Patent ID: 7197704

Claim:
A computer-implemented document management method of managing a plurality of files of documents by using a list having records concerning the files of documents, the method comprising the steps of: displaying the list having the records concerning the files, the records being used for managing the plurality of files of documents; assigning identifiers to some of records selected from the records displayed in the displayed list in response to a user's operation of selecting a processing order for the plurality of the displayed records, the identifiers having respective priorities which indicate a processing order in which the files corresponding to the selected plurality of records are to be processed, the priorities being independent of an order of display of the records in the list, wherein the assigned identifiers are displayed at the selected records in the displayed list when the identifiers are assigned in response to the user's operation, and wherein the displayed list includes the records to which the identifiers are assigned and the records to which the identifiers are not assigned; and executing a processing of the selected records to which the identifiers are assigned, in the processing order indicated by the respective priorities of the identifiers.