Method and system of identifying textual passages that affect document length

A method for identifying a critical textual passage and test method that influence the pagination of electronic documents such that the modification of text to said critical textual passage by said test method has the effect of decreasing or increasing the page count of the document, said method comprising the steps of providing a document comprising a plurality of paragraphs and a plurality of page breaks;

• determining a first plurality of existent page break locations in the document;
• selecting a sub-portion of the document's text;
• selecting a test method for modifying said sub-portion of the document's text;
• performing said test method on said sub-portion of the document's text;
• recalculating changes in page break positions resulting from performing said test method;
• determining a second plurality of updated page break locations in the document;
• detecting a change in page break positions between said first plurality of page break locations and said second plurality of page break locations;
• recording the location of said sub-portion of document text and said test method used to create the change in page break locations.