Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for automatically opening files of particular types in a computer application program using certain attributes, such as window size and position, as dictated by user preferences based on the user's previous habits in opening files of the same type in that particular computer application program or based on properties of the file itself.

Abstract: A method compiles a hypertext file or collection of files into a single compiled file. The compiled file is generally much smaller in size than the original collection of files. The compiled file includes compressed text and objects corresponding to the text and objects within the original files input to the compiler, pre-parsed tag tree corresponding to the hypertext structure of the included files which facilitates rendering the compiled file by the browser, and a search index. The method of compiling a hypertext source includes parsing the tagged data at the server, to recognize and separate the tags in the file from the corresponding data. The data is compressed and stored into a compiled file, database or textbase. A pointer is assigned to each of the parsed tags, the pointer indicating a location in the compiled material of the compressed data relating to each of the parsed tags. The parsed tags and pointers are also stored in the compiled representation as a structured tree format.

Abstract: A method of facilitating hypertext navigation within a collection of linked files includes gathering a set of linked files for inclusion within the collection and identifying a map of links among the files. The map is then analyzed to determine groupings among the files based on relevance. Additional hypertext links are then created that link to files within the at least one group. The additional hypertext links are then stored in one of the files in the collection a new file that is added to the collection.