Patent ID: 9122659
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A document editing apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, cooperating to function as: a first display unit configured to display a plurality of blank areas between objects included in a document; a prohibition unit configured to receive a user's designation of a deletion-prohibited blank area arbitrarily selected from among the plurality of blank areas displayed by the first display unit to prohibit deleting of the deletion-prohibted blank area; a first setting unit configured to set a target number of pages which is obtained by executing processing for reducing a number of sheets; a second setting unit configured to set a minimum value to the deletion-prohibited blank area; an editing unit configured to, in a case where the processing for reducing the number of sheets is started, delete a blank area for which deleting has not been prohibited and to reduce the deletion-prohibited blank area to the minimum value; a determination unit configured to determine whether a number of pages of an editing result by the editing unit reaches the target number of pages; and a second display unit configured to display the editing result by the editing unit when the number of pages of the editing result is determined to reach the target number of pages.