Patent ID: 9619183
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A document processing apparatus comprising: a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a first preview image for first document data and a second preview image for second document data wherein the first document data includes a first element and first print setting information in association with each other in a higher hierarchical level, and a third element in a lower hierarchical level, and wherein the second document data includes a second element and second print setting information in association with each other in the higher hierarchical level, and a fourth element in the lower hierarchical level a combining unit configured to generate combined document data based on the first and second document data; and wherein the higher hierarchical level of the combined document data includes the first element and the first print setting information and neither includes the second element nor the second print setting information, and an association unit configured to associate the second print setting information with the fourth element so that the lower hierarchical level of the combined document data includes the second print setting information associated with the fourth element, wherein the display control unit, the combining unit and the association unit are implemented by a processor and a memory.