Method, apparatus and program for determining layout of a...

Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Presentation processing of document – Layout

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C715S244000, C715S246000

Reexamination Certificate

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07555710

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a layout adjustment method and an apparatus and a program for the same for allowing a size and a layout of a sub-template to be preferably set and an intention of a user who performs the layout to be better reflected according to the size of contents to be affixed in the sub-template in variable data print. The plurality of partial areas, to which data is to be inserted, are linked and work together to calculate their appropriate sizes on the basis of the size of the data to be inserted. Then, a layout representing sizes and locations of the plurality of partial areas in a page is adjusted on the basis of relationship between a size of each calculated partial area and links set for the plurality of partial areas in the basic layout. Each of the partial areas further includes a plurality of smaller areas, which are linked so that the plurality of smaller areas work together to make their sizes variable to make sizes of said partial areas variable.

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