Patent ID: 8332749

Claim:
An apparatus for creating a document including a table graphic pattern, comprising: setting means for setting a position and shape of the table graphic pattern in accordance with a first user operation; generation means for generating a second graphic pattern other than the table graphic pattern in accordance with a second user operation, wherein the second graphic pattern is located at a predetermined position on the last page of the document; locating means for locating the table graphic pattern on each page of the document in accordance with the position and shape set by said setting means, for entering any available record data in each data field of the table graphic pattern, and for storing the document in a memory; and preview display means for displaying a preview of the document, wherein said preview display means further displays, when displaying the last page of the document, the second graphic pattern generated by said generation means at the predetermined position and a line indicating a lower limit position of the table graphic pattern on the last page, wherein the line is movable up or down in accordance with a third user operation, and wherein the available record data is entered in the table graphic pattern after the lower limit position of the table graphic pattern is set, and if it is determined after filling in the available record data that the filled table graphic pattern and the second graphic pattern overlap one another on the last page in the preview, the filled table graphic pattern is deformed so as to fit within an area above the line.