DOCUMENT PREPARING DEVICE

PURPOSE:To perform uniform allocation in both longitudinal and lateral directions by providing a rectangular frame uniform allocation means capable of allocating a rectangular frame at equal interval and uniformly, and a rectangular frame uniform allocation means capable of allocating the rectangular frame with equal ratio uniformly. CONSTITUTION:When plural targeted rectangular frames are designated, the rectangular frames with the same values of upper left X-coordinate or upper left Y-coordinate are set in the same pair. Initial processing to perform rectangular frame pairing processing and to find the existence position of each rectangular frame for a circumscribing frame are performed. Thence, the display of a condition setting picture is performed. On the condition setting picture, the choice of a uniform allocation direction and a uniform allocation method is displayed, and either allocation in the longitudinal or lateral direction can be instructed by an operator, and also, either the allocation at equal interval or with equal ratio can be instructed. In such a way, the rectangular frame is allocated uniformly in both longitudinal and lateral directions within designated size.