Systems and methods for automatically reformatting publications

A non-transitory processor-readable medium containing processor executable instructions for automatically formatting a page of a first page size to a second page size, comprising:

• providing a template containing information relating to a layout of elements within the page wherein the elements include at least a first element including a first frame and a second element including a second frame and a third element including a third frame, the template having a template length and a template width wherein the first frame has a first length and a first width and wherein the first frame is positioned at a first position within the template corresponding to the first page size;
• encoding a first set of parameters of the first element and a second set of parameters of the second element and a third set of parameters of the third element wherein the first set of parameters includes at least a first parameter, the first set of parameters being associated with a first rule for at least one of automatically resizing and repositioning the first element within the template due to a change in page size between the first page size and the second page size and the second set of parameters being associated with a second rule for at least one of automatically resizing and repositioning the second element within the template due to the change in page size;
• wherein the third set of parameters includes a content parameter specifying a size of the third frame based on content of the third frame wherein the size of the third frame is independent of the second page size;
• receiving user input including a first set of values for the first set of parameters and a second set of parameter values for the second set of parameters;
• setting the first set of parameters to the first set of values;
• setting the second set of parameters to the second set of values wherein the first set of values is different from the second set of values;
• repositioning, by executing a function including parameters set to the first set of values, the first frame within the template due to a relative change in page size between the first page size and the second page size;
• repositioning, by executing the function with the parameters set to the second set of values, the second frame within the template due to the change in page size;
• computing a difference between the second page size and the first page size
• when the difference between the second page size and the first page size is within a default range, resizing a background frame wherein the change in page size between the first page size and the second page size does not cause resizing of the third frame
• when the difference between the second page size and the first page size is not within the default range, reporting an error;
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• generating a print file, the print file including the page having a page length and a page width corresponding to the second page size, at least one of the page length and the page width being different than the template length and template width.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium containing processor executable instructions for automatically reformatting a page layout to a new page size, comprising:

• preparing a first page having a first page size defined by a first length and a first width aid comprising a first layout including a first frame having a first position within the page layout and a second frame having a second position within the page layout;
• receiving information specifying a disposable portion parameter of the first frame which, when configured to a predefined value, causes at least a portion of the first frame to not appear in the page if the first frame does not fit in a second page size resulting from the reformatting the page layout;
• receiving information specifying an alignment parameter of the first frame wherein the alignment ratio parameter determines a manner in which a position of the first frame is automatically changed as a position of a second frame is changed when the page layout is reformatted to the second page size;
• receiving information specifying a scaling ratio parameter of the first frame;
• receiving user input including a first set of values for the disposable portion parameter, the alignment parameter and the scaling ratio parameter;
• receiving a second length and a second width corresponding to the second page size;
• receiving information specifying an addition parameter that specifies addition of an element if the second page size is greater than the first page size;
• computing a difference between the second page size and the first page size;
• reporting an error when the difference between the second page size and the first page size is not within a default range;
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• reformatting the first layout to a second layout when the difference is within a default range wherein the reformatting includes resizing a background frame, the second layout being configured to fit the second page size, wherein the reformatting includes repositioning, by executing a function including parameters set to the first set of values, the first frame within the template due to a relative change in page size between the first page size and the second page size and wherein the repositioning causes the first frame to not fit within the second page size and at least a portion of the first frame to not appear within the page.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium containing processor executable instructions for automatically reformatting a page layout to a new page size, comprising:

• preparing a first page having a first page size defined by a first length and a first width aid comprising a first layout including a first frame having an X-axis position and a Y-axis position within the page layout and a second frame positioned within the page layout;
• receiving information specifying a disposable portion parameter of the first frame;
• receiving information specifying an alignment parameter of the first frame wherein the alignment parameter includes an X-axis alignment parameter and a Y-axis alignment parameter;
• receiving information specifying a scaling ratio parameter of the first frame;
• receiving a second length and a second width corresponding to a second page size;
• computing a difference between the second page size and the first page size;
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• reformatting the first layout to a second layout when the difference is within a default range wherein the reformatting includes resizing a background frame, the second layout being configured to fit the second page size, wherein the disposable portion parameter, when configured to a predefined value, causes the first frame to be reduced in size to the extent necessary for the first frame to fit within the second page size if resizing of the first frame based upon the alignment parameter and the scaling ratio parameter would cause at least a portion of the first frame to not fit within the second page size;
• reporting an error when the difference is not within the default range;
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• wherein the X-axis alignment parameter specifies, relative to the X-axis position of the first frame within the page layout, an aligned X-axis position of the first frame within the page layout when the page layout is reformatted to the new page size and wherein the Y-axis alignment parameter specifies, relative to the Y-axis position of the first frame within the page layout, an aligned Y-axis position of the first frame within the page layout when the page layout is reformatted to the new page size.

A system for automatically reformatting a page layout to a new page size associated with a published document, the system comprising:

• a composition subsystem, the composition subsystem configured for
• preparing a first page having a first page size defined by a first length and a first width and comprising a first layout including a first element and a second element, the first element having a position within the page layout,
• receiving information specifying a disposable portion parameter of the first element which, when configured to a predefined value, causes at least a portion of the first element to not appear in a second page size resulting from the reformatting the page layout if the first frame does not fit in the second page size,
• receiving information specifying an alignment parameter of the first element, wherein the alignment parameter determines a manner in which a position of the first element is automatically changed as a position of the second element is changed when the page layout is reformatted to the second page size,
• receiving information specifying a scaling ratio parameter of the first element,
• receiving a second length and a second width corresponding to the second page size,
• computing whether or not a difference between the second page size and the first page size is within a default range,
• reporting an error when the difference between the second page size and the first page size is not within a default range, and
• reformatting the first layout to a second layout when the difference is within the default range wherein the reformatting includes resizing a background frame, the second layout being configured to fit the second page size, wherein the first element is adjusted based on one or more of the disposable portion parameter, the alignment parameter and the scaling ratio parameter and wherein the reformatting causes the portion of the first element to not appear within the second page size;
• a raster image processor;
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• a printing subsystem.