DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME
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1. A document management apparatus comprising:
- a display unit configured to display on a display screen a plurality of storage units that store a plurality of electronic documents and a plurality of attribute information related to an electronic document selected by a user;
a determination unit configured to determine whether a drag and drop operation has been executed in which attribute information that has been dragged from the plurality of attribute information displayed on the display screen has been dropped into any of the plurality of storage units displayed on the display screen;
a search unit configured to search the plurality of electronic documents stored in the storage unit associated with the drop destination for an electronic document having the attribute corresponding to the dragged attribute information, when the determination unit determines that a drag and drop operation has been executed; and
an output unit configured to output information related to the electronic documents searched by the search unit as a search result.
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Abstract
A document management apparatus displays a plurality of attribute information related to an electronic document selected by a user on a display screen and determines whether attribute information dragged from the plurality of attribute information displayed on the display screen has been dropped into any of the plurality of storage units displayed on the display screen. When it is determined that a drag and drop operation has been executed, searching is executed in relation to the plurality of electronic documents stored in the storage unit associated with the drop destination for an electronic document having the attribute corresponding to the dragged attribute information.
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9 Claims
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1. A document management apparatus comprising:
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a display unit configured to display on a display screen a plurality of storage units that store a plurality of electronic documents and a plurality of attribute information related to an electronic document selected by a user; a determination unit configured to determine whether a drag and drop operation has been executed in which attribute information that has been dragged from the plurality of attribute information displayed on the display screen has been dropped into any of the plurality of storage units displayed on the display screen; a search unit configured to search the plurality of electronic documents stored in the storage unit associated with the drop destination for an electronic document having the attribute corresponding to the dragged attribute information, when the determination unit determines that a drag and drop operation has been executed; and an output unit configured to output information related to the electronic documents searched by the search unit as a search result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for controlling a document management apparatus, the method comprising:
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displaying on a display screen a plurality of storage units that store a plurality of electronic documents and a plurality of attribute information related to an electronic document selected by a user; determining, in a determining step, whether a drag and drop operation has been executed in which attribute information that has been dragged from the plurality of attribute information displayed on the display screen has been dropped into any of the plurality of storage units displayed on the display screen; searching, in a searching step, the plurality of electronic documents stored in the storage unit associated with the drop destination for an electronic document having the attribute corresponding to the dragged attribute information, when it is determined in a determining step that a drag and drop operation has been executed; and outputting information related to the electronic documents searched in the searching step as a search result.
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9. A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program causes the computer to functions as a document management apparatus which comprises:
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a display unit configured to display a plurality of storage units that store a plurality of electronic documents and a plurality of attribute information related to an electronic document selected by a user; a determination unit configured to determine whether a drag and drop operation has been executed in which attribute information that has been dragged from the plurality of attribute information displayed on the display screen has been dropped into any of the plurality of storage units displayed on the display screen; a search unit configured to search the plurality of electronic documents stored in the storage unit associated with the drop destination for an electronic document having the attribute corresponding to the dragged attribute information, when the determination unit determines that a drag and drop operation has been executed; and an output unit configured to output information related to the electronic documents searched by the search unit as a search result.
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