Patent ID: 6038567
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the steps of:receiving a layout selection command corresponding to a predefined layout for a document;the layout comprising a predefined set of objects, each object having a set of object properties for defining a visible element of the document;each object property having a propagation code associated with an object propagation rule for coordinating that object property with a predefined set of other object properties, wherein the propagation codes and their associated rules are stored within an object propagation rule table;receiving a publication definition command setting an object property definition for a first one of the object properties;using the object propagation code associated with the first object property to retrieve the propagation rule for the first object property from the object propagation rule table; andpropagating the object property definition for the first object property to a predefined group of the objects in accordance with the propagation rule for the first object property.