11. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform operations including: displaying a plurality of display regions on a display of the computing device for graphical representations of the persistent access control settings for at least one visual digital document; displaying a resource region for allowing an operator to identify and select a predetermined visual digital document; displaying a content region for normal size visual representation of the content of the predetermined visual digital document; displaying an access control settings region enabling the operator to assign access privileges to a user or a group of users, wherein access privileges include at least read and write privileges; displaying an effective access control settings region including identifications of a plurality of users and effective access privileges associated with the plurality of users; displaying a log information region including access information for at least one recent access to the predetermined visual digital document, wherein the access information includes at least a user identification and time of the most recent access; and wherein the resource region, the content region, and the effective access control settings region are concurrently visible, concurrently operable, and appear to the operator as in an integrated graphical user interface.
12. The computer program product according to claim 11 further including computer executable instructions for a lookup operation to retrieve an image of a user for displaying within the access control settings region and the effective access control settings region.