Method and systems for creating a digital document altered in response to at least one event

An article of manufacture for altering content, layout or additional information of a digital document for viewing via browser according to digital document specific Altering Machine Executable Instructions (AMEI) included in the digital document, the article of manufacture comprising a machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:

• installing the digital document specific AMEI, which communicates with the browser on a user system;
• in response to a User Initiated Print Event (UIPE), implementing the digital document specific AMEI to:
• alter at least part of the content, layout and additional information using a component which communicates with the browser;
• apply Medium Specific Auxiliary Layout Information (MSALI) based on the amount of content in the digital document;
• calculate and apply at least one of the appropriate type or number of Medium Specific Auxiliary Content Information (MSACI) based on the amount of content in the digital document to produce an altered digital document;
• and
• forwarding the altered digital document to a device associated with or identified by the user and on which the altered digital document is to be rendered based on the UIPE activated in acoordination with the implemented AMEI, wherein
• the digital document specific AMEI includes instructions for recognizing and temporarily pausing the UIPE, instructions for altering part or all of the digital document that include instructions for obtaining the MSACI and the MSALI and rendering the obtained MSACI as part of the digital document based on the obtained MSALI, and rendering the altered digital document subsequent to the UIPE.