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Automatic intertext column spacing

  • US 4,484,826 A
  • Filed: 09/24/1981
  • Issued: 11/27/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for forming a multiple text column table within a page, the space between adjacent columns being denominated a gutter, the left edge of the leftmost column and the right edge of the rightmost column being denominated a page or table margin, said method evenly adjusting the gutters between columns during the formatting of the multiple text columns on the page in an interactive word processing system formed from a keyboard, display, memory for storing formatted information, and an intercoupling microprocessor, comprising the steps of:

  • operator entering of a line of at least two column width examples of repeated text and control characters; and

    responsive to function key actuation, the machine step of modifying the example line by the automatic insertion of space characters into the gutters between column examples approximating the unoccupied escapement between the page margins divided by the number of gutters, said machine step further including the steps of ad seriatim scanning each gutter and removing space characters encountered therein, initializing a counter index to the number of spaces to be inserted, and inserting the space characters and decrementing the index for each insertion until the index is exhausted.

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