Methods of populating a third-party document with digital information content

A method of populating a document with digital information content, said method comprising:

• launching an information management software application on a computer-based platform;
• opening a data drop window within said information management software application;
• selecting a first digital file having a first digital data content using said information management software application;
• dragging and dropping said selected first digital file into said data drop window using said information management software application;
• launching a third-party document generation application on said computer-based platform;
• selecting a predefined document layout and opening a third-party document having said selected document layout using said third-party document generation application;
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• said third-party document generation application communicating with said information management software application to populate said third-party document with digital data content from said data drop window.

A method of populating a document with digital information content, said method comprising:

• launching an information management software application on a computer-based platform;
• opening a first base format document, having a base format, within said information management software application, wherein said first base format document has a first document layout, and wherein said base format is recognizable by a third-party document generation application;
• selecting a first digital file having a first digital data content using said information management software application;
• dragging and dropping said selected first digital file into a displayed first data holder location defined by said first document layout of said first base format document, using said information management software application, such that said first data holder location of said first base format document is populated with said first digital data content;
• saving said first base format document on said computer-based platform using said information management software application;
• launching said third-party document generation application on said computer-based platform;
• opening said first base format document using said third-party document generation application on said computer-based platform;
• and
• saving said first base format document as a third-party document on said computer-based platform.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method on a computer-based platform, said method comprising:

• opening and displaying a data drop window;
• selecting and displaying a representation of a predefined document layout within said data drop window;
• selecting a first digital file having a first digital data content;
• dragging and dropping said selected first digital file into a displayed first data holder location of said displayed document layout representation within said data drop window such that said first data holder location of said displayed document layout representation is populated with said first digital data content;
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• communicating with a third-party document generation application via at least one application program interface (API) such that said at least one API directs said third-party document generation application to generate a third-party document based on said populated document layout representation within said data drop window.