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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1991
Masayoshi Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Yasumasa Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kumai, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiko Kasai, Fujisawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Masuda, Omiya, JP;
Akihiro Kaneko, Hitachi, JP;
Junichiro Takeyama, Omiya, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a document processing apparatus wherein a format of a document or the like is set, a plurality of possible format patterns are simultaneously displayed, and a selection of a desirable format pattern among said format patterns is made so as to perform a format setting operation. Displays of the format patterns are subdivided into a plurality of screens based on a purpose or usage of a document to be formed. After selecting or designating the purpose or usage of the document, the above-described format pattern is displayed. The document format setting operation which was cumbersome in prior art can be readily performed by selecting a desirable format sample from the format samples which have been categorized based upon the usage thereof, and also by adding an item capable of freely setting a format into the format samples.