Abstract: A method of printing documents from a user workstation includes activating a printer driver for submitting a digital document file to a printer, specifying print process settings in the printer driver, and commanding the driver to submit the document file and the settings to the printer. Values of settings are either individually or collectively specified, and a collective specification is a selection of a user-selectable prestored set of settings, called a “template”. Each time a value of at least one of a predetermined set of settings is individually specified and confirmed by a user, a new template is automatically defined and made selectable in the printer driver. A new template can be renamed by the user for easy recognition. Also, a template can easily be deleted, such that the number of templates can be kept practical. The same template management method can be used for other document-related processes, such as faxing and scanning.

Abstract: In a computing system, an identification of a traveler, a destination, a departure date, and one or more activity indicators is received from a user. One or more predefined tasks to be executed in preparation for travel by the traveler based on the received information are generated. Each of the one or more received activity indicators is used to generate a task. A travel plan that includes the one or more tasks to be executed is displayed.

Abstract: An analytical tool for provides an organized view of user appointment data from a groupware application. The work center organizes the appointment data by categorizations that typically are most significant to the user to whom the account belongs. The work center provides views across selectable time scales. Significantly, the work center need not store or create appointment data of its own. Instead, the data of individual appointments are created, maintained and managed by the groupware application. The work center provides an analytical tool through which operators (either the manager himself or the manager's assistant) may generate organized views into the data maintained by the groupware application.

Abstract: A method of printing documents from a user workstation includes activating a printer driver for submitting a digital document file to a printer, specifying print process settings in the printer driver, and commanding the driver to submit the document file and the settings to the printer. Values of settings are either individually or collectively specified, and a collective specification is a selection of a user-selectable prestored set of settings, called a “template”. Each time a value of at least one of a predetermined set of settings is individually specified and confirmed by a user, a new template is automatically defined and made selectable in the printer driver. A new template can be renamed by the user for easy recognition. Also, a template can easily be deleted, such that the number of templates can be kept practical. The same template management method can be used for other document-related processes, such as faxing and scanning.