Patent ID: 7921164

Claim:
A computer implemented method for stopping output of a correspondence, comprising: creating, by a computer processor, a correspondence; determining, by the computer processor, whether an automatic output flag indicating whether the created correspondence is to be automatically output, is defined in user settings for the correspondence and, when defined, determining if the automatic output flag is set; determining, by the computer processor, whether an automatic output flag indicating whether the created correspondence is to be automatically output, is defined in customizing for the correspondence, when it is determined that the automatic output flag is not defined in the user settings; storing, by the computer processor, the created correspondence in a storage area when it is determined that the automatic output flag is not set in the user settings or when the automatic output flag is not defined in the customizing; initiating, by the computer processor, output of the created correspondence when it is determined that the automatic output flag is not set in the user settings or when the automatic output flag is not defined in the customizing; and rendering and outputting, by the computer processor, the created correspondence, wherein when the automatic output flag is set, the created correspondence is automatically rendered and output without storing and when the automatic output flag is not set or the automatic output flag is not defined in the customizing, a user is notified and the created correspondence is rendered and output from storage after allowing the user to make changes to the created correspondence in storage.