Patent Document ID: 9170991
Application ID: 12174523

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: analyzing, by a visual editor application executed by a processor, a table to determine dimension parameters based on content of said table; storing, by the visual editor application, said dimension parameters in a memory; displaying, by the visual editor application, a plurality of borders, wherein said plurality of borders visually represents a plurality of cells making up said table; receiving, by the visual editor application, an indication to edit a border of said plurality of borders; responsive to said indication, drawing, by the visual editor application, an edit guide corresponding to said border; receiving, by the visual editor application, edits; responsive to said edits, modifying, by the visual editor application, a position of said edit guide such that the position of said edit guide corresponds to said edits; concurrently comparing, by the visual editor application, said edits against said dimension parameters, wherein edits that exceed said dimension parameters are rejected by the visual editor application; and responsive to said edits being rejected, ceasing, by the visual editor application, said modifying of the position of said edit guide, wherein a ceased position of said edit guide corresponds to said exceeded dimension parameter.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising modifying, by the visual editor application, said border such that said border is positioned at the ceased position of said edit guide.