System for converting scrolling display to non-scrolling columnar display

A computer system for automatically converting a scrollable electronic document, including text, graphics, tables and combinations thereof, from a scrollable format to a non-scrollable format, the system comprising:

• (a) a page-forming mechanism configured to operatively and automatically arrange the scrollable electronic information document into a plurality of non-scrollable pages, each having at least one column wherein each said column has a width corresponding to a number of characters per line within a predetermined range of characters per line;
• (b) a screen having a display window configured to simultaneously display a selected one of said plurality of non-scrollable pages in its entirety;
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• (c) a page-turning mechanism configured to selectively, sequentially and individually display said plurality of non-scrollable pages in said display window.

A method for converting a scrollable source document into a page display document wherein the source document has information in the form of text, graphics, tables, or combinations thereof and wherein the source document is too large to be fully displayable without scrolling on a display window of a screen, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) automatically formatting a screen page that is fully displayable in the display window wherein said screen page comprises at least one column, each having a column width corresponding to a number of characters per line within a predetermined range of characters per line;
• (b) automatically reformatting the source document to conform with said column width to form a display document comprising a plurality of sequential display pages;
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• (c) automatically filling said at least one column of the display window with a selected one of said plurality of display pages, each said display page being separately and fully displayable in the display window;
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• (d) selectively paging, without scrolling, through said plurality of display pages.

A method for automatically converting a scrollable electronic document, including text, graphics, tables and combinations thereof, from a scrollable format to a non-scrollable format, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) automatically arranging the scrollable electronic information document into a plurality of non-scrollable pages, each having at least one column wherein each said column has a width corresponding to a number of characters per line within a predetermined range of characters per line based on a user selected font size;
• (b) simultaneously displaying a selected one of said plurality of non-scrollable pages in its entirety;
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• (c) selectively, sequentially and individually displaying said plurality of non-scrollable pages in said display window.