System and method of coordinating consistency of key terms throughout a plurality of documents

A system of coordinating consistency of key terms throughout a plurality of documents, comprising:

• a coordinator structured and arranged to coordinate information between at least one first word processing document and at least one second illustration document;
• an identifier, structured and arranged to permit identification of at least one key term in either document, the key term having at least a text element and a numerical element;
• an index structured and arranged to link and index each instance of each identified key term in each document;
• a controller structured and arranged to control a users interactions with either document, the controller responding to a user event by;
• in a first instance;
• presenting at least a portion of the index to a user in response to a user event;
• and
• receiving a user selection from the index and moving to the linked selected instance in either the first or second document;
• and in a second instance;
• noting a user modification to either the text element or the numerical element of a key term;
• and querying the user to confirm the modification to at least a subset of the linked instances of the key term.

A method of coordinating consistency of key terms throughout a plurality of documents, the method comprising:

• providing an environment for interrelating data as between at least one word processing document and at least one illustration document;
• identifying at least one key term in either the word processing document or the illustration document as a first document, the key term having at least a text element and a numerical element;
• linking each additional instance of the key term in the first document;
• linking each instance of the key term in at least one second document;
• and
• establishing for each identified key term a link index for all instances of each key term in each document, the index permitting navigation to any specific instance of the key term in the first or second document.

A method of coordinating consistency of key terms throughout a plurality of documents, the method comprising:

• providing an environment for interrelating data as between at least one word processing document provided by a third-party word processor and at least one illustration document provided by a third-party drawing application;
• identifying at least one key term in either the word processing document or the illustration document as a first document, the key term having at least a text element and a numerical element;
• linking each additional instance of the key term in the first document;
• linking each instance of the key term in at least one second document;
• permitting for each instance of each key term the visibility of the elements to be selectable from the group consisting of;
• both the text element and the numerical element are visible, the text element is visible and the numerical element is invisible, and the text element is invisible and the numerical element is visible;
• establishing for each identified key term a link index for all instances of each key term in each document, the index permitting navigation to any specific instance of the key term in the first or second document;
• and
• responding to a user event by;
• in a first instance;
• presenting at least a portion of the index to a user in response to a user event;
• and
• receiving a user selection from the index and moving to the linked selected instance in either the first or second document;
• and in a second instance;
• noting a user modification to either the text element or the numerical element of a key term;
• and querying the user to confirm the modification to at least a subset of the linked instances of the key term.