17. A method to be executed on a computing device for providing a document summary view, the method comprising: identifying a layout and a format of a document in a full view for viewing on a display device; identifying a type of the display device, an orientation of the display device, and an available display space on a user interface of the display device; selecting core visual elements of the document for producing a summary view of the document; creating the summary view by: retaining at least one from a set of: a font typeface, a font color, a font weight, and a text alignment of the core visual elements; obscuring at least a portion of remaining visual elements by reducing the portion of the remaining visual elements to a size that renders them illegible in the summary view; retaining another portion of the remaining visual elements based on available display space on a displayed user interface; using text flow while retaining the core visual elements, obscuring the portion of the remaining visual elements, and retaining the other portion of the remaining visual elements based on the available display space; displaying the summary view of the document over the user interface based on the type and orientation of the device and the available display space on the user interface of the device; modifying the summary view and the available display space in response to one or more of a reduction of the user interface and an enlargement of the user interface; transitioning the document between a full view to the summary view based on the modified available display space, wherein one or more of the obscured visual elements are displayed in transitional summary views; enabling a user to zoom on a portion of the document for viewing elements of the zoomed portion in the full view while elements in other portions of the document remain obscured in the summary view; and in response to a change on the available display space, adding at least one of the reduced portion of the remaining visual elements into the core visual elements for an increased available display space and removing at least one core element into the reduced portion of the remaining core elements for a reduced available display space.
17. A method to be executed on a computing device for providing a document summary view, the method comprising: identifying a layout and a format of a document in a full view for viewing on a display device; identifying a type of the display device, an orientation of the display device, and an available display space on a user interface of the display device; selecting core visual elements of the document for producing a summary view of the document; creating the summary view by: retaining at least one from a set of: a font typeface, a font color, a font weight, and a text alignment of the core visual elements; obscuring at least a portion of remaining visual elements by reducing the portion of the remaining visual elements to a size that renders them illegible in the summary view; retaining another portion of the remaining visual elements based on available display space on a displayed user interface; using text flow while retaining the core visual elements, obscuring the portion of the remaining visual elements, and retaining the other portion of the remaining visual elements based on the available display space; displaying the summary view of the document over the user interface based on the type and orientation of the device and the available display space on the user interface of the device; modifying the summary view and the available display space in response to one or more of a reduction of the user interface and an enlargement of the user interface; transitioning the document between a full view to the summary view based on the modified available display space, wherein one or more of the obscured visual elements are displayed in transitional summary views; enabling a user to zoom on a portion of the document for viewing elements of the zoomed portion in the full view while elements in other portions of the document remain obscured in the summary view; and in response to a change on the available display space, adding at least one of the reduced portion of the remaining visual elements into the core visual elements for an increased available display space and removing at least one core element into the reduced portion of the remaining core elements for a reduced available display space. 20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the document includes one of: a word processing document, a spreadsheet, a presentation document, an email, a calendar, a web page, a graphical document, and a report.