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The objects are arranged into overlap groups. Each overlap group is bound by a rectangle (perimeter) and contains objects that, as a group, overlap each other while each overlap group does not overlap any other overlap group. Thus, the page is divided into distinct regions within each non-overlappin

The objects are arranged into overlap groups. Each overlap group is bound by a rectangle (perimeter) and contains objects that, as a group, overlap each other while each overlap group does not overlap any other overlap group. Thus, the page is divided into distinct regions within each non-overlapping rectangle that contain the objects as laid out on the page. The boundaries of each rectangle provides the location for horizontal and vertical lines. These lines define rows and columns of a framework. The intersection of each row and column is a cell, used as a cell in the table representing the page. HTML elements are emitted into an HTML stream in order to define the layout of cells in the table and to populate each cell as either empty or with HTML elements representing the overlap group corresponding to the location of the cell. The HTML elements representing non-empty cells are either native text elements (if possible) or image elements (if native text does not preserve the layout of the overlap group corresponding to the non-empty cell). Therefore, the HTML elements represent and preserve the layout of objects within each overlap group in a memory efficient manner. Additional HTML elements can be added to a cell to preserve existing hyperlinks. Furthermore, nested tables can be created within a single cell of a larger table in order to provide text adornments associated with objects on the page in an efficient manner

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for creating a table from a layout of a plurality of objects, comprising the steps of:identifying each of the objects relative to their location on a page;creating at least one overlap group of the objects from the layout of the objects, each overlap group contai

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for creating a table from a layout of a plurality of objects, comprising the steps of:identifying each of the objects relative to their location on a page;creating at least one overlap group of the objects from the layout of the objects, each overlap group containing at least one object and any other object that overlaps the at least one of the objects, each overlap group being bound by one of a plurality of perimeters, wherein if a first object and a second object overlap each other, an overlap group containing the first object and the second object is created;creating a framework of cells defining the table from the perimeters bounding each overlap group, the framework defined by rows and columns, each row defined by the top boundary of each perimeter and the bottom boundary of each perimeter, each of the columns defined by the left boundary of each perimeter and the right boundary of each perimeter, the intersection of each row and each column defining the location of each cell within the table; andpopulating each cell that corresponds to the location of each overlap group with at least one element representing the objects within each overlap group as laid out on the page, thereby creating the table from the layout of objects.