Patent ID: 7424490

Claim:
A document data handling apparatus for coupling a plurality of document data having unique file names, wherein each of the plurality of document data includes a plurality of types of files, said apparatus comprising: a memory; a document data coupling control part including computer executing programs loaded in the memory configured to control a document data coupling process in which the plurality of document data managed by a document managing part are coupled together to form first document data; and a document name generating part configured to determine a name of one of the plurality of document data used to create the first document data, to assign the determined name of one of the plurality of document data used to create the first document data to the first document data, and to rename each of the unique file names of the plurality of document data used to create the first document data so as to include the name assigned to the first document data and an index indicating an order of arrangement for the plurality of document data in the first document data.