Patent ID: 7634725
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A layout adjustment method for determining a layout of a page to be formed on a printing medium, comprising: a generation step of generating a template including a plurality of partial areas, to which data are inserted; a setting step of setting a link between two partial areas of the plurality of partial areas to connect the two partial areas; a first adjustment step of generating a first layout indicating positions and sizes of the two partial areas adjusted on the basis of the sizes of data to be inserted in the two partial areas such that respective change amounts of the data inserted in the two partial areas connected by the link is the same; a printing conditions setting step for setting a binding margin for printing a document including the template; a correction step of correcting the template on the basis of the binding margin set in the print conditions setting step; and a second adjustment step of generating a second layout indicating the positions and the sizes of the two partial areas adjusted on the basis of the sizes of data to be inserted in the two partial areas and the template corrected in the correction step, wherein in said correction step, the template is corrected such that a length in a horizontal direction of a specified partial area of the second layout is shorter than a length in the horizontal direction of a corresponding partial area of the first layout corresponding to the specified partial area of the second layout and a length in a vertical direction of the specified partial area of the second layout is longer than a length in the vertical direction of the corresponding partial area of the first layout, and wherein the steps are performed on a computer.