Patent ID: 7194696

Claim:
A document processing method of editing a document formed from a plurality of originals, wherein the document is stored in a tree structure of originals having nodes of at least chapters, said method comprising: a first display control step of controlling a process of displaying a graphic object representing a desired original such that the graphic object moves on a document in response to instructions to drag the graphic object, when moving or copying the desired original on a certain portion of the document; a recognition step of recognizing a boundary between originals in the document, near a position of a cursor for dragging the graphic object, wherein said first display control step includes controlling a process of displaying a mark for indicating to which areas on both sides of the boundary the desired original is to belong; and a second display control step of controlling a process of displaying a first display screen in which the tree structure is shown and a second display screen in which the tree structure is not shown, wherein said second display control step includes controlling a process of assigning a bar indicating a belonging chapter to a boundary of chapters on the second display screen.