Template-based creation of electronic document

A computer program product tangibly embodied in a storage medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations included in creation of an electronic document having a plurality of predefined fields, the operations comprising:

• receiving a textual information input that a user makes under guidance of an input area in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a display device and as part of a process of creating an electronic document having predefined fields, the input area in the GUI not being associated with only one of the predefined fields;
• and
• determining whether the textual information input includes value information for any of the predefined fields, and if so 1) identifying the value information in association with the predefined field for the value information;
• and 2) displaying in the GUI a predefined document creation template that has a template input area for each of the predefined fields, and including the identified value information within the template input area for the predefined field associated with the identified value information;
• wherein the first character string is a truncated version of the entry or a code for the entry, and wherein the computer system determines the entry using the first character string.

A computer program product tangibly embodied in a storage medium, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, generate on a display device a graphical user interface for creating an electronic document having a plurality of predefined fields, the graphical user interface comprising:

• an input area for guiding a user in making an input to create an electronic document using one of a plurality of predefined templates that is not currently displayed, the input comprising at least a first character string, at least a portion of the predefined templates corresponding to different applications;
• and
• a template display area for displaying at least the predefined template, the predefined template having a template input area for each of several predefined fields;
• wherein the GUI is configured to display the predefined template in the template display area upon a determination that the first character string is associated with a first predefined field of the several predefined fields, the first character string being entered in the template input area for the first predefined field.