DOCUMENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING A HUMAN- COMPUTER INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT SHEET ALLOWING RELEVANT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FROM A REMOTE SITE

Document information management system capable of generating human/computer interactive document sheets that allow relevant information retrieval at user remote sites. A file server stores a plurality of source data files related to respectively corresponding information components. A sheet-formed information medium is provided on which document objects including the information components, link information for linking a source data file with a corresponding information component, and selecting information for selecting arbitrary information components are recorded. A control terminal apparatus is connected to the file server and includes a communication function and a retrieval function for retrieving a desired file stored in the file server. At least one remote terminal apparatus is capable of reading the sheet-formed information medium, receiving data from and transmitting data to the control terminal apparatus, and producing a document received from the control terminal apparatus on a recording sheet. Upon receiving the selecting information and the link information included in the transmitted data of the sheet-formed information medium from the remote terminal apparatus, the control terminal apparatus retrieves a corresponding source data file stored in the file server by use of the selecting information and the link information, and transmits the corresponding source data file to the at remote terminal apparatus. The remote terminal apparatus can produce a document that includes the corresponding source data file on a recording sheet.