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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2009
Toshihiko Hosotsubo, Kamakura, JP;
Toshihiko Hosotsubo, Kamakura, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A document editing apparatus capable of reducing the total number of pages of a document includes an area generation unit configured to generate a blank area including margins of a document as its objects, an area editing prohibition unit configured to prohibit deletion of blank areas designated by a user from among a plurality of blank areas of the document, and an area reduction unit configured to reduce the blank area whose deletion is prohibited by the area editing prohibition unit in a direction of columns of the document. The document editing apparatus reduces the total number of pages of a document by prohibiting the deletion of an arbitrarily designated blank area and arranging objects located in rear portions of the document in the margin generated by reducing the blank area in the direction of the columns of the document by using the area reduction unit.
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