Edit location indicator

An edit location indicator system for use with a system for editing an electronic document that is intended to be subsequently processed to produce a product, the system comprising:

• an indicator having a plurality of individually modifiable sections, each indicator section corresponding to a section of the product;
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• means, responsive to an electronic document edit action, for identifying a section of the product corresponding to the location of the edit action and modifying the appearance of the indicator section corresponding to the identified product section.

The system of 12 further comprising means responsive to a command to activate the means for modifying.

The system of 12 further comprising means responsive to a command to deactivate the means for modifying.

A computer program for edit location indication, the program comprising:

• program code operative to provide an edit area for editing an electronic document intended to be subsequently processed to produce a product;
• program code operative to provide an edit location indicator, the indicator having a plurality of individually modifiable sections, each indicator section corresponding to a section of the product, and
• program code operative to identify a section of the product corresponding to the location of an electronic document edit action and to modify the appearance of the indicator section corresponding to the identified product section.