Layout processing method, layout processing apparatus, and layout processing program

• US 20060156227A1
• Filed: 12/12/2005
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Hosotsubo, Toshihiko
• Granted Patent: US 7,707,495 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/251
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/114 Pagination
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates

Abstract

In a layout processing method for adjusting the amount of change in the sizes of containers, a link that associates a plurality of containers with each other is set so as to extend between a plurality of pages. Accordingly, it is determined whether to insert content data into a predetermined page or into a page different from the predetermined page depending on the content data.

Claims

1. A layout processing method for dynamically changing a layout of a template having a plurality of data regions in accordance with content data inserted into the data regions, the layout processing method comprising:

an attribute setting step of setting an attribute of a data region associated with another data region by a link;

an adjusting step of adjusting the layout of the data regions in accordance with the content data inserted into the data regions;

a judging step of judging whether the data region associated with another data region by the link protrudes from a predetermined page region based on the layout of the data regions adjusted in the adjusting step; and

a determining step of determining, if it is judged in the judging step that the data region protrudes from the predetermined page region, a page region in which the data region is to be arranged based on the attribute of the data region set in the attribute setting step,

wherein, when the attribute of the data region set in the attribute setting step allows the data region to be arranged over different page regions, the data region is divided to be arranged in a plurality of page regions.

2. The layout processing method according to claim 1, wherein, when the link extends over a plurality of page regions, the attribute of the data region is set in response to the setting of the link in the attribute setting step.

3. The layout processing method according to claim 1, wherein, when the link extends over a plurality of page regions, a setting screen for setting the attribute of the data region is displayed in response to the setting of the link in the attribute setting step.

4. The layout processing method according to claim 1, wherein the determining step includes:

calculating an amount of protrusion of the data region from the predetermined page region; and

determining whether to arrange the data region in the predetermined page region or in a page region other than the predetermined page region based on the calculated amount of protrusion.

5. The layout processing method according to claim 1, wherein the determining step includes:

calculating an amount of protrusion of the data region from the predetermined page region; and

dividing the data region based on the calculated amount of protrusion to arrange the data region in the plurality of page regions.

6. The layout processing method according to claim 1, wherein, when the page region in which the data region is to be arranged is determined in the determining step, the adjusting step of adjusting the layout is performed again.

7. The layout processing method according to claim 1, wherein, when the link extends over a plurality of page regions, the layout of the data regions is adjusted in the adjusting step in a single layout region including the plurality of page regions.

8. The layout processing method according to claim 1, wherein, when the link extends over a plurality of page regions and when the data regions associated with each other by the link are determined to be arranged in the same page region in the determining step, an attribute of the link is changed.

9. The layout processing method according to claim 1, wherein the layout adjusted in the adjusting step is displayed on a display unit.

10. A layout processing apparatus for dynamically changing a layout of a template having a plurality of data regions in accordance with content data inserted into the data regions, the layout processing apparatus comprising:

an attribute setting unit configured to set an attribute of a data region associated with another data region by a link;

an adjusting unit configured to adjust the layout of the data regions in accordance with the content data inserted into the data regions;

a judging unit configured to judge whether the data region associated with another data region by the link protrudes from a predetermined page region based on the layout of the data regions adjusted by the adjusting unit; and

a determining unit configured to determine, if the judging unit judges that the data region protrudes from the predetermined page region, a page region in which the data region is to be arranged based on the attribute of the data region set by the attribute setting unit,

wherein, when the attribute of the data region set by the attribute setting unit allows the data region to be arranged over different page regions, the data region is divided to be arranged in a plurality of page regions.

11. The layout processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, when the link extends over a plurality of page regions, the attribute setting unit is configured to set the attribute of the data region in response to the setting of the link.

12. The layout processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, when the link extends over a plurality of page regions, the attribute setting unit is configured to display a setting screen for setting the attribute of the data region in response to the setting of the link.

13. The layout processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the determining unit is configured to calculate an amount of protrusion of the data region from the predetermined page region and to determine whether to arrange the data region in the predetermined page region or in a page region other than the predetermined page region based on the calculated amount of protrusion.

14. The layout processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the determining unit is configured to calculate an amount of protrusion of the data region from the predetermined page region and to divide the data region based on the calculated amount of protrusion to arrange the data region in the plurality of page regions.

15. The layout processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, when the page region in which the data region is to be arranged is determined by the determining unit, the adjusting unit is configured to adjust the layout again.

16. The layout processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, when the link extends over a plurality of page regions, the adjusting unit is configured to adjust the layout of the data regions in a single layout region including the plurality of page regions.

17. The layout processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, when the link extends over a plurality of page regions and when the determining unit determines that the data regions associated with each other by the link are to be arranged in the same page region, an attribute of the link is changed.

18. The layout processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the layout adjusted by the adjusting unit is displayed on a display unit.

19. A computer-readable layout processing program for dynamically changing a layout of a template having a plurality of data regions in accordance with content data inserted into the data regions, the computer-readable layout processing program comprising:

an attribute setting step of setting an attribute of a data region associated with another data region by a link;

an adjusting step of adjusting the layout of the data regions in accordance with the content data inserted into the data regions;

a judging step of judging whether the data region associated with another data region by the link protrudes from a predetermined page region based on the layout of the data regions adjusted in the adjusting step; and

a determining step of determining, if it is judged in the judging step that the data region protrudes from the predetermined page region, a page region in which the data region is to be arranged based on the attribute of the data region set in the attribute setting step,

wherein, when the attribute of the data region set in the attribute setting step allows the data region to be arranged over different page regions, the data region is divided to be arranged in a plurality of page regions.

20. The computer-readable layout processing program according to claim 19, wherein, when the link extends over a plurality of page regions, the attribute of the data region is set in response to the setting of the link in the attribute setting step.

21. The computer-readable layout processing program according to claim 19, wherein, when the link extends over a plurality of page regions, a setting screen for setting the attribute of the data region is displayed in response to the setting of the link in the attribute setting step.

22. The computer-readable layout processing program according to claim 19, wherein the determining step includes:

calculating an amount of protrusion of the data region from the predetermined page region; and

determining whether to arrange the data region in the predetermined page region or in a page region other than the predetermined page region based on the calculated amount of protrusion.

23. The computer-readable layout processing program according to claim 19, wherein the determining step includes:

calculating an amount of protrusion of the data region from the predetermined page region; and

dividing the data region based on the calculated amount of protrusion to arrange the data region in the plurality of page regions.

24. The computer-readable layout processing program according to claim 19, wherein, when the page region in which the data region is to be arranged is determined in the determining step, the adjusting step of adjusting the layout is performed again.

25. The computer-readable layout processing program according to claim 19, wherein, when the link extends over a plurality of page regions, the layout of the data regions is adjusted in a single layout region including the plurality of page regions in the adjusting step.

26. The computer-readable layout processing program according to claim 19, wherein, when the link extends over a plurality of page regions and when the data regions associated with each other by the link are determined to be arranged in the same page region in the determining step, an attribute of the link is changed.

27. The computer-readable layout processing program according to claim 19, wherein the result of layout adjusted in the adjusting step is displayed on a display unit.

28. A layout processing method for dynamically changing a layout of a template having a plurality of data regions in accordance with content data inserted into the data regions, the layout processing method comprising:

an attribute setting step of setting an attribute of a data region associated with another data region by a link;

an adjusting step of adjusting the layout of the data regions in accordance with the content data inserted into the data regions;

a judging step of judging whether the data region associated with another data region by the link protrudes from a predetermined set page region based on the layout of the data regions adjusted in the adjusting step; and

a determining step of determining, if it is judged in the judging step that the data region protrudes from the predetermined page region, a page region in which the data region is to be arranged based on the attribute of the data region set in the attribute setting step,

wherein, the determining step determines that the data region is to be arranged either in a previous page region or in a following page region of the previous page region based on the attribute of the data region set in the attribute setting step.

29. A layout processing apparatus for dynamically changing a layout of a template having a plurality of data regions in accordance with content data inserted into the data regions, the layout processing apparatus comprising:

an attribute setting unit configured to set an attribute of a data region associated with another data region by a link;

an adjusting unit configured to adjust the layout of the data regions in accordance with the content data inserted into the data regions;

a judging unit configured to judge whether the data region associated with another data region by the link protrudes from a predetermined page region based on the layout of the data regions adjusted by the adjusting unit; and

a determining unit configured to determine, if the judging unit judges that the data region protrudes from the predetermined page region, a page region in which the data region is to be arranged based on the attribute of the data region set by the attribute setting unit,

wherein, the determining unit determines that the data region is to be arranged either in a previous page region or in a following page region of the previous page region based on the attribute of the data region set in the attribute setting unit.

30. A computer-readable layout processing program for dynamically changing a layout of a template having a plurality of data regions in accordance with content data inserted into the data regions, the computer-readable layout processing program comprising:

an attribute setting step of setting an attribute of a data region associated with another data region by a link;

an adjusting step of adjusting the layout of the data regions in accordance with the content data inserted into the data regions;

a judging step of judging whether the data region associated with another data region by the link protrudes from a predetermined page region based on the layout of the data regions adjusted in the adjusting step; and

a determining step of determining, if it is judged in the judging step that the data region protrudes from the predetermined page region, a page region in which the data region is to be arranged based on the attribute of the data region set in the attribute setting step,

wherein, the determining step determines that the data region is to be arranged either in a previous page region or in a following page region of the previous page region based on the attribute of the data region set in the attribute setting step.