Patent ID: 6993209
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for preparing a page description language version of an electronic document having one or more lines of characters entered by a document preparer such that, when the page description language version is used to create a printed version of the document, the printed version will be consistent with the appearance of the electronic document as it was displayed to the document preparer, the method comprising: (a) for each of the lines of characters in the document entered by a document preparer, determining a spacing adjustment for the line by (b) making the adjustments for the lines available to a conversion program for creating a page description language version of the document such that, when the conversion program is used to create a page description language version of the document, the spacing of each line of characters in the page description language version is adjusted according to the adjustment determined for that line.