Filtered hyperlinks in a printed document

A method of forming a transient hyperlink in a printed document, said printed document being formed from applying a plurality of filter functions, each having a plurality of filter attributes, to a plurality of data records to form, for each said attribute, a corresponding set of said data records, said printed document comprising

• at least one information page, each said information page incorporating at least one data element related to at least one of said plurality of data records, there being associated with each said data element a corresponding (first) physical indicator selectable by a user of said document to access the corresponding data element;
• at least one referencing page, each said referencing page incorporating for each said filter function a first set of (second) physical indicators selectable by said user to access one said referencing page corresponding to at least one other of said filter functions, a second set of (third) physical indicators selectable by said user to access information regarding each corresponding said attribute of said filter function;
• and a third set of (fourth) physical indicators configurable in association with said first physical indicators for directly referencing the corresponding said data element;
• said method comprising the steps of:
• (i) selecting one said second physical indicator of a first said referencing page to access a corresponding further said referencing page of said document;
• and
• (ii) selecting from said further referencing page a third physical indicator and associating said third physical indicator with an adjacent first physical indicator to identify a corresponding said data record.

Apparatus for forming a printable document from a database having a plurality of data records, the printable document incorporating manual functionality complementing electronic functionality associated with said database, said apparatus comprising:

• means for filtering said database using a plurality of filter functions, each said filter function having a plurality of filter attributes, said filtering forming, for each said filter attribute, a corresponding set of said data records;
• means for creating at least one information page, each said information page incorporating at least one data element related to at least one of said data records, there being associated with each said data element a corresponding (first) physical indicator selectable by a user of said document to access the corresponding data element,
• means for creating at least one referencing page, each said referencing page incorporating for each said filter function a first set of (second) physical indicators selectable by said user to access one said referencing page corresponding to at least one other of said filter functions, a second set of (third) physical indicators selectable by said user to access information regarding each corresponding said attribute of said filter function;
• and a third set of (fourth) physical indicators configurable in association with said first physical indicators for directly referencing the corresponding said data element;
• and
• means for combining said information pages and said referencing pages to form said printable document.

A printed document for forming a transient hyperlink, said printed document being formed from applying a plurality of filter functions, each having a plurality of filter attributes, to a plurality of data records to form, for each said attribute, a corresponding set of said data records, said printed document comprising:

• at least one information page, each said information page incorporating at least one data element related to at least one of said plurality of data records, there being associated with each said data element a corresponding (first) physical indicator selectable by a user of said document to access the corresponding data clement;
• and
• at least one referencing page, each said referencing page incorporating for each said filter function a first set of (second) physical indicators selectable by said user to access one said referencing page corresponding to at least one other of said filter functions, a second set of (third) physical indicators selectable by said user to access information regarding each corresponding said attribute of said filter function;
• and a third set of (fourth) physical indicators configurable in association with said first physical indicators for directly referencing the corresponding said data element.

A computer readable medium comprising a computer program product for forming a printable document from a database having a plurality of data records, the printable document incorporating manual functionality complementing electronic functionality associated with said database, said computer program product comprising:

• means for filtering said database using a plurality of filter functions, each said filter function having a plurality of filter attributes, said filtering forming, for each said filter attribute, a corresponding set of said data records;
• means for creating at least one information page, each said information page incorporating at least one data element related to at least one of said data records, there being associated with each said data element a corresponding (first) physical indicator selectable by a user of said document to access the corresponding data element;
• means for creating at least one referencing page, each said referencing page incorporating for each said filter function a first set of (second) physical indicators selectable by said user to access one said referencing page corresponding to at least one other of said filter functions, a second set of (third) physical indicators selectable by said user to access information regarding each corresponding said attribute of said filter function;
• and a third set of (fourth) physical indicators configurable in association with said first physical indicators for directly referencing the corresponding said data element;
• and
• means for combining said information pages and said referencing pages to form said printable document.