Patent ID: 6993711

Claim:
A style-sheet output apparatus comprising: a style-sheet designating unit for designating a desired style sheet from among a plurality of style sheets, wherein there have been stored a plurality of types of data representing style sheets stipulating layouts of images which include a plurality of items such as images and text; a storage unit for storing, in association with a user, data identifying a style sheet designated by said style-sheet designating unit; an identification-data input unit for inputting data which identifies a user; a read-out command input unit for inputting a style-sheet read-out command; and a style-sheet output unit for outputting, in accordance with a style-sheet read-out command that has been input from said read-out command input unit, and on the basis of a relationship that has been stored in said storage unit, data representing a style sheet corresponding to a user identified by identification data that has been input from said identification-data input unit.