Patent ID: 6596032
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A document processing apparatus, comprising:a layout data memory storing layout data used to lay out the contents of a document; a part data memory storing part data of parts to be inserted into layouts; a layout/parts list display controller defining a layout area and a parts list area in a screen on a display unit on the basis of the data residing in said layout data memory and said part data memory and displaying concurrently one layout or a plurality of layouts in said layout area and a list of parts to be inserted into the one layout or the plurality of layouts in said parts list area, each layout comprising a different predetermined layout template with fields associated with the parts in the parts list area; a part insertion unit, in response to a selection of one part from the list of parts displayed in said parts list area, inserting the selected part into the associated fields in all the layouts displayed in said layout area; an effect data memory unit storing predetermined effect data associated with the selected part; and a part effect addition unit superimposing the effect data on the part data for the selected part.