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Document producing apparatus having in-document layout display

  • US 4,951,233 A
  • Filed: 08/03/1988
  • Issued: 08/21/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A document producing apparatus, comprising:

  • an input unit including means for inputting descriptive contents, such as characters or figures, which form a multi-page document and a format which defines a sheet size of a paper sheet to be used for each page of said document, a sheet direction of portrait or landscape in which the sheet is to be used, and a layout of the descriptive contents in each page;

    a storage unit including means for storing therein said descriptive contents and said format inputted from said input unit;

    a display unit for selectively displaying the contents stored by said storage unit; and

    in-document layout displaying means for simultaneously displaying on said display unit respective page patterns of plural pages included in said document so that page information of the respective pages are partitioned in successive order from a leading page and for every one of a predetermined number of pages of said document and are arranged in one display image, said page information including at least the sheet size and the sheet direction stored in said storage unit.

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