Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for generating an electronically publishable document, comprises receiving image data corresponding to a physical document, segmenting the image data, creating a markup language file containing the segmented image data, and embedding a graphical user interface within the markup language file that enables navigation to segmented image data as selected by the user.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for reordering the download priority of markup language objects. The method includes the operation of sending a request for a markup language page from a client computer on a network to a server on the network. The operation of transmitting a page layout from the server to the client computer is performed in response to the request for a markup language page. The page layout description has placeholders that are associated with markup language objects in the markup language page. According to another operation of the present invention a user can select at least one placeholder from the page layout description that is displayed to the user. Also included is the operation of reordering the download priority of the markup language objects according to at least one placeholder selected by the user.