Adding and removing white space from a document

Details Adding and removing white space from a document Adding and removing white space from a document

2006-01-17

2010-06-08

Ries, Laurie (Department: 2176)

Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i

Presentation processing of document

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C715S268000

Reexamination Certificate

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07735007

ABSTRACT:
A method, a computer system and a computer-readable medium having instructions for a processor stored thereon are provided for growing a page on a display. Input indicating a first position or designation of content on a page of an electronic document and an amount of white space to be inserted in the page is received. Responsive to the received input, at least some of the content of the page of the electronic document is moved to insert white space. The moving starts from a point based on the first position. The portion of the content being moved is moved a distance based on the amount of white space indicated in the received input. The page is grown by an amount based on the amount of the white space indicated in the received input. A respective size of other pages of the electronic document remains unchanged. Also provided are a method, a computer system and a computer-readable medium having instructions for a processor stored thereon for deleting a portion of a page and reducing a size of the page.

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