Desktop publishing system and method of making up documents

Patent 5140676 Issued on August 18, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date:

May 7, 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.

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Inventor

Langelaan, Freddy J.

Assignee

Oce-Nederland B.V.

Application

No. 519652 filed on 05/07/1990

US Classes:

715/515, Compound document715/514, Hierarchical control715/520, Area designation715/525Pagination

Examiners

Primary: Herndon, Heather R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Reed Smith Shaw & McClay

Foreign Patent References

0185904 EP. 07/13/1986

International Class

G06F 015/20

Foreign Application Priority Data

1989-05-08 NL

Abstract

A desktop publishing system is adapted to the interactive makeup and management of documents according to a model, in which model a document is made up of one or more kinds of components characterized by contents, name and properties, and which model represents a number of text columns. For each text column a corresponding component column is at least partially reproduced on the screen. For each component an indication is displayed in the respective component column, the indication being in the form of an identification symbol of this component to identify the start of the contents of the component at the level of said component in the text column.