PURPOSE: To provide the method and the device for character block copy data generation which eliminate the arrangement error of characters to a picture.
CONSTITUTION: Picture layout data is generated on a layout designation sheet 30 based on designation by a digitizer 2. Generated picture layout data is inputted to the character block copy data generating device and is displayed as a picture layout frame on a display device 9. A pointing device 5 is used to set a character layout frame based on this displayed picture layout frame, and a character layout processing part 7 composes and lays out character data in the character layout frame. Laid out character data is outputted to a copying machine 12 to generate a character block copy. Generated picture layout data is inputted to a picture layout system 13 and is used as layout data of picture data.
KATO MASAYUKI