Abstract: A method for processing a document wherein, on the transmission side, information is stored in the document for specifying an element of the document whose contents should be changed if necessary according to the conditions of a communication destination. A document processed according to the conditions of the transmission side is analyzed to extract the element of the document to be changed, and information indicating that the extracted element is the element whose contents are to be changed is attached to the extracted element and a document transmission is made.

Abstract: A method for processing a document wherein, on the transmission side, information for specifying an element whose contents are to be changed according to conditions of a place of communication destination is memorized, a document processed according to conditions of the transmission side is analyzed to extract the element, information indicating that the extracted element is the element whose contents are to be changed is attached to the extracted element and transmission is made; and on the other hand, on the receiving side, information for specifying an element whose contents are to be changed to the contents according to conditions on the receiving side and corrective information into such contents are memorized, so that the received document is analyzed and the element is extracted, and based on the memorized information for s change, the contents of the extracted element are changed to the contents according to the conditions.