JPH06295299A - Management method for parallel editing work in electronic editing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase a processing speed regardless of concentration of the working quantity to a same page by throwing in plural workers at every page of a document file simultaneously and independently. CONSTITUTION:The document file is not only preserved by making into a master file but also divided in the unit of respective page. A parallel editing flag for showing whether or not parallel editing is executed, a user management table for management of editing work users, and an access area map indicating the user working area are provided at every page, and an object table which manages editing object data of each work user is provided. When users request the parallel editing work of the document file, the parallel editing flag at every requested page is set, and user names is registered in the user management table in order of work request users, and the access area map is referred to set the work areas of users in the end area of the page.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic editing system in which a plurality of users can be connected to each other. Regarding management method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an electronic editing system capable of connecting a plurality of users, when a user edits a document file or the like, the minimum unit that each user can access is each page of a document. That is, two users a and b are shown in FIG.
In the case of jointly modifying the document file of (A), user b may edit page i while user a is editing page i.
Access is not permitted, and the editing work of page j different from page i is performed. Therefore, user a
When the user has finished editing page i, user a cannot access page j being edited by user b, and page j
It was moving to editing page k different from.

[0003]

However, in the electronic editing system as described above, when one page is filled with manuscripts or manuscript corrections are concentrated on the same page, a plurality of workers wait. However, only one working user, a or b, can edit / correct the work, which may delay the finish of the document file or release it.
There was a drawback that it was too late for the presentation time.

The present invention has been made under the circumstances as described above, and an object of the present invention is to allow a plurality of workers to participate in page editing work of a document file jointly in an electronic editing system capable of connecting a plurality of users. (EN) It is an object to provide a method for managing parallel editing work in an electronic editing system, which has been speeded up.

[0005]

The present invention relates to a method for managing parallel editing work in an electronic editing system capable of connecting a plurality of users. The object of the present invention is to save a document file as a master file. Together with the step of dividing into page units, a parallel edit flag indicating whether or not to perform parallel edit for each page, a user management table for managing a plurality of editing work users for each page, and each page Includes an access area map indicating an area in which a plurality of users are working, and an object table that manages editing target data (hereinafter referred to as an object) of each working user. If there is, the parallel edit flag is set for each requested page, and in the order of the work requesting users. Registers the user name to the serial user management table, the work area of the user by referring to the access area map is accomplished by setting the non-working area of the page.

[0006]

In the electronic editing system of the present invention, a plurality of workers can be jointly input for each page of the document file, so that the work amount per unit time can be increased even if the work amount is concentrated on the same page. At the same time, the progress status of other users who are in the process of parallel editing can be confirmed on the display device. In addition, since the object table of the present invention automates the integrated processing of the editing result, which is generally required when a plurality of users perform joint editing, the reliability of the editing result is increased and the document file is printed quickly after the editing is completed. It can be turned into a process or the like.

[0007]

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electronic editing system which is a premise of the present invention.
00, 100a, 100b, ... 100n is ETHERN
The workstations 100, 100a, 100b, ... 100n are connected to each other via ET and are CPs.
Under the control of Ua, 1b, ..., 1n, hard disks 2a, 2b, ..., 2n as storage means and keyboards 3, 3a, 3b, ..., 3n as input operation means, mice 4a, 4b ,. 4n and digitizers 5, 5a, 5
b, ..., 5n and CRTs 6, 6a, 6 as display means
, 6n and floppy disks 7a, 7b, ..., 7n as further storage means, respectively, as editing means.

In such a configuration, the control is shown in FIG.
4 and the operation examples of FIGS. 5 to 7, first, the user a edits the document file shown in FIG.
When it is started from 00a, the electronic editing system initializes the parallel editing flag (FIG. 5B) of page i for each page i of this file (in the normal editing mode, parallel editing is not performed), and the page i of The user management table (FIG. 5 (C)) is initialized and all objects of page i are registered in the object table for no user, and the access area map (FIG. 7 (X-1)) and each parallel work user's The object table etc. are initialized.

Then, the user a has a document file shown in FIG.
When page j of (A) is called, the parallel edit flag of page j has been reset (step S1 in FIG. 3),
After the normal edit mode is entered and all the objects registered in the user table without user in the master file of page j are copied to the work memory of the user (step S2), the user a edits in the normal single user mode. When the editing work is completed (step S3), all the objects in the work memory of the user a are copied back to the object table without user of page j in the master file (step S4).

On the other hand, when a sudden manuscript correction work is requested,
When two users a and b change page i in the document file in FIG. 5A, first, the user a outputs a parallel editing work request for page i from the workstation 100a to the electronic editing system. (FIG. 6 step S100), the parallel editing flag of page i is set by the electronic editing system, and the parallel editing service of the user a is started.

That is, the parallel edit flag of page i is checked (step S1 in FIG. 3), and since it is ON this time, the user name a is registered in the user management table (FIG. 5 (C)) (step S5), and another User work area is C
Although it is displayed on the RT 6a (step S6), since there is no other user this time, the process moves to the next step and the work area of the new user is set (step S7).

In step S7, the CRT 6a is displayed as shown in FIG.
-1) screen and the screen of FIG. 7 (X-1) are displayed in an overlay, and a work area a as shown in FIG. 7 (X-1) is set by operating the mouse 4a or the like (step S101 of FIG. 6). ,
It is checked whether or not this work area a overlaps other users (step S8 in FIG. 3). If it does not overlap, the work area a is registered in the access area map, and the user management table generated for page i of the master file is also registered. All the objects registered in the object table for no user in FIG. 5C are called, and the objects in the work area a are changed from the object table for no user in the master file to the object table for user a. (Step S9 in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5D-1).

Thus, after the user management table for page i of the master file is updated, the user management table of the master file and the data of the object table registered in this management table are stored in the workstation 100a of the user a. Is copied to the working memory (step S10 in FIG. 3), and the editing work of the user a is started (step S102 in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7A).
-2)).

That is, in the workstation 100a, the display in which the brightness inside and outside the work area a is distinguished is displayed on the CRT.
The screen of 6a is displayed as shown in FIG. 7 (A-2) (step S11 in FIG. 3), the editing work of the user a by the operation of the mouse 4a or the like is started (step S12 in FIG. 3), and the object is deleted first. (FIG. 5 (D-2)), and subsequently, the object is moved to be modified to “u” and the object is modified to “a” (FIG. 5 (D−)).
3), step S102 in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 (A-3)).

Immediately after the work area setting operation of the user a is completed, a request for parallel editing work of the page i is issued by the user b (step S200 in FIG. 6), and the parallel editing service of the user b is made by the electronic editing system. When started, first, the parallel edit flag of page i is checked (step S1 in FIG. 3), and at this point the parallel flag is in the ON state, so the user name b is registered in the user management table (FIG. 5C). At the same time (step S5), the work area of another user a is displayed on the CRT 6b with the images of FIGS. 7 (A-1) and 7 (X-1) being overlaid (FIG. 3).
In step S6), the work area setting operation of the user b is executed (step S7 in FIG. 3 and step S201 in FIG. 6).

FIG. 7 by the user b while watching the CRT 6b.
When the setting of the work area b as shown in (B-1) is completed, it is checked whether or not this work area b overlaps with other user areas (step S8 in FIG. 3), and if not, the work area b is the access area map. (FIG. 7 (X-2)), and all the objects registered at this point in the object table for no user in the user management table for page i of the master file (FIG. 5 (C)). The object is called, the object in the work area b is extracted from the user-less object table of the master file, and transferred to the user-b object table (step S9 in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5E-1).

Thus, after the user management table for page i of the master file is updated, all the data of the user management table of the master file and the object table registered in this management table is built in the workstation 100b of the user b. 6 is copied to the work memory (step S10 in FIG. 3), and the editing work of the user b is started (step S202 in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7).
(B-2)).

That is, in the workstation 100b, the display distinguishing the brightness of the work area b is displayed on the CRT 6b.
Is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 7B-2 (step S in FIG. 3).
11), the editing work by operating the mouse 4b or the like is started (step S12 in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5E-1), the object α is first corrected to (α), and then the object β is corrected to [β]. Then, the object γ is added at the end (FIG. 5 (E-2), step S202 in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 (B-3).

During the editing work of the user b, at the time of step S103 in FIG. 6, when the user a issues an object update request of the user a (step S1 in FIG. 3).
4), at this time, the workstation 100 of the user a
The content of the object table for user a in FIG. 5A (FIG. 5D-3) is transferred to the master file via ETHERNET, and the object table for user a provided in the master file of page i is the latest object data. Is replaced with (step S15 in FIG. 3).

Thereafter, the latest data in the master file of page i is transferred to the workstation 100a by ETHERNE.
Although it is copied via T (step S10 in FIG. 3), since the object of the user b has not been changed at this point, the user management table and the like have been changed by the entry of the user b. The image displayed on the CRT 6a (step S11 in FIG. 3 and FIG.
3)) does not change, and subsequently, the editing work of the user a is restarted by operating the mouse 4a (step S1 in FIG. 3).
4), the object [or] is newly added to the object table for user a (FIG. 5 (D-4), step S104 in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 (A-4)).

During the editing work by the user a, if the object update request is issued by the user b at the step S203 in FIG. 6 (step S14 in FIG. 3), the user b in the workstation 100b of the user b at this time is requested. Contents of object table (Fig. 5 (E-2))
Is transferred to the master file via ETHERNET, and the object table for user b in the master file of page i is replaced with the latest object data (step S15 in FIG. 3).

Next, the latest data of the master file is copied to the workstation 100b (step S10 in FIG. 3). At this point, since the object update request of the user a has already been made, it is called from the management table copied to the user b. The content of the object table for user a is changed, and after the image as shown in FIG. 7B-4 is displayed on the CRT 6b of user b (step S11 in FIG. 3), the mouse 4b or the like is displayed. The editing work of the user b by the operation is restarted (step S12 in FIG. 3, step S204 in FIG. 6, and FIG. 7B-4).

When the editing end request of the user b is issued (step S16 in FIG. 3) at the time of step S205 in FIG. 6 when the editing work of the user b is completed, the editing end service is started in the workstation 100b. The object table for the user b (FIG. 5 (E-2)) in the work memory of the workstation 100b is ETH.
Transferred to the master file via ERNET (Fig. 4
In step S17), all the contents of the object file for user b in the master file of page i are transferred to the object table for no user (step S4 in FIG. 4).
18), the user b is deleted from the user management table, the work area b is deleted from the access area map, and the parallel editing work of the user b ends.

On the other hand, at the time of step S203 in FIG. 6, the user a was performing the editing work of step S104.
When a display update request is issued at the time of step S105 (step S13 in FIG. 3), the latest data in the master file of page i is copied to the workstation 100a by ETHERNET by the electronic editing system (step S10 in FIG. 3), and the user Since the object update data executed by the user b in step S203 has been copied, an image as shown in FIG. 7 (A-5) is displayed on the CRT 6a of the user a (step S11 in FIG. 3), followed by the mouse 4a and the like. The editing work of the user a by the operation of is restarted (step S12 of FIG. 3 and step S106 of FIG. 6),
The object is newly added to the object table for user a (FIG. 5 (D-5) and FIG. 7 (A-6)).

Thus, when the editing end request of the user a is issued together with the parallel editing mode release request at the time of step S107 in FIG. 6 when the editing work of the user a is completed (FIG. 3).
Step S16), in the workstation 100a,
The editing end service is started and the workstation 10
The object table for user a in the work memory of 0a (FIG. 5 (D-5)) is transferred to the master file via ETHERNET (step S17 in FIG. 4), and the object table for user a in the master file of page i is further transferred. Contents are all moved to the user-less object table (step S18 in FIG. 4), the user a is deleted from the user management table of the master file, and the work area a is deleted from the access area map.
Since the parallel edit mode release request has been issued (step S19 in FIG. 4), the parallel edit flag of page i is reset (step S20 in FIG. 4), and the parallel edit work of the user a is completed.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, while the document file is being edited, a plurality of workers can be independently put into the editing work for each page at the same time, so that the work amount is concentrated on the same page. However, a large amount of work can be processed quickly, and the results of joint editing by multiple workers can be automatically integrated while being displayed and confirmed on the CRT via the object table of the present invention. You can improve your sex.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a conventional editing work management method.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a part of a flow chart for explaining the operation.

FIG. 4 is a part of a flow chart for explaining the operation.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data structure of software of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a time chart for explaining the parallel work of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an example of a screen display of an example of the operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

100,100a, 100b, 100n workstation 1,1a, 1b, ..., 1n CPU 2,2a, 2b, ..., 2n hard disk 3,3a, 3b, ..., 3n keyboard 4,4a, 4b, ..., 4n mouse 5 , 5a, 5b, ..., 5n Digitizer 6, 6a, 6b, ..., 6n CRT

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. In an electronic editing system capable of connecting a plurality of users, a step of storing a document file as a master file and storing the file and dividing it into page units, and a parallel indicating whether or not each page is edited in parallel. Edit flag,
A user management table for managing a plurality of editing work users for each page, an access area map indicating an area in which a plurality of users are working for each page, and an object table for managing an object of each work user. When a parallel edit work request for the document file is made by a user, the parallel edit flag is set for each requested page, and the user name is stored in the user management table in the order of the work requesting users. Is registered, and the work area of the user is set to the non-work area of the page with reference to the access area map. 2. A display device used by a user requesting parallel editing work, wherein the brightness of a work area set for this user is displayed brighter than the brightness of a work area being edited by another user. 1. A method of managing parallel editing work in the electronic editing system according to 1. 3. When the user requesting parallel editing work sets a work area and starts editing, all the objects registered in the object table for no users in the master file of the target page are checked and the setting work area After extracting the objects that have been present inside from the user-less object table and transferring them to the user-purpose object table, the master file user management table and the object table registered in the management table are stored. In addition to copying and transferring to the work memory of the user, when an object update request is issued from the user during the editing work, the contents of the user object table for the user existing in the work memory of the user when the update request occurs In the user management table in the master file The method of managing parallel editing work in the electronic editing system according to claim 2, wherein the linked back object tables are copied back. 4. When a display update request for an edit page is issued by a parallel editing work user, the user management table in the master file at the time of the display update request and the object table registered in the management table are copied. The method for managing parallel editing work in the electronic editing system according to claim 3, wherein the latest editing page content is displayed on the display device of the user.