Examples of the disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for processing a document, a device, and a medium. The method includes: obtaining document parameter information of a document to be created in response to satisfying a preset online document creation condition; and generating a new target online document based on the document parameter information. The preset online document creation condition includes at least one of the following conditions: a preset document update period is reached, and a target data object is collected through the target online document in the update period; and a size of data in a first online document reaches a preset size of data, or a first online document is determined to fail to completely bear a size of data to be written in a next data collection period or a data collection task.