Patent ID: 7168038
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for editing an electronic document containing drawings, comprising the steps of: dividing said document into a plurality of regions, each region having a reference axis, and wherein positions of said drawings are identified with respect to said axes; receiving a request to modify a line size in a text portion of said document; rescaling said drawings in accordance with said axes and proportional to the modification in line size of the text portion; determining if said rescaled drawings overlap with one another; if said rescaled drawings are determined to overlap, repositioning one or more of said drawings such that said overlap no longer exists; determining if a size of said repositioned drawings exceeds a predetermined limit; and if said size is determined to exceed said limit, rescaling the repositioned drawings such that said size no longer exceeds said limit, wherein said predetermined limit is a distance between a right margin and a left margin of said document.