Patent ID: 8896852

Claim:
A document creating apparatus comprising: a partial region setting unit that sets partial regions for document data; an output control information generating unit that generates output control information regarding the partial regions set by the partial region setting unit; a printing unit that prints, onto a printing medium, the document data, position information regarding the partial regions set by the partial region setting unit, and the output control information generated by the output control information generating unit; an accepting unit that accepts the document data which is obtained by reading printed material generated through printing performed by the printing unit, the output control information regarding the partial regions set for the document data, and the position information regarding the partial regions obtained by reading the printed material generated through printing performed by the printing unit; and an output unit that outputs the document data accepted by the accepting unit in accordance with the output control information and the position information accepted by the accepting unit, wherein the output unit changes an arrangement of at least one of the partial regions in accordance with the position information accepted by the accepting unit, and then outputs the document data.