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A computer system and method relating to editing an electronic document having both text and drawings is disclosed. Drawings may be rescaled and/or repositioned responsive to a change in line height or font size of text. The resealing may be done in proportion to the change in line height or font si

A computer system and method relating to editing an electronic document having both text and drawings is disclosed. Drawings may be rescaled and/or repositioned responsive to a change in line height or font size of text. The resealing may be done in proportion to the change in line height or font size, and the repositioning may be performed to avoid overlapping of the rescaled drawings. A document may be divided into a plurality of adjacent regions, and drawings within the document may each have an offset value representing a distance between the drawing and a reference axis of one of the regions.

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We claim: 1. A method for editing an electronic document containing drawings, comprising the steps of: dividing said document into a plurality of regions, each region having a reference axis, and wherein positions of said drawings are identified with respect to said axes; receiving a request to mod

We claim: 1. A method for editing an electronic document containing drawings, comprising the steps of: dividing said document into a plurality of regions, each region having a reference axis, and wherein positions of said drawings are identified with respect to said axes; receiving a request to modify a line size in a text portion of said document; rescaling said drawings in accordance with said axes and proportional to the modification in line size of the text portion; determining if said rescaled drawings overlap with one another; if said rescaled drawings are determined to overlap, repositioning one or more of said drawings such that said overlap no longer exists; determining if a size of said repositioned drawings exceeds a predetermined limit; and if said size is determined to exceed said limit, rescaling the repositioned drawings such that said size no longer exceeds said limit, wherein said predetermined limit is a distance between a right margin and a left margin of said document. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of rescaling said drawings further comprises the step of rescaling offset distances between reference points of said drawings and said axes. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of regions includes a left margin region, a body region, and a right margin region. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein said reference axes are horizontally-located in the center of said regions. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein said drawings each include an anchor point. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein said anchor point is a center of said drawing. 7. The method of claim 5, wherein said anchor point is a corner of said drawing. 8. A computer-readable medium, having computer-executable instructions for performing the steps of: dividing said document into a plurality of regions, each region having a reference axis, and wherein positions of said drawings are identified with respect to said axes; receiving a request to modify a line size in a text portion of said document; rescaling said drawings in accordance with said axes and proportional to the modification in line size of the text portion; determining if said rescaled drawings overlap with one another; if said rescaled drawings are determined to overlap, repositioning one or more of said drawings such that said overlap no longer exists; determining if size of said repositioned drawings exceeds a predetermined limit; and if said size is determined to exceed said limit, rescaling the repositioned drawings such that said size no longer exceeds said limit, wherein said predetermined limit is a distance between a right margin and a left in of sad document. 9. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein said step of rescaling said drawings further comprises rescaling offset distances between reference points of said drawings and said axes. 10. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein said plurality of regions includes a left margin region, a body region, and a right margin region. 11. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein said reference axes are horizontally-located in the center of said regions. 12. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein said drawings each include an anchor point. 13. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein said repositioning includes repositioning said rescaled drawings in proportion to said modification in line size of the text portion. 14. A portable computing device, comprising: a display screen, wherein at least a portion of an electronic document is displayed on said display screen, said document containing drawings; and a computer-readable medium, having computer-executable instructions for performing the following steps: dividing an electronic document into a plurality of regions, each region having a reference axis, and wherein positions of said drawings are identified with respect to said axes; receiving a request to modify a line size of a text portion of said electronic document; rescaling said drawings in accordance with said axes and proportional to the modification in line size of the text portion; determining if said rescaled drawings overlap with one another; if said rescaled drawings are determined to overlap, repositioning one or more of said rescaled drawings such that said overlap no longer exists; determining if a size of said repositioned drawings exceeds a predetermined limit; and if said size is determined to exceed said limit, rescaling the repositioned drawings such that said size no longer exceeds said limit, wherein said predetermined limit is a distance between a right margin and a left margin of said document. 15. The device of claim 14, wherein said repositioning includes repositioning said rescaled drawings in proportion to said modification in line size of the text portion. 16. The device of claim 14, wherein said computer-readable medium further includes computer-readable instructions for, responsive to said modification in said line size of the text portion of said document, repositioning said drawings, such that a first portion of one of said drawings is displayed on a first page of said document, and a second portion of the one of said drawings is displayed on a second page of said document. 17. The device of claim 14, wherein said step of rescaling said drawings further comprises rescaling offset distances between reference points of said drawings and said axes. 18. The device of claim 14, wherein said plurality of regions includes a left margin region, a body region, and a right margin region. 19. The device of claim 14, wherein said reference axes are horizontally-located in the center of said regions. 20. The device of claim 14, wherein said drawings each include an anchor point.