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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1988
Masaki Fujiwara, Hitachi, JP;
Masaki Kawase, Katsuta, JP;
Kiyoshi Masuda, Hitachi, JP;
Shigeki Taniguchi, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A document producing apparatus comprises an input unit for inputting descriptive contents such as characters or figures which contstruct a document and a format which defines a sheet size of a paper sheet used, a sheet direction of portrait or landscape in which the sheet is to be used, and a layout of the descriptive contents in each page, a storage unit for storing therein the descriptive contents and the format inputted from the input unit, a display unit for selectively displaying the contents stored in the storage unit, and an in-document layout editing unit for displaying on the display unit a layout of a plurality of pages forming the document so that page information of the respective pages are partitioned in due order from a leading page and for every predetermined number of pages and are arranged in one display image, the page information including at least the sheet size and the sheet direction stored in the storage unit. The apparatus may further comprise a page editing unit for performing the editing for a desired page while referring to a display image displayed on the display unit.