IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT IMAGE-FORMS RESULT OF PROOFREADING PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO SENTENCE

An image processing apparatus incorporated in an image forming apparatus includes a data acquisition unit, a proofreading processing unit, and an image generating unit. The data acquisition unit acquires data to be proofread representing sentences that are targets of proofreading. The proofreading processing unit proofreads the data to be proofread acquired by the data acquisition unit, and detects an erroneous writing including an error, and a regular notation representing a correct form of the erroneous writing. The image generating unit synthesizes an image representing the erroneous writing and the regular notation detected through the proofreading process performed by the proofreading processing unit with the data to be proofread, to thereby generate a proofreading result image.