Patent ID: 6101513
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A system for outputting display information according to a print layout comprising a first set of entries describing a set of display items on a virtual page and relative position assignments for the display items on the virtual page, and a page format comprising a description of a physical page and including a second set of entries describing one or more pages on the physical page, the system comprising:means for selecting the print layout from a set of print layouts;means for selecting the page format from a set of page formats;a view processor for creating the display information by automatically placing print information, corresponding to the first set of entries of the selected print layout, within the one or more pages described by the second set of entries of the selected page format wherein each display item is given a location on the one or more pages as a function of its relative position assignment on the virtual page; anda print output generator for instructing an output device to render the display information as a function of the physical page description of the selected page format.