JP3385635B2 - Document editing apparatus and document editing method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing apparatus capable of creating a plurality of documents, which differ depending on the destination, etc., by editing a document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a general method of using a document, the same document is often sent to a plurality of destinations. In particular, in the contact form within the company, it is often the case that the address is entered in each document. In such company correspondence, for example, enumerating multiple destinations in the address column, copying the number of destinations, and then marking each destination with a marker pen, etc. ing. Since this method requires only one type of document to be created, there is an advantage that it is easy to manage the document and the recipient can know to whom other than himself. However, in order to distinguish the destinations, it is necessary to mark each sheet one by one. Therefore, when the number of sheets is large, it becomes a great task and a mark mistake is likely to occur.

On the other hand, the Japanese word processor or the like has a function of creating a text and a destination list, and then synthesizing and printing one destination on the text as a merge printing function. However, this method has a problem in that it only supports electronically encoded documents, and that the recipient cannot know who is sent to anyone other than himself.

On the other hand, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-65126, a method for synthesizing documents is extended to support synthesizing three or more documents. The synthesizing method is extended to logical operation of bit images, and further synthesizing. An overprinting apparatus for a plurality of documents having a degree of freedom in position has been proposed. Also, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-2126
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-2004 proposes a facsimile machine having a function similar to a merge print function in a Japanese word processor or the like.

[0005]

However, even in the printing apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-65126, the above-mentioned problem (only the electronically encoded document is dealt with, and the recipient is not the one other than myself). Can not know what is being sent to) is not resolved at all. In addition, since it is necessary to instruct the composition relation in detail, there is a drawback that the operation becomes rather complicated.

Further, since the facsimile machine disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-21261 can only perform simple cutting and pasting,
It does not support the creation of multiple originals similar to the case of marking with a marker pen. Therefore, in order to send a plurality of different originals, it was necessary to change the originals to be combined one by one and instruct each time to combine them. For this reason,
There is a problem in that the number of documents to be created becomes multiple, the creation and management become complicated, and the operation becomes complicated.

The present invention provides a document editing apparatus capable of generating a plurality of documents having the same content and marked with respective destinations from one manuscript regardless of whether or not the document is electronically encoded. The purpose is to provide.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an invention according to claim 1 is, in a document editing apparatus, an original image holding means for holding an original image and a specific area in the original image. Area indicating means for dividing, the area dividing means for dividing the indicated area into small areas, and a mark image to which a mark for distinguishing each of the small areas from other small areas is attached to each of the small areas. A mark image generating means for correspondingly generating, a mark image for each of the small areas generated by the mark image generating means, and a document image held in the document image holding means are respectively synthesized,
Output image generating means for generating an output image having a different mark image for each of the small areas.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, mark pattern selecting means for selecting a mark pattern of a mark to be applied to the small area is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first and second aspects of the present invention, a destination address input means for inputting a destination address of the output image and the destination address input means are used for input. The destination address storage means for storing the generated destination address in association with the small area divided by the area dividing means, and the output image generated by the output image generation means, the mark included in the output image. It is characterized by further comprising image transmitting means for transmitting to the output destination address stored in the destination address storing means corresponding to the small area corresponding to the image. Further, according to the invention of claim 4, in the document editing method, the designated area in the original image is divided into small areas, and the mark processing for distinguishing each of the divided small areas from other small areas is performed. Then, a mark image corresponding to each of the small areas is generated, the mark image generated for each of the small areas is combined with the original image, and an output image having a different mark image for each of the small areas is generated. It is characterized by

[0011]

When the user uses the area designating means to designate the area indicating the destination in the document, the area dividing means divides the designated area into small areas for each destination. The mark image generating means performs mark processing such as character modification on each of the small areas, and generates the mark images in which the destinations can be visually distinguished by the number of the destinations. The output image synthesizing unit synthesizes the document image held by the document image holding unit and the mark image to generate output images having different mark images.

Further, the mark pattern selection means determines the pattern of the mark to be given to the small area based on the selection by the user and transfers it to the mark image generation means. According to this, the user can mark the destination with his / her favorite mark pattern.

Further, the destination address storage means stores the destination address input by the destination address input means in association with the small area divided by the area dividing means, and the image transmitting means outputs the output image generating means. The output image generated by the above is transmitted to the output destination address stored in the destination address storage means in association with the small area corresponding to the mark image included in the output image. According to this, the document in which each destination is marked is automatically transmitted to each destination.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a document editing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1 First, an embodiment of the document editing apparatus according to the first invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of the document editing apparatus according to the first embodiment. This document editing apparatus includes a document image holding unit 11, a region designating unit 12, a region dividing unit 13, a mark image generating unit 14, and an output image synthesizing unit 1.
5 and output control means 16.

The document image holding means 11 is a means for storing a bitmap image of a document image to be edited and can be realized by a general storage device such as a semiconductor memory or a hard disk.

The area designating means 12 is means for designating a destination area in the original image to be edited, and can be realized by a device for issuing various editing instructions such as a cursor key, a mouse, a digitizer and the like. . Further, when the document editing apparatus is applied to a copying machine, it is possible to give an instruction with a marker on a document.

The area dividing means 13 selects from the original image
This is a means for extracting the area designated by the area designating means 12 as a partial image and further dividing this partial image into small areas such as characters and ruled lines, which corresponds to the area dividing processing in the document recognition technique. This can be realized by a known technique. For example, the techniques disclosed in JP-A-64-15889 and JP-B-61-32712 correspond to this. For the small areas such as characters and ruled lines identified by this processing, their types are also added and output. Note that preprocessing such as inclination correction and noise removal may be performed before performing this processing. In this embodiment, this technique is applied to the designated area, and in the example of the delivery document described later, the number of clauses in the character block is output as the number of destinations, and each clause is output as the destination.

The mark image generating means 14 performs mark modification of the clauses in the character block in the small area obtained by dividing the partial image, and the mark image subjected to the mark processing so that the respective destinations can be distinguished. It is a means to generate.

The output image synthesizing means 15 is means for synthesizing the document image held in the document image holding means 11 and the mark image to generate output images having different mark images. The output image may be synthesized by fitting the mark image in the destination area of the original image on the image memory, or by performing the logical operation realized by the technique of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-65126 described in the section of the prior art. I don't care.

The output control means 16 controls the mark image generation means 14 so that a plurality of different output images with different mark positions are generated according to the count of the copy number of the document currently being edited. Is.

Next, the operation of the above document editing apparatus will be described by taking as an example the case where a contact form is created using a digital copying machine.

FIG. 2 shows a functional configuration when the document editing apparatus of FIG. 1 is applied to a digital copying machine. In this copying machine, a document image input module 17 including the document image holding means 11 of FIG. 1 and a printout module 18 are connected. Other configurations are the same as those in FIG. 1, and the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The original image input module 17 is an image scanner or the like for taking in an original as bit map data. When the copy start button is pressed, the original is taken in as bitmap data, and the taken in image is held as an original image. It is stored in the means 11. When the document editing apparatus is implemented by a device other than a copying machine, processing is performed from the state in which the bitmap data is stored in the document image holding means 11 by a method such as developing the electronically encoded data into bitmap data. You may start.

The printout module 18 is a means for visualizing the output image output from the output image synthesizing means 15, and for example, a laser beam printer or the like is used.

First, the user uses the control panel of the copying machine as shown in FIG. 3 to select the contact copy function, and the area instructing means 12 instructs the contact area.
For the area designation, editing using a digitizer or editing with a marker pen is often used. Here, the case where a digitizer is used as the area designating means 11 will be described as an example.

Now, when an input manuscript as shown in FIG. 4 is designated by the digitizer in the contact area, for example, FIG.
Coordinates of the rectangle that encloses the specified area (ytop, x
left, ybottom, xright) is obtained. In the following description, the coordinate system will be referred to as the x-coordinate in the right direction of the page and the y-direction in the downward direction of the page as shown in FIG.

Next, the user selects the manuscript image input module 1
Place the original on 7 and press the copy start button. This allows
The input document is fetched as bitmap data and stored in the document image holding means 11. Subsequently, the area dividing means 13 performs processing. First, the area dividing unit 13 reads out the original image from the original image holding unit 11 and divides the original image into an instructed area and other areas. As a result, a partial image as shown by the broken line portion in FIG. 6 is obtained (note that the broken line portion is for showing the clipped region, and the actual original image has no broken line). The obtained partial image is further processed, and is divided into a character, a ruled line, and the rest (margin) as shown in FIG. FIG. 7 shows a state of being divided into a character block area, a stroke area, and other areas. The rectangle representing the area is x,
It is a minimum rectangle that has sides parallel to each of the y-directions and surrounds a target area. As shown in FIG. 8, the data expressing the area is basically expressed by a set of “type, upper left point x coordinate, upper left point y coordinate, width w, height h”. “Type” indicates a character block area and a stroke area.

FIG. 9 shows an example in which the data in the contact area of FIG. 7 is held as a hierarchical structure. In the case of a character block area, it holds the data of the character line area, which is the lower element within the area, and the character line holds the data of the clause area, which is the lower element within that area. It has a hierarchical structure in which the data of the character area, which is a lower element of the area, is stored for each character. The area dividing means 13 further uses the clauses in the contact area (general manager XX, □□).
□ Add a serial number to each clause and add it to the hierarchical structure. The total number of the clauses is the output control means 16
The data of the area having the hierarchical structure is sent to the mark image generating means 14.

When the total number of clauses is received, the output control means 1
6 starts. First, the output control means 16 initializes the phrase count. The phrase count is for linking the number of copies and the mark position. For example, 1 is set as an initial value and counted up to the total number of phrases, and the value is held until all the phrases are processed. According to this
Since the required number of documents are automatically generated, it is possible to avoid an excess or deficiency of the number due to a count error. The output control means 16 sends the phrase count as a control signal to the mark image generation means 14, and then sends an activation signal to the mark image generation means 14.

The mark image generation means 14 receives the data of the area having the hierarchical structure, and when the output control means 16 receives the activation signal, starts the processing. Here, the bunsetsu count and the bunsetsu serial number are compared, a mark image of the matched bunsetsu is generated, and the first sheet is character-modified to the destination indicated in the first bunsetsu. The character modification processing can be realized by simple bold image processing such as italicizing, reversing, combining them, or adding a box rule, for example, it is bold to shift the image of the entire phrase by several dots and superimpose it with a logical sum. it can. In addition, a method of thinning out dots other than the target bunsetsu to convert them to gray to make them inconspicuous, or a color copying machine to color the background of the marked bunsetsu may be used. Figure 1
0 indicates an example in which the mark image generation processing by hatching is applied to the contact area in FIG. 7.

It should be noted that the advantage that the receiver can know to whom other than himself is lost,
If functions other than the marked clauses are replaced with blanks, the same configuration as that of the merge printing can be realized.

When the mark image can be generated, the mark image generating means 14 transfers the mark image with the character modification to the output image synthesizing means 15. When the mark image is received, the output image synthesizing means 15 is activated. Output image composition means 15
Reads the original image from the original image holding means 11 and synthesizes the mark image transferred to the original image. In this embodiment, the composition is performed by replacing only the changed image portion. However, the mark image generating means 14 generates only the filled image of the marker pen, and the output image synthesizing means 15 performs the bitwise logical operation. I don't care.

The image synthesized by the output image synthesizing means 15 is
When the data is output to the printout module 18, the printout module 18 is activated to print one output document. An example of the output document is shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the output image synthesizing means 15 sends an output completion signal to the output control means 16 when the output of one sheet to the printout module 18 is completed. Upon receiving the output completion signal, the output control means 16 increments the retained bunsetsu count, then compares the bunsetsu count with the total bunsetsu count, and if the bunsetsu count is less than or equal to the total bunsetsu count, marks image again. An activation signal is sent to the generation means 14. As a result, the series of operations is repeated. Then, when the phrase count is larger than the total number of phrases, the process is terminated. By such processing, the output originals in which different destinations are marked are obtained by the number of destinations.

Next, FIG. 1 shows the flow of processing when editing a plurality of contacts with different destinations by the document editing apparatus of the first embodiment.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of No. 2.

First, the original image input module 17 determines whether the instruction from the user is a simple copy (step 101), and if it is a copy, a normal copy process is performed (step 102). If it is not a simple copy, the area editing instruction is set and the process waits until the start button is pressed (steps 103 and 104). Area instructions are set,
When the start button is pressed, the area dividing means 13 reads the original image from the original image holding means 11 and divides the area instructed to be edited (step 105). The output control means 16 starts counting the number of clauses in the divided area (step 106). Mark image generation means 1
4 generates a mark image corresponding to the phrase count (step 107), and the output image synthesizing means 15 synthesizes the original image and the mark image (step 108). The printout module 18 performs marking by laser beam printing and outputs (step 109).
The output control means 16 compares the counted number of clauses with the total number of clauses, and judges whether or not the required number of sheets have been output (step 110). When the required number of sheets have been output, the processing is terminated. . If the output of the required number of sheets has not been completed, the process returns to step 107 and the process is repeated until the output of the required number of sheets is completed.

As described above, according to the document editing apparatus of the first embodiment, only by designating the destination area for the input document,
It is possible to automatically obtain the documents for the destinations to which the respective destinations are marked.

Embodiment 2 Next, an embodiment of the document editing apparatus according to the second invention will be described. The document editing apparatus of this embodiment enables selection of mark patterns.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of the document editing apparatus according to the second embodiment.

The mark pattern selecting means 19 is means for switching the mark image and is realized by a button switch or the like. FIG. 14 shows a state where the hatching is selected on the control panel of the mark pattern selection means 19. In addition to this, the user can arbitrarily select underlining, coloring, and the like.

The other constituent elements are the same as those in the first embodiment.

FIG. 15 shows a functional configuration when the document editing apparatus of FIG. 13 is applied to a digital copying machine. In this copying machine, the document image holding means 11 shown in FIG.
A document image input module 17 including a printout module 18 is connected. Other configurations are the same as those in FIG. 13, and the same portions as those in FIG. 13 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

First, the user selects the mark pattern by the mark pattern selection means 19 before pressing the copy start button. The instruction of the selected mark pattern is sent to the mark image generating means 14. As in the case of the first embodiment described above, the user specifies the contact area before and after the mark pattern is instructed, but it does not matter which one comes before the copy start button is pressed.

Next, the user selects the manuscript image input module 1
Place the original on 7 and press the copy start button. The operation after pressing the copy start button is the same as that in the first embodiment, but in the second embodiment, the mark image generation means 14 uses the pattern instructed by the mark pattern selection means 19 to generate the mark image. Done.

Next, FIG. 1 shows the flow of processing when editing a plurality of contact documents with different destinations by the document editing apparatus of the second embodiment.
This will be described using the flowchart of No. 6.

First, the original image input module 17 determines whether the instruction from the user is a simple copy (step 201), and if it is a copy, a normal copy process is performed (step 202). If it is not a simple copy, wait until the mark pattern instruction is set (step 20).
3) Then, wait until the area editing instruction is set and the start button is pressed (steps 204 and 205). When the mark pattern instruction and the area instruction are set and the start button is pressed, the area dividing means 13 reads the original image from the original image holding means 11 and divides the area instructed to be edited (step 206). The output control means 16 starts counting the number of clauses in the divided area (step 207). The mark image generating means 14 generates a mark image corresponding to the phrase count (step 208), and the output image synthesizing means 15 synthesizes the original image and the mark image (step 209). The printout module 18 performs marking by laser beam printing according to the mark pattern designated in step 203 and outputs it (step 210). The output control means 16 compares the counted number of clauses with the total number of clauses to determine whether or not the required number of sheets have been output (step 211). When the required number of sheets has been output, the processing is terminated. . If the output of the required number of sheets is not completed, the process returns to step 208 and the process is repeated until the output of the required number of sheets is completed.

As a result, the user can mark the destination with the mark pattern of his or her preference.

In the first and second embodiments, an example in which the document editing device is applied to a copying machine has been described. However, even in a Japanese word processor or an electronic mail system capable of sending and receiving image data, electronically encoded characters are used. Can be applied by expanding the image into a bitmap image on the original image.

Embodiment 3 Next, an embodiment of the document editing apparatus according to the third invention will be described. The document editing apparatus of this embodiment is capable of automatically transmitting a document to each marked destination, and shows an example of transmitting a contact by facsimile.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of the document editing apparatus according to the third embodiment.

The destination address holding means 20 is a means for storing the telephone number and the e-mail address of the destination, and like the document image holding means 11 of the first embodiment, a general memory such as a semiconductor memory or a hard disk. It is realized by the device.

The other components are the same as those in the first embodiment.

FIG. 18 shows a functional configuration when the document editing apparatus of FIG. 17 is applied to a document reading section of a facsimile machine. In this document reading section, as shown in FIG.
The original image input module 17 including the original image holding means 11, the destination address input module 21, and the facsimile transmission device 22 are connected. Other configurations are the same as those in FIG. 17, and the same portions as those in FIG. 17 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The destination address input module 21 is means for inputting a destination telephone number or electronic mail address, and is realized by a device for inputting characters and numbers such as a keyboard and a numeric keypad. An example of the control panel of the destination address input module 21 is shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the user inputs the telephone number before starting the transmission, but the telephone number written in the destination of the sent manuscript is read by the mark sheet, barcode or character recognition, and the destination address is read. If it is stored in the holding means 20, the destination address input module 21
Need not be used.

The facsimile transmission device 22 comprises a transmission image memory 23, an encoding module 24, and a line control module 25.

The transmission image memory 23 is the output image synthesizing means 1
5, which is a means for storing the image combined in 5, and is realized by a RAM or the like. The encoding module 24 is means for encoding image data into a format for facsimile transmission / reception. The line control module 25 is means for controlling the telephone line network.

First, the user designates the contact area or selects the mark pattern as in the first and second embodiments. Around this time, the telephone number of the destination is input from the destination address input module 21. Similarly to the order of the contact area instruction and the mark pattern selection in the second embodiment, the destination address may be input before the start button is pressed, whichever comes first. The destination address input in the destination address input module 21 is sent to and stored in the destination address holding means 20. The following operation is the same as in the first and second embodiments, but the output control means 16 receives the transmission completion signal from the line control module 25 instead of the output completion signal from the output image synthesizing means 15. Further, the passage of the phrase count is also performed to the destination address holding means 20 at the same time as the mark image generating means 14. Upon receiving the phrase count, the destination address holding means 20 outputs the telephone number corresponding to the phrase count to the line control module 25. Here, if the telephone number corresponding to the phrase count is not stored, the process ends. The combined output image is stored in the transmission image memory 23 of the facsimile and converted into the transmission format of the facsimile by the encoding module 24. Then, the line control module 25 connects the telephone line based on the telephone number received from the destination address holding means 20, and transmits the encoded output image. When the transmission of one sheet is completed, the transmission completion signal is delivered from the line control module 25 to the output control means 16. Output control means 16
Then, as in the first and second embodiments, the clause count is incremented, and the operation is continued until the clause count exceeds the total number of clauses.

Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 20, a description will be given of the flow of processing in the case where a plurality of contact letters with different destinations are edited by the document editing apparatus of the third embodiment and then each contact letter is transmitted by facsimile. .

First, the document image input module 17 determines whether the user's instruction is a simple copy (step 301), and if it is a copy, a normal copy process is performed (step 302). If it is not a simple copy, it waits until the destination address is set (step 303), and further waits until the area edit instruction is set and the start button is pressed (steps 304 and 305). When the destination address is set and the area editing instruction is set and the start button is pressed, the area dividing unit 13 reads the original image from the original image holding unit 11 and divides the area instructed to be edited (step 306). ). Output control means 1
6 starts counting the number of clauses in the divided area (step 307). The mark image generating means 14 generates a mark image corresponding to the phrase count (step 30).
8) The output image synthesizing means 15 synthesizes the original image and the mark image (step 309). Line control module 25
Connects the line and sends the output image (step 31).
0). The output control means 16 compares the counted number of clauses with the total number of clauses, and judges whether or not the required number of sheets has been transmitted (step 311). When the required number of sheets has been transmitted, the processing is terminated. . If the transmission of the required number of sheets has not been completed, the process returns to step 308 and the processing is repeated until the transmission of the required number of sheets is completed.

In this way, the documents marked with their respective destinations are automatically transmitted to their respective destinations.

In the third embodiment, an example in which the document editing apparatus is applied to a facsimile has been described, but the same can be realized in the case of electronic mail or the like by storing the electronic mail address in the destination address. .

[0063]

As described above, in the document editing apparatus according to the present invention, after the area designated by the user is divided into the small areas for each destination, the mark image in which each of the small areas is marked is displayed. Since the original image and the mark image are generated and output images having different mark images are generated, the user only needs to perform a simple operation of designating the destination area, and the document is converted into an electronic code. It is possible to obtain multiple documents with their respective destinations marked, whether or not they have been marked. According to this, since each document is automatically marked, it is possible to save the trouble of marking each document one by one, and to prevent the delivery failure due to a mark mistake. Further, since it is not necessary to create a plurality of documents, it is possible to save the trouble of creating extra documents and manage the documents easily. In addition, the recipient can know who the document is being sent to, other than himself.

Further, by providing the mark pattern selecting means for selecting the pattern of the mark to be applied to the small area, the user can mark the destination with the mark pattern of his or her preference. Further, by providing a destination address storage unit that stores the destination address of the output image in association with the destination marked in the output image, the document is automatically transmitted to the destination corresponding to the marked destination. Therefore, it is possible to save the troublesome sending work and significantly reduce the work time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document editing apparatus according to a first invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the digital copying machine according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a control panel according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an input document.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a destination area instruction.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a result of extracting a designated area.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a processing result of the area dividing unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing coordinate data representing an area.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a hierarchical structure obtained by an area dividing unit.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a processing result of a mark image generating unit.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an output document according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the first embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a document editing device according to a second invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a control panel of mark pattern selection means.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a digital copying machine according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram of a document editing device according to a third invention.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram of a facsimile according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a control panel of a destination address input module.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Original image holding means, 12 ... Area designating means, 13 ...
Area dividing means, 14 ... Mark image generating means, 15 ... Output image combining means, 16 ... Output control means, 17 ... Original image input module, 18 ... Printout module, 1
9 ... Mark pattern selection means, 20 ... Destination address holding means, 21 ... Destination address input means, 22 ... Facsimile device, 23 ... Transmission image memory, 24 ... Encoding module, 25 ... Line control module

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An original image holding means for holding an original image, an area specifying means for specifying a specific area in the original image, an area dividing means for dividing the specified area into small areas, and the small area. Mark image generation means for generating a mark image in which a mark for distinguishing each area from other small areas is provided corresponding to each of the small areas, and each of the small areas generated by the mark image generation means Output image generating means for synthesizing each of the mark images and the document image held in the document image holding means to generate an output image having a different mark image for each of the small areas. Document editing device. 2. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising mark pattern selection means for selecting a mark pattern of a mark to be applied to the small area. 3. A destination address input means for inputting a destination address of the output image, and a destination address input by the destination address input means in association with a small area divided by the area dividing means. A destination address storage means for storing the output image generated by the output image generation means, and stored in the destination address storage means in association with the small area corresponding to the mark image included in the output image. 3. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an image transmitting means for transmitting to the output destination address. 4. A specified area in a document image is divided into small areas, and each of the divided small areas is subjected to mark processing for distinguishing it from other small areas to correspond to each of the small areas. A document editing method, wherein a mark image is generated, a mark image generated for each small area and a document image are combined, and an output image having a different mark image is generated for each small area.