Specifying measurements on a page by pointing
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1. A method of specifying measurements of objects relative to page boundaries in a document to be printed comprising the steps of:
- displaying at least a portion of a page of said document on a display screen, said step of displaying producing a page display field showing only those objects which to be printed and in a relative size and spacing corresponding to their relative size and spacing as those objects would be printed on the page in said document;
pointing to a desired location in said page display field to define a measurement of an object on the page, said pointing step being performed by a pointing cursor; and
calculating the location relative to said page boundaries of said document pointed to in said pointing step, said location being used to format printing of said page.
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Abstract
An easy-to-use technique for specifying measurements of a document to be printed uses a pointing method, such as a cursor which is moved around a display screen by means of a pointing device having a select button. The pointing cursor is moved to each desired location in a predetermined sequence, and the select button is pressed. The values of the measurements so selected are calculated based on the relative position of the pointing cursor at the time the select button is pressed.
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1. A method of specifying measurements of objects relative to page boundaries in a document to be printed comprising the steps of:
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displaying at least a portion of a page of said document on a display screen, said step of displaying producing a page display field showing only those objects which to be printed and in a relative size and spacing corresponding to their relative size and spacing as those objects would be printed on the page in said document; pointing to a desired location in said page display field to define a measurement of an object on the page, said pointing step being performed by a pointing cursor; and calculating the location relative to said page boundaries of said document pointed to in said pointing step, said location being used to format printing of said page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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