Adding and removing white space from a document

Abstract

A method, a computer system and a computer-readable medium having instructions for a processor stored thereon are provided for growing a page on a display. Input indicating a first position or designation of content on a page of an electronic document and an amount of white space to be inserted in the page is received. Responsive to the received input, at least some of the content of the page of the electronic document is moved to insert white space. The moving starts from a point based on the first position. The portion of the content being moved is moved a distance based on the amount of white space indicated in the received input. The page is grown by an amount based on the amount of the white space indicated in the received input. A respective size of other pages of the electronic document remains unchanged. Also provided are a method, a computer system and a computer-readable medium having instructions for a processor stored thereon for deleting a portion of a page and reducing a size of the page.

1 . A method of reducing a size of a page in an electronic document on a display by removing an amount of white space, comprising: 
 A) receiving input indicating a first designation on a page of an electronic document;    B) responsive to the input of the step A, moving at least some of content of the page by an amount corresponding to the amount to be removed from the page, said at least some of the content being moved such that an indicated portion of the page is removed and overwritten by at least a portion of said at least some of the content of the page; and    C) shrinking the size of the page by an amount based on the amount to remove from the page.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the size of the page is reduced such that the size of the page is at least as large as the original size of the page  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step C includes shrinking a width of the page.  
   
   
       4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the first designation is a first position.  
   
   
       5 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the first designation is a line or lines separating content.  
   
   
       6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said input includes the amount of white space to be removed.  
   
   
       7 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein the amount of white space to be removed is predefined.  
   
   
       8 . The method according to  claim 6 , wherein the amount of white space to be removed is all white space near said first designation.  
   
   
       9 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the moved content is determined based at least in part on a structural component on the page.  
   
   
       10 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein the moved content includes modifying a structural component on the page.  
   
   
       11 . A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, said instructions relating to removing an amount of white space from a page, such that when the instructions are loaded and executed by a processor, the processor is caused to perform: 
 A) receiving input indicating a first designation on a page of an electronic document;    B) responsive to the input of the step A, moving at least some of content of the page by an amount corresponding to the amount to be removed from the page, said at least some of the content being moved such that an indicated portion of the page is removed and overwritten by at least a portion of said at least some of the content of the page; and    C) shrinking the size of the page by an amount based on the indicated amount to remove from the page.    
   
   
       12 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the size of the page is reduced such that the size of the page is at least as large as the original size of the page.  
   
   
       13 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the step C includes shrinking a width of the page.  
   
   
       14 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the first designation is a line or lines separating content.  
   
   
       15 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein said input includes the amount of white space to be removed.  
   
   
       16 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the amount of white space to be removed is predefined.  
   
   
       17 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the amount of white space to be removed is all white space near said first designation.  
   
   
       18 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the moved content is determined based at least in part on a structural component on the page.  
   
   
       19 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 11 , wherein the moved content includes modifying a structural component on the page.  
   
   
       20 . A computer system comprising: 
 a processor;    a display to display at least a portion of an electronic document from which an amount will be removed;    an input device to input at least a first designation of a page of an electronic document, wherein the processor is arranged to:    A) receive input indicating a first designation on a page of an electronic document;    B) responsive to the input of the step A, move at least some of content of the page by an amount corresponding to the amount to be removed from the page, said at least some of the content being moved such that an indicated portion of the page is removed and overwritten by at least a portion of said at least some of the content of the page; and    C) shrink the size of the page by an amount based on the indicated amount to remove from the page.