Systems and methods for editing documents

A system for automatically editing a softcopy document using a hardcopy markup document, the system including a multi-function device (MFD) comprising:

• a scanning device for scanning one or more pages of a document including the hardcopy markup document, wherein the hardcopy markup document includes one or more editing marks, wherein each of the one or more editing marks indicates a correction to be performed to a softcopy document corresponding to the hardcopy markup document;
• an editing device configured to:
• identify file information of the hardcopy markup document;
• retrieve the softcopy document corresponding to the hardcopy markup document from a storage device based on the identified file information;
• recognize one or more marked regions present at least one of the scanned pages of the hardcopy markup document, wherein the one or more marked regions includes at least one of the editing marks;
• creating an edit information document based on the recognized one or more marked regions;
• converting the one or more marked regions present on the scanned hardcopy markup document into an editable format;
• and
• creating an edited softcopy document by performing the corrections to the retrieved softcopy document based on the created edit information document.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for automatically editing a softcopy document using a hardcopy markup document, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for:

• scanning one or more pages of the hardcopy markup document, wherein the hardcopy markup document includes one or more editing marks, wherein each of the one or more editing marks indicates a correction to be performed to a softcopy document corresponding to the hardcopy markup document;
• identifying file information of the hardcopy markup document;
• retrieving the softcopy document corresponding to the hardcopy markup document from a storage device based on the identified file information;
• recognizing one or more marked regions present on at least one of the scanned pages of the hardcopy markup document, wherein the one or more marked regions includes at least one of the editing marks;
• creating an edit information document based on the recognized one or more marked regions;
• converting the one or more marked regions present on the scanned hardcopy markup document into an editable format;
• and
• creating an edited softcopy document by performing the corrections to the retrieved softcopy document based on the created edit information document.