JPH08249319A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To eliminate the need for troublesome editing operation and to facilitate the page-by-page detailed specification of a document format and a printing format by determines attributes regarding display or printing, page by page, on the basis of header information and displaying or printing a specified document. CONSTITUTION: An editing/display control means 13 performs editing and display control over header information 16-1 and text data 16-2. Further, a printing control means 18 reads the object header information 16-1 and text data 16-2 to be processed out of a data storage part 16 and controls a printing process when a key decision means 11 decides that an input key is the specification of the printing process. At the printing time, it is decided which of page header information and 'no-header' information a page to be printed has, and a page having a page header is printed by referring to printing format information of a top header and a page header and a 'no-header' page is printed by referring to only printing format information of the top header.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus capable of easily designating printing with different vertical / horizontal formats for each page of a document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 13 shows an example of the configuration of a conventional document creating apparatus,
FIG. 14 shows an example of the data structure of a document file according to the prior art.

In FIG. 13, reference numeral 81 is an input device such as a keyboard, 82 is a display device, 83 is a printing device, and 90 is a CP.
U is a processing device including a memory and the like, and 91 is an input device 8.
1 is a key determination means for determining a key input from 1; 92 is an input processing means for performing processing according to the input key; 93 is an edit / display control means for performing document editing and display control;
4 is a data storage unit for storing the data of the document file, 9
Reference numeral 5 is a text data processing means for creating / updating text data, 96 is a display processing means for displaying a document,
Reference numeral 97 denotes a print control means for controlling the printing of the document, and 98 denotes a print processing means for outputting the document data to the printing device 83.

In the conventional document creating apparatus as shown in FIG. 13, the document file in the data storage unit 94 is as shown in FIG.
As shown in, it has one header information in which document format (document attribute) or print format information is set, and if all pages are in the same document, all pages are controlled by the document format or print format specified by this header information. It had been. Therefore, it is not possible to specify a different document format (document attribute) or print format for each page and print in the same document.

For this reason, the data in one document is printed using a plurality of printing formats, for example, when printing is performed with different paper sizes, or when printing is performed by combining vertical or horizontal printing for each page. In this case, there is a problem that the operation at the time of printing becomes complicated as follows.

Even for a document used as one document, it is necessary to create and print a plurality of files divided for each page in which the same print format is set. In the case of a single document file, it is necessary to change the setting of the print format corresponding to each page having a different print format, and perform the operation for each print format to print many times.

[0007] In particular, even though there are plural sizes of sheets to be set and a printing device capable of double-sided printing, double-sided printing of, for example, business cards and postcards cannot be performed as one printing process, and such printing is performed. There is a problem that the performance of the device cannot be fully exhibited.

[0008] Further, there is a problem in that a document that should eventually become one document needs to be divided into a plurality of document files for print processing, and the management of the document files becomes complicated.

In order to solve the above problems, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 5-342207 discloses a method of specifying the format of a word processor which enables printing with different format specifications for each page by one document file. . In this method, a total header area is provided in the external storage device connected to the word processor, and all the pages including the specified document name to be input are designated and the final page is a code indicating that it is the final page. A header area corresponding to each page to be created and a document storage area corresponding to these pages are provided, and the format specification for the corresponding page, the corresponding page, and the final page are provided in the individual header area. Whether the page is another or not, the preceding and following pages and the pointer values of the corresponding page are stored, and the document data is stored in the document storage areas respectively corresponding to these individual header areas. Then, the printer prints each page in a format according to the format designation according to the individual header area.

[0010]

However, the method of managing the format of the document file by the above-mentioned general header area and individual header area is the information of each page to be set in the individual header area in the general header area. Must be held, and there is a problem that every time the page changes, it is necessary to take out the information of the page from the general header area and apply it to the individual header area. Also, this method is good for operations such as putting a document in a predetermined size,
If a page gap occurs due to deletion or additional editing,
There is a problem that not only the information in the individual header area but also the information in the general header area needs to be updated, and the pointers of the individual header areas and the document storage areas need to be switched.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems and has the default header information and the header information of each page as difference information, so that even when the addition or deletion of a document spans pages, a troublesome editing operation is performed. It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the need for and to easily specify the detailed document format and print format for each page.

[0012]

The present invention has means, for example, as shown in FIG. 1 in order to solve the above problems.
In FIG. 1, 1 is a processing device including a CPU and memory, 2 is an input device such as a keyboard, 3 is a display device, 4
Represents a printing device. In the processing device 1, 11 is a key determination means for determining a key input from the input device 2, 12 is an input processing means for performing a process according to the input key, and 13 is an edit / display control for performing editing and display control of a document. means,
Reference numeral 14 is a header information processing means for operating header information for each page, 15 is a text data processing means for creating / updating text data, and 16 is a data storage section for storing data of a document file. 16-1 represents header information and 16-2 represents text data. Reference numeral 17 is a display processing means for performing display processing according to the header information of the document, and 18
Is a print control means for performing print control according to the print format for each page of the document, and 19 is a print processing means for outputting the data instructed by the print control means 18 to the printer 4.

The input device 2 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and is a means for inputting text data, a header designation, a print operation instruction, and the like. The key determination means 11 determines the input key from the input device 2. Input processing means 12
When the key determination means 11 determines that the input key of the input device 2 is the designation of character input or edit processing, the designated information is passed to the edit / display control means 13 and the text data processing means 15.

The editing / display control means 13 uses the header information 1
6-1 and text data 16-2 are means for editing and display control, and the edit control means and the display control means can be provided separately.

The header information processing means 14 performs processing such as reading or writing of the header information 16-1 of the data storage section 16 when the editing / display control means 13 edits the header information 16-1. . The text data processing means 15 includes the editing / display control means 13,
When the text data 16-2 is edited, the text data 16-2 in the data storage unit 16 is read or written.

The data storage unit 16 has header information 16-1.
A document file including the text data 16-2 is stored. The header information 16-1 includes a top header (default header) that is the document format / print format information of the entire one document file and a page header that is the document format / print format information for each page.

One top header is created in the document file, and the print document, the number of copies, the print start page, the print end page,
Information about print formats such as print paper size, print direction (vertical / horizontal print), print side designation (front / back print), and compressed print is recorded. These pieces of information are common to each page of the document file.

The page header is created for each page to be printed in a format different from the printing format (display format is the same) set in the top header. Only the setting information different from the top header is recorded in the page header. When printing a page with a page header, both the top header and the corresponding page header are referenced, and the print control is performed based on that setting information. Done.

A page to be printed in the same printing format as the top header is given only the information "no header", and no page header is created. In this case, print control is performed based only on the setting information of the top header.

The text data 16-2 is text data of a document file. The display processing means 17 edits /
In the display control means 13, when it is necessary to display the header information 16-1 and the text data 16-2, display processing on the display device 3 is performed.

The print control means 18 is provided when the key determination means 11 determines that the input key is designated for print processing.
This is a means for controlling the print processing by reading the header information 16-1 and the text data 16-2 that are the target of the print processing from the data storage unit 16. The print processing means 19 is
It is means for printing the data instructed by the print control means 18 by the printing device 4. In particular, the print control means 18 is
When the header information 16-1 includes information designating whether to perform front-side printing or back-side printing, switching between front-side printing or back-side printing is controlled for each page according to the designation information for front-side printing or back-side printing. . The printing device 4 includes a serial printer, a page printer, and the like, and is a device that prints the text data 16-2 in the printing format designated by the header information 16-1.

[0022]

In the present invention, the data storage unit 16 for the document file
For a page that has a top header as a common document format / print format and is printed in a print format different from the information set in the top header, the print format information unique to that page, and the top header print The page header in which only the print format information different from the format information is set is the header information 16-
Have as 1. Information indicating "no header" is added to a page to be printed with the same print format information as the top header.

At the time of printing, it is determined whether the page to be printed has information of a page header or "no header". If the page has a page header, the top header and the page header are printed. Printing is performed by referring to the format information, and in the case of a "no header" page, printing is performed by referencing only the print format information of the top header.

This minimizes the print format information,
Even if the entire document format / print format of the document file is changed, only the top header needs to be changed. Even if the order of pages is changed by adding, deleting, moving or copying pages while creating or editing a document, the page header of each page is linked to the page of text data. The page header itself is added / deleted in response to the addition / deletion of text data pages, so that the consistency between the print format and the document content for each page can be maintained and the printing efficiency can be improved. Not only that, but the efficiency of document creation and editing is also improved.

[0025]

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, 20 is a key determination unit, 21 is a general key analysis unit, 22 is a special key analysis unit, 23 is a command analysis unit, 25 is an input processing unit, 30 is an editing / display control unit,
Reference numeral 31 is a function selection unit, 32 is a status table, 33 is a header information designation unit, 34 is an addition processing unit, 35 is a deletion processing unit, 36 is a copy / move processing unit, and 37 is a page header by addition / deletion / copy / move A control unit, 40 is a header information processing unit, 50 is a text data processing unit, 55 is a display processing unit,
Reference numeral 60 is a print control unit, 61 is a header information control unit, 62 is a page print control unit, 70 is a printer print control unit, 71 is a single-sided print control unit, and 72 is a double-sided print control unit. The same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 correspond to those shown in FIG.

The input device 2 comprises a keyboard, a mouse, etc., and is means for inputting text data, designation of a header and the like. The key determination unit 20 determines the input key from the input device 2. Input from the general key is the general key analysis unit 2
1, a special key such as a Kana-Kanji conversion key is input by the special key analysis unit 22, and a command input by a function key or a menu is input by the command analysis unit 23.
Determine with.

The input processing section 25 sends the input information to the text data processing section 50 when the key determination section 20 determines that the input key of the input device 2 is designated for input, edit, and display processing. Information to the editing / display control unit 30,
The display processing information is passed to the display processing unit 55.

The editing / display control unit 30 includes an input processing unit 25.
From the status table 32 that defines the status of each process, the function selection unit 31 determines the header information specification unit 33, the addition processing unit 34, the deletion processing unit 35, the copy / movement processing unit. Each processing unit of 36 is selected and each processing is performed.

The header information designation section 33 is means for designating information of the top header and page header for each page or "no header". The addition processing unit 34 is a processing unit that adds text data to the document file. The deletion processing unit 35 is a processing unit that deletes text data from a document file. The copy / move processing unit 36 is a processing unit that copies or moves the text data in the document file.

The page header control unit 37 for adding / deleting / copying / moving is means for adding, deleting, copying or moving a corresponding page header when text data is added, deleted, copied or moved.

The header information processing unit 40 performs processing such as reading or writing of the header information 16-1 in the data storage unit 16 when the editing / display control unit 30 edits the header information. Text data processing unit 50
Performs a process such as reading or writing of the text data 16-2 of the data storage unit 16 when the editing / display control unit 30 edits the text data.

The data storage unit 16 has header information 16-1.
And a document file consisting of the text data 16-2. The header information 16-1 includes a top header (used as a default header) which is information of a document format / print format common to all pages of one document file, and each page which is document format / print format information for each page. It consists of a header.

In the top header, for example, the document number, the document title, the version number, the presence / absence of document protection, the number of document pages, the number of print copies, 1
Number of page lines, page number initial value, print start page, print end page, print paper size, print direction (vertical / horizontal print), print side designation (front / back print), compressed print etc. document format or print format Information is specified.

In each page header, only print information different from the top header is designated. For example, if you specify "horizontal" as the print direction in the top header, and you want to print only a certain page in the vertical direction, create the corresponding page header,
Among them, the print format information of only the print direction “portrait” is designated. For pages that specify the same print format as the top header, only the information "no header" is added.

The text data 16-2 is text data of a document file. The display processing unit 55, when the display process of the header information 16-1 and the text data 16-2 is designated by the edit / display control unit 30, performs CR.
Display device 3 such as T display or liquid crystal display
Display processing is performed.

The print control unit 60 controls the print processing when the key determination unit 20 determines that the input key is designated for the print processing. The header information control unit 61 reads the header information 16-1 of the document file to be printed from the data storage unit 16, and refers to the top header and the page header of the target page for each page to be printed and performs print control. I do. For pages to which "no header" is added, print control is performed by referring to only the top header. Each page print control unit 62
The text data 16-2 of the document file to be printed is read from the text data processing unit 16, and the text data of the page to be printed is controlled by the designation of the header information control unit 61.

The printer print control unit 70 reads header information and text data to be printed, from the data storage unit 16, and controls the single-sided printing printer by the single-sided print control unit 71 according to the type of printer. ，
The double-sided printing control unit 72 controls the printer for double-sided printing. Under the control of the printer print control unit 70, the printing device 4 can be either a single-sided printing printer or a double-sided printing printer.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of header information and text data in the embodiment of the present invention. One document file consists of header information and text data. Text data, like a conventional document file,
Automatically move to a new page when the number of lines in the specified page is exceeded. Also, a page break code can be added to an arbitrary line position by the page break key to break the page.

The header information has a top header, a page header corresponding to each page, or "no header" information for each page. In the top header, as shown in FIG. 3, the document number, the document title, the version number, the presence or absence of the document protection, the number of document pages, the number of print copies, the number of lines per page, the page number initial value, the print start page, the print end Information regarding the document format or print format such as page, print paper size, print direction (vertical / horizontal print), print side designation (front side / back side print), and compression printing is designated.

In the example of FIG. 3, the top header has a document number: "1", a document title: "text", and a version number: "4".
8 ”, document protection:“ none ”, document page number:“ 5 ”, number of prints:“ 1 ”, number of lines per page:“ 7 ”, page number initial value:
"1", printing start page: "1", printing end page: "3", printing paper size: "B5", printing direction: "width", printing surface:
"Table", compressed printing: "None" is specified.

Therefore, when the document file "text" is printed, from the information specified in the top header, if there is no other specified information, normally the paper size is B5, the first page to the third page. , 7 lines on every page, only on the front,
One side is printed on each side in the horizontal direction.

Only print information different from the top header is set in each page header. For example, when it is desired to print the first page in the vertical direction, the first page header corresponding to the first page in which only the print direction: “vertical” (FIG. 3: underlined portion of the first page header) is specified is created. . At the time of printing, print processing is performed with reference to print information of both the top header and the page header of the print target page.

Similarly, when it is desired to print the second page on the back side of the first page with the number of lines of one page being six, the number of lines of one page: "6",
Printing side: A second page header corresponding to the second page in which only "back" (FIG. 3: underlined portion of second page header) is designated is created. If the third page is to be printed in the same print format as the top header, “no header” is added instead of creating the third page header.

The page headers may be stored in the header information 16-1 in the order of pages or stored by the pointer, and the storage format is arbitrary. Information about "no header" can be managed in an arbitrary form in terms of implementation by a flag or a null pointer.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a print result by designating the print formats of the top header and the page header as shown in FIG. In this way, by providing a page header for each page, printing in various printing formats can be performed as a single process.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are processing flowcharts of the insertion processing in the embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, as the type of the input of the insertion instruction, only the "insert" key is input, the "expand" key and the "insert" key are simultaneously typed, and the "expand" key, the "shift" key and the "insert" key are input. There are two types of input: simultaneous key input of keys, simultaneous input of "extension" key, "ALT" key, and "insert" key. "Insert"
In the case of inputting only the key, it is a normal insertion, and when the page is increased by the insertion, the page header of the page after the insertion point is copied. In the case of inputting the "expansion + insertion" key, one character is input, and one character is added to the line where the cursor is. This input does not add new pages. In the case of inputting the "expansion + shift + insertion" key, when the page is increased by the insertion, the attribute "no header" is given to the increased page, and the default information of the top header becomes effective. In the case of inputting the "expansion + ALT + insertion" key, when the number of pages is increased by the insertion, the page header of the previous page is copied.

In FIG. 5, when the insert key is input, the type of input of the insert key is determined in the processing of step 100, and if the input key is only the "insert" key, the processing of step 101 is performed. If the "expand" key and the "insert" key are pressed at the same time, the process of step 107 is performed,
If the "expand" key, the "shift" key, and the "insert" key are pressed at the same time, the process of step 111 (FIG. 6) is performed to determine whether the "expand" key, the "ALT" key, and the "insert" key are pressed simultaneously. For example, the process of step 117 (FIG. 6) is performed.

In the processing of step 101, the insertion mode is set. In the process of step 102, the character to be inserted is input. In the process of step 103, it is determined whether or not the input is the end key, and if it is the end key, the insertion process is ended,
If it is not the end key, the processing of the next step 104 is performed.

In step 104, character input processing is performed and data is added to the text. Step 105
By the processing of, it is determined whether or not the cursor has moved to the next page. If the cursor has moved to the next page, the process of step 106 is performed, and if not, the process returns to step 102.

In the processing of step 106, the page header of the page after the insertion point is copied to create the page header of the new page. Then, the process returns to step 102 and the same process is repeated.

If the input of the insertion instruction is the "expansion + insertion" key, the processing of step 107 is set to the one-character insertion mode to leave a space for one character in the insertion portion. In the process of step 108, one character to be inserted is input.

In the processing of step 109, one character is input and data is inserted into the text. When the input of the insertion instruction is the "expansion + shift + insertion" key, the insertion mode is set in the processing of step 111 of FIG.

In step 112, characters are input. In the processing of step 113, it is determined whether or not the input is the end key. If the input key is the end key, the processing is ended, and if it is not the end key, the processing of step 114 is performed.

In the processing of step 114, character input processing is performed, and the inserted character is added to the text. Step 11
In the process of 5, it is determined whether the cursor has moved to the next page. If the cursor moves to the next page, step 116
Processing is performed, and if not moved, the processing returns to step 112.

In the process of step 116, "no header" is added to the new page, and then the process returns to step 112. When the input of the insertion instruction is the "expansion + ALT + insertion" key, the insertion mode is set in the processing of step 117 in FIG.

In step 118, characters are input. In the processing of step 119, it is determined whether or not the input is the end key. If the input key is the end key, the processing is ended, and if it is not the end key, the processing of step 120 is performed.

In the processing of step 120, character input processing is performed, and an insertion character is added to the text. Step 12
In the processing of 1, it is determined whether or not the cursor has moved to the next page. If the cursor has moved to the next page, step 122
Processing is performed, and if it has not moved, the processing returns to step 118.

In step 122, it is determined whether or not there is a page header on the next page. If there is no page header, step 123 is performed. If there is a page header, step 11 is executed.
Return to processing of 8.

In step 123, the page header of the previous page is copied to create the page header of the new page. After that, the process returns to the step 118, and the same process is repeated. FIG. 7 is a processing flowchart of the deletion processing in the embodiment of the present invention.

When there is an input related to the deletion instruction, the type of deletion key input is determined in the processing of step 200 shown in FIG. 7. If the input key is "expansion + shift + deletion", the processing of step 201 is executed. If it is “delete”, the process of step 204 is performed, and if it is “expansion + deletion”, the process of step 209 is performed.

When the "expansion + shift + deletion" key is pressed, the processing is switched to the deletion mode in step 201. In the process of step 202, the designation of the deletion range is input.

In the process of step 203, the document text in the deletion range is deleted, the page header of the page that has been deleted for all pages is deleted, and the deletion process ends. In the case of simply inputting only the "delete" key, the mode is switched to the delete mode in the processing of step 204.

In step 205, the designation of the deletion range is input. In the process of step 206, the document text in the deletion range is deleted, and the page header of the page where all pages are deleted is deleted.

Next, in the processing of step 207, it is determined whether or not a one-page document having a page header different from the page header of the previous page has been deleted halfway. If it has been deleted, the processing of step 208 is performed, and if it has not been deleted, the processing ends.

In the process of step 208, the code of "page break" is inserted at the boundary with the previous page to divide the document into pages, and the process is completed. When the "expansion + deletion" key is input, one character is deleted in the processing of step 209. This delete inserts a "blank" character at the end of the line, so the delete does not span pages. After deleting one character, the deletion process ends.

8 to 10 are process flowcharts of the moving or copying process in the embodiment. In FIG. 8, if the move key or copy key is input in the process of step 300 and the input key is “move”, the process of step 301 is performed, and if the input key is “copy”, the process of step 302 I do.

In the case of the "move" key, the move mode is set in the processing of step 301. If the "copy" key is selected, the copy mode is set in step 302. Next step 3
In the processing of 03, input the specification of the movement range or copy range.

In step 304, it is determined whether the current mode is the moving mode. If it is the moving mode, the process of step 305 is performed. If it is not the moving mode (copy mode), the process proceeds to step 310 (FIG. 9).

In the process of step 305, the data in the moving range is saved in the work area, the document text in the deleted range is deleted, and if there is a page in which all pages are deleted, the page header of that page is deleted. To do.

In the processing of step 306, it is determined whether or not the middle of the one-page document having the page header of the designated content different from the page header of the previous page has been deleted. If it has been deleted, the process of step 307 is performed, and if it has not been deleted, the process proceeds to step 310 (FIG. 9).

In the process of step 307, the designation information of "with page break" or "without page break" is input. In the process of step 308, it is determined whether the input is “with page break”. If the input is "with page breaks", the process of step 309 is performed, and if the input is not "with page breaks", the process proceeds to step 310 (FIG. 9).

In the process of step 309, the code "page break" is inserted at the boundary with the previous page to divide the document into pages. In the processing of step 310 shown in FIG. 9, the cursor position information of the movement position or the copy position is input, and any one of the cancel (cancel key), the once copy (execution key), and the multiple copies (extension + execute key) is input. Enter.

In the processing of step 311, it is determined whether the input is the cancel key. If the input is the cancel key, the process is terminated, and if the input is not the cancel key, the process of step 312 is performed.

In step 312, page header and document copy processing (FIG. 10) is performed. In the process of step 313, it is determined whether the input is only the execution key. If the input is only the execution key, the process is terminated, and if the input is not only the execution key, that is, if it is the expansion + execution key, the process returns to step 310.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the page header and document copying process of step 312 shown in FIG.
In the processing of step 401, it is determined whether or not the document copying is completed. If it is finished, the procedure returns and returns to the processing of step 313 in FIG. 9, and if it is not finished, step 4
02 processing is performed.

In the process of step 402, it is determined whether the copy position has entered the next page. When the next page is entered, the process of step 404 is performed, and when it is not entered, the process of step 403 is performed.

In step 403, the document within the copy range is copied, and the process returns to step 401. If the copy position is on the next page, in step 404, whether the page header of the previous page is copied to create a new page header or the page header of the next page is used as it is for the next page. , Input the specification to add "no header". If it is specified to use the page header of the next page as it is, the process of step 406 is executed, and if it is specified to copy the page header of the previous page, the process of step 407 is executed, and "no header" is displayed. If it is designated to add "," the processing of step 405 is performed.

When it is designated to add "no header", in step 405, "no header" is added to create a text space in which a document in the copy range is inserted. Then, in the process of step 406, the document in the copy range is copied, and the process returns to step 401.

When it is designated to copy the page header of the previous page, in step 407, the page header of the previous page is copied to create a new page header, and a text space for inserting the document of the copy range is created. create. Then, the step 40
The process of 6 is performed.

FIG. 11 is a processing flowchart of the printing processing in the embodiment. When the print processing is instructed, the designation of the document to be printed is input in the processing of step 501.

In step 502, the top header of the document to be printed is taken out. In step 503, the designation of the start page and the end page of the print page is taken out. In the process of step 504, it is determined whether or not the printing is completed based on the designation information of the start page and the end page of the print page. If the printing is completed, the process is terminated, and if the printing is not completed, step 505.
Process.

In the process of step 505, the page header of the page to be printed is taken out, and the top header is referred to for the print information not specified by the page header. In the process of step 506, it is determined whether the output destination printing device is a printing device capable of double-sided printing. If double-sided printing is possible, the process proceeds to step 508, and if double-sided printing is not possible, step 507 is performed.

In the processing of step 507, after printing on one side, if the back side printing is required, it is turned over and the back side is printed. Printing is performed in the processing of step 508.

In step 509, the process proceeds to the next page,
The processes in and after step 504 are repeated. FIG. 12 is a processing flowchart of other processing in the embodiment.

FIG. 12A is a flow chart of the page header editing process. In editing the page header, step 60
In the process of 1, the page header at the specified position of the document is displayed and the page header is edited. When editing the page header, the user only needs to input the part that adopts a print format different from that of the top header.

FIG. 12B is a flow chart of the page header copy processing. In the processing of step 701, the page header of the copy destination is designated from the page header to be copied and copying is performed.
Since the page header copy function is provided in this way, when several special page headers are required, it is possible to use them for other pages simply by inputting one.

FIG. 12C is a flowchart of the process of changing the page header to "no header". Step 8
In the processing of 01, "no header" is copied by designating the page header of the copy destination. This is essentially the same as deleting the page header.

FIG. 12D is a flowchart of the layout display process of the print result. In step 901, the top header of the document and the page header of the page to be layout-displayed are taken out, and the print result of the document is displayed on the screen based on the header information. If there is no page header, layout display is performed based on the information of the top header. If there is a page header, the layout is displayed in a print format in which the information specified in the page header is replaced.

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As described above, according to the present invention,
In one document file, it is possible to set the print format such as print paper size, print direction, etc. in page units according to the text content, and a document used as one document can be simply a plurality of types of print formats. It is not necessary to divide and store only for setting the print format, and it is not necessary to change the print format for each page having a different print format and perform the print processing separately. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to sufficiently exert the performance of the printing apparatus capable of double-sided printing.

If there is no page header or there is an unspecified part in the page header, the default top header information is used, so that header management is easy and header information is input. Less is required.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of data in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print result according to an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a processing flowchart of insertion processing in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a processing flowchart of insertion processing in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a processing flowchart of deletion processing according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a processing flowchart of a moving process or a copying process in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a processing flowchart of a moving process or a copying process in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a process flowchart of a page header and document copy process in the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a process flowchart of a print process in the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a processing flowchart of other processing such as page header editing in the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional device.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a configuration example of data of a document file according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 processing device (CPU / memory) 2 input device 3 display device 4 printing device 11 key determination means 12 input processing means 13 editing / display control means 14 header information processing means 15 text data processing means 16 data storage section 16-1 header information 16-2 Text data 17 Display processing means 18 Print control means 19 Print processing means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A document creation apparatus for creating and printing a document consisting of a plurality of pages, and a top header having attribute information relating to display or printing of the entire document, and a document created only when different from the top header. A means for storing header information including a page header having attribute information relating to display or printing unique to each page, and using only the top header when there is no page header based on the header information,
If there is a page header, the page header is used to determine an attribute relating to display or printing for each page, and means for displaying or printing the designated document is provided. 2. The document creation device according to claim 1,
In the attribute information regarding display or printing, there is information that specifies whether to perform front side printing or back side printing,
A document creation apparatus comprising means for controlling switching between front-side printing or back-side printing for each page according to designation information for front-side printing or back-side printing during printing. 3. The document creation apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when a text to be edited spans a plurality of pages in a document text editing operation, a corresponding page header is automatically added depending on the presence or absence of the page header. Alternatively, a document creating apparatus having means for automatically deleting. 4. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, claim 2 or claim 3, wherein only the difference information of a portion different from the top header is given as the page header, and the page header is displayed or printed. A document creating apparatus, characterized in that the attribute of each page is determined by replacing the corresponding portion of the attribute information of the top header with the attribute information of the page header. 5. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, or claim 4, wherein the page header is displayed while the document text is being edited, and the page header is updated. A document preparation device comprising: