Patent ID: 8427690

Claim:
A method for reading sequentially a manuscript group made of plural sheets and dividing the manuscript group into manuscript data, the method being used by a read-data dividing system that includes (i) a reading section, (ii) a header information obtaining section, (iii) a file making section, and (iv) an electronic file memorizing section, the method comprising the steps of: reading, by the reading section, sequentially the manuscript group made of the plural sheets to produce reading data; analyzing, by the header information obtaining section, each reading data of the sheet produced at the reading step and judging whether or not the sheet is added with a predetermined mark; and dividing, by the file making section, the manuscript group data by the reading data of the sheet added with the predetermined mark into plural manuscript data in a case where the sheet is judged as being added with the predetermined mark at the judging step, and thereafter, storing, by the electronic file memorizing section, collectively each of the manuscript data including the reading data of the sheet added with the predetermined mark in a storing region.