<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a report preparation device for simply preparing a link to medical images in a short period of time. <;P>;SOLUTION: A diagnostic reading report in which each character string in a sentence is identified is displayed on a report display screen, a medical image is displayed on an image display screen. When a dragged medical image is dropped, the range of a character string to be linked is specified on the basis of the position of the dropped medical image and the identification of the each character string in the sentence. Then, the dropped medical image is linked to the specified range of the character string. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT