Document processing apparatus for correcting address and format information of document information up to a designated page

Claim 2

A document processing system comprising: first memory means for storing document information comprising characters; second memory means for storing format information of the document information stored in said first memory means; third memory means for storing address information of the document information and the format information stored in said first and second memory means, respectively, said third memory means storing the address information together in at least one page unit; page designating means for designating a given page comprising at least part of the document information stored in said first memory means whose format is defined by the format information stored in said second memory means; means for reading out the document information of the given page designated by said page designating means stored in said first memory means; and control means for controlling, in response to the page designation by said page designating means, said first, second, and third memory means, and type-setting means and correcting means such that the address and format information of the document information and the document information up to the designated page is corrected by the correcting means and type-setting is executed by the type-setting means for the document information read out by said reading means, wherein said control means controls said first, second, and third memory means such that type-setting is executed electronically by said type-setting means for the document information read out by said reading means.

Claim 3

A system according to claim 1, further comprising means for determining, based upon the format information, whether the document information is edited in units of pages.

Claim 4

A system according to claim 1, wherein said third memory means stores address information on an address of predetermined regions of the document information and stores address information on an address of the format information corresponding to the document information in said predetermined regions.

Claim 5

A system according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined regions are in units of pages of the document information subjected to formatting.

Claim 6

A system according to claim 4, wherein said second memory means stores information as to an output size of the document information up to, including, and after the designated page, wherein said system further comprises output means for outputting on output sheets the document information in units of pages, and control means for selecting sizes of the output sheets on the basis of the output size information stores in said second memory means.

Claim 7

A system according to claim 1, wherein said second memory means stores information as to an output size of the document information up to the designated page, for the designated page, and after the designated page, wherein said system further comprises output means for outputting on output sheets the document information in units of pages, and output control means for selecting sizes of the output sheets on the basis of the output size information stores in said second memory means.

Claim 8

A document processing system comprising: first memory means for storing document information comprising a plurality of characters; second memory means for storing format information of the document information stored in said first memory means; third memory means for storing address information of the document information and the format information stored in said first and second memory means, respectively, said third memory means storing the address information together in at least one page unit; indicating means for indicating an end of inputting of the characters of the document information stored in said first memory means into the system; and control means for controlling said second and third memory means and correcting means to correct the format information and address information in response to the indicating by said indicating means, wherein said control means controls said second and third memory means and type-setting means such that type-setting is executed by the type-setting means electronically for the document information read out of said first memory means by reading means.

Claim 9

A document processing system comprising: first memory means for storing document information comprising a plurality of characters; second memory means for storing format information of the document information stored in said first memory means; third memory means for storing address information of the document information and the format information stored in said first and second memory means, respectively, said third memory means storing the address information together in at least one page unit; indicating means for indicating an end of inputting of the characters of the document information stored in said first memory means into the system; and control means for controlling said second and third memory means and correcting means to correct the format information and address information in response to the indicating by said indicating means, wherein said control means controls said second and third memory means and type-setting means such that type-setting is executed by the type-setting means electronically for the document information read out of said first memory means by reading means.

Claim 10

A document processing system comprising: first memory means for storing document information comprising a plurality of pages of document information of a plurality of characters; second memory means for storing format information of the document information stored in said first memory means; third memory means for storing address information of the document information and the format information stored in said first and second memory means, respectively, said third memory means storing the address information together in at least one page unit; determining means for determining whether a given instruction is for ending input of characters into said system to be stored as document information in said first memory means or for designating a page of the document information stored in said first memory means; and control means for controlling said second and third memory means and correcting means to correct the format information and address information when said determining means determines that the given instruction is for ending input of characters into said system, and for controlling type-setting means and said first, second, and third memory means so that type-setting is executed electronically by the type-setting means for the document information read out of said first memory means by reading means on the basis of the format information and the address information up to a page determined by the given instruction to be a designated page when said determining means determines that the given instruction is for designating a page.

Claim 11

A document processing system comprising: first memory means for storing document information comprising a plurality of pages of document information of a plurality of characters; second memory means for storing format information of the document information stored in said first memory means; third memory means for storing address information of the document information and the format information stored in said first and second memory means, respectively, said third memory means storing the address information together in at least one page unit; determining means for determining whether a given instruction is for ending input of characters into said system to be stored as document information in said first memory means or for designating a page of the document information stored in said first memory means; and control means for controlling said second and third memory means and correcting means to correct the format information and address information when said determining means determines that the given instruction is for ending input of characters into said system, and for controlling type-setting means and said first, second, and third memory means so that type-setting is executed electronically by the type-setting means for the document information read out of said first memory means by reading means on the basis of the format information and the address information up to a page determined by the given instruction to be a designated page when said determining means determines that the given instruction is for designating a page.

Claim 14

The method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of determining whether the document information is edited in units of pages based on the stored format information.

Claim 15

The method according to claim 9, further comprising the steps of storing address information on an address of predetermined regions of the document information, and storing address information of an address of the format information corresponding to the document information in the predetermined regions.

Claim 16

The method according to claim 11, wherein said step of storing address information on an address of predetermined regions of the document information comprises the step of storing address information on an address of predetermined regions in units of at least one page of the document information.

Claim 17

The method according to claim 12, further comprising the steps of storing information as to an output size of the document information up to, including, and after the designated page in the second memory means, outputting on output sheets the document information in units of pages,and selecting sizes of the output sheets on the basis of the output size information stored in the second memory means.

Claim 18

The method according to claim 9, further comprising the steps of storing information as to an output size of the document information up to, including, and after the designated page in the second memory means, outputting on output sheets the document information in units of pages,and selecting sizes of the output sheets on the basis of the output size information stored in the second memory means.