PROCESSING OF STRUCTURED DOCUMENT

摘要

PURPOSE: To enable calling an appropriate response based on an intention given to the position of the existing document by using a column to identify the focus image for a plurality of images, and by making the column indication correspond to a selected cursor position. CONSTITUTION: Focus image element 28 is identified by a plurality of image elements 28 to 38, and has a column position corresponding to the position of the existing document selected by the cursor 54. Next, a selected instruction routine 24B is accessed by a plurality of instruction routines stored in a memory 22 based on the control element tag type of the focus image element which is a paragraph element 28. Thereby, it is possible to interpret the user's activity based on the current document position and environment, and to call out an appropriate response to this activity based on the user's intention given to the current document position.