Text grid creation tools

A computer program product, stored on a machine-readable medium, comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:

• display data being typeset or laid out on a display,
• display a first menu having a user-selectable first creation mode and second creation mode on the display if a new electronic document is created in accordance with a user-input control instruction;
• display a second menu that has previously set values for grid parameters demarcating an appropriate layout grid for the new electronic document if the user selects the first creation mode;
• and
• create, by receiving a user input approving the values set in said second menu, a layout grid in the electronic document without the necessity of the user separately calculating margins.

A system for controlling typesetting and layout editing, comprising:

• a desktop publishing processing control device provided with typesetting and layout control means for processing data to be typeset or laid out;
• a display for displaying data during typesetting or layout processing;
• and
• input means for a user to supply control instructions to the typesetting and layout control means;
• the typesetting and layout control means being provided with a layout grid creation means arranged to
• display a first menu having a user selectable first creation mode and display a second creation mode on the display when creating a new electronic document,
• display a second menu that has previously set values for grid parameters demarcating an appropriate layout grid for the new electronic document if the user selects the first creation mode, and
• create a layout grid in the electronic document, in response to a user input approving the values set in the second menu, without the necessity of the user separately calculating margins.

A method for controlling typesetting and layout editing, comprising:

• displaying data during typesetting or layout processing on a display;
• creating a frame grid that provides a grid for demarcating a plurality of cells, the plurality of cells having the ability to keep the plurality of characters in a specific arrangement in order to arrange the plurality of characters on a page of an electronic document displayed on the display, based on user input and a boundary line demarcating a region arranged on the page;
• and
• processing the frame grid when creating the frame grid so that the boundary line is always coordinated with cells at the edge of the frame grid.

A computer program product, stored on a machine-readable medium, comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:

• display data during typesetting or layout processing on a display;
• create a frame grid that provides a grid for demarcating a plurality of cells, the plurality of cells having the ability to keep a plurality of characters in a specific arrangement in order to arrange the plurality of characters on a page of an electronic document displayed on the display, based on user input and a boundary line demarcating a region arranged on the page;
• and
• process the frame grid when creating the frame grid so that the boundary line is always coordinated with cells at the edge of the frame grid.

A control system for typesetting and layout editing, comprising:

• a desktop publishing processing control device provided with typesetting and layout control means for processing data to be typeset or laid out;
• a display for displaying data during typesetting or layout processing;
• and
• input means for a user to supply control instructions to the typesetting and layout control means;
• wherein
• the typesetting and layout control means is provided with a frame grid processing means that provides a grid for demarcating a plurality of cells that having the ability to keep the plurality of characters in a specific arrangement in order to arrange a plurality of characters on each page of an electronic document and provides a boundary line demarcating the region arranged on the page, and wherein the frame grid is processed so that the boundary line always coordinates with cells at the edge of the grid.