Method and apparatus for editing documents
Patent 5179650 Issued on January 12, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date: 
March 31, 2012. 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 31, 2012. 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 ReferencesImage editing apparatus Document filing system Automatically balancing and vertically justifying a plurality of text/graphics-columns Image processing method or apparatus Document creating apparatus Patent #: 4755955 InventorsApplicationNo. 860119 filed on 03/31/1992US Classes:715/520, Area designation715/514, Hierarchical control715/518, Spacing control715/521Boundary processingExaminersPrimary: Herndon, Heather R.Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassG06F 015/20Foreign Application Priority Data1988-01-21 JPAbstractAn apparatus and method for editing a document to automatically produce a satisfactory, well ordered layout which includes the steps of (a) extracting characteristic quantities which characterize different elements of the document; (b) deriving relationships among the different elements of the document in accordance with the characteristic quantities; (c) determining a layout of the different elements of the document in accordance with the relationships; and (d) processing the document in accordance with the layout.Other References
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