Method and systems of providing information to computer users

One or more computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• provide multiple different functionalities within the confines of a single application program, the multiple different functionalities being associated with individual different document-centric tasks that can be accomplished by a user, individual document-centric tasks being associated with different document types and different contents;
• define a single navigable window associated with a first content within which the different functionalities can be presented to a user so that they can accomplish a task associated with a particular functionality, the single navigable window being configured to navigate back and forth between the different functionalities;
• define individual user-engagable indicia and associate those indicia with one or more of the multiple different functionalities, each indicia being engagable by a user to display quick links that are associated with a functionality, individual quick links being associated with a document that can enable a user to accomplish a task;
• each in a content separate from each other and
• display one or more of the quick links associated with one functionality and content while a user is engaged in a task associated with another of the functionalities and content without requiring the user to change the functionality or content within which they are working.

A method of providing information to a computer user comprising:

• receiving information that pertains to multiple different user contacts within an application program;
• presenting a display comprising a navigable window to a user, the display pertaining to a fit user contact within the application program, the first user context permitting the user to accomplish tasks pertaining to a first content type;
• and
• without changing the first context, and using the single application program, displaying multiple quick links that are associated with multiple contexts that are different from the first user context, the displayed quick links being associated with said information and being associated with a different content type, the quick links being selectable to navigate the navigable window to the different contexts, wherein each context is associated with a functionality that enables a user to accomplish various tasks that are different from the one or more tasks that the user can accomplish using the first contextual display;
• displaying user-engagable indicia, each of which being associated with one or more quick links, said indicia being configured for engagement by a user so that the user can view the associated one or more quick links.

Software code embodied on a computer-readable medium which, when executed by a computer, provides a user interface (UI) comprising:

• a single window that is capable of being navigated to and between multiple different functionalities in different contents that enable a user to accomplish multiple tasks in connection with a single application that provides the multiple different functionalities;
• links associated with the different functionalities and configured to enable the user to navigate the single window to and between the multiple different functionalities;
• and
• user-engagable indicia associated with one or more of the links, the user-engagable indicia being engagable by a user to display quick links that are associated with a particular functionality, the quick links being engagable by the user to automatically navigate the single window to a functionality with which the quick link is associated, said software code being configured to enable a user to navigate backward and forward, in a browser-like fashion, between the different functionalities and contents,
• wherein the user interface comprises at least one command area that is configured to present context-sensitive commands that automatically change as the user's context changes when they navigate to and between the multiple different functionalities, said at least command area configured to display a context block that contains multiple algorithms from which a user can select to vary a list of quick links that are displayed for the user.