Setting text composition spacing amount
First Claim
1. A desktop publishing (DTP) system, comprising:
- at least one inter-character-class spacing amount setting table, for use in line composition, for grouping similar characters, forming a plurality of character classes and for setting inter-character spacing amounts between a character class of a previous character and a character class of a next character within a pair of contiguous characters;
a display device for displaying electronic text that has been line composed; and
an input device for providing user input;
wherein the DTP system includes a basic settings mode and a detailed settings mode operable to receive an inter-character spacing amount input from a DTP system user, the basic settings mode for modifying the inter-character spacing amounts using a character class relationship table defining a relationship between the character class for the previous character and the character class for the next character and the detailed settings mode for modifying the inter-character spacing amounts directly without using the character class relationship table.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for setting a text composition spacing amount in a DTP system. An inter-character class spacing amount setting table for use in line composition groups similar characters, forms a several character classes and sets inter-character spacing amounts between a character class of a previous character and a character class of a next character within a pair of continuous characters. A user can select a basic settings mode for setting the inter-character spacing amount using a character class relationship table defining a relationship between the character class for the previous character and the character class for the next character; or a detailed settings mode for setting the inter-character spacing amount directly without using the character class relationship table. A display device for displaying electronic text that has been line composed and an input device for receiving user input are provided.
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16 Claims
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1. A desktop publishing (DTP) system, comprising:
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at least one inter-character-class spacing amount setting table, for use in line composition, for grouping similar characters, forming a plurality of character classes and for setting inter-character spacing amounts between a character class of a previous character and a character class of a next character within a pair of contiguous characters;
a display device for displaying electronic text that has been line composed; and
an input device for providing user input;
wherein the DTP system includes a basic settings mode and a detailed settings mode operable to receive an inter-character spacing amount input from a DTP system user, the basic settings mode for modifying the inter-character spacing amounts using a character class relationship table defining a relationship between the character class for the previous character and the character class for the next character and the detailed settings mode for modifying the inter-character spacing amounts directly without using the character class relationship table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product, tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium, for setting a text composition spacing amount in a desktop publishing (DTP) system, comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:
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display on a display device a spacing amount saved in an inter-class character table in response to a DTP system user selection in the inter-character class spacing amount setting table, for use in line composition, the inter-character class spacing amount setting table grouping similar characters, forming a plurality of character classes and for defining inter-character spacing amounts between a character class of a previous character and a character class of a next character within a pair of contiguous characters; and
display on a display device the spacing amount saved in the inter-character class spacing amount setting table in a DTP system mode selected by a user input, the mode being selected from;
a basic settings mode operable to receive an input from a DTP system user for modifying the inter-character class spacing amounts using a character class relationship table defining a relationship between the character class for the previous character and the character class for the next character for the selected inter-character-class spacing amount setting table, and a detailed settings mode operable to receive an input from a DTP system user for modifying the inter-character class spacing amounts directly without using the character class relationship table. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A DTP system, comprising:
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at least one inter-character-class spacing amount setting table, for use in line composition, that the at least one inter-character-class spacing amount setting table grouping similar characters, forming a plurality of character classes and for setting inter-character spacing amounts between a character class of a previous character and a character class of a next character within a pair of contiguous characters;
a display means capable of displaying electronic text that has been line composed;
an input means with which a user can perform input; and
a spacing amount setting means operable to start in response to a user input and having a basic settings mode and a detailed setting mode operable to receive an inter-character spacing amount input from a DTP system user, the basic settings mode for modifying the inter-character spacing amounts using a character class relationship table that defines the relationship between the character class of the previous character and the character class of the next character, and the detailed settings mode for modifying the inter-character spacing amounts directly without using the character class relationship table.
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16. A computer readable recording medium recording a text composition spacing amount setting program for executing by a computer in a desktop publishing system, comprising:
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a procedure for displaying on a display means a spacing amount saved in an inter-character-class spacing amount setting table when a user selects the inter-character-class spacing amount setting table, for use in line compositions that the inter-character-class spacing amount setting table grouping similar characters, forming a plurality of character classes and for setting inter-character spacing amounts between a character class of a previous character and a character class of a next character within a pair of contiguous characters; and
a procedure for displaying on a display means the spacing amount saved in the inter-character-class spacing amount setting table in a mode selected by the user from;
a basic settings mode operable to receive an input from a DTP system user for modifying the inter-character spacing amounts using a character class relationship table that defines the relationship between the character class of the previous character and the character class of the next character for said selected inter-character-class spacing amount setting table, and a detailed settings mode operable to receive an input from a DTP system user for modifying the inter-character spacing amounts directly without using the character class relationship table.
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