Method and system for organizing document information

A computer program product for managing documents in a computer system, the computer system having a processor, a memory, a user input device, and a display, the computer program product comprising:

• code for producing a representation of a document created by an application program running on the processor to a location in the memory;
• code for associating the representation with the document in the memory;
• code for displaying a document closet image on the display, the document closet image including a plurality of document images, each document image displaying a representation of the contents of an associated document in memory, wherein each document image possesses a title of the document printed down a side of the document image facing a user;
• code for selecting a document image from the plurality of document images in response to a first signal from the user input device;
• code for turning the document image selected for display to the user for viewing the representation of the contents;
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• a computer readable storage medium for containing the codes.

An apparatus for managing documents in a computer system, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• a display;
• a user input device;
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• a processor operatively disposed to:
• produce a representation of a document created by an application program running on the processor to a location in the memory;
• associate the representation with the document in the memory;
• display a document closet image on the display, the document closet image including a plurality of document images, each document image displaying a representation of the contents of an associated document in memory, each document image having a title of the document printed along a side of the document image;
• select a document image from the plurality of document images in response to a first signal from the user input device;
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• turn the document image selected for display to the user for viewing the representation of the contents.

A computer system for managing documents, the computer system including a user input device coupled to a processor, a display and a memory having a plurality of documents, the computer system further comprising:

• a machine configured to produce a representation of a document created by an application program running on the processor to a location in the memory;
• a machine configured to associate the representation with the document in the memory;
• a machine configured to display a document closet image on the display, the document closet image including a plurality of document images, each document image displaying a representation of the contents of an associated document in memory, each document image having a title of the document printed along a side of the document image;
• a machine configured to select a document image from the plurality of document images in response to a first signal from the user input device;
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• a machine configured to turn the document image selected for display to the user for viewing the representation of the contents.