JP2009104617A - Object editing device, object editing method, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an object management device that designates a common object limited only to a specific page area and consequently reduces input man-hour of an object. <P>SOLUTION: When an independent attribute is changed to a common attribute, the number of pages under editing at present is stored in a variable P1, and an object ID of a document object under editing at present is stored in a variable B1 (S401). A document object whose object ID=B1 is read from document object data 152 (S406). A position attribute and an external form attribute of the document object data under editing at present are set to "common", and a descendant attribute is set to "with secondary object descendant" (S407). Object IDs are newly added one by one within a designated page area of a page object table 153 (S409). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is applied to a document creation apparatus that creates a document by inputting and editing objects such as character data, image data, ruled lines, and graphic data. The present invention relates to an object editing device that manages objects arranged on a plurality of pages, an object editing method, and a computer-readable recording medium that stores a program for managing objects arranged on a plurality of pages.

  Conventionally, many applications are used in a computer to create and edit documents and the like. An application program for creating and editing a form printing form on the screen is also used. Furthermore, document creation devices and form creation devices such as word processors that incorporate these programs in combination with computers are also widely used.

  Among these document creation devices and form creation devices, when creating a document or form, it is known that a part (object) common to each page can be input to a specific page called “common page”. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

In such a document creation apparatus and form creation apparatus, objects input to the common page are displayed on all pages, and common objects input to the common page are changed / deleted only on the common page.
Japanese Patent No. 2664164

  However, in a conventional document creation apparatus or form creation apparatus, for example, there is a case where it is desired to change the position of a logo (image data) for only one specific page of a document extending over a plurality of pages. In this case, after setting the logo on the common page, it is necessary to perform complicated operations such as masking the logo with a white rectangular object on a specific page to make it invisible, and pasting the logo at another position. It was.

  For example, when a specific logo is arranged on all pages of a 100-page document, a larger logo is displayed on the upper left of the page for 40 pages of all documents, and a smaller logo is displayed on the upper right for the other 60 pages. There may be a request to place it. In this case, the conventional common page requires a lot of man-hours. That is, in the method using this mask, after a small logo is commonly placed on the upper right part of all pages, a mask operation is performed on a total of 40 places for 40 pages, and an individual object is pasted on the upper left part of each page. I had to do the attaching operation.

  Furthermore, when these 40 pieces of image data are once individually pasted into a document and then the position and size of the image data are changed, many man-hours are required as in the case of newly pasting. .

  In addition, when an overlapping image is individually pasted on each page as described above, the amount of data of the document increases, so that the main storage area and the auxiliary storage area are wasted, and the processing speed when editing the document is reduced. Was invited.

  On the other hand, in the conventional document creation apparatus and form creation apparatus, when inputting / editing a common object, it is necessary to move to the common page each time.

  That is, in many document creation programs, the first page or the first page (the common page for the left-side spread page) and the next page (the common page for the right-side spread page) are often common pages. When inputting common objects such as ruled lines and logos there, it is necessary to move from the current work page so that the common page is displayed on the screen.

  In this case, for example, if the document creation work is currently performed on 25 pages, it is necessary to edit the common page after moving to the first page of the document with the common page and return to the 25th page again. For this reason, operations such as repeatedly clicking the page movement button with the mouse a plurality of times for reciprocal page movement have been complicated.

  In addition, when moving to a common page using buttons or so-called icons, the moving operation is simplified. However, when a plurality of documents are edited at the same time, there is a risk of erroneous operation.

  For example, when document 1 and document 2 that are similar to each other are being edited at the same time, there is a risk of erroneous operation such as editing the common page of document 2 while intending to edit the common page of document 1. .

  Further, when it is desired to slightly modify the positional relationship between a specific common object and a specific independent object only on a specific page, the specific independent object is not displayed on the common page. So, correct the position of the common object on the common page, return to this specific page, check the positional relationship between them, and if you are not satisfied, return to the common page again and adjust the position of the specific common object again There is a need to. For this reason, much effort and time were required.

  Further, in the conventional document creation device and form creation device, it is not possible to set an object having only a common object position or a common object having only a common outer shape.

  Therefore, for example, when objects with the same outline exist on all pages but only the positions differ depending on the page, as described above, the masking operation and the pasting operation of individual objects are necessary, and many man-hours are required. Needed.

  The same applies to the case where an object having the same position on all pages but having a different outer shape depending on the page is arranged.

  Further, in a document creation apparatus that does not have a method for visually identifying a common object and an independent object on a page other than the common page, the common object is often misunderstood as an independent object to be corrected. At this time, when the change of the object is not successful, it is often noticed that the object is a common object for the first time, and stressed the user.

  Despite the above problems, a method is widely used in which a common object can be set only on a common page, and only independent objects can be added / edited on individual pages. This is because, firstly, when a common object can be edited on each page, the editing process becomes complicated, and secondly, the amount of document data may be significantly increased.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and allows not only a common object over all pages but also an independent object or a common object limited to a specific page range to be specified. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an object editing apparatus, an object editing method, and a recording medium that can reduce the input man-hours of the object.

  In order to achieve the above object, an object editing apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention is an object editing apparatus capable of editing an arbitrary object arranged on an arbitrary page, and each object is the object editing apparatus. It is a common object that can be edited in common with other objects that have the same identification information, or an independent object that can be edited independently and does not have the same identification information as other objects of the object. If the object to be edited is the common object according to the object management means for managing whether or not the object is to be edited, edit the common object on all pages on which the common object is arranged, Is an independent object, the independent object Object editing means for editing only an object, and setting means for setting an arbitrary object arranged on an arbitrary page as either a common object or an independent object, and arranged on an arbitrary page by the setting means When the independent object is changed to a common object, the object management means manages the object as a common object that can be edited in common with an object having the same identification information as the object.

  To achieve the above object, an object editing method according to claim 7 of the present invention is an object editing method in an object editing apparatus capable of editing an arbitrary object arranged on an arbitrary page, and includes an object management means. Therefore, each object is a common object that can be edited in common with other objects that have the same identification information, or does not have the same identification information as other objects of the object. If the object to be edited is the common object according to the object management process for managing whether the object is an independently editable independent object and the object editing means, the common object is arranged. Common to all pages When an object to be edited is an independent object, the object editing step for editing only the independent object and an arbitrary object placed on an arbitrary page by the setting means are set as a common object or an independent object. A setting step for setting to any one of the objects, and when the independent object arranged on an arbitrary page is changed to a common object by the setting step by the setting unit, the object management step by the object management unit includes: The object is managed as a common object that can be edited in common with an object having the same identification information as the object.

  In order to achieve the above object, a computer-readable recording medium recording the program according to claim 13 of the present invention can be executed by an object editing apparatus capable of editing an arbitrary object arranged on an arbitrary page. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, and each object is a common object that can be edited in common with another object that has the same identification information, or the object Object management means for managing whether the object is an independently editable independent object that does not have the same identification information as other objects, according to the editing instruction for the object, if the object to be edited is the common object, The common object is placed If the object to be edited is the independent object, the object editing means for editing only the independent object, the arbitrary object placed on any page is the common object or When the object device is made to function as setting means for setting any of the independent objects, and the independent object arranged on an arbitrary page is changed to a common object by the setting means, the object management means The object is managed as a common object that can be edited in common with an object having the same identification information as the object.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to specify not only a common object for all pages but also an independent object or a common object limited to a specific page, so that it is possible to reduce the input man-hour of the object.

  An object management apparatus according to an embodiment of the object editing apparatus, object editing method, and recording medium of the present invention will be described. The object management device of this embodiment is applied to a document creation device such as a word processor.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a document creation apparatus according to an embodiment. The document creation apparatus includes a CPU 100, a main memory 102, a graphic adapter 115, an input device (mouse) 130, an input device (keyboard) 140, an auxiliary storage device A (hard disk) 160, and an auxiliary storage connected to each other via a system bus 101. A device B (CD-ROM drive) 170 is included. Each of these devices is provided with an interface unit connected to the system bus 101.

  Further, a screen display device (display device) 110 is connected to the system bus 101 via a graphic adapter 115. In the main memory 102, storage areas for the program memory 120 and the data memory 150 are secured.

  When the computer (CPU) 100 is activated, the operating system is loaded from the hard disk 160 into the program memory 120, and the operation system program 121 is resident in the program memory 120.

  Further, the document creation program 171 stored in the CD-ROM drive 170 is read and written as the document creation program 122 in the program memory 120. The document creation program 171 may be stored in the hard disk 160 in advance and read from the hard disk 160. Further, the document data file 161 is read from the hard disk 160 and written as document data 151 in the data memory 150.

  The editing operation of the document data 151 is performed by an operation using the mouse 130 and the keyboard 140. The document data 151 includes document object data 152, a page object table 153 for managing each document object in units of pages, an object address table 154 for managing the address of each document object actually stored in the document object data 152, and a document object. A partially independent object table 155 for managing the derivation relationship of the document, and a format table 156 for managing the format of the document.

  Here, the document object refers to individual objects constituting the document such as text, ruled lines, and images. Each of the tables 153 to 155 is an index table of document object data, and details thereof will be described later.

  The document creation program 122 is an application program that creates a document including graphics and characters. Typical examples of such a document creation program include a word processor program (word processor software), a presentation creation program, and a spreadsheet program.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the document creation program 122 in the embodiment. Each unit of the document data input / output processing unit 224, the document data display processing unit 221, and the document data editing processing unit 227 is realized by the CPU 100 executing the document creation program 122. The document data reading function 225 of the document data input / output processing unit 224 reads the document data file 161 when the document creation program 122 is activated, and the read document data 151 is edited by the document data editing processing unit 227 by various editing operations. The

  For example, the format table 156 is updated by the format setting function 230 of the document data editing processing unit 227, and the format of the document is set.

  When a document object is edited by the document object editing function 228 of the document data editing processing unit 227, the result of the editing operation is immediately sent to the graphic adapter 115 by the document object display function 222 of the document data display processing unit 221. Displayed on the display device 110.

  Further, when the document data identification processing unit 227 designates the document object identification display, the document object identification display function 223 of the document data display processing unit 221 designates a color for each object attribute, and the designation result is the document object display. By the function 222, the image is displayed on the display device 110 via the graphic adapter 115.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the entire processing procedure of the document creation program. As described above, this processing program is stored in the CD-ROM read by the CD-ROM drive 170, and is executed after being loaded into the program memory 120 of the main memory 102 by the CPU 100.

  First, when the document creation program 122 is activated, it is determined whether to create a new document or to edit an existing document data file in accordance with a user instruction (step S1). The file 161 is read (step S2), and the document data is displayed (step S3).

  On the other hand, if the document is newly created in step S1, blank document data 150 is displayed (step S4). Here, the blank document data refers to document data having only format information. When blank document data is displayed, only a blank document is displayed on the screen.

  The function selected by the user is acquired (step S5), and it is determined whether or not the selected function is complete (step S6). If the selected function is finished, the document data 150 is written in the hard disk 160 as the document data file 161 (step S7), and the process is finished.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the function selected in step S6 is not the end, it is determined whether or not it is a document object editing function (step S8). If it is a document object editing function, a document object editing process is performed ( Step S9) and the process returns to step S5. On the other hand, if it is not a document object editing function in step S8, it is determined whether or not the selected function is an attribute setting function (step S10). If it is an attribute setting function, an attribute is set for the document object (step S11). ), The process returns to step S5.

  On the other hand, if it is not an attribute setting function in step S10, it is determined whether or not it is an object identification display function (step S12). If the selected function is an object identification display function, a document object identification display process is performed (step S13), and the process returns to step S5. On the other hand, if it is other processing such as formatting in step S12, other processing is performed (step S14), and the processing returns to step S5.

  Next, processing when adding a document object will be described. When adding a document object, it is assumed that the page to be added is visible. That is, all or part of a page of a document to which a document object is to be added (hereinafter referred to as a corresponding page) is displayed on the screen of the display device 110 in FIG. 1, and the page is immediately selected to select the document object. It needs to be ready to be added. This is because, when the corresponding page is not displayed, it is impossible to specify which object is placed in which position.

  The document object is added to the corresponding page of the document by, for example, a so-called drag and drop operation on the screen of the display device 110. When a document object is added, an object ID newly assigned to a corresponding page of a page object table 153 (see FIG. 11) described later is added. FIG. 11 shows the page object table 153. Here, the object ID is a number assigned to each document object without duplication. In this embodiment, a 3-byte storage area is secured for the object ID (see FIG. 10). FIG. 10 is a table showing the format of the document object. The object ID is incremented by 1 starting from “1” in the new document. At this time, the primary ID column of the page object table 153 is left blank.

  The entity of the document object added to the document object data 152 is added according to the format of each document object in FIG. A newly added document object is first set to an independent attribute. Here, the independent attribute refers to a document object that exists only in the page to which the document object is added and has no dependency relationship with other objects.

  The real address (start address and end address) of the document object data 152 written as the added document object is written as 8-byte data in the empty portion of the object address table 154 shown in FIG. 12, and the real address is written. The head address is written and linked in the entry address column of the page object table 153 as an entry address (that is, a kind of pointer). FIG. 12 shows the object address table 154.

  Next, an overview of processing for changing an independent object on an arbitrary page to a common object is shown, and further, processing for setting a common attribute to the created independent object is shown.

  When it is desired to make a document object created on an arbitrary page common to all pages or a partial page range, a common attribute is set for the object. In this embodiment, common attributes can be set directly for the object, and there is no need to move to a dedicated page for setting common attributes.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the attribute setting processing procedure in step S11 for changing the independent attribute to the common attribute. First, the number of pages currently being edited is stored in variable P1, and the object ID of the document object currently being edited is stored in variable B1 (step S401).

  Either all pages or some pages are selected (step S402). It is determined whether or not a partial page has been selected (step S403). If a partial page has not been selected, all the pages are set within a specified range (step S405). On the other hand, when a partial page is selected, the user designates a page range (step S404).

  Thereafter, the document object with the object ID = B1 is read from the document object data 152 via the page object table 153 (step S406).

  The position attribute and outline attribute shown in FIG. 10 of the document object data currently being edited are set to “common”, and the derived attribute is set to “secondary object derived” (step S407).

  The object ID of the variable B1 is written in the primary ID column corresponding to the object ID of page P1, object ID = B1 of the page object table 153 (step S408).

  Object IDs are newly added one by one to pages other than page P1 within the page range specified in step S404 or step S405 of page object table 153 (step S409). At this time, the object ID of the variable B1 and the entry address to the primary object are written in the corresponding primary ID and entry address ID fields, respectively.

  An object written on a page other than the variable P1 is a secondary object. Here, the secondary object refers to an object that has the same outer shape and display position as the primary object but does not have an independent entity. Similar to the primary object, the secondary object can access the document data (substance part of the document object) via the object address table 154 by the entry address of the page object table 153.

  Therefore, if the page is visible on the screen of the display device 110, that is, if the page is displayed on the screen and the page can be immediately selected and edited, the edit operation can be performed from any page. A document object can be directly accessed for editing.

  When editing, there is no need to be aware of whether it is a primary object or a secondary object. Furthermore, even if one secondary object is added, the size of the document data only increases by 10 bytes in the page object table 153.

  When the data size of the document object is changed by the editing operation, both the start address and the end address of the object address table 154 or only the end address are updated. Even if the start address or end address changes, the entry address does not change. This is because the entry address merely indicates at which position (address) in the object address table 154 the start address and end address of this object are written.

  Next, an overview of processing for changing a common object on an arbitrary page to an independent object is shown, and details of attribute setting processing for changing a primary object to an independent object are shown.

  When a common object is to be changed to an independent object, there are mainly the following three requirements (needs).

  (1) This is a case where only a common object on a specific page is changed to an independent object and the position and size are to be edited.

  (2) This is a case where other common objects other than the current page are to be deleted (independent object → cancel attribute setting for common object).

  (3) This is a case where each of the other common objects is to be an independent object (a single common object is copied to the necessary page range and then individually edited).

  In order to meet these requirements (needs), the common object is divided into a case where the common object is a primary object (see FIGS. 5 and 6) and a case where the common object is a secondary object (see FIG. 7). Processing to change to an object will be described.

  5 and 6 are flowcharts showing the attribute setting processing procedure in step 11 for changing the common object to the independent object when the common object is a primary object. When a primary object is set as an independent attribute, there arises a problem of what to do with a secondary object associated with the primary object. The following three methods can be considered for handling the secondary object.

  That is, the first handling is to delete all secondary objects derived from the primary object, and the processing in step S516 corresponds to this. The second handling is to make all other secondary objects independent objects, and the processing of steps S510 to S515 corresponds to this. The third handling is to make one of the remaining secondary objects a new primary object (new primary object) and associate another secondary object with this new primary object. It corresponds to this. In the following, after processing of parts common to the three handlings, processing corresponding to each handling is shown.

  First, in the process of the common part, the page currently being edited is stored in the variable P1, and the object ID of the object currently being edited (hereinafter referred to as the original object) is stored in the variable B1 (step S501).

  The document object data of the original object is read via the object address table 154, the position attribute, the external attribute and the derived attribute are changed to “independent”, the document object data of the original object is updated, and then stored in the temporary storage area A1. To do. This temporary storage area A1 is a temporary storage area for storing the document object selected in this attribute setting process, and is secured in the data memory 150 separately from the document data 151 (omitted in FIG. 1). ) Here, the document object data is data representing the substance of the document object shown in FIG. Further, the primary ID of the part (object ID = B1) corresponding to the original object in the page object table 153 is changed to blank (step S502).

  Then, a message “Common objects other than this page (corresponding to the original object) will be deleted” is displayed (step S503), and it is determined whether or not the “OK” button has been pressed (step S504). When the “OK” button is pressed, the first handling of deleting all secondary objects derived from the primary object is performed (step S516). In this step S516, all secondary objects whose primary ID in the page object table 153 is equal to the variable B1 are deleted.

  Here, details of the page object table 153 shown in FIG. 11 are shown. One line of the page object table 153 is composed of 36 bytes. That is, 3 bytes each are used for “page” and “continuation page” for a total of 6 bytes. Further, for one document object, 3 bytes each for the object ID and primary ID and 4 bytes for the entry address are used, and the total is 10 bytes. Since three document objects are included for one page, the total is 30 bytes for the three objects, and the total of 36 bytes is obtained by adding 30 bytes and a total of 6 bytes of the above-mentioned page data.

  When one page includes more than three document objects, a sufficiently large value such as “10001” is designated as a continuation page as a continuation page. In FIG. 11, the subsequent page of page 1 is “10001”, indicating that page 1 also includes object ID 10 and object ID 11. When the subsequent page is blank as in page 2 or page 3, it indicates that the number of document objects per page is 3 or less.

  In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the number of objects is 3 per page. However, in practice, it is appropriate that the number of objects is about 5 to 10 per page. However, if the number of objects per page is excessively large, blank portions increase in the array of object IDs for each page, and waste is generated in the storage area.

  Returning to this attribute setting process routine again, if the “OK” button is not pressed in step S504, a message “Do you want to leave objects other than this page as independent attributes?” Is displayed (step S505). It is determined whether or not the “OK” button has been pressed (step S506). When the “OK” button is pressed, the process proceeds to a second handling process in which the other secondary objects are all independent objects.

  In the second handling, the page object table 153 is read sequentially from the top (step S510), and it is determined whether or not the reading is successful (step S511). If the reading is unsuccessful, the process is terminated. If the reading is successful, it is determined whether or not the primary ID is equal to the value of the variable B1 (step S512). If the primary ID is not equal to the value of the variable B1, the process returns to step S510.

  On the other hand, if the primary ID is equal to the value of the variable B1, the data in the temporary storage area A1 is newly written in the empty part of the document object data 152, and the start address, end address and object ID (object ID = B2) at this time are written. Store in the temporary storage area A2 (step S513). The temporary storage area A2 is a temporary storage area for storing the start address, end address, and object ID (object ID = B2) of the document object written in the document data, and is a data memory separately from the document data 151. 150 (not shown in FIG. 1).

  The start address and end address stored in the temporary storage area A2 are written in the object address table 154, and the start address of the 8-byte data written in the object address table 154 is stored in the variable B3 (step S514). The contents of the variable B3 are written in the entry address field of the new independent object (object ID = B2) in the page object table 153, and the primary ID field is changed to blank (step S515). Thereafter, the process returns to step S510.

  On the other hand, if the “OK” button is not pressed in step S506, one of the remaining secondary objects is newly changed to a primary object (hereinafter referred to as a new primary object), and another new object is added to this new primary object. The process proceeds to a third handling process for associating the secondary object.

  The primary ID of the secondary object that appears for the first time after the next page of the page with the original object (object ID = B1) in the page object table 153 is changed to its own object ID (step S507). At this time, if the first secondary object does not appear even after the end of the document, the first page of the document to the page before the page with the original object are sequentially read, and the primary ID of the secondary object that appears is the own object ID. Change to

  Data in the temporary storage area A1 read in step S502 (document object data of object ID = B1) is written as new primary document object data in the empty part of the document object data 152, and the start address, end address, and object at this time The ID (object ID = B2) is stored in the temporary storage area A2 (step S508). The start address and end address stored in the temporary storage area A2 are written in the object address table 154, and the 8-byte data head address written in the object address table 154 is stored in the variable B3. Further, the contents of the variable B3 are written in the entry address column of the new primary object (object ID = B2) in the page object table 153.

  The contents of the variable B2 are written in the primary ID column of the second and subsequent secondary objects (primary ID = B1) of the page object table 153, the contents of the variable B3 are written in the entry address column (step S509), and the process is terminated. .

  As described above, in the attribute setting process shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when changing the primary object (common attribute) to the independent attribute, regarding the related secondary object, (1) a method of deleting all, (2) all the independent objects (3) One of the secondary objects can be selected as a new primary object, and the following three methods can be selected: a method of associating the remaining secondary objects with the new primary object. Therefore, the user can select the best processing method according to the situation and proceed with document creation rationally.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an attribute setting process procedure in step 11 for changing the common object to an independent object when the common object is a secondary object. First, the page currently being edited is stored in the variable P1 (step S601). The object ID of the secondary object currently being edited (hereinafter referred to as the original object) is stored in the variable B1 (step S602). The primary ID of the original object is stored in the variable B2 (step S603).

  The document object data of object ID = B2 is read via the object address table 154, and is written in the empty part of the document object data 152 as new primary document object data. At this time, the start address, end address, and object ID (object ID = B1) is stored in the temporary storage area A2, the start address and end address stored in the temporary storage area A2 are written in the object address table 154, and the start address of the 8-byte data written in the object address table 154 is a variable. Store in B3. Further, the contents of the variable B3 are written in the entry address column of the new primary object (object ID = B1) in the page object table 153 (step S604).

  A message “All other common objects other than this page will be deleted” is displayed (step S605), and it is determined whether or not the “OK” button has been pressed (step S606). When the “OK” button is pressed, the page object table 153 is read, and the object with the primary ID = B2 is deleted (the set of the object ID, primary ID, and entry address is all blank) (step S612). Thereafter, the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the “OK” button is not pressed in step S606, a message “Do you want to leave objects other than this page as independent attributes?” Is displayed (step S607), and whether the “OK” button has been pressed. Is determined (step S608). When the “OK” button is pressed, the document object data is copied from the original object and the address of the copied document object data is added to the object address table 154, as in the processing of steps S510 to S515 described above. The primary ID of the object table 153 is changed to blank, and the entry address is written (steps S609 to S611).

  On the other hand, if the “OK” button is not pressed in step S608, nothing is performed on the other objects, and the process ends.

  As described above, in the attribute setting process shown in FIG. 7, even when the common attribute of the secondary object is changed to the independent attribute, (1) a method for deleting all the related objects, and (2) all other secondary objects are independent objects. (3) Three processes can be selected: (3) Only the selected secondary object is made independent, and the others are left as they are. Therefore, the user can select the best processing method according to the situation and proceed with document creation rationally.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the attribute setting processing procedure in step S11 for setting only the position of a specific secondary object as an independent attribute. First, the page currently being edited is stored in the variable P1 (step S701). The object ID of the secondary object currently being edited (hereinafter referred to as a position independent object) is stored in the variable B1 (step S702).

  The primary ID of the position independent object is stored in the variable B2 (step S703). The primary ID of the position independent object in the page object table 153 is changed to blank (step S704).

  The document object data of the primary object is read via the object address table 154 using the primary ID stored in the variable B2, stored in the temporary storage area A3, the position attribute alone is changed to “independent”, and the document for the position independent object is stored. The data is added as object data, and the added address is added to the object address table 154 (step S705). The temporary storage area A3 is a temporary storage area for storing the document object data being edited, and is secured in the data memory area 150 separately from the document data 151.

  The added address is written in the entry address field of the page object table 153 (step S706). In step S705, the derived attribute of the document object data stored in the temporary storage area A3 is read (step S707). Bit 0 is checked to determine whether or not there is a partial independence (position) derivation (step S708). If there is a partial independent derivation, the primary object already has another partial independent object, so in the partial independent object ID column of the row where the primary ID = B2 in the partial independent object table 155 shown in FIG. A variable B1 is added (step S709), and the process ends. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a partially independent object table 155.

  On the other hand, if bit 0 is checked in step S708 and there is no partial independence (position) derivation, a row with primary ID = B2 and partial independent object ID = B1 in the partial independent object table 155 is newly added. (Step S710). In step S707, the bit 0 of the derived attribute of the document object data stored in the temporary storage area A3 is changed to partially independent (position) derived, and the document object data 152 is also changed based on the contents of the temporary storage area A3. Update (step S711). Thereafter, the process is terminated.

  Here, the partially independent object table 155 is a table for associating an object whose position is independent or whose shape is independent with a primary object separately from a simple secondary object.

  When updating the document object data 152 of a certain object, refer to the partially independent object table 155 using the object ID as a key. If there is no corresponding partially independent object ID, refer to the page object table 153 next. The entry address is read and the document object data 152 is accessed via the object address table 154.

  If there is a corresponding partially independent object ID with reference to the partially independent object table 155, the document object data 152 is accessed via the page object table 153 and the object address table 154 using the corresponding primary ID as a key. .

  In this way, it is possible to correctly update only the position and only the outer shape. In addition, when changing the primary object to the independent attribute only for the position, it is essential to change the attribute to the secondary object once and then change the position to the independent attribute only, or other steps similar to steps S507 to S509. The secondary object may be newly set as a primary object (new primary object), and the self may be associated with the new primary object and changed to a partially independent object.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the document object identification display processing procedure in step S13. First, the page currently being edited is stored in variables P1 and P2 (step S801). One object (object ID, primary ID, 10 bytes of entry address) of page P2 of the page object table 153 is read (step S802).

  It is determined whether or not the object ID is blank (step S803). If the object ID is blank, the process proceeds to step S813. If the object ID is not blank, the content of the primary ID is determined (step S804). .

  That is, if the primary ID is equal to the object ID, the object is displayed in the primary object display color (step S805). On the other hand, if the primary ID is not equal to the object ID, the object is displayed in the display color for the secondary object object (step S812).

  On the other hand, if the primary ID is blank, the document object data 152 is read via the object address table 154 (step S806). Then, the position attribute and the external attribute are determined (steps S807 and S808), and if it is a partially independent object (position only), the designated color of the partially independent object (position only) is displayed (step S809). If it is a partially independent object (only the outer shape), the designated color of the partially independent object (only the outer shape) is displayed (step S811). On the other hand, if it is an independent object, the designated color of the independent object is displayed (step S810).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the third object of the page object file 153 has been read (step S813). If the number is less than three, the process returns to step S802. On the other hand, when the third object is read, it is determined whether or not the subsequent page is “0” (step S814). If the subsequent page is not “0”, the subsequent page is set in the variable P2 (step S815). Returning to the process of step S802, the data is read again from the first object. On the other hand, if the subsequent page is “0”, the process is terminated.

  Through the processing described above, each document object on the currently displayed page can be displayed by assigning different colors to the primary object, secondary object, and independent object, preventing the common object from being accidentally edited as an independent object. This makes it possible to comfortably proceed with document creation.

  In short, according to the document creation apparatus as the object management apparatus according to the present embodiment, attributes can be set directly or independently for each object directly on an arbitrary working page displayed on the screen. Therefore, in this document creation apparatus, it is not necessary to move between the attribute setting page and the working page, and the document can be edited efficiently.

  Furthermore, when setting the common attribute, the common attribute related to the outer shape of the object and the common attribute related to the position of the object can be set separately. Therefore, when inputting / editing an object whose outline is common or an object whose position is common, it is not necessary to individually input / edit for each page, and man-hours for inputting / editing objects can be reduced.

  Further, by making it possible to visually identify common or independent attribute settings of objects, it is possible to efficiently create a document by preventing erroneous operations when selecting common or independent objects.

  The above is the description of the embodiments of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the configurations of these embodiments, and the functions shown in the claims or the functions of the configurations of the embodiments are included. Any configuration that can be achieved is applicable. For example, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in which word processing software capable of displaying a mixture of images and characters is assumed as the application program. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and other software capable of displaying images and characters, for example, a spreadsheet. The same applies to software, presentation creation software, figure creation software, and the like.

  In addition, the form creation device and form creation software differ from word processing software in that it is necessary to process the detailed data part to be output to the form separately, but the ruled line part / title / item heading part of the form is not limited to word processing software. The present invention can be applied in the same manner as document creation software. Further, the present invention can be similarly applied to a graphic such as a symbol even with a graphic creating device or graphic creating software.

  Furthermore, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices, or may be applied to an apparatus composed of one device. Needless to say, the present invention can also be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention by reading the storage medium storing the document creation program and application program represented by software for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus. Become. FIG. 14 is a memory map of a CD-ROM as a storage medium. The CD-ROM includes a document creation processing program module shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, an attribute setting processing program module shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, an attribute setting processing program module shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 6, and a flowchart of FIG. The attribute setting processing program module shown, the attribute setting processing program module of FIG. 8, the character object identification display processing program module of FIG. 9, and the like are stored. In this embodiment, the auxiliary storage device A160 uses a hard disk as the storage medium, and the auxiliary storage device B170 uses a CD-ROM drive. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a floppy disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-R, A DVD, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, or the like can be used.

It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the document preparation apparatus in embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the document preparation program 122 in embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the whole process sequence of a document preparation program. It is a flowchart which shows the attribute setting process sequence in step S11 for changing an independent attribute to a common attribute. It is a flowchart which shows the attribute setting process procedure in step 11 for changing a common object into an independent object when a common object is a primary object. It is a flowchart which shows the attribute setting process sequence in step 11 for changing a common object into an independent object when the common object following FIG. 5 is a primary object. It is a flowchart which shows the attribute setting process sequence in step 11 for changing a common object into an independent object when a common object is a secondary object. It is a flowchart which shows the attribute setting process sequence in step S11 for setting only the position of a specific secondary object to an independent attribute. It is a flowchart which shows the document object identification display processing procedure in step S13. It is a table which shows the format of a document object. It is a figure which shows the page object table 153. FIG. It is a figure which shows the object address table 154. FIG. It is a figure which shows the partial independent object table 155. FIG. It is a memory map of CD-ROM as a storage medium.

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102 Main memory 110 Screen display device (display device)
122 Document creation program 150 Document data 152 Document object data 153 Page object table 154 Object address table 155 Partially independent object table 170 Auxiliary storage device B (CD-ROM drive)

Claims (18)

An object editing device capable of editing an arbitrary object arranged on an arbitrary page,
Each object is a common object that can be edited in common with an object that has the same identification information as another object of the object, or an independent object that does not have the same identification information as the other object of the object. Object management means for managing whether it is an independent object that can be edited,
When the object to be edited is the common object according to the editing instruction for the object, the common object of all pages on which the common object is arranged is edited, and when the object to be edited is the independent object, An object editing means for editing only the independent object;
Setting means for setting an arbitrary object arranged on an arbitrary page as either a common object or an independent object;
When an independent object arranged on an arbitrary page is changed to a common object by the setting unit, the object management unit can edit the object in common with an object having the same identification information as the object. An object editing apparatus characterized by being managed as A reception unit that receives selection of a page on which the common object is to be placed;
When an independent object arranged on an arbitrary page is changed to a common object by the setting unit, the object management unit is configured to use the same object as the object arranged on the page for which selection is received by the receiving unit. 2. The object editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the object editing apparatus is managed as a common object that can be edited in common with an object having identification information. The object management means manages an address at which a common object entity object that can be edited in common is stored, and an address at which an independent object entity object that can be edited independently is stored,
When the object to be edited is the common object, the object editing means edits the entity object corresponding to the common object stored at the address managed by the object management means, and the object to be edited is the independent object. 3. The object editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in the case of an object, an entity object corresponding to the independent object stored at an address managed by the object management means is edited.   The object editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the object includes a plurality of types, and includes at least one of a text, a straight line, a polygon, a circle, and an image.   In the entity object, an attribute related to the outer shape of the object or an attribute related to the position is set, and when the arbitrary object is set as a common object, the setting unit sets the attribute related to the outer shape or the attribute related to the position. Is set to a common attribute indicating that it is common to a plurality of objects arranged over a plurality of pages, and when an arbitrary object is set as an independent object, the attribute relating to the outer shape or the attribute relating to the position is set. 4. The object editing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein an independent attribute indicating that the object is independent of an object arranged on another page is set.   It further comprises object identification display means for controlling display so that the user can identify whether the object set to either the independent attribute or the common attribute by the setting means is the independent attribute or the common attribute. 6. The object editing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein An object editing method in an object editing apparatus capable of editing an arbitrary object arranged on an arbitrary page,
Each object is a common object that can be edited in common with an object having the same identification information by the object management means, or the same identification information as the other object of the object An object management process for managing whether it is an independently editable independent object having no
When the object to be edited is the common object according to the editing instruction for the object by the object editing means, the common object of all pages on which the common object is arranged is edited, and the object to be edited is the independent object In the case of an object, an object editing process for editing only the independent object,
A setting step of setting an arbitrary object placed on an arbitrary page as either a common object or an independent object by a setting unit;
When an independent object arranged on an arbitrary page is changed to a common object by the setting step by the setting unit, the object management step by the object management unit has the same identification information as the object. An object editing method, wherein the object is managed as a common object that can be edited in common with the object. A reception step of receiving a selection of a page on which the common object is to be arranged by the reception unit;
When an independent object arranged on an arbitrary page is changed to a common object by the setting step by the setting unit, the object management step by the object management unit selects the object by the receiving step by the receiving unit The object editing method according to claim 7, wherein the object editing method is managed as a common object that can be edited in common with an object having the same identification information as the object arranged on the page receiving the request. The object management step by the object management means manages an address at which the entity object of the common object that can be edited in common and an address at which the entity object of the independent object that can be edited independently are stored,
In the object editing step by the object editing means, when the object to be edited is the common object, an entity object corresponding to the common object stored at an address managed by the object management step by the object management means is displayed. When the object to be edited is the independent object, the entity object corresponding to the independent object stored at the address managed by the object management step by the object management means is edited. Item 9. The object editing method according to Item 7 or 8.   The object editing method according to claim 7, wherein the object has a plurality of types, and includes at least one of a text, a straight line, a polygon, a circle, and an image.   In the entity object, an attribute related to the outer shape of the object or an attribute related to the position is set, and the setting step by the setting unit is configured such that when an arbitrary object is set as a common object, When the attribute related to the position is set to a common attribute indicating that the attribute is common to a plurality of objects arranged over a plurality of pages, and an arbitrary object is set as an independent object, 10. The object editing method according to claim 9, wherein the attribute relating to the position is set to an independent attribute indicating that the attribute is independent of an object placed on another page.   The object identification display means allows the user to identify whether the object set to either the independent attribute or the common attribute in the setting step by the setting means is the independent attribute or the common attribute. 12. The object editing method according to claim 11, further comprising an object identification display step for performing the object identification display. A computer-readable recording medium that records a program that can be executed by an object editing apparatus capable of editing an arbitrary object arranged on an arbitrary page,
Each object is a common object that can be edited in common with an object that has the same identification information as another object of the object, or an independent object that does not have the same identification information as the other object of the object. Object management means for managing whether the object is an editable independent object,
When the object to be edited is the common object according to the editing instruction for the object, the common object of all pages on which the common object is arranged is edited, and when the object to be edited is the independent object, An object editing means for editing only the independent object;
Causing the object device to function as a setting means for setting an arbitrary object arranged on an arbitrary page to either a common object or an independent object;
When an independent object arranged on an arbitrary page is changed to a common object by the setting unit, the object management unit can edit the object in common with an object having the same identification information as the object. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program characterized by being managed as follows. Further causing the object device to function as a receiving means for receiving selection of a page on which a common object is to be placed;
When an independent object arranged on an arbitrary page is changed to a common object by the setting unit, the object management unit is configured to use the same object as the object arranged on the page for which selection is received by the receiving unit. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 13, which is managed as a common object that can be edited in common with an object having identification information. The object management means manages an address at which a common object entity object that can be edited in common is stored, and an address at which an independent object entity object that can be edited independently is stored,
When the object to be edited is the common object, the object editing means edits the entity object corresponding to the common object stored at the address managed by the object management means, and the object to be edited is the independent object. 15. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 13, wherein in the case of an object, an entity object corresponding to the independent object stored at an address managed by the object management means is edited.   The computer-readable medium according to any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein the object has a plurality of types, and includes at least one of a text, a straight line, a polygon, a circle, and an image. recoding media.   In the entity object, an attribute related to the outer shape of the object or an attribute related to the position is set, and when the arbitrary object is set as a common object, the setting unit sets the attribute related to the outer shape or the attribute related to the position. Is set to a common attribute indicating that it is common to a plurality of objects arranged over a plurality of pages, and when an arbitrary object is set as an independent object, the attribute relating to the outer shape or the attribute relating to the position is set. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 15, wherein an independent attribute indicating that the object is independent of an object arranged on another page is set.   The object device is used as an object identification display means for controlling the display so that the user can identify whether the object set to either the independent attribute or the common attribute by the setting means is the independent attribute or the common attribute. 18. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 17, further comprising a function.

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