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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1989
Miwako Doi, Kawasaki, JP;
Isamu Iwai, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoichi Takebayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Mika Fukui, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method for formatting document in which document data and format data are given independently and in which these data can be managed very efficiently. The method includes the steps of (a) entering document data representing a document to be formatted having a title; (b) identifying a subject field to which the document belongs by searching a key work characterizing the subject field; and (c) formatting the document in one of plurality of different types of format prescribed in accordance with the identified subject field. An apparatus for performing this method is also disclosed.