摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically generate a grid line without depending upon user's knowledge or experiences. <P>SOLUTION: A document editing support device includes: an object obtaining means that obtains at least one object included in a document being a target to be edited; a split ratio storage means that stores a predetermined split ratio; a reference line setting means that extracts two lines from at least one of the circumscribed polygon of an object other than a target object for determining a location among the objects acquired by the object obtaining means and the boundary line of a layout area where objects are located in the document, and sets the extracted lines as reference lines; a virtual line generation means that generates a virtual line that splits an interval between the two reference lines set by the reference line setting means, at a split ratio stored in the split ratio storage means; and a location means that determines the location of the target object, the location of which is to be determined, along the virtual line generated by the virtual line generation means, within the layout area. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT</p> |