Patent ID: 7707495
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A layout processing method, performed by a layout apparatus having a processor, for changing a layout of a template having a plurality of data regions in accordance with content data inserted into the data regions, the layout processing method comprising: a displaying step of displaying a setting screen by connecting a first data region arranged in a first page and a second data region arranged in a second page by a link; an attribute setting step of setting a dividing attribute to divide the first data region into two regions in accordance with an instruction received via the setting screen displayed in the displaying step; an adjusting step of adjusting a size and a position of the data regions in accordance with the content data inserted into the data regions; a determining step, performed by the processor, of determining whether the first data region protrudes from the first page based on the size and the position of the data regions adjusted in the adjusting step; and an arranging step, performed by the processor, of generating a first dividing data region and a second dividing data region by dividing the first data region into the two regions, and arranging the first dividing data region in the first page and the second dividing data region in the second page, if it is determined in the determining step that the first data region protrudes from the first page and the dividing attribute is set for the first data region, wherein the arranging step generates the first and the second dividing data regions from the first data region based on a protrusion amount that the first data region is determined to protrude from the first page.