COMPUTER DOCUMENTS AS COMPOUND DOCUMENTS IN A NOTEBOOK METAPHOR

摘要

A method of implementing a notebook metaphor for a computer, in which all of the documents stored in the computer are embedded within a single document. The computer automatically places all created documents in a table of contents (10), and these documents are accessible by tabs (450), page numbers (420), and the like. Documents (1490) may be embedded within one another in a fashion which allows full acces to each of the various applications used in creating the documents. These applications are automatically accessed, and are run simultaneously in a multi-tasking manner. As a whole, the system imitates, in an actively stored computer memory with automatic updating, a notebook (10) with a virtual bookshelf (110) for accessing miscellaneous applications, and with indexing (1270) and tabs (450) for accessing different documents.