Altering a view of a document on a display of a computing device

#Desktop productivity software, such as a document authoring program, allows users to create, edit, and review various types of documents. One such program is the Word® document authoring application program from Microsoft® Corporation. When reviewing a document using a document authoring program, a user may frequently review specific portions of the document, as well as obtain a context of that specific portion with respect to overall document. Various steps may be required by the user to navigate the document, or otherwise obtain the context of the specific portion of the document. Depending on the size of the document, the type of device used, and other factors, this process can be time consuming. A faster, more intuitive approach for accomplishing this would facilitate users reviewing documents.

#It is with respect to these and other considerations that the disclosure made herein is presented.

#Concepts and technologies are described herein for facilitating reviewing a document, which involves the user reviewing the document in two different viewing modes at different times. In a first viewing mode, a user may review the document in what is termed an editing viewing mode. The user can easily switch to another viewing mode termed the semantic zoom viewing mode. The semantic zoom viewing mode may incorporate a search box along with two panes—a heading pane and a thumbnail pane. These panes allow the user to quickly derive a context of a particular portion of the document.

#FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating pages of a document as provided in one embodiment presented herein;

#FIGS. 2A and 2B are schematic diagrams of a page in a document as displayed on a mobile computing device in accordance with one embodiment disclosed herein;

#FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating various graphical user interface controls that can be used to zoom-out of an editing viewing mode in accordance with one embodiment disclosed herein;

#The following detailed description is directed to facilitating the altering of the views of a document in a document authoring program. A document authoring program could encompass, for example, a word processing document that allows a user to create, edit, and otherwise manage a document. A document can be viewed in an editing viewing mode or in a semantic zoom viewing mode. In the semantic zoom viewing mode, a heading pane and a thumbnail may be provided to the user. Altering the viewing mode of the document is referred to as “toggling” (or “toggling the view”). Toggling the view can be easily performed in one embodiment by a user providing certain touch inputs on a touch screen of a computing device. Changing from the editing viewing mode to the semantic zoom viewing mode can be referred to as performing a “semantic zoom.”

#Although the concepts are illustrated with respect to a document in an editing viewing mode and a semantic zoom viewing mode, those skilled in the art will recognize that other types of viewings modes are possible. For example, a web browser or other suitable viewing program could view a document as a web-based document, in a so-called “web view.” A document could also be viewed in a viewing program in a so-called read-only or “reading mode,” “outline view”, or “draft view.” Various types of viewing modes are possible, and the use of the editing viewing mode does not preclude application of the concepts to other types of viewing modes.

#In the following detailed description, references are made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and which are shown by way of illustration specific embodiments or examples. Referring now to the drawings, in which like numerals represent like elements throughout the several figures, aspects of a system are presented for performing a semantic zoom of a document.