Patent ID: 7712026
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A document processing apparatus for performing a layout process using content data to be output and a single template in which a plurality of regions to which the content data is assigned are arranged, comprising: a connecting unit which connects a first region to a second region, and connects a third region to a fourth region, wherein the first, second, third and fourth regions are arranged in the single template, and displayed; a priority order setting unit which sets independently, for each of the first, second, third and fourth regions, a priority order which is utilized to determine a size of each region; and a display control unit which displays (i) information representing the priority order which is set for first region, and (ii) information representing the priority order which is set for the second region which is connected to the first region when the first region is selected by a user from among the displayed regions, and displays (iii) information representing the priority order which is set for the third region, and (iv) information representing the priority order which is set for the fourth region which is connected to the third region, when the third region is selected by the user from among the displayed regions, wherein when the user changes a selection of a region from the first region to the third region, said display control unit changes the displayed information from the information representing the priority orders set for the first and second regions into the information representing the priority orders set for the third and fourth regions.