Systems and methods for layout transformation of document content

A system for transitioning a display of a document from a first layout to a second layout, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor, coupled to the memory, to:
• display the document in the first layout at a user interface, wherein the first layout displays the document in a continuous view that does not provide page boundaries that define pages having predetermined dimensions with respect to height and width;
• receive a first user request to convert the display of the document from the first layout to the second layout that displays the document in a plurality of layout portions that correspond to the pages of the document;
• responsive to the first user request, determine a suggested page boundary within the first layout of the document by identifying an end of first content of a first content type and a beginning of second content of a second content type in the document, wherein the first content type and the second content type are different content types, wherein the suggested page boundary comprises a virtual line placed at a first position between the end of first content of the first content type and the beginning of second content of the second content type, the virtual line separating at least two layout portions of the plurality of layout portions into separate pages that have the predetermined dimensions with respect to the height and the width;
• scale the second content of the second content type to fit within the predetermined dimensions with respect to the height and the width of a respective page associated with the second layout;
• display the document in the second layout having the suggested page boundary at the first position and the scaled second content;
• subsequent to displaying the document in the second layout having the suggested page boundary at the first position, receive a second user request to move the suggested page boundary to a second position different from the first position;
• and
• display the document in the second layout having the page boundary in the second position.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instruction for transitioning a display of a document from a first layout to a second layout that, responsive to execution by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• displaying, by the processor, the document in the first layout at a user interface, wherein the first layout displays the document in a continuous view that is absent page boundaries that define pages having predetermined dimensions with respect to height and width;
• receiving, by the processor, a first user request to convert the display of the document from the first layout to the second layout that displays the document in a plurality of layout portions that correspond to the pages of the document;
• responsive to the first user request, determining, by the processor, a suggested page boundary within the first layout of the document by identifying an end of first content of a first content type and a beginning of second content of a second content type in the document, wherein the first content type and the second content type are different content types, wherein the suggested page boundary comprises a virtual line placed at a first position between the end of first content of the first content type and the beginning of second content of the second content type, the virtual line separating at least two layout portions of the plurality of layout portions into separate pages that have the predetermined dimensions with respect to the height and the width;
• scaling the second content of the second content type to fit within the predetermined dimensions with respect to the height and the width of a respective page associated with the second layout;
• displaying, by the processor, the document in the second layout having the suggested page boundary at the first position and the scaled second content;
• subsequent to displaying the document in the second layout having the suggested page boundary at the first position, receiving, by the processor, a second user request to move the suggested page boundary to a second position different from the first position;
• and
• displaying, by the processor, the document in the second layout having the page boundary in the second position.