Printing apparatus, method of changing layout, and storage medium

摘要

Logical pages are laid out on a physical page according to setting of a multipage printing condition. When a user drags a logical page, a layout of logical pages is changed based on an area to which the logical page is dragged.

主权项

1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a setting unit configured to set a multipage printing condition in which a plurality of logical pages are printed on a physical page corresponding to a sheet on which printing is performed; a display unit configured to display a layout screen indicating a layout in which the plurality of logical pages are laid out on the physical page based on the multipage printing condition set by the setting unit; an acceptance unit configured to accept a drag operation for a specific logical page among the plurality of logical pages, on the layout screen; a selecting unit configured to, in a case where the specific logical page is moved by the drag operation, select a layout-changing process among a plurality of layout-changing processes, based on a destination area to which the specific logical page is moved; and a processing unit configured to perform a layout-changing process selected by the selecting unit, wherein the plurality of layout-changing processes include a first layout-changing process for inserting the specific logical page into a physical page corresponding to a destination area to which the specific logical page is moved, and a second layout-changing process for generating a new physical page in a destination area to which the specific logical page is moved and laying out the specific logical page on the new physical page.