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Column balancing control

  • US 4,891,771 A
  • Filed: 12/18/1987
  • Issued: 01/02/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In an information processing system for displaying a data stream of encoded data in more than one column, a method for dividing said data into a plurality of columns comprising:

  • referring to a stored page model which describes areas in which said data is to be displayed;

    identifying in said page model a plurality of column balance set areas into which said data is to be evenly distributed;

    detecting a balance column command associated with said data; and

    evenly distributing said data among said identified column balance set areas in response to the detection of said balance column command.

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