Automatic detection and removal of typesetting errors in electronic documents

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions stored thereon which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

• obtain an electronic document comprising a plurality of text paragraphs;
• detect a typographical error in a plurality of error paragraphs of the plurality of text paragraphs, wherein the typographical error is classified as one of a runt error, an orphan error, or a widow error;
• determine a priority queue of error paragraphs based on a number of added characters that remove the typographical error or a number of removed characters that remove the typographical error, wherein a highest priority of the priority queue is assigned to an error paragraph including a typographical error associated with a minimum number of characters that remove the typographical error or a minimum number of characters added to the typographical error that remove the typographical error, wherein the typographical error is removed when:
• a line including the typographical error preceding a formatting break is removed, and
• a line including the typographical error succeeding a formatting break is removed;
• and
• adjust one or more attributes of the error paragraph based on the priority queue.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device coupled to the memory, the processing device is caused to:
• detect a typographical error in a plurality of error paragraphs of a plurality of text paragraphs, wherein the typographical error is a runt error, an orphan error, or a widow error;
• determine a priority queue of error paragraphs based on a number of added characters that remove the typographical error or a number of removed characters that remove the typographical error, wherein a highest priority of the priority queue is assigned to an error paragraph including a typographical error associated with a minimum number of characters that remove the typographical error or a minimum number of characters added to the typographical error that remove the typographical error;
• classify the typographical error as the runt error, the orphan error, or the widow error based on whether the typographical error is preceding a formatting break or succeeding the formatting break;
• and
• adjust one or more typesetting attributes in the error paragraph based on the priority queue, wherein the adjusted one or more typesetting attributes remove a line including the typographical error preceding the formatting break or remove the line including the typographical error succeeding the formatting break.