Encapsulation of extracted portions of documents into objects

Details Encapsulation of extracted portions of documents into objects Encapsulation of extracted portions of documents into objects

1993-04-26

1997-08-19

Nguyen, Phu K.

395348, 395761, G06F 300

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056597916

ABSTRACT:
An operating system provides support for the encapsulation of extracted portions of documents into objects known as scrap objects and subsequently integrated into other documents. The scrap objects may be treated like any other file system objects. The scrap objects provide a persistent storage mechanism for extracted portions of documents that are transferred between applications. Scrap object may be created using either a clipboard mechanism or a drag-and-drop mechanism.

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