JP2016045541A - Information processing device, method for controlling information processing device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid executing printing in an unintended style by prompting a user to require the confirmation of print setting in accordance with an editing instruction to document information.SOLUTION: An information processing device for processing document information determines whether print setting set in edited document information is different from print setting registered by a user S802, and when determined to be different from the predetermined print setting registered by the user, determines whether an instruction to perform switching from a first screen to a second screen has been accepted S803. When determined not to have accepted the instruction to perform switching from the first screen to the second screen in this case, an instruction to perform switching from the first screen to the second screen is promoted S804.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a control method for the information processing apparatus, and a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are applications that can change print settings while performing a print preview display that reflects the state of a document that is actually printed. Prior to actual printing, the print result with the print settings changed can be set and printed while checking the print preview. There are also applications that hold setting information that has been set for printing in a document. Thus, once the print settings are stored, it is possible to print without having to perform the same print settings each time (Patent Document 1).

JP-A-2005-63321

Since the application that holds the print preview described above executes printing after viewing the print preview, it is possible to obtain a print result assumed by the user. However, if the application that holds the print preview described above has a function of editing a document and further holds a preview for editing the document, printing can be performed without displaying the print preview.
As a result, there is a possibility that the user misidentifies the print result. For example, when the user edits a document with this application in order to edit the document and prints without changing the print setting, the user edits the document in the document editing preview and executes printing. At this time, if the print setting information is included in the document, the print result is the same as the print setting information. However, since the user does not display the print preview, it is easy to lead to printing that is not assumed by the user. There was a problem.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to prompt the user to confirm print settings in response to an instruction to edit document information. Thus, it is to provide a mechanism that can prevent printing from being executed in an unintended form.

The information processing apparatus of the present invention that achieves the above object has the following configuration.
An information processing apparatus for processing document information, comprising: an editing unit that edits the document information; a setting unit that performs print settings for the document information; and a page status of the document information edited by the editing unit Receiving means for receiving an instruction for switching between a first screen for displaying and a second screen for displaying a page state in which the print setting set by the setting means is reflected in the document information; and for the edited document information When it is determined that the set print setting is different from the print setting registered by the user and the first determination unit that determines whether the print setting registered by the user is different from the print setting registered by the user, the receiving unit A second determination means for determining whether or not an instruction to switch from the screen to the second screen is received; and an instruction to switch from the first screen to the second screen If it is determined that only with non, characterized in that it comprises, a reminder means for reminding an instruction to switch from said first screen to said second screen.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to avoid the execution of printing in an unintended appearance by prompting the user to confirm the print setting in response to an instruction to edit the document information.

It is a figure which shows the structure of a data processing system. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of information processing apparatus. It is a block diagram explaining the hardware constitutions in an image processing device. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of a document edit application. It is the figure which showed typically the display screen of a document editing application. It is the figure which showed typically the display screen of a document editing application. It is the figure which showed typically the display screen of a document editing application. It is a flowchart explaining the control method of information processing apparatus. It is a flowchart explaining the control method of information processing apparatus. It is a figure explaining UI screen in an information processor. It is a figure explaining UI screen in an information processor. It is a figure explaining UI screen in an information processor. It is a figure explaining UI screen in an information processor. It is a figure explaining UI screen in an information processor. It is a flowchart explaining the control method of information processing apparatus.

Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
<Description of system configuration>
[First Embodiment]
[System configuration]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a data processing system according to the present embodiment. The present embodiment is a system in which an information processing apparatus to be described later and an image processing apparatus to be described later can communicate via a network.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes an information processing apparatus, which is a PC used by a user who instructs the image processing apparatuses 101 and 102 to perform printing or FAX transmission. Reference numerals 101 and 102 denote image processing apparatuses each having a printer function, a FAX function, a copy function, a scanner function, a file transmission function, and the like. The information processing apparatus 100 is installed with a predetermined operating system (OS) and various applications that execute specific function processing (not shown).

  Here, specific function processing includes document information processing, spreadsheet processing, presentation processing, image processing, graphic processing, and the like, and each application has a unique data structure (file structure). Further, the OS is configured to refer to the identifier of each file and issue a print instruction to the corresponding application. In addition, a document editing application 400 (FIG. 4) for using the image processing apparatuses 101 and 102 is installed in the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. Here, the document editing application 400 has a function of giving an output instruction such as printing or FAX transmission to the image processing apparatuses 101 and 102, and a function of displaying the use status of the image processing apparatuses 101 and 102 and the execution status of the output job. . Reference numeral 103 denotes a LAN (Local Area Network) to which the device is connected, and the device performs mutual communication of information via the LAN 103.

[Hardware configuration (information processing equipment)]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG.
In FIG. 2, an input device 205 for receiving user operation input such as a keyboard and a pointing device is provided. Further, a display unit 202 is provided for giving visual output information feedback to the user. Furthermore, a RAM 203, an external memory 206 such as an HDD (hard disk drive) and an FDD (flexible disk drive), and a ROM 204 are provided as storage devices for storing various programs and execution information in this embodiment.
Furthermore, an interface device I / O 207 that communicates with an external device is provided, and a CPU 201 that executes a program is provided. The connection form with the peripheral device may be wired / wireless. The information processing apparatus 100 is connected to the image processing apparatuses 101 and 102 via the external device connection I / F.
The processing described in the present embodiment is realized by loading a program recorded in the ROM 204 into the RAM 203 and executing it sequentially by the CPU 201.

[Hardware configuration (image processing device)]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration in the image processing apparatuses 101 and 102 shown in FIG. Note that this embodiment shows an example of a multifunction peripheral (MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral)) having a scanner function, a printer function, and a FAX function.
In FIG. 3, reference numeral 301 denotes an I / O, which is connected to the information processing apparatus 100 via a communication medium such as a network (LAN) 104. A plurality of I / Os 301 may be mounted to support a plurality of connection forms. Through this I / O 301, the image processing apparatus 101 (102) passes the device ID and scan image to the information processing apparatus 100. In addition, it receives various control commands from the information processing apparatus 100 and performs processing.

The I / F control unit 302 performs control to issue a device ID for a processing system such as a scanner (not shown), a printer (not shown), or a FAX (not shown) installed in the image processing apparatus 101 (102). I'm doing it.
A RAM 303 is a primary storage device and is used to store external data such as a control command acquired by the I / O 301 and an image read by the scanner engine 313. Further, the RAM 303 is used for storing images before being transferred to the printer engine 306 developed by the printer controller 310.

The RAM control unit 304 performs allocation management of the RAM 303. The image data start-up circuit 305 is a device that outputs an image developed by the RAM controller 304 captured by the printer controller 310 or the scanner engine 313 in accordance with the rotation of the printer engine 306. The printer engine 306 is a device that develops an image on an output medium such as paper. The main controller 308 performs various controls of the printer engine 306 by the engine I / F 307.
The main controller 308 is a module that is important for control, and performs appropriate distribution processing of the control language received from the information processing apparatus 100 via the I / O 301 to the scanner controller 309, the printer controller 310, and the fax controller 311.

  Further, the main controller 308 controls the printer engine 306 and the scanner engine 313 with the support from the respective controllers and the UI 312. By unifying the control interface between the main controller 308 and various controllers, an expansion board capable of processing a plurality of types of control commands can be mounted on one peripheral device. It is also the role of the main controller to acquire and manage the device ID of the currently installed expansion controller from each controller.

The scanner controller 309 decomposes the scan control command received from the information processing apparatus 100 into an internal execution command that can be interpreted by the main controller 308. Further, the image read by the scanner engine 313 is changed to a scan control command. The printer controller 310 decomposes the page description language received from the information processing apparatus 100 into internal execution instructions including a developed image of the page description language that can be interpreted by the main controller 308. The unfolded image is conveyed to the printer engine and printed on output media such as paper.

  The fax controller 311 expands the FAX control language received from the information processing apparatus 100 into an image and transfers the image to another FAX apparatus or IP-FAX via a public line (not shown) or the Internet. The UI is used as an input / output unit for instructions by the user when various settings of the main controller 308, a scanner function, a printer function, and a FAX function are directly executed by the image processing apparatus 101 (102). The scanner engine 313 reads an image printed using an optical device in accordance with an instruction from the main controller 308, converts the image into an electric signal, and transfers the electric signal to the main controller 308.

[Software configuration diagram]
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a document editing application 400 described later included in the information processing apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG.
In FIG. 4, a document editing application 400 is an application that is stored in the external memory 206, is expanded in the RAM 203 and the ROM 204 when the document editing system is executed, and operates by performing calculation processing in the CPU 201. The document editing application 400 includes an output management unit 401, a document editing unit 402, an input management unit 403, and a screen display management unit 404. The output management unit 401 performs output processing of the document edited and stored by the document editing unit 402 to the image processing apparatus 101 (102). Specifically, output processing includes printing on paper from the printer controller 310 and FAX transmission from the fax controller 311.

  A document editing unit 402 performs document editing, print setting change, storage processing, and the like on a document. Further, depending on the save format and settings, the save target can include not only editing the original but also changing the print settings. The input management unit 403 detects the operation of the input device 205 by the user via the UI (graphical UI) of the document editing application 400 displayed by the screen display management unit 404 and acquires user operation information. As a UI of the document editing application 400, the screen display management unit 404 performs screen display control such as display of the document editing application 400 and display of output selection as illustrated in FIG.

[Document editing application display screen]
FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing the display screen of the document editing application 400 shown in FIG.
In FIG. 5, reference numeral 500 denotes a UI displayed by the OS. Reference numeral 501 denotes a tab list, and the selected tab displays a list of editing controls arranged for each tab. In the example of the figure, an annotation tab and a print setting tab are displayed, and the annotation tab is selected. Also, depending on user settings

Reference numeral 502 denotes a preview display area, which displays a preview corresponding to the edit mode. The tab selected in the tab list 501 belongs to the edit mode, and the preview displays a preview corresponding to the edit mode to which the selected tab belongs. When the tab selection is switched, the preview screen displayed in the preview display area 502 is also switched accordingly.
This is not the case when the editing mode to which the tab before switching belongs and the editing mode to which the tab after switching belongs are the same. The edit modes include a document edit mode and a print setting mode, which correspond to a document edit preview and a print preview, respectively. For example, the annotation tab belongs to the document editing mode, and a document editing preview is displayed when the annotation tab is selected. The print setting tab belongs to the print setting mode, and a print preview is displayed when the print setting tab is selected.

  Reference numeral 503 denotes an annotation tab in which controls for editing operations related to annotations are arranged. Annotation is a general term for objects to be inserted into a document, and in the example shown in the figure, indicates a state in which a stamp insertion control 505 is arranged. The edit control indicates an arbitrary UI for executing a certain editing process, and corresponds to a button or a check box. Editing processing is executed when a user operates a button or a check box.

  Reference numeral 504 denotes a document edit preview, which displays a document page to be edited. A document edit preview 504 displays a preview state of the document at the time of editing operation. Further, it is possible to move a stamp inserted on the document edit preview 504 by a user operation.

Reference numeral 505 denotes a stamp insertion control. When the stamp insertion control 505 is selected, a stamp can be inserted into the document of the document to be edited. When the document editing preview 504 is selected on the document preview, the stamp can be inserted at the selected position.
Reference numeral 506 denotes a control arrangement area. The control arrangement area 506 arranges controls for executing processing on the document.

  Reference numeral 507 denotes an original page rotation control, which is a control for rotating the original page. When this control is selected, a list of rotation angle candidates such as “90 degrees left”, “180 degrees”, and “90 degrees right” is displayed. When one of the lists is selected, the original page is rotated according to the contents. To do. A method of designating the rotation angle by user input may also be used. Reference numeral 508 denotes a print control. When this control is selected, printing of a document is executed. When the print setting information is included in the document, print processing corresponding to the print setting information is executed.

  Reference numeral 509 denotes a property display area that displays attribute information of the annotation selected in the document edit preview 504. For example, when text information is included in the stamp selected in the document edit preview 504, text font information is displayed. It is also possible to change font information from the property display area 509.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a display screen of the document editing application 400 shown in FIG. 4 and shows a display state when a print setting tab in the tab list 501 is selected. This screen functions as a screen for accepting print settings from the user.
In FIG. 6, reference numeral 600 denotes a print setting tab, in which an edit control list related to print setting commands is arranged. In the example of the figure, a page aggregation setting control 602, an output paper size setting control 603, and an output paper orientation setting control 604 are arranged. Each control displays the current print settings status.
FIG. 6 shows a page state in which the page aggregation setting is set to “2 in 1”, the output paper size is set to “A4”, and the output paper orientation is set to “horizontal”.

  Reference numeral 601 denotes a print preview, which displays a preview of the output result when output is performed with the currently set print settings reflected. A print preview 601 in FIG. 6 shows a print preview state when the page aggregation setting is set to “2 in 1”, the output paper size is set to “A4”, and the orientation of the output paper is set to “horizontal”.

  Reference numeral 602 denotes a page aggregation setting control. By operating the page aggregation setting control 602, it is possible to determine how many original pages are to be aggregated on the output paper at the time of printing. For example, when the page aggregation setting control 602 is pressed, candidates for the number of sheets to be aggregated are displayed as a list, and one of them may be selected to apply the page aggregation setting. The page aggregation setting control 602 displays the current page aggregation setting. The page aggregation setting control 602 indicates a “2 in 1” state in which two original pages are aggregated for one output sheet. The print preview 601 also displays a preview (page state) of the setting state.

Reference numeral 603 denotes an output paper size setting control. By operating the output paper size setting control 603, the output paper size at the time of printing can be determined. The setting method may be the same method as described for the page aggregation setting control 602.
If the output paper size is designated as “automatic”, a mechanism for automatically determining an appropriate output paper and orientation according to the size of the original page may be provided. The method may be to determine an output sheet that is closer to the original based on the vertical and horizontal sizes of the original page, or to determine the orientation of the output sheet based on the ratio of the vertical and horizontal lengths. Further, the display state of the output sheet orientation setting control 604 at that time may be set in a state where it cannot be set. Alternatively, a mechanism in which the output paper size setting and the output paper orientation setting can each be set to automatic or manual is also possible.

  Reference numeral 604 denotes an output sheet orientation setting control. By operating the output sheet orientation setting control 604, it is possible to determine whether the output sheet is in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction. The setting method may be the same method as described for the page aggregation setting control 602.

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing the display screen of the document editing application 400 shown in FIG. 4, and is a diagram showing an example when the display state of the print setting tab is changed.
In FIG. 7, reference numeral 700 denotes a print setting tab display change state. The print setting tab display change state 700 is set to this state when the user wants to guide the user to display the print preview 601 by selecting the print setting tab 600. The condition change to the display change state 700 and the condition for returning to the original state will be described with reference to FIGS. This prompts the user to switch the screen shown in FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. This example is a determination example in which the state of the print setting tab 600 is changed. This flow is a flow for changing a state when the user should be prompted to display a print preview. Also, in this flow, determination is performed at an arbitrary timing such as when an application is started, when the selection state of the tab list 501 is switched, or when editing is performed. Each step is realized by the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 executing a control program (including the document editing application 400) stored in the external memory 206. In the following description, the document editing application 400 executed by the CPU 201 as appropriate is mainly described.

In step S801, the document editing unit 402 determines whether the document currently open on the screen is a document having print setting information. Note that the document editing application 400 can save the print-set information in the document as described in the document editing unit 402.
If the document editing unit 402 determines that the document does not include print setting information, the display state does not need to be changed, and thus the process ends.
On the other hand, if the document editing unit 402 determines in step S801 that the document includes print setting information, the process advances to step S802.

In step S <b> 802, the document editing unit 402 determines whether the edited print setting information is different from a default value (print setting information) for the registered print setting. Here, the default value indicates a value when the user saves the document including the print setting information without changing any print setting.
Further, although the print setting information is changed, a value when the print result can be easily estimated from the document edit preview and the print preview does not need to be displayed may be set as the default value.
For example, it may be determined whether the page aggregation is different from the values “1 in 1”, an arbitrary output paper size, and the output paper orientation “vertical”.
In step S802, if the document editing unit 402 determines that the print setting information is different from the default value, the process proceeds to step S803. If not, the document editing unit 402 ends this processing.

In step S803, the document editing unit 402 determines whether the print preview 601 is not displayed. If the document editing unit 402 determines that the user has displayed the print preview 601 even once, it determines that the user has visually recognized the preview of the print result, and makes this determination because there is no need to change the display state.
Specifically, when the print preview 601 shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, the fact that the print preview 601 has been displayed is stored, and the document editing unit 402 makes a determination based on that. If the document editing unit 402 determines that no print preview is displayed, the process advances to step S804. If the document editing unit 402 determines that the print preview is not displayed, the process ends.

  In step S804, the document editing unit 402 changes the state of the print setting tab 600 to the display change state 700 of the print setting tab. The change state is as described in the display change state 700 of the print setting tab. After this process is completed, this process ends.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. This example is an example of determination processing for reverting the state change when the print setting tab 600 shown in FIG. 6 is selected. It should be noted that when the print preview 601 is displayed once after changing the state of the print setting tab in step S804 according to the determination flow of FIG. 8, processing for restoring the display state is performed. Each step is realized by the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 executing a control program (including the document editing application 400) stored in the external memory 206. In the following description, the document editing application 400 executed by the CPU 201 as appropriate is mainly described.

  In step S901, the document editing unit 402 determines whether the state of the print setting tab has been changed. Specifically, it is whether or not the process of the print setting tab state change S804 is being performed. If the document editing unit 402 determines that the state of the print setting tab has been changed, the process advances to step S902. If the document editing unit 402 determines that this is not the case, the process ends. In step S902, the document editing unit 402 returns the state of the print setting tab to the original state, and ends this process.

  In the present embodiment, the display change state 700 of the print setting tab is described as being in a display state surrounded by a dotted line. However, the present invention is not limited to this as long as changes such as color change and blinking can be visually recognized. Further, instead of changing the print setting tab 600, a warning message may be displayed. In that case, not only when the application is started or when the selection state of the tab list 501 is switched, but also when the print control 508 is selected, the determination may be made before starting the print execution, and a warning may be displayed. The warning content may be a warning for asking whether to display a print preview for a document having print setting information.

  In addition, when there is a function that can customize the display state such as addition or deletion of a tab in the tab list 501, the print setting tab 600 may not be displayed. In that case, the print setting tab 600 may be temporarily displayed at S804. The temporarily displayed print setting tab 600 may be hidden when the application ends.

  By applying the first embodiment, it is possible to prevent a case where the printing is not assumed by the user when the print preview is not displayed on a document or the like that holds the print setting information.

[Second Embodiment]
In the present embodiment, a difference from the first embodiment will be described in that a change that can be visually recognized by the user is performed when an editing operation for changing the printing style is performed.
In the first embodiment, it is determined whether the document holds the print setting information, whether the held print setting information is a default value, or the print preview 601 is displayed, and the printing is not assumed by the user. The display state has been changed in the case. By leading to the print preview 601 before printing that may be unexpected by the user, it is possible to prevent printing mistakes.
However, even if the print preview 601 is displayed once, if an arbitrary editing operation is performed, there is a possibility that the print appearance is not assumed by the user.

  For example, when the print setting for the output paper size is “automatic”, it is determined whether the orientation of the output paper is portrait or landscape according to the aspect ratio of the original page. On the other hand, in the state of the document editing preview 504 as shown in FIG. 5, the document page rotation process can be performed from the document page rotation control 507 which is the document editing process. When the page is rotated 90 degrees, the orientation of the output paper may be changed because the aspect ratio of the original page is different. Even if the print format is changed as a result of the manuscript editing operation and the user displays the print preview 601 before the manuscript rotation process, the print format is different from the print format at that time, so the user assumes that printing is performed as it is. It can be a print format that is not done.

  In the second embodiment, the best mode for solving the above problems will be described with reference to the drawings. Moreover, about basic embodiment, the part of the content similar to 1st Embodiment is omitted based on 1st Embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a UI screen in the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. This example schematically shows a display screen of the document editing application 400, and shows a display state when a print setting tab in the tab list 501 is selected.
In FIG. 10, 1000 indicates a document editing preview display state when the page is rotated 90 degrees to the right by the document page rotation control 507 from the state of the document editing application 400 of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a UI screen in the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. This example schematically shows a display screen of the document editing application 400 in the second embodiment, and shows a display state when a print setting tab in the tab list 501 is selected.
In FIG. 11, reference numeral 1100 denotes a print preview display state when the page aggregation setting is “1 in 1”, the output paper size is “A4”, and the output paper orientation is “vertical”.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a UI screen in the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. This example schematically shows a display screen of the document editing application 400 in the second embodiment, and shows a display state when a print setting tab in the tab list 501 is selected.
In FIG. 12, the print preview display state is when the annotation tab 503 is selected from the state of FIG. 11 as shown in FIG. 10, the first page of the original page is rotated 90 degrees right, and then the print setting tab 600 is selected. Is the print preview display state. Since the output paper size is “A4” and the output paper direction is “vertical”, the original paper page is rotated 90 degrees right as shown in the print preview display state 1200 while the output paper direction remains “vertical”. It will be in the state.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a UI screen in the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. This example schematically shows a display screen of the document editing application 400 in the second embodiment, and shows a display state when a print setting tab in the tab list 501 is selected.
In FIG. 13, reference numeral 1300 denotes a print preview when the page aggregation setting is “1 in 1”, the output paper size is “automatic”, and the output paper orientation is “automatic”, so that it cannot be set. Display state. In any original page, the orientation of the output paper is “vertical”.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a UI screen in the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. This example schematically shows a display screen of the document editing application 400 in the second embodiment, and shows a display state when a print setting tab in the tab list 501 is selected.
14, when the document editing preview 1400 selects the annotation tab 503 as shown in FIG. 10 from the state of FIG. 13 and rotates the first page of the original page by 90 degrees to the right, then the print setting tab 600 is selected. Is the print preview display state. Since “automatic” is designated as the output paper size, the orientation of the output paper of the first original page after the original rotation is changed to “horizontal” as in the print preview display state 1200.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. This example is an example of determination processing for changing the state of the print setting tab 600 in the second embodiment. More specifically, this is a processing example for changing the state when the user should be prompted to display a print preview. Each step is realized by the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 executing a control program (including the document editing application 400) stored in the external memory 206. In the following description, the document editing application 400 executed by the CPU 201 as appropriate is mainly described.

  In step S1501, it is determined whether a document editing operation for changing the print format is being performed. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, it is determined whether or not a state in which the print appearance has been changed has occurred by performing document page rotation processing. As a determination method, the determination may be made based on whether or not the document page rotation process is simply performed. Alternatively, the determination may be made based on whether or not the print setting is performed such that the original page rotation process is performed and the print format is changed such that the output paper size is “automatic”. If the original editing operation for changing the print format is being performed, the process proceeds to S804. If not, the flow ends.

  According to the second embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment, it is possible to prevent a case where the printing is not assumed by the user when an original editing operation in which the printing style is changed is performed.

  Each process of the present invention can also be realized by executing software (program) acquired via a network or various storage media by a processing device (CPU, processor) such as a personal computer (computer).

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications (including organic combinations of the embodiments) are possible based on the spirit of the present invention, and these are excluded from the scope of the present invention. is not.

100 Information processing apparatus 101, 102 Image processing apparatus,

Claims (7)

An information processing apparatus for processing document information,
An editing means for editing the document information;
Setting means for performing print settings for the document information;
To switch between a first screen that displays the page state of the document information edited by the editing unit and a second screen that displays the page state reflecting the print settings set by the setting unit in the document information. Accepting means for accepting instructions,
First determination means for determining whether or not the print setting set in the edited document information is different from the print setting registered by the user;
A second determination unit that determines whether the reception unit has received an instruction to switch from the first screen to the second screen when it is determined that the print setting is different from the print setting registered by the user;
A prompting means for prompting an instruction to switch from the first screen to the second screen when it is determined that an instruction to switch from the first screen to the second screen is not accepted;
An information processing apparatus comprising: When it is determined that an instruction to switch from the first screen to the second screen has not been received, the image processing apparatus further includes third determination means for determining whether or not editing for changing the print format has been performed by the editing means.
2. The information processing according to claim 1, wherein when the editing unit determines that editing for changing the printing style has been performed, the prompting unit prompts an instruction to switch from the first screen to the second screen. apparatus.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the prompting unit changes a display state of a button for accepting an instruction to switch from the first screen to the second screen.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the editing for changing the print format is editing for rotating the edited page.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the editing unit is an editing application. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus that processes document information,
An editing process for editing the document information;
A setting step for performing print settings for the document information;
To switch between a first screen that displays the page status of the document information edited in the editing step and a second screen that displays the page status reflecting the print settings set in the setting step in the document information. A reception process for accepting instructions,
First determination means for determining whether or not the print setting set in the edited document information is different from the print setting registered by the user;
A second determination step of determining whether an instruction to switch from the first screen to the second screen is received when it is determined that the print setting is different from the print setting registered by the user;
A prompting step for prompting an instruction to switch from the first screen to the second screen when it is determined that an instruction to switch from the first screen to the second screen is not accepted;
An information processing apparatus control method comprising:   A program for causing a computer to execute the control method of the information processing apparatus according to claim 6.

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