摘要 |
A searching apparatus includes a processor configured to receive searching character information, in a case that document data includes a designation that first character information and second character information are provided in adscript description, to copy state information indicating a state of a collating process of the searching character information on third character information in front of the designation in the document data, to update the state information based on a result of collating the first character information with the searching character information, and to update the copied state information based on a result of collating the second character information with the searching character information. |