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Method and system for manipulating page-breaks in an electronic document

Patent 6128633 Issued on October 3, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject March 25, 2017. 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 References

Interactive page length adjustment with automatic pagination Patent #: 4709348
Issued on: 11/24/1987
Inventor: Horn ,   et al.

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 824137 filed on 03/25/1997

US Classes:

715/525, Pagination715/500, PRESENTATION PROCESSING OF DOCUMENT715/517, Layout715/527Print preview

Examiners

Primary: Hong, Stephen S.
Assistant: Huynh, Cong-Lac

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06F 015/00

Abstract

A system for manipulating page-breaks in an electronic document. A User Interface Process provides a graphical user interface allowing a user to select a page-break within an electronic document and then identify a new location for the page-break. A System Process performs the steps of moving the selected page-break to the new location and adjusting the scaling and the automatic page-breaks for the remainder of the document to accommodate the page-break at the new location.

Other References

  • Simpson, Mastering WordPerfect 5.1 & 5.2 for Windows, pp. 242-243, 1993
  • Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Excel, User's Guide, pp. 532, 533, and 536, 1992
  • Microsoft Corporation, Getting Results with Microsoft Office 97, p. 88, 1996
  • Novell, WordPerfect User's Guide, pp. 418,419, and 420, 199
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