Moving static elements between a document and an external resource file in a document editor

The system of claim 5, wherein the automated de-externalization and re-externalization processor comprises additional program code enabled to use during re-externalization a static element reference in a comment tag as a static element reference for a replaced static element.

A computer implemented method of moving static elements for a document between an external file and the document in a document editor, the method comprising:

• de-externalizing static element references in a subject document in the document editor by replacing the static element references in the subject document with corresponding static elements stored in entries in an external file;
• and,
• re-externalizing static elements in the subject document in a document editor by replacing the static elements in the subject document with the static element references while storing replaced static elements from the subject document in entries in an external file.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer usable program code for moving static elements for a document between an external file and the document in a document editor, the computer program product including:

• computer usable program code for de-externalizing static element references in the subject document in the document editor by replacing static element references in the subject document with corresponding static elements stored in the entries in an external file;
• and,
• computer usable program code for re-externalizing the static elements in a subject document in a document editor by replacing the static elements in the subject document with the static element references while storing replaced static elements from the subject document in entries in the external file.