Computer system for automatically combining reference indicia to a common noun differentiated by adjectives in a document

A method of using a computer having a memory and a processor to prepare a document referencing elements to a drawing and presented in the document with a common noun and further differentially presented with different adjectives identifying the noun in the document, said method comprising the steps of:

• manually designating (22, 122, 222) a first element with a common noun preceded by a first primary adjective and a first secondary adjective,
• associating (24, 124, 224) a first reference indicia with the common noun preceded by the first primary adjective and the first secondary adjective to reference the first element,
• storing in the computer memory the first reference indicia with the common noun preceded by the first primary adjective and the first secondary adjective
• manually designating (26, 126, 226) a second element with a common noun preceded by a second primary adjective and a second secondary adjective,
• associating (28, 128, 228) a second reference indicia with the common noun preceded by the second primary adjective and the second secondary adjective to reference the second element,
• storing in the computer memory the second reference indicia with the common noun preceded by the second primary adjective and the second secondary adjective,
• manually designating (130, 230) a third element with the common noun preceded by the first primary adjective and the second secondary adjective,
• associating (132, 232) a third reference indicia with the common noun preceded by the first primary adjective and the second secondary adjective to reference the third element,
• storing in the computer memory the third reference indicia with the common noun preceded by the first primary adjective and the second secondary adjective,
• manually designating (234) a fourth element with the common noun preceded by the second primary adjective and the first secondary adjective,
• associating (236) a fourth reference indicia with the common noun preceded by the second primary adjective and the first secondary adjective to reference the fourth element,
• storing in the computer memory the fourth reference indicia with the common noun preceded by the second primary adjective and the first secondary adjective,
• scanning (38, 138, 238) the document with the computer for each occurrence of the common noun,
• automatically inserting (40, 140, 240) the first reference indicia following the common noun in response to the scanning and each recitation of the common noun preceded by the first primary adjective and the first secondary adjective (42, 142, 242) throughout the document to reference the first element,
• automatically inserting (44, 144, 244) the second reference indicia following the common noun in response to the scanning and each recitation of the common noun preceded by the second primary adjective and the second secondary adjective (46, 146, 246) throughout the document to reference the second element,
• automatically inserting (148, 248) the third reference indicia following the common noun in response to the scanning and each recitation of the common noun preceded by the first primary adjective and the second secondary adjective (150, 250) throughout the document to reference the third element,
• automatically inserting (252) the fourth reference indicia following the common noun in response to the scanning and each recitation of the common noun preceded by the second primary adjective and the first secondary adjective (254) throughout the document to reference the fourth element,
• characterized by automatically inserting (256) the first and fourth reference indicia following the common noun in response to the scanning and each recitation of the common noun modified solely by the first secondary adjective (258) throughout the document to reference the first and fourth elements,
• automatically inserting (160, 260) the second and third reference indicia following the common noun in response to the scanning and each recitation of the common noun modified solely by the second secondary adjective (162, 262) throughout the document to reference the second and third elements,
• automatically inserting (164, 264) the first and third reference indicia following the common noun in response to the scanning and each recitation of the common noun modified solely by the first primary adjective (166, 266) throughout the document to reference the first and third elements,
• automatically inserting (268) the second and fourth reference indicia following the common noun in response to the scanning and each recitation of the common noun modified solely by the second primary adjective (270) throughout the document to reference the second and fourth elements, and
• automatically inserting (172, 272) the first reference indicia and the second reference indicia and the third reference indicia and the fourth reference indicia following the common noun in response to the scanning and each recitation of the common noun unmodified by an adjective (174, 274) throughout the document to reference the unmodified common noun with all reference indicia for the first element and the second element and the third element and the fourth element without attaching the first and second and third and fourth reference indicia to occurrences of the common noun modified by one of the adjectives.