Patent ID: 7561722

Claim:
A method for adjusting a layout of a document to alter the quality of the document, the quality of the document being a quantized measurement of parameters, comprising: (a) electronically generating a base document with a plurality of blocks, each block having a plurality of document parameters associated therewith; (b) electronically generating a base quantized quality score for the base document based upon the parameters of the base document; (c) electronically modifying the parameters of the base document and generating a quantized quality score for the document based upon the modified parameters of the base document; (d) electronically comparing the quantized quality score with the base quantized quality score; (e) electronically changing the base quantized quality score to equal the quantized quality score and the parameters of the document to equal the modifications when the quantized quality score is closer to a preferred quantized quality score than the base quantized quality score; (f) electronically continuing modifying, and comparing until the quantized quality score is equal to the preferred quantized quality score; (g) displaying, on a display device, the changed document; (h) electronically determining if a user has accepted the changed document; and (i) continuing modifying, comparing, and displaying until a user has accepted the changed document.