JPH05101044A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the document processor for easily identifying elements which edition modes are different although having similar displayed appearances. CONSTITUTION:When an emphasized display button 41 is pushed down for displaying an editing element enabling edition in a current edition mode and an element disabling edition while distinguishing those elements, the display of the element disabling edition is turned to meshed and paled display 31 and 37, and the element enabling edition is relatively emphasized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention creates a document in which different types of editing elements such as characters, figures, images, etc. are mixed.
The present invention relates to a document processing device such as a DTP processing device for editing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recent Japanese word processor, DTP
In a document processing device such as (desktop publishing), not only a document processing object but a graphic data processing device and a graphic data processing device are processed in the same device. In a document processing device that processes a plurality of different types of editing elements in this way, in order to edit these input editing elements, the operator pre-sets the processing mode of the processing device for characters and graphics that match the editing elements. Switch to one of the image processing mode and image processing mode and call the editing process.
In general, after the editing process is called, an editing element is selected and editing is performed.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a conventional document processing apparatus. On the CRT display screen, the document display area 25 in which the contents of the document currently being edited are displayed, and the command button 2 for calling the editing process usable in the current editing mode.
6 and mode switching buttons 27 for switching the editing modes of text editing, figure editing, and image editing. FIG. 4A shows a state of the display in the text edit mode,
Shows the display state in the figure edit mode, and the corresponding edit mode button 27 is selected and highlighted. In the text editing mode of (a), only the character string of "How to write a patent and utility model specification" indicated by 21 can be edited. In the figure edit mode of (b), only the figures of the rectangle 22 and the circle 23 can be edited.

The editing mode is switched by operating the mouse on one of the three buttons for the editing mode switching 27 to move the mouse cursor 24 and then pressing the mouse button to switch to the specified editing mode. be able to. When the edit mode is switched, the display of the edit command buttons 26 such as “select”, “move”, and “delete” vertically arranged on the right side is also switched to the one for the switched edit mode.

FIG. 4A shows a state in which the "writing" portion of the text character string is selected by the mouse cursor 24 using the text selection command. In this case, the figures 22, 2
You cannot select 3. (B) shows a state in which the rectangle 22 is selected by the mouse cursor 24 using the figure selection command. Selection marks 28 are displayed at the four corners of the selected rectangle 22. At this time, the text character string 21 cannot be selected.

[0006]

In the above-mentioned conventional document processing apparatus, the operator calls the edit process from the edit menu after switching the edit mode for the element to be edited. On the contrary, there is a limitation that the editing operation cannot be performed for the element which is not the target in the current editing mode. This means that even if the appearance looks similar to the edit element in the text edit mode, if the situation is such that the edit element is actually in the figure edit mode, or vice versa, it is not easy to identify it. For each edit element to be edited, it is necessary to judge the edit mode that suits each time depending on whether the edit mode can be switched and selected, which causes a drawback that the operability is significantly deteriorated.

FIG. 5 (a) is similar in appearance to the above,
An example of a document in which it is difficult to identify the edit mode is shown. FIG. 3B is an enlarged view of the document display area 25. "Sentence character string and graphic character string" which is the sentence character string 31
Is a character string in which individual characters are arranged according to the character spacing 32 and the line spacing 33 that are specified in the document, and are created and edited in the text editing mode. 34 "graphic character string (30 degree tilt)", 35 "graphic character string (no tilt)"
Is a graphic character string created / edited in the graphic edit mode, and realizes an arbitrary layout position not limited to the line spacing 33 and the character spacing 32, and an edit that gives an angle like a rectangle or a line segment graphic. This is the purpose. Reference numeral 34 is a graphic character string that realizes an arrangement with an angle similar to that of a line segment graphic, and 35 is a graphic character string with no angle designation.

Reference numeral 36 is a filled rectangle created and edited by graphic editing. Reference numeral 37 is an image image read by using a scanner, which is an example of a shape similar to a rectangle. It can be edited in the image editing mode.

As can be seen from (b), the text character string 31
It is not possible to distinguish between and the graphic character string 35 only by appearance. The same applies to the rectangle 36 and the image image 37. Thus, even if the appearances are similar to each other, there is a drawback in that an appropriate edit mode cannot be determined when the edit modes are different from each other.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a document processing apparatus in which an editable element can be easily identified in a set edit mode.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses the current edit mode to determine the types of character elements, graphic elements, and image elements that are the description elements that make up a document. There is provided means for displaying only the editable element on the display device with relative emphasis.

[0012]

According to the present invention, the editable element in the current edit mode can be easily identified when the edit operation is performed on the described input element by the above means.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Where the CPU
Reference numeral 11 performs logical judgment and calculation according to the flowchart shown in FIG. Reference numeral 12 denotes a main memory, which has a program storage area for storing a control program according to the flowchart shown in FIG. Reference numeral 13 denotes an input device management unit, which determines whether a key on the keyboard 15 is pressed, counts the number of pulses associated with the movement of the mouse 14 to obtain coordinate data information, and determines whether a button on the mouse 14 is pressed to detect an event from the mouse. Output as information. A display memory 16 stores display data to be displayed on the CRT 18. A display control unit 17 causes the CRT 18 to display the data stored in the display memory 16. File device 1
9 stores character font data, created document data, and the like. The scanner 110 is for reading a photograph or the like and creating image image data. The image is transferred from the scanner 110 to a storage area in the main memory 12. Reference numeral 111 is a bus for transferring data between the above devices.

FIG. 2 shows an example of display on the CRT screen according to one embodiment of the present invention, which is the result of applying the present invention to the conventional example of FIG. FIG. 2 shows a case where the edit mode is the graphic mode. The figure shows a case where the highlight button 41 is pressed using the mouse cursor 24. As a result, in the document display area 25, text elements and image elements other than graphic elements, which are the current editable elements, are displayed. Netting and thinning. Therefore, the graphic element is emphasized.
FIG. 7B is an enlarged view of the document display area 25. It becomes easy to distinguish between the graphic character strings 34 and 35 and the text character string 31, and the rectangle 36 and the image image 37 having a shape similar to the rectangle. As a result, the current editing elements are 34 and 3.
It can be seen that there are three elements, 5,36.

Further, when the highlighting 41 is pressed in the text editing mode, the text character string 31 is a black normal display, and the graphic character strings 34, 35 and the image image 36 are shaded and thinly displayed. It can be easily determined that the edit element in the text edit mode is the 31 character string.

The display state is changed from the highlighted display mode of FIG. 2 to that of FIG.
To return to the normal mode, the highlighting mode is released by pressing the highlighting button 41 again, and the document display area 25 is redisplayed in the state of FIG.

The control procedure relating to the above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The flowchart shows the flow of the display mode switching process when the highlight button is pressed.

In step 1, input event information from the mouse is fetched, and it is determined whether or not the mouse button is pressed in step 2 and whether the pressed position is on the highlighted button. If the highlight button has been pressed, the process branches to step 4, otherwise to step 3. In step 3, the process other than the highlight button process is performed, and then the process proceeds to step 1 of waiting for an input event from the mouse.

From step 4 onward, a flow in which the screen display is switched by pressing the highlighting button is shown. In step 4, the value of P, which is the state flag variable, is checked and the process branches. The state variable flag P is an integer value whose initial value is 0, and also has a value of 1. When P is 0, it means that the display was normal before that, and when P is 1, it means that it was in the highlighted state before that. Step 4
Then, if P is 0, go to step 5. If P is 1, go to step 1.
Branch to 2.

From step 5 onward, a flow for setting highlighting is performed. In step 5, the process branches depending on the current edit mode. In step 6, the display mode of the graphic element and the image element is set to the shaded display mode in order to emphasize the text editing element. In step 7, the display mode of the text element and the image element is set to the shaded display mode in order to emphasize the graphic element. In step 8, the display mode of the text element and the graphic element is set to the shaded display mode in order to emphasize the image element. When the display mode for each edit element is determined, the value of the state variable P is set to 1 in step 9 to indicate that the highlighted state is set.

On the other hand, step 12 is a flow for switching from the highlighted display state to the normal display mode. Therefore, the display mode of all the elements of the text element, the graphic element, and the image element is set to the normal mode, and the value of the state variable P is set to 0 in step 13, indicating that the normal display state is set.

In step 10, steps 6, 7, 8,
And before re-displaying each element set in step 12, the inside of the document display area 25 in the display screen is cleared. In step 11, all elements are redisplayed in the document display area according to the display mode set for each type, and the screen is updated. Step 1 after updating the display screen
To prepare for the subsequent processing.

As described above, according to the document processing apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention, the main memory having the area for storing the control program, and the display memory, etc., which performs logical processing and calculation according to the control program, the input device such as the mouse, etc. A display control unit for displaying data in the display memory on a CRT is provided, and when the input event information from the mouse is an index highlight button, display elements other than the designated mode are displayed in a shaded manner. Since the display elements in the designated mode are relatively emphasized, it is easy to distinguish them from other display elements.

Although the mouse has been described in this embodiment, any means such as various pointing devices having equivalent functions can be used, and a display area such as an index can be displayed on the display screen. Although provided inside, they may be off-screen and fixed.

[0026]

As is apparent from the above-described embodiments, according to the present invention, means for highlighting and displaying the element to be edited in the current editing mode is provided, so that the operator can edit the element to be edited. Can be easily distinguished from other similar types of elements, and as a result, it is possible to provide a document processing apparatus that has the effect of improving the operability in document editing involving complicated editing elements.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a display example on the device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of highlighting in the apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a display example of a conventional document processing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a display example of a conventional document processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 CPU 12 Main Memory 13 Input Device Management Unit 16 Display Memory 17 Display Control Unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A document processing apparatus for displaying a document in which a plurality of types of writing elements of texts, figures, and images are mixed on a display device, and performing an editing process according to an editing command instructed through an input device. A document processing apparatus having means for displaying a display of a type of description element that can be edited in a certain edit mode by emphasizing the display of the display of the type of description element other than that. 2. A document processing device for displaying a document in which a plurality of types of description elements of a sentence, a figure, and an image are mixed on a display device and performing an editing process according to an editing command instructed through an input device, Storage means having an area in which a control program is stored, display means for storing and managing display data to be displayed on the display device, and the display means for performing logical processing operation in accordance with instructions from the control program and the input means. A step of reading the input event information from the input device, a step of determining whether the input event information is a highlighted command, and a step other than the current designated edit mode if the command is a highlighted command. A document processing apparatus comprising highlighting processing means including a step of changing a display state of a display element.