PURPOSE: To provide a document editing device capable of editing a structured document having character strings, graphics and images at its description contents by an optional output format without changing the order of items or their meanings.

CONSTITUTION: This document editing device is provided with a working space arranging processing part 13 for arranging a structured document on a working space similarly to convensional routine document edition, a real area arranging processing part 14 for transforming the coordinates of the result arranged by the processing part 13 into an optional layout format in an output device and a visual point correcting processing part 23 discriminating a drawing element such as an arrow mark having directivity from the one such as a character string having its meaning in the turning direction of the character. Consequently a document output matched with a layout format can be obtained in accordance with a graphic. Since the reference of the graphic and the detailed explanation of its contents can be simultaneously executed, the working efficiency of an operator trying to understand a document can be improved.