Layout system, layout apparatus, layout program, template selection program, storage medium having stored therein layout program, and storage medium having stored therein template selection program, as well as layout method

摘要

A layout system and method that is suitable for realizing an attractive layout and improving usability of an existing layout includes, when it is judged that a layout consistent with a logical structure of a structured document is not present in a template registration DB, a layout apparatus selects a layout template, which has the same number of information storage frames as the number of the layout elements included in the structured document, from the template registration DB. Then, the layout apparatus changes a logical structure of the selected layout template on the basis of the logical structure of the structured document and stores the layout elements, which are included in the structured document, in information storage frames in accordance with the changed layout template to perform layout.