COMPUTERIZED ACTION TOOL FOR MANAGING PRINT PARAMETERS, QUEUING ACTIONS AND ARCHIVING ACTIONS FOR A DOCUMENT OUTPUT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

A method is disclosed comprising selecting an action tool from a set of action tools on a screen display of a computer, the action tool being associated with a set of actions including at least two of the following: (1) a printing action, (2) an e-mailing action, and (3) an archiving action, and applying the action tool to an object with a single user command using the computer, the action tool processing the object in accordance with the associated set of actions. A corresponding document output management system also is disclosed.