Abstract: A reference database containing, for example, bibliographic data of a computer-readable document like a text document is stored together with the text document in a single data file. The reference data are therefore always accessible for the user of the document.

Abstract: A computer-based method for improved automatic formatting of a document provides easier accepting and rejecting of formatting actions made by the automatic formatting method. In particular, the user inputs a document, or any part of a document, into a computer system. For each document portion that the user wants formatted in a particular way, the user delimits that portion of the document with a unique format identification feature that corresponds to a format rule. When the user initiates the computer-based automatic formatting method, the method identifies each document portion in the document delimited by at least one format identification feature, and applies to that document portion a format rule corresponding to the at least one format identification feature. The method displays an indicium of the format rule together with the document portion thereby displaying the format rule and the document portion together. The method then receives a user input accepting or rejecting the displayed format rule.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention process text elements of a document using a check manager program. The check manager program receives at least one text element from a text manipulation program, and sends the at least one text element to a text element checking program to identify whether the at least one text element conforms to predetermined linguistic rules. Each of the check manager program, the text manipulation program, and the text element checking program are separate from the others.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide processing of a document containing an embedded object having a first format corresponding to a first program that is unavailable on the data processing system. It is determined whether the first program is an unavailable program. When it is determined that the first program is unavailable, the embedded object is converted into a second format different from the first format that is suitable for use with a second program that is available on the data processing system.