Patent ID: 6879943
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A document processing apparatus for rearranging, in a document, a plurality of layout constituent elements representing frames into which a plurality of images is inserted, said apparatus comprising: providing means for providing a template comprising a paper size, a margin, and an area excluding the margin, the template having a plurality of layout constituent elements arranged in the area excluding the margin; first changing means for changing the paper size while maintaining the margin, thereby changing an effective area from a previous effective area to a new effective area, wherein:  previous effective area height=previous paper size height−(upper margin+lower margin); second changing means for changing the width and height of each of the plurality of layout constituent elements based on the changed area excluding the margin, thereby changing the aspect ratio of the plurality of layout constituent elements, wherein: rearranging means for rearranging a layout of the plurality of layout constituent elements changed by said second changing means in the area excluding the margin such that the plurality of layout constituent elements are arranged at positions having a left coordinate and a top coordinate calculated according to: wherein the previous left coordinate and the previous top coordinate are the left and top coordinates, respectively, of the plurality of layout constituent elements on the template before said first changing means changes the paper size.