Abbreviating and compacting text to cope with display space constraint in computer software
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Aug 21, 2001
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Feb 23, 1999
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Dec 21, 1998
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This invention relates to text abbreviation methods to cope with display or print space constraint in computer software. In particular, abbreviation of text into predetermined field widths (with single or multiple rows), utilizing an operating system (121), an application program (122), and an abbreviation control data program (123), along with combinations of prioritized shortening methods in preference to or in addition to glossaries of acronyms and word abbreviations using an abbreviation function (127) are disclosed. The special handling of segments of input contained within pairs of pre-defined characters, as well as omission of spaces, and conversion of enumeration word or word sequences to numbers utilizing an abbreviation data file (124), a parameters sets file (125), and a parameters list (126), are also disclosed. The omission of spaces and phonetically less significant characters compacts word sequences, which saves display space and enables use of larger type sizes.
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