Document creation system.

摘要

A document creation system wherein a plurality of display zones are set on a screen display, which respectively correspond to each one of various media such as graphics, images and characters, and in each of which a document is independently created or edited, comprising: a work item classification control circuit for controlling and classifying work items according to said media; medium determination circuit for determining the medium of the set display zone; and menu displaying circuit for selecting work items corresponding to the medium determined by said medium determination circuit from the work items classified by said work item classification control circuit, and displaying said selected work items as a menu in the neighbourhood of an area where document creation or document editing is being carried out in the set display zone on the screen display. Only work items which correspond to the medium of the set display zone are displayed in the neighbourhood of an area where creating/editing operation is being carried out in the set display zone, thereby simplifying the moving operation of the mouse cursor and a judgement in selecting work item so as to increase the efficiency when creating or editing a document.