US Patent No: 7,028,256

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Adding white space to a document generating adjusted page sizing

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Abstract

A method, a computer system and a computer-readable medium having instructions for a processor stored thereon are provided for growing a page on a display. Input indicating a first position or designation of content on a page of an electronic document and an amount of white space to be inserted in the page is received. Responsive to the received input, at least some of the content of the page of the electronic document is moved to insert white space. The moving starts from a point based on the first position. The portion of the content being moved is moved a distance based on the amount of white space indicated in the received input. The page is grown by an amount based on the amount of the white space indicated in the received input. A respective size of other pages of the electronic document remains unchanged. Also provided are a method, a computer system and a computer-readable medium having instructions for a processor stored thereon for deleting a portion of a page and reducing a size of the page.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONREDMOND, WA24226

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Altman, Dan Kirkland, WA 18 332
Fox, Eric Richmond, VA 26 65
Iwema, Marieke Seattle, WA 55 305
Lui, Charlton E Redmond, WA 75 729
Weil, Steve Bellevue, WA 6 7

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MICROSOFT CORPORATION (9)
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EVERNOTE CORPORATION (1)
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NOKIA CORPORATION (1)
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Patent Citation Ranking

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Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION (2)
7,864,195 Space tool feedback by changing the displayed visual apperance of objects to be moved before insertion of space 0 2005
7,735,007 Adding and removing white space from a document 1 2006
 
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED (1)
7,788,581 Dynamic content insertion 6 2006
 
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. (1)
7,343,552 Systems and methods for freeform annotations 1 2004

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