APPARATUS FOR SETTING ATTRIBUTES TO CHARACTER STRINGS AND GRAPHIC OBJECTS

An apparatus for setting desired attributes to character strings and graphic objects in a document. The apparatus has a storage area, as part of a document file or as a separate history file, to store history records of attribute patterns that the user has set to the objects in a document. Each attribute pattern is composed of an attribute type and attribute option values. Upon request from the user, a display unit shows a list of the attribute patterns stored as the history records in the storage area, allowing the user to choose a desired attribute pattern from the list. A setting unit applies the attribute pattern chosen by the user to a newly entered object or one of the existing objects that has been selected in advance by the user.