11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communications exchange with the network device includes only the first modified selected portion of the text.
1. A system comprising: a computer for communicatively coupling to a network device over a network, the computer configured to: display a document including text extracted from a first copy of a configuration file for the network device, the text representing a plurality of different objects that each control different functionality of the network device; receive a user input modifying a first selected portion of the text that corresponds to a first one of the plurality of objects; and exchange communications with the network device including the first modified selected portion of the text prior to receiving a subsequent second user input that modifies a second portion of the text that corresponds to a different one of the plurality of different objects, the communications for dynamically modifying a second different copy of the configuration file that is stored on the network device without exchanging an entire copy of the configuration file between the computer and the network device.