Patent ID: 7113305

Claim:
An information processing method comprising: a memory step of storing layout information in layout memory means, when document data is outputted to an output apparatus; a first display step of displaying two or more kinds of objects included in the document data on a display screen, wherein the two or more kinds of objects include characters and objects other than characters; an associating step of associating each displayed object with one of a plurality of size information having a relation between a size of a document output area and a size of an object when the document data is outputted to the output apparatus based on the layout information, wherein the size information associated with each of the two or more kinds of objects is function information, which is different for each of the two or more kinds of objects; and a second display step of displaying the function information as a graph on the display screen, wherein said associating step includes associating the function information represented by the graph displayed in said second display step with an object corresponding to the function information.