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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
Kenji Matsuhara, Kawanishi, JP;
Kazuaki Tomono, Itami, JP;
Kenichi Takahashi, Sennan-gun, JP;
Jun Kunioka, Okazaki, JP;
Kenji Matsuhara, Kawanishi, JP;
Kazuaki Tomono, Itami, JP;
Kenichi Takahashi, Sennan-gun, JP;
Jun Kunioka, Okazaki, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus with a display displaying a preview image of a document with a plurality of pages having text sections in a text data format and illustration sections in an image data format; an illustration section selector which selects one of the illustration sections on any of the pages in the preview image displayed on the display, according to a user operation; a page selector which specifies one of the pages as a destination page to which the selected illustration section is to be transferred, according to a user operation; a realignment portion which transfers the selected illustration section to the destination page selected by the page selector and realigns texts in a text section of the destination page; and a controller which allows the display to display a preview image of the destination page including the texts realigned by the realignment portion.