Formatting system
Patent 5068809 Issued on November 26, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date: 
March 1, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
March 1, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesAutomatically balancing and vertically justifying a plurality of text/graphics-columns Flow attribute for text objects Document creating apparatus Apparatus and process for creating variably sized block diagrams to accommodate variable text contents while yet retaining overall block shape Alignment method for positioning textual and graphic objects Patent #: 4974174 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 486800 filed on 03/01/1990US Classes:715/518, Spacing control715/515, Compound document715/520Area designationExaminersPrimary: Clark, David L.Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassG06F 003/14Foreign Application Priority Data1989-03-02 NLAbstractDesktop publishing system for preparing and managing documents in accordance with a model defined by graphic properties by using input document information and commands. This model is specified by a number of differently oriented sets of grid lines equidistantly oriented per set, for the positioning of said document information. On the basis of the last grid line used as reference line for graphic elements, the format data of the graphic elements positioned as well as to be positioned, and a certain spacing a grid line to be defined as the next reference line for the graphic elements to be positioned is selected from the grid lines following the first mentioned reference line.Other References
| |
