Simultaneously reformatting a document with multiple colors

Abstract

Reformatting a previously formatted document. A unique interface allows preview and selection of a color set. A color set comprises a plurality of colors defining a color scheme. Once a color set is determined, the document is reformatted in such a way as to simultaneously apply multiple colors to text within a document, while otherwise maintaining the proportionality and integrity of its previous formatting.

1 . In a computing system, a method for presenting a user with a plurality of formatting options for application to an electronic document, the method comprising:
 displaying, in a window separate from a main window that displays an electronic document, each of a plurality of color sets;   receiving user selection of a selected one of the plurality of color sets, wherein the selected one of the plurality of color sets includes a plurality of different colors collectively defined as part of the same selected one of the plurality of color sets;   receiving user input requesting application of the plurality of different colors of the selected one of the plurality of color sets to the electronic document; and   in response to the user input requesting application of the plurality of different colors, collectively applying the plurality of different colors of the selected one of the plurality of color sets to the electronic document, such that text within the electronic document is formatted with a plurality of different colors.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
 receiving user input indicating selected text.   
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein collectively applying the plurality of different colors comprises collectively applying the plurality of different colors of the selected one of the plurality of color sets to the selected text of the electronic document, such that the selected text is formatted with the plurality of different colors. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein selection of one of the plurality of color sets is performed independent of selection of a font face or set of font faces. 
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein selection of one of the plurality of color sets is performed independent of selection of a font size. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein selection of the one of the plurality of color sets is performed within an application window, and independent of a document template. 
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of different colors are predetermined as part of a same color set. 
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of different colors are each shades of the same color. 
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 after receiving user selection of a selected one of the plurality of color sets, and before collectively applying the plurality of different colors, displaying, in the window separate from the main window, each of the plurality of different colors of the selected one of the plurality of color sets.   
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein displaying each of the plurality of different colors of the selected one of the plurality of color sets comprises displaying the plurality of different colors in a horizontal row. 
   
   
       11 . One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computing system to perform a method for formatting a document, the method comprising:
 displaying, in a window separate from a main window that displays an electronic document, each of a plurality of color sets;   receiving user selection of a selected one of the plurality of color sets, wherein the selected one of the plurality of color sets includes a plurality of different colors collectively defined as part of the same selected one of the plurality of color sets;   receiving user input requesting application of the plurality of different colors of the selected one of the plurality of color sets to the electronic document; and   in response to the user input requesting application of the plurality of different colors, collectively applying the plurality of different colors of the selected one of the plurality of color sets to the electronic document, such that text within the electronic document is formatted with a plurality of different colors.   
   
   
       12 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:
 receiving user input indicating selected text.   
   
   
       13 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 12 , wherein collectively applying the plurality of different colors comprises collectively applying the plurality of different colors of the selected one of the plurality of color sets to the selected text of the electronic document, such that the selected text is formatted with the plurality of different colors. 
   
   
       14 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 11 , wherein selection of one of the plurality of color sets is performed independent of selection of a font face or set of font faces. 
   
   
       15 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 11 , wherein selection of one of the plurality of color sets is performed independent of selection of a font size. 
   
   
       16 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 11 , wherein selection of the one of the plurality of color sets is performed within an application window, and independent of a document template. 
   
   
       17 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 11 , wherein the plurality of different colors are each shades of the same color. 
   
   
       18 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 after receiving user selection of a selected one of the plurality of color sets, and before collectively applying the plurality of different colors, displaying, in the window separate from the main window, each of the plurality of different colors of the selected one of the plurality of color sets.   
   
   
       19 . The one or more computer-readable media of  claim 19 , wherein displaying each of the plurality of different colors of the selected one of the plurality of color sets comprises displaying the plurality of different colors in a horizontal row. 
   
   
       20 . In a computing system running a desktop publishing application, a method for presenting a user with a plurality of formatting options for application to an electronic document so as to collectively apply multiple different colors, at a single time, to text within the electronic document and independent of a document template, the method comprising:
 receiving a first user input indicating selected text within an electronic document;   receiving a second user input requesting a color selection window for selection of one of a plurality of color sets to the selected text;   in response to the second user input, displaying a plurality of color sets in the color selection window of a desktop publishing application, wherein the color selection window is separate from a main window that displays an electronic document within the desktop publishing application, and wherein each of the color sets includes a unique set of multiple, different colors;   receiving a third user input selecting one of the plurality of color sets, wherein the selected one of the plurality of color sets includes a plurality of different colors collectively defined as part of the same selected one of the plurality of different color sets, and wherein the third user input which selects one of the plurality of color sets having a plurality of different colors, is received independent of a document template;   receiving a fourth user input requesting application of the plurality of different colors of the selected one of the plurality of color sets to the selected text of the electronic document; and   in response to the fourth user input, collectively applying the plurality of different colors of the selected one of the plurality of color sets to the selected text of the electronic document, such that the selected text is simultaneously formatted with a plurality of different colors, and independent of a page template.