Adding and removing white space from a document

A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that when loaded and executed by a processor, cause performance of acts for adding space into a page of electronic paper in an electronic document, the acts comprising:

• receiving a designation of a location for inserting new space on a page of electronic paper, said page having existing content contained within an existing boundary of the page as formatted to a first page size;
• inserting new space at the location in the page in response to receiving the designation;
• moving a portion of the existing content on the page in response to the inserting, as needed, to provide room for an amount of newly inserted space in said page;
• and
• wherein when there is insufficient space to fit all of the existing content of said page together with said newly inserted space within the existing boundary of the page as formatted to the first page size, then automatically reformatting the page from the first page size to a second page size larger than the first page size based on the new space inserted, so that all of the existing content is maintained on the page as reformatted at the second page size.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• a display to display a page of electronic paper of an electronic document in which space will be inserted, said page having existing content contained within an existing boundary of said page as formatted to a first page size;
• an input device to input a designation of a location where new space is to be inserted on the splayed page of electronic paper of the electronic document,
• wherein the processor is configured to cause performance of acts including:
• receiving the input designation;
• inserting new space at the location in the page in response to receiving the input designation;
• moving a portion of the existing content on the page in response to the inserting, as needed, to provide room for an amount of newly inserted space in said page;
• and
• wherein when there is insufficient space to fit all of the existing content of said page together with said newly inserted space within the existing boundary of the page as formatted to the first page size, then automatically reformatting the page from the first page size to a second page size larger than the first page size based on the new space inserted, so that all of the existing content is maintained on the page as reformatted at the second page size.