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

US6487567B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 2000
Grant dateNov 26, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/114
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

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.

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