Patent ID: 9557947
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A document processing apparatus that handles a structured document comprising a layer of page element and a layer of document element including the page element, wherein print setting information are allowed to be attached to each element of the respective layers, the document processing apparatus comprising: at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to each other and cooperating to act as: a determination unit which determines whether or not the print setting information is attached to each element of the layer of page element, and determines a total number of the page element and/or a total number of the document element; and a control unit which controls a change of print setting information for whole structured document to automatically permit a user to change the print setting information for the whole structured document or automatically prohibit the user from changing the print setting information for the whole structured document based on the determination result of the determination unit, wherein the control unit automatically permits, if the determination unit determines as determination result that the total number of the page element is one, the user to change the print setting information for the whole structured document, and the control unit automatically permits, if the determination unit determines as a determination result that the total number of the page element is not one and there is no element to which the print setting information is attached in the layer of page elements, the user to change the print setting information for the whole structured document.