Magnifying a thumbnail image of a document

A computer program, stored on a computer-readable medium, for viewing an image of a document stored in a computer system, the computer program comprising:

• logic configured to create a thumbnail image of a portion of the contents of a document;
• logic configured to initiate a magnifying mode;
• and
• logic configured to magnify the thumbnail image to reveal the portion of the contents of the document.

A document manager stored on a computer-readable medium, the document manager comprising:

• logic configured to access documents stored in a computer system;
• logic configured to display accessible documents in a document window;
• logic configured to create thumbnail images such that each thumbnail image is a view of a portion of the contents of a respective accessible document;
• logic configured to initiate a magnifying mode;
• and
• logic configured to magnify one of the thumbnail images.

A system for managing documents stored in memory, the system comprising:

• means for accessing a number of related documents;
• means for displaying the related documents in a document window;
• means for creating thumbnail images, each thumbnail image being a view of a portion of the contents of a respective related document;
• and
• means for magnifying one of the thumbnail images.