarchy are appreopriately reflected in the presentation metrics of events in other levels of the hierarchy. The invention allows associations between events and user selected characteristics. Structural tracks (111) are displayed parallel metric lines, including links identifying related events.