Document Preparation Support Apparatus, Document Preparation Support Method, and Document Preparation Support Program

1 . A document preparation support apparatus that outputs a knowhow and a response example for each critical passage of a document, comprising:

a storage unit; and

a control unit,

wherein the storage unit includes first corresponding information that stores the knowhow in association with a search key for extracting a critical passage and second corresponding information that stores an response example in association with a search key for extracting a critical passage; and

wherein the control unit:

receives the document;

extracts a critical passage from the received document using a prescribed search key from among the search keys;

searches the first corresponding information and the second corresponding information using the prescribed search key used for the extraction to obtain a knowhow and a response example; and

outputs the obtained knowhow and response example in association with the critical passage.

2 . The document preparation support apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the storage unit includes third corresponding information that previously stores therein the search keys divided into groups, and

wherein the control unit receives a user's selection of a group from among the groups and a search key from among the search keys.

3 . The document preparation support apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the control unit:

receives information selected from the document by the user, as a new critical passage;

receives an input of a search key for extracting the received new critical passage; and

stores the received search key in a group among the groups, as a record of the third corresponding information.

4 . The document preparation support apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, if a knowhow and/or a response example associated with the search key is newly created and/or edited, the control unit stores the newly created and/or edited knowhow and/or example in the storage unit in association with the search key, as a record in the first corresponding information and/or the second corresponding information.

5 . The document preparation support apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit outputs a response document describing the obtained response example and a title of a clause containing the critical passage, in association with the critical passage.

6 . The document preparation support apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the document is in text format having text data converted from image data printed on a paper medium.

7 . The document preparation support apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the document is in text format in computerized tabular form.

8 . A document preparation support method using a document preparation support apparatus that outputs a knowhow and a response example for each critical passage of a document,

wherein the document preparation support apparatus comprises: a storage unit; and a control unit,

wherein the storage unit includes first corresponding information that stores the knowhow in association with a search key for extracting a critical passage and second corresponding information that stores an response example in association with a search key for extracting a critical passage; and

wherein the control unit:

receives the document;

extracts a critical passage from the received document using a prescribed search key from among the search keys;

searches the first corresponding information and the second corresponding information using the prescribed search key used for the extraction to obtain a knowhow and a response example; and

outputs the obtained knowhow and response example in association with the critical passage.

9 . The document preparation support method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the storage unit includes third corresponding information that previously stores therein the search keys divided into groups, and

wherein the control unit receives a user's selection of a group from among the groups and a search key from among the search keys.

10 . The document preparation support method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the control unit:

receives information selected from the document by the user, as a new critical passage;

receives an input of a search key for extracting the received new critical passage; and

stores the received search key in a group among the groups, as a record of the third corresponding information.

11 . The document preparation support method according to claim 8 ,

wherein, if a knowhow and/or a response example associated with the search key is newly created and/or edited, the control unit stores the newly created and/or edited knowhow and/or example in the storage unit in association with the search key, as a record in the first corresponding information and/or the second corresponding information.

12 . The document preparation support method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the control unit outputs a response document describing the obtained response example and a title of a clause containing the critical passage, in association with the critical passage.

13 . A document preparation support program for causing a document preparation support apparatus to output a knowhow and a response example for each critical passage of a document,

wherein the document preparation support program causes a storage unit of the document preparation support apparatus to include first corresponding information that stores the knowhow in association with a search key for extracting a critical passage and second corresponding information that stores an response example in association with a search key for extracting a critical passage; and

wherein the document preparation support program causes a control unit of the document preparation support apparatus to:

receive the document;

extract a critical passage from the received document using a prescribed search key from among the search keys;

search the first corresponding information and the second corresponding information using the prescribed search key used for the extraction to obtain a knowhow and a response example; and

output the obtained knowhow and response example in association with the critical passage.

14 . The document preparation support program according to claim 13 ,

wherein the document preparation support program causes the storage unit to include third corresponding information that previously stores therein the search keys divided into groups, and

wherein the document preparation support program causes the control unit to receive a user's selection of a group from among the groups and a search key from among the search keys.

15 . The document preparation support program according to claim 14 ,

wherein the document preparation support program causes the control unit to:

receive information selected from the document by the user, as a new critical passage;

receive an input of a search key for extracting the received new critical passage; and

store the received search key in a group among the groups, as a record of the third corresponding information.

16 . The document preparation support program according to claim 13 ,

wherein, if a knowhow and/or a response example associated with the search key is newly created and/or edited, the document preparation support program causes the control unit to store the newly created and/or edited knowhow and/or example in the storage unit in association with the search key, as a record in the first corresponding information and/or the second corresponding information.

17 . The document preparation support program according to claim 13 ,

wherein the document preparation support program causes the control unit to output a response document describing the obtained response example and a title of a clause containing the critical passage, in association with the critical passage.