US 2023/0055467 A1 · DOCUMENT LAYOUT MANAGEMENT

Abstract

The invention relates to methods and devices for managing document layout of an electronic document. In a particular embodiment, a method implemented by a computing devices comprises: displaying in an electronic document a block containing at least one item; in response to a first finger gesture of two or more fingers defining at least two selection points, determining a space line specifying an initial position from which a space is to be managed in the electronic document; in response to a second finger gesture of two or more fingers defining a movement of the selected points along a first orientation, monitoring a current position of the space line moving over time; and performing a space management based on the current position of the space line along the first orientation, comprising creating and/or reducing a space in the electronic document.

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Dependent claims

A method implemented by a computing device for managing a document layout, comprising the following steps:

a1) displaying in an electronic document at least one block containing at least one text or non-text item;
a2) in response to a first finger gesture of two or more fingers defining at least two selection points in the electronic document, determining a space line specifying an initial position from which a space is to be managed in said electronic document;
a3) in response to a second finger gesture of two or more fingers defining a movement of said at least two selected points along a first orientation, monitoring a current position of the space line moving over time;
and
a4) performing a space management in the electronic document based on the current position of the space line along the first orientation, said space management comprising at least one of:
creating a space extending from the original position to the current position of the space line;
and
reducing an existing space by removing therefrom a portion extending from the original position to the current position of the space line.

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A method implemented by a computing device for managing block layout, comprising the following steps:

b1) displaying in an electronic document at least two neighbour blocks contiguous to each other, said at least two neighbour blocks containing text or non-text content;
b2) detecting, based on a first user instruction, user selection from said electronic document or from another electronic document of a current block which is to be positioned between said at least two neighbour blocks;
b3) determining, based on a second user instruction, a user-selected insertion region specifying where the current block is to be positioned, said insertion region overlapping with said at least two neighbour blocks;
b4) rearranging the block layout of said electronic document by moving at least one of said at least two neighbour blocks to create in said insertion region a space sufficiently large to accommodate the current block between said at least two neighbour blocks;
and
b5) positioning the current block according to the insertion region by pasting or dropping the current block within the created space.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Document layout management

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Abstract

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