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Method of entering page layout constraints into a computer

US8458587B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Think-Cell Software GMBH · DE

Inventors

Sebastian Theophil · Berlin, DE
Valentin Ziegler · Berlin, DE
Arno Schödl · Berlin, DE
Markus Hannebauer · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 27, 2012
Grant date	Jun 4, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 27, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F40/103
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of entering page layout constraints into a computer. The method comprises providing a container for representing a page layout. The method further comprises providing a set of graphical objects, each having a set of object gridlines for delimiting important graphical features. Each of the set of object gridlines has a span. The method further comprises selecting and placing the set of graphical objects one by one within the container. Each of the selected graphical objects are positioned by snapping the position of the span to a non-empty gridline or by adding a new gridline. The method further comprises determining at least one pair of colliding gridlines. Colliding gridlines have a parallel direction and at least one pair of spans which at least partially overlap in the parallel direction. The method further comprises inserting page layout constraints between the at least one pair of colliding gridlines.

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