Information processing apparatus, method therefor, and computer-readable memory
AssigneeCanon Kabuhsiki Kaisha
InventorsMakoto Takaoka, Yasumasa Sakai
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Abstract
A plurality of kinds of electronic source documents are held. An electronic binder builder composes an integrated electronic document on the basis of the electronic documents of the plurality of kinds of electronic source documents held. For the integrated electronic document, a desired electronic source document page is selected from electronic source document pages. The selected material page is edited, and the compositions of the electronic source documents and integrated electronic document are controlled on the basis of the editing result.
Claims22
An information processing apparatus for composing an integrated electronic document composed of a plurality of kinds of electronic source documents, comprising:
- holding means for holding the plurality of kinds of electronic source documents;
- selection means for selecting a desired electronic source document page from electronic source document pages of the plurality of kinds of electronic source documents held by said holding means;
- composition means for composing the integrated electronic document on the basis of the electronic source document page selected by said selection means;
- editing means for editing each page of the integrated electronic document;
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- control means for controlling the compositions of the electronic source documents and integrated electronic document on the basis of an editing result by said editing means.
An information processing method of composing an integrated electronic document composed of a plurality of kinds of electronic source documents, comprising:
- a holding step of holding the plurality of kinds of electronic source documents in a storage medium;
- a selection step of selecting a desired electronic source document page from electronic source document pages of the plurality of kinds of electronic source documents held in the storage medium in the holding step;
- a composition step of composing the integrated electronic document on the basis of the electronic source document page selected in the selection step;
- an editing step of editing each page of the integrated electronic document;
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- a control step of controlling the compositions of the electronic source documents and integrated electronic document on the basis of an editing result in the editing step.
A computer-readable memory which stores program codes of information processing for composing an integrated electronic document composed of a plurality of kinds of electronic source documents, comprising:
- a program code of a holding step of holding the plurality of kinds of electronic source documents in a storage medium;
- a program code of a selection step of selecting a desired electronic source document page from electronic source document pages of the plurality of kinds of electronic source documents held in the storage medium in the holding step;
- a program code of a composition step of composing the integrated electronic document on the basis of the electronic source document page selected in the selection step;
- a program code of an editing step of editing each page of the integrated electronic document;
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- a program code of the control step of controlling the compositions of the electronic source documents and integrated electronic document on the basis of an editing result in the editing step.
An information processing apparatus for composing an integrated electronic document composed of a plurality of kinds of electronic source documents, comprising:
- holding means for holding the plurality of kinds of electronic source documents;
- selection means for selecting a desired electronic source document page from electronic source document pages of the plurality of kinds of electronic source documents held by said holding means;
- addition means for adding the electronic source document page selected by said selection means to the integrated electronic document composed of the electronic source document pages;
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- editing means for editing the electronic source document page to be added on the basis of an adding position of the electronic source document page to be added by said addition means.
An information processing method of composing an integrated electronic document composed of a plurality of kinds of electronic source documents, comprising:
- a holding step of holding the plurality of kinds of electronic source documents in a storage medium;
- a selection step of selecting a desired electronic source document page from electronic source document pages of the plurality of kinds of electronic source documents held in the storage medium in the holding step;
- an addition step of adding the electronic source document page selected in the selection step to the integrated electronic document composed of the electronic source document pages;
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- an editing step of editing the electronic source document page to be added on the basis of an adding position of the electronic source document page to be added in the addition step.
A computer-readable memory which stores program codes of information processing for composing an integrated electronic document composed of a plurality of kinds of electronic source documents, comprising:
- a program code of a holding step of holding the plurality of kinds of electronic source documents in a storage medium;
- a program code of a selection step of selecting a desired electronic source document page from electronic source document pages of the plurality of kinds of electronic source documents held in the storage medium in the holding step;
- a program code of an addition step of adding the electronic source document page selected in the selection step to the integrated electronic document composed of the electronic source document pages;
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- a program code of an editing step of editing the electronic source document page to be added on the basis of an adding position of the electronic source document page to be added in the addition step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.