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Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a central processing unit (CPU), a storage device storing a document digitization program, and a reading device that reads an image from an original document. The CPU executes the document digitization program to implement an image acquiring section, an added handwriting extracting section, and a document editing section. The image acquiring section acquires an image of a markup document, which is the original document modified by handwriting, using the reading device. The added handwriting extracting section extracts an added handwriting from the image of the markup document. The document editing section edits a raw original document, which is the original document without the modification, according to a modification instruction given through the added handwriting to generate a digitized document. The document editing section alters a position of at least some of characters and graphics included in the raw original document to generate the digitized document.

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