Patent ReferencesDigital display composition system Method for editing spatially related data in an interactive text processing system Table-driven apparatus for data display and modification Method for editing document Control structure for a document processing system Patent #: 4633430 InventorsApplicationNo. 908614 filed on 09/17/1986US Classes:715/531, Text715/517LayoutExaminersPrimary: Heckler, Thomas M.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 003/153Foreign Application Priority Data1985-09-20 JPAbstractA document editing system for storing a plurality of format data records in a tree structure which define the format of a document. The format data records comprise any combination of a title field, a basic field, and a group field. A document data management section, in response to a document preparation request from a work station, prepares a basic document having a tree structure consistent with the document format data records. Furthermore, the document data management section updates the basic document with externally input data to prepare a target document. The document data management section determines the number of lines and characters per line of a group field including a line/character increase or decrease field, from a tree structure subordinate to the group field. | |