Patent ID: 9619440
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A document conversion apparatus comprising: a memory; and at least one processor that executes a computer program in the memory to control the document conversion apparatus to function as units comprising: an obtaining unit that obtains first document data described in a first file format, the first document data using first character font information; and a conversion unit that obtains second document data described in a second file format by converting the first document data, the second file format being different from the first file format, wherein the conversion unit converts the first document data into the second document data by replacing the first character font information with second character font information that is different from the first character font information if it is determined that the first character font information is not present in the document conversion apparatus, the second document data obtained by the conversion unit further includes hint information which indicates the first character font information being replaced with the second character font information if it is determined that the first character font information is not present in the document conversion apparatus, the second document data obtained by the conversion unit further includes a control program which is executed by a terminal which displays the second document data, the control program controls the terminal to display the second document data by replacing the second character font information with the first character font information supported by the terminal when the terminal supports the first character font information indicated by the hint information, and the control program controls the terminal to display the second document data using the second character font information when the terminal does not support the first character font information indicated by the hint information.