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A document-centered user interface architecture for a computer system employs parts as the fundamental building blocks of all documents. All data is stored in the system as a part, which is comprised of contents and an associated editor. The contents and the functionality of the editor are available

A document-centered user interface architecture for a computer system employs parts as the fundamental building blocks of all documents. All data is stored in the system as a part, which is comprised of contents and an associated editor. The contents and the functionality of the editor are available to the user wherever the part is located, whether in a document, on a desktop or in a folder. Parts function as containers for other parts, thereby facilitating the compilation and editing of multimedia or compound documents. When material from one part is inserted into another part, the computer system automatically determines whether the added material is incorporated into the intrinsic contents of the receiving part or embedded as a separately identifiable part.

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A method for adding information to a document containing information which forms intrinsic contents of the document, comprising the steps of: selecting information to be added to the document; identifying a data format associated with said selected information; determining whether said data format i

A method for adding information to a document containing information which forms intrinsic contents of the document, comprising the steps of: selecting information to be added to the document; identifying a data format associated with said selected information; determining whether said data format is the same as a data format associated with said intrinsic contents; incorporating the selected information into the intrinsic contents of the document if they are determined to have the same data format; identifying a category of information to which the selected information belongs if they do not have the same data format; determining whether said category is the same as a category of information to which said intrinsic contents belong; converting the data format of said selected information into the data format of said intrinsic contents if they belong to the same category, and incorporating the selected information into the intrinsic contents; and adding the selected information to the document as a set of information that is separate from said intrinsic contents if they do not belong to the same category.