Method for associating fixed and flexible layout modes for reading documents

A system for generating electronic documents (EDs), comprising:

• a parser that:
• specifies a predetermined element that defines a region in an input ED read from storage;
• and
• stores a content included in the region in connection with the predetermined element;
• and
• a generator that:
• generates a fixed-layout ED having a fixed layout and comprising a content corresponding to the content of the input ED;
• generates a flexible-layout ED having a flexible layout and comprising a content corresponding to the content of the input ED;
• links the content of the fixed-layout ED to a position of the content of the flexible-layout ED;
• and
• links the content of the flexible-layout ED to a position of the content of the fixed-layout ED, wherein
• one or both of the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED are output to a user device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) storing instructions for generating electronic documents (EDs), the instructions comprising functionality for:

• reading an input ED from storage;
• specifying a predetermined element that defines a region in the input ED;
• storing a content included in the region in connection with the predetermined element;
• generating a fixed-layout ED having a fixed layout and comprising a content corresponding to the content of the input ED;
• generating a flexible-layout ED having a flexible layout and comprising a content corresponding to the content of the input ED;
• linking the content of the fixed-layout ED to a position of the content of the flexible-layout ED;
• linking the content of the flexible-layout ED to a position of the content of the fixed-layout ED;
• and
• outputting one or both of the fixed-layout ED and the flexible-layout ED to a user device.