Document management apparatus, document management method, and computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing document management program

1. A document management apparatus, comprising:

a document storing portion to store a document on a memory;

a designated part accepting portion to accept as a designated part any part designated by a user within the stored document;

an associating portion to associate a notification destination with said designated part accepted, wherein the associating portion is configured to generate a designation record for each of a plurality of designated parts associated with notification destinations;

an altering portion to alter said stored document;

a notifying portion to notify said notification destination associated with said designated part when at least a portion of an altered part altered within said stored document by said altering portion is included in said designated part;

an address data storing portion to store address data that associates user identification information for identifying a user with a transmission destination address assigned to the user;

a designation accepting portion to accept designation of said stored document;

a voice accepting portion to accept a voice from outside;

a voice recognition portion to recognize the accepted voice; and

a voice identification portion to identify a user based on said accepted voice, wherein said associating portion includes

a designated part setting portion to set a part that includes one or more character strings selected from the voice recognized by said voice recognition portion to be a designated part within the document designated by said designation accepting portion among the stored documents, and

a notification destination setting portion to set as said notification destination the transmission destination address associated with the user identification information of the user identified by said voice identification portion based on a voice other than the voice that became a subject of recognition by said voice recognition portion when said designated part setting portion sets said designated part.

2. The document management apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

an altered part detecting portion to detect a part that has been altered within said document as said altered part based on a difference between a document prior to an alteration and the document after the alteration by said altering portion, wherein

said associating portion further associates an alteration level determined by number of characters with said designated part, and

said notifying portion notifies said notification destination associated with said designated part provided that the number of characters included in said difference is not less than the number of characters determined by said alteration level associated with said designated part.

3. The document management apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a status setting portion to set a status in said stored document; and

a status notifying portion to notify said notification destination associated with said document that the status has been altered when a new status is set in said stored document by said status setting portion.

4. A document management method, comprising the steps of:

storing a document;

accepting any part designated by a user within the stored document as a designated part;

associating a notification destination with said designated part accepted, wherein a designation record is generated for each of a plurality of designated parts associated with notification destinations;

altering said stored document;

notifying said notification destination associated with said designated part when at least a portion of an altered part altered within said stored document is included in said designated part;

storing address data that associates user identification information for identifying a user with a transmission destination address assigned to the user;

accepting designation of said stored document;

accepting a voice from outside;

recognizing the voice accepted; and

identifying a user based on the accepted voice, wherein said associating step includes the steps of

setting a part that includes one or more character strings selected from the voice recognized in said step of recognizing the voice to be a designated part within the document designated in said step of accepting designation among the stored documents, and

setting as said notification destination the transmission destination address associated with the user identification information of the user identified in said step of identifying the user based on a voice other than the voice that became a subject of recognition in said step of recognizing the voice when said designated part is set in said step of setting to be the designated part.

5. The document management method according to claim 4 , further comprising the step of

detecting a part that has been altered within said document as said altered part based on a difference between a document prior to an alteration and the document after the alteration made in said altering step, wherein

said associating step includes a step of further associating an alteration level determined by number of characters with said designated part, and

said notifying step includes a step of notifying said notification destination associated with said designated part provided that the number of characters included in said difference is not less than the number of characters determined by said alteration level associated with said designated part.

6. The document management method according to claim 4 , further comprising the steps of:

setting a status in said stored document; and

notifying said notification destination associated with said document that the status has been altered when a new status is set in said stored document in said step of setting the status.

7. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a document management program which causes a computer to execute the steps of:

storing a document;

accepting any part designated by a user within the stored document as a designated part;

associating a notification destination with said designated part accepted, wherein a designation record is generated for each of a plurality of designated parts associated with notification destinations;

altering said stored document;

notifying said notification destination associated with said designated part when at least a portion of an altered part altered within said stored document is included in said designated part;

storing address data that associates user identification information for identifying a user with a transmission destination address assigned to the user;

accepting designation of said stored document;

accepting a voice from outside;

recognizing the voice accepted; and

identifying a user based on the accepted voice, wherein said associating step includes the steps of

setting a part that includes one or more character strings selected from the voice recognized in said step of recognizing the voice to be a designated part within the document designated in said step of accepting designation among the stored documents, and

setting as said notification destination the transmission destination address associated with the user identification information of the user identified in said step of identifying the user based on a voice other than the voice that became a subject of recognition in said step of recognizing the voice when said designated part is set in said step of setting the designated part.

8. The document management program according to claim 7 , further causing a computer to execute the step of

detecting a part that has been altered within said document as said altered part based on a difference between a document prior to an alteration and the document after the alteration made in said altering step, wherein

said associating step includes a step of further associating an alteration level determined by number of characters with said designated part, and

said notifying step includes a step of notifying said notification destination associated with said designated part provided that the number of characters included in said difference is not less than the number of characters determined by said alteration level associated with said designated part.

9. The document management program according to claim 7 , further causing a computer to execute the steps of:

setting a status in said stored document; and

notifying said notification destination associated with said document that the status has been altered when a new status is set in said stored document in said step of setting the status.