To enable the accurate editing of character data without omission or duplication due to the revision of the character data by providing a means to divide the process results plurally according to composing information, in an editing device for editing the character data.
In an editing device which edits character data comprising a character and a character string to which composing information for forming printed matter is added, a dividing means is provided which plurally divides the process results obtained by a process based on the composing information. CPU 7 which controls every part of this composing result dividing device is constructed of a dividing means, a reading means and a composing executing means. In addition, a storage device 8 such as memory or a hard disk for storing data in the process of calculation is used as a mass storage for holding character data consisting of a character, a character string which are printed on printed matter and composing information added to the character or the character string.
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