Patent ID: 7188311

Claim:
A document processing method of setting a print format of document data which has a hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of chapters, comprising: a first setting step of setting a print format of the entire document data as a first hierarchy in accordance with a designation input via a first print format setting screen; a second setting step of setting a print format of each chapter included in the document data as a second hierarchy in accordance with a designation input via a second print format setting screen; and a generation step of generating the print format information of the document data on the basis of the print formats set in said first and second setting steps, wherein the print format of the chapter is classified into a plurality of print function groups, wherein said second setting step further includes: a correspondence setting step of setting whether or not each print function group of the print format of the chapter corresponds to the print format of the entire document data; and an item setting step of setting each print function group of the print format of the chapter independently of the print format of the entire document data, in a case where said correspondence setting step sets that each print function group of the print format of the chapter does not correspond to the print format of the entire document data, and wherein in said print format generation step, each print function group of the print format of the chapter which does not correspond to the print format of the entire document data is generated by using the print format of the chapter set in said second setting step, and each print function group of the print format of the chapter which corresponds to the print format of the entire document data is generated by using the print format of the entire document data set in said first setting step.