An image processing system has a scanner for reading image information of a sheet, on which a first instruction for transferring image information of an electronic document and image information of a paper document to an arbitrary program at a first terminal as a single transferred document and a second instruction for starting an arbitrary second terminal for creating the electronic document, together with the image information of the paper document, a function for starting the program at the second terminal to create the image information of the electronic document on the basis of the second instruction, and a function for transferring the image information of the paper document and the image information of the electronic document as a single transferred document to the first terminal on the basis of the first instruction.