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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2001
Nathaniel M. Mccully, Seattle, WA (US);
Nathaniel M. McCully, Seattle, WA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling leading. A region including a plurality of lines in data being typeset and displayed on a display device is specified. One of the lines in the plurality of lines is selected, and a user input is received to set a new leading value (S, S). The current leading value of the selected line is determined (S). The difference between the new leading value and the current leading value is determined (S). The spacing amount of the selected line based on the difference is adjusted. A desktop publishing system for controlling leading is also described.