To simplify an editing work at the time of arranging plural partial pictures such as a character string, pattern, and graphic.

Attributes including mutual position relations among prepared objects OB1-OB4 are set for a master object and a link object, and the connection data are stored. The object OB1 is edited, and the object data are updated. As the edited result, the updated object data are used for the object OB1, the previous object data are used for the other objects OB2-OB4, and the already set previous object connection data are used for the attributes including the mutual position relations or the like, respective objects are connected and displayed.