JP2000200270A - Method and device for document processing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make freely and easily settable the shape of an object frame as a layout constitution element without affecting a binding margin and a physically unprintable area by calculating the sizes and positions of respective layout constitution elements after form size change according to a calculated effective area size. SOLUTION: The effective area size of a basic template is calculated by using saved data and this value is stored in a RAM. Namely, the effective area width and effective area height are calculated as the effective area size. When a user inputs a form size change instruction for a display template by using a keyboard 303 and a mouse 304, a form size changing process is started with this input signal and the new form size that the user indicated is obtained. The effective area size of a new form is calculated from saved margin data and the new form size. Then a new slot size is so calculated that the ratio of the effective size and each slot side before the size change is equal to that even after the size change.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a document processing method and apparatus for rearranging a plurality of layout components in a document based on an instruction to change the paper size of the document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of rearranging a layout inside a sheet when changing the sheet size, the shapes of layout components (object frame, character size, etc.) before and after changing the sheet size are similar. And a method in which the contrast between the paper shape and the shape of the layout component is kept constant. The former example is a DTP such as a word processor in which the margin size is changed before and after the paper size is changed, the shape of the printable range is kept similar, and the layout components inside the DTP are similarly transformed. Also, the latter example is a transformation of image data or a template, ignoring the margin size before and after the change,
The paper is deformed while keeping the aspect ratio between the shape of the paper and the shape of the layout components inside the paper uniform.

[0003]

Hereinafter, the above rearrangement will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows an example in which the paper size of a template composed of four slots is changed in such a manner that the shapes of the layout components before and after the change are similar.
Note that the similarity of the slots means “W41: H41 = W42: H4” when focusing on the width and height of the upper left slot in the figure.
2 ”.

FIG. 2 shows an example in which the paper size of a template composed of four slots is changed in such a manner that the contrast between the paper shape and the shape of the layout component is constant. Here, the constant comparison between the paper shape and the slot shape means that when focusing on the width and height of the upper left slot in the figure, “W51a: W51b = W52a: W52b, H
51a: H51b = H52a: H52b ”.

However, in the methods shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, since the margin size is ignored, there is a danger that binding margins and physical unprintable areas will be violated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem. When the paper size of a document is changed, the contrast between the shape of the effective area and the shape of the layout component is kept constant while the margin size is kept constant. By rearranging while maintaining
An object of the present invention is to provide a document processing method and apparatus capable of freely and easily setting the shape of an object frame, which is a layout component, without infringing a binding margin or a physically unprintable area.

Another object of the present invention is to change the paper size by changing the shape of the layout component to "prioritize the slot shape of the original document" and "prioritize the constant comparison between the effective area and the slot". It is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing method and apparatus in which a user can switch from one of the modes according to the purpose.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a document processing apparatus for changing the layout of a plurality of layout components in a document when changing the paper size. First calculating means for calculating the effective area size of the changed document, and calculating the size and position of each layout component after changing the paper size based on the effective area size calculated by the first calculating means. A second calculating means.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Configuration of Information Processing System] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information processing system to which the document processing method according to the embodiment is applied. In the figure, reference numeral 301 denotes a central processing unit, which is a CP that controls the entire information processing system
U, R for storing programs and control data of the CPU
The OM includes a RAM in which a work area used by the CPU when executing processing and various tables are defined. Reference numeral 302 denotes a storage device such as a hard disk, which stores a template file and the like described later. A keyboard 303 is used by the user to issue various instructions. Reference numeral 304 denotes a mouse, which is a pointing device to a display device described later. A display device 305 displays a template and a selection screen described later.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of a print service device according to the embodiment. This system includes a scanner 401, an information processing system 402, and a printer 40.
3 constitutes the main part.

[First Embodiment] In the above configuration,
A document processing method according to the first embodiment will be described.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the document processing method according to the first embodiment. Here, in the document processing system, when the user inputs a display target template name from the keyboard 303, the central processing unit 301 receives the input signal and stores the corresponding template file in the storage device 30.
2 and display on the display device 305 as an example.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a template in the document processing system. As shown in the figure, this template is configured to include four layout components (hereinafter, slots) in an effective area excluding a binding margin.

First, in step S101 shown in FIG. 5, the CPU of the central processing unit 301 stores a template file corresponding to the template shown in FIG.
, And transferred to the display device 305 for display.
More specifically, as the basic data of the template, the margin size (distance from the paper edge: left, right, top, and bottom), the paper size (width, height), the size of four slots (width, height), Vector "ref from the paper origin (upper left corner) to the slot origin (upper left corner)
The coordinates “t, top” are read from the template file and stored in the RAM in the central processing unit 301.

In step S102, the effective area size of the basic template is set in step S10.
Calculated using the data saved in step 1.
Save to AM. Specifically, as the effective area size,
The effective area width and the effective area height are calculated as follows.

Effective area width (W61a) = paper size width−
(Left margin + Right margin) Effective area height (H61a) = Paper size height− (Upper margin + Lower margin) Next, in step S103, the user issues a paper size change command of the display template using the keyboard 303 and the mouse 304. Upon input, the paper size change process starts upon receiving this input signal. At this time, the design of the GUI used by the user to set the paper size may be a general design, and is not specialized in any design.

Next, in step S104, a new paper size (width and height) designated by the user is obtained.
The margin size is the margin size read in step S101. Then, in step S105, the effective area size (width and height) of the new sheet is calculated from the margin data stored in step S101 and the new sheet size acquired in step S104.
Here, the effective area size of a new sheet is calculated as follows.

New effective area width (W62a) = new paper size width- (left margin + right margin) New effective area height (H62a) = new paper size height- (upper margin + lower margin) Next, in step S106, The new slot size is calculated so that the ratio between the effective size before the size change and each slot size is uniform after the size change. Here, as the new slot size, a new slot width and a new slot height are calculated as follows.

New slot width (W62b) = previous slot width (W61b) × new effective area width (W62a) / previous effective area width (W61a) New slot height (H62b) = previous slot height (H61b)
× new effective area height (H62a) ÷ previous effective area height (H61a)
a) Next, in step S107, a slot start position vector after the size change is calculated such that the vector of the slot start position before and after the size change is equal to the scaling factor of the effective area size. Here, new coordinates are calculated as the slot start position vector after the size change as follows.

New coordinate (left) = ｛previous coordinate (left)
t) -front left margin {x new effective width (W62a)} front effective width (W61a) + new left margin new coordinate (Top) = {front coordinate (Top)-front upper margin}
× new effective height (H62a) ÷ previous effective height (H61a) + new upper margin Next, in step S108, the above-described step S1
06, the slot is rearranged on the new template using the new slot size and the slot start position vector calculated in S107, transferred to the display device 305 and displayed. The relocated document is printed out by the printer 403 in response to the print instruction.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the storage means for storing the paper size / margin of the document, the size / position of all elements constituting the document, and the effective display area size of the document Means for calculating and storing the document, display means for displaying the document held by the storage means, means for receiving an instruction to change the document held by the storage means to a different paper size, and Means for calculating the effective display area size, and all the constituent elements of the document at the paper size specified by the instruction from the size information of all elements constituting the document held in the storage means and the calculated new effective display area size Means for calculating the size of the document so that the ratio of the slot size to the effective area size does not change before and after the change of the paper size, and constitutes the document held by the storage means. From the position information of the element and the calculated new effective display area position, the position of all components of the document in the paper size specified by the instruction is the ratio of the directional component (P = (Px, Py)) of each vector to the effective area size. Means for calculating that is unchanged before and after the paper size change,
A document processing method is provided by having means for rearranging all the components of the document at the size and position of all the components of the document in the calculated new paper size, and means for displaying the rearranged document. This makes it possible to freely and easily set the shape of the object frame, which is a layout component, without infringing the binding margin or the physical unprintable area.

[Modification of First Embodiment] Next, a document processing method according to a modification of the first embodiment will be described. In the modified example, a new template is added to the basic template group of the storage device 302 in order to use the calculated data of the new slot size and the slot start position vector for the data of the next paper size change.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a document processing method according to a modification of the first embodiment. As shown, steps S111 to S118 are the same as steps S101 to S108 shown in FIG. That is, in this modification, in step S119, the calculated new template is added to the basic template group of the storage device 302, and used for the next paper size change.

According to the modification of the first embodiment, when rearranging all the components of the document with the sizes and positions of all the components of the document in the calculated new paper size, Deformation is performed by updating the information of the paper size / margin of the document that was stored first and the size / position of all the elements that compose the document based on the paper size / margin of the document and the size / position of all components. There is an effect that the document serving as the reference is replaced with the document displayed immediately before, instead of the basic document (initial document).

[Second Embodiment] Next, a second embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the configuration of the information processing system according to the second embodiment is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. 3 described above, and a description thereof will be omitted. The template will be described with reference to the template shown in FIG.

In the second embodiment, when the paper size is changed, the user can change the shape of the layout component from two modes of "keep the aspect ratio of the slot" and "keep the margin size constant". It switches according to.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a document processing method according to the second embodiment. As shown, steps S201 to S205 are performed in step S1 shown in FIG.
Same as 01 to S105. When changing the paper size, the user can select a mode for changing the paper size by using a GUI as shown in FIG.

In step S206 shown in FIG. 8, the CPU of the central processing unit 301 selects one of the modes of "keep the aspect ratio of the slot" and "keep the margin size constant" on the screen shown in FIG. Is determined.
Here, if “keep the margin size constant”, that is, if the ratio of the slot size to the effective area before and after the change is selected to be constant, the process proceeds to step S211 and the size and the new size are changed similarly to steps S106 and S107 shown in FIG. Calculate the coordinates.

In step S206, if "keep the aspect ratio of the slot" is selected, that is, if the slot shape before and after the change is fixed (similar), step S22 is performed.
The process proceeds to 1 to calculate a new slot size so that the aspect ratio of the slot before and after the size change is made uniform. In particular,
The scale is calculated as follows, and the size is calculated based on the scale.

Scale = Min ｛New effective area width (W42a)
÷ Previous effective area width (W41a), new effective area height (H42
a) {Previous effective area height (H41a)} new slot width (W42b) = previous slot width (W41b)
× scale New slot height (H42b) = front slot height (H41b)
X scale Then, in step S222, the above-described step S
The new slot position is calculated as follows based on the scale obtained in 221.

New coordinate (left) = ｛previous coordinate (left)
t) −front left margin｝ × scale + new left margin new coordinate (Top) = {front coordinate (Top) −front upper margin}
× scale + new upper margin Next, the above-mentioned step S211, S212 or S2
21, the slots are rearranged on the new template using the size and position information calculated in S222, and the display device 305
To be displayed.

According to the second embodiment, when receiving an instruction to change a document to a different paper size, there is provided a step of inquiring a user of an item to be prioritized in transforming a component. When changing the paper size, the shape of the layout component is changed to "Keep the aspect ratio of the slot" and "Keep the margin size constant".
There is an effect that the user can switch from the two modes according to the purpose.

[Application Example of First Embodiment] An application example of the first embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. still,
The configuration of the print service mechanism in this application example is shown in FIG.
However, it is assumed that the printer 403 has a double-sided printing mechanism. The configuration of the information processing system is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. 3, except that the display device 305 corresponds to the printer 403 having a two-sided printing mechanism, and the information processing system is sufficient to use the two-sided printing mechanism. It is assumed that the preparation of a suitable printer driver and the like has been completed.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a template used in an application example of the first embodiment. This template
The template shown in FIG. 6 used in the description of the first embodiment corresponds to a template that is continuous over a plurality of pages. In this template, all margins other than the left margin (binding margin = W10s) are 0, and the template has four slots in the effective display area.

FIG. 11 shows an output example (n-th page and the (n + 1) -th page following it) when the template shown in FIG. 10 is printed on both sides by the printer 403. In the output of double-sided printing, the size of the effective display area on both sides and the back side (the area excluding the top, bottom, left and right margins from the entire paper) is the same,
As shown in FIG. 11, in double-sided printing, the central portion at the time of double-page spread is a binding margin, so the left, right, top and bottom margins differ depending on the binding margin position.

Horizontal binding The top and bottom margins are the same on both sides, but the right margin on the front side is the left margin on the back side, and the left margin on the front side is the right margin on the back side. (A) Vertical binding Although the left and right margin amounts are the same on the front and back, the upper margin amount on the front surface is the lower margin amount on the back surface, and the lower margin amount on the front surface is the upper margin amount on the back surface. ... (b) The size of the effective display area on the back side during double-sided printing is the same, and the display position is different depending on the margin position (the starting position vector when the upper left coordinate of the effective display area is viewed starting from the upper left of the paper is By performing step S107 in the first embodiment in consideration of the characteristic of
The first embodiment can be applied to duplex printing.

In the description of the first embodiment, the arithmetic expression for finding the rearrangement position of each slot before and after the paper size change (the vector “left, top coordinates” from the paper origin to the slot base point) is the same as that for double-sided printing. Nth
This is applied to the (n + 1) th plane.

Paper origin: upper left corner of paper, base point of slot: upper left corner of slot New coordinate (left ') = {front coordinate (left) -front left margin} × new effective width ÷ front effective width + new left margin New coordinate (top ') = {front coordinate (top)-front top margin} x new effective height / front effective height + new top margin ... Since the size of the effective display area on the front and back sides is equal,
The same value can be used for the front effective width, front effective height, new effective width, and new effective height in the n-th surface and the (n + 1) th surface. FIG.
Are as follows:

Front effective width = W101a, previous effective height = H101a, new effective width = W101b, new effective height = H101b ... On the other hand, the margin amount differs between the front surface and the back surface from (a). The margin amounts in FIG. 11 are as follows.

Template: left margin = W10s, right margin = 0, upper / lower margin = 0... -1 nth plane: left margin = 0, right margin = W10s, upper / lower margin = 0... -2nd n + 1th plane: left margin = W10s, right margin = 0, upper / lower margin = 0... -3, the front coordinates (left, top) on the template are rearranged to the new coordinates (left ', top') on the nth and n + 1th planes. The front left margin / new left margin and the front upper margin / new upper margin when calculating the coordinate conversion are as follows.

Surface n: front left margin = W10s, front upper margin = 0, new left margin = 0, new upper margin = 0 ... n + 1th surface: front left margin = W10s, front upper margin = 0, new left margin = W10s, new upper margin = 0 ... start position of each slot in the effective display area (v101, v
102) is the same for the front side and the back side, the slot start position vector after the paper size change in FIG.
By substituting into the expression, it is obtained as follows.

Surface n: New coordinate (left ') = {front coordinate (left) -front left margin (W10s)} × new effective width (W102a) ÷ front effective width (W101a) + new left margin (0) = (left-W10s) × W102a ÷ W101a New coordinate (top ') = ｛previous coordinate (top)-top margin (0)｝ × new effective height (H102a) ÷ previous effective height (H101a) + top margin (0) = top × H102a ÷ H101a n + 1st surface: New coordinate (left ') = {front coordinate (left)-front left margin (W10s)} x new effective width (W102a) ÷ front effective width (W101a) + new left margin (W10s ) = (Left-W10s) x W102a ÷ W101a + W10s New coordinate (top ') = ｛front coordinate (top)-top margin (0)｝ x new effective height (H102a) ÷ front effective height (H101a) + top margin (0 = Top × H102a ÷ H101a Using the new slot size calculated by the method described in the description of the first embodiment and the slot start position vector calculated here, rearrange each slot after changing the paper size. Then, when the image data is transferred to the display device 305, a good output of the duplex printing can be obtained.

The binding directions and the margin amounts used in this description are merely examples, and are not limited to the values shown here.

The present invention does not specialize in the configuration of internal data for drawing in double-sided printing and various hardware configurations for double-sided printing.

[Other Embodiments] The design of the dialog box shown in FIG. 9 described above is an example, and is not particularly limited to the drawings shown here.

The present invention can be applied to a system including a plurality of devices (for example, a host computer, an interface device, a reader, a printer, etc.), but can be applied to a single device (for example, a copier, a facsimile). Device).

Further, an object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or an apparatus, and to provide a computer (CPU or MP) of the system or apparatus.
It goes without saying that U) can also be achieved by reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD
-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. ) May perform some or all of the actual processing, and the processing may realize the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instructions of the program code, It goes without saying that the CPU included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

[0053]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When changing the paper size of the document, the margins are kept constant and the rearrangement is performed with the contrast of the shape of the effective area and the shape of the layout component kept constant, so that binding margins and physically unprintable areas are Can be freely and easily set without infringing the shape of the object frame.

When changing the paper size, the user can change the shape of the layout component from two methods, "prioritize the slot shape of the original document" and "prioritize constant comparison between the effective area and the slot". With such a configuration, the convenience for the user can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an example in which the paper size of a template composed of four slots is changed in a manner that the shapes of layout components before and after the change are similar.

FIG. 2 is an example of a case where the paper size of a template composed of four slots is changed in such a way that the contrast between the paper shape and the shape of a layout component becomes constant.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing system to which the document processing method according to the embodiment is applied.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a print service mechanism according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a document processing method according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a template in the document processing system.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a document processing method according to a modification of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a document processing method according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a dialog box according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a template used in an application example of the first embodiment.

11 is a diagram illustrating an output example when the template of FIG. 10 is printed on both sides.

[Explanation of symbols]

 301 Central processing unit 302 Storage device 303 Keyboard 304 Mouse 305 Display device 401 Scanner 402 Information processing system 403 Printer

Claims (27)

[Claims] 1. A document processing apparatus for changing an arrangement of a plurality of layout components in a document when changing a paper size, wherein the first calculating means calculates an effective area size of the document after the paper size is changed. And a second calculating means for calculating the size and position of each layout component after changing the paper size based on the effective area size calculated by the first calculating means. . 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first calculation unit calculates an effective area size of the document after the paper size is changed based on the template data stored in the storage unit. . 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first calculating unit calculates the effective area size after the change so that the margin of the document is constant before and after the paper size is changed. 2. The document processing device according to 1. 4. The document processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the second calculating unit changes the position of the margin according to whether the document is a front side or a back side. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second calculating means calculates the size and position of each layout component based on a size ratio between the effective area before the change and the effective area after the change. A document processing device according to claim 1. 6. The second calculating means calculates a vertical size and a position of each of the layout components based on a vertical size ratio between the effective area before the change and the effective area after the change, 6. The document processing according to claim 5, wherein a horizontal size and a position of each of the layout components are calculated based on a horizontal size ratio between the effective area size before the change and the effective area after the change. apparatus. 7. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising storage means for storing a calculation result of said second calculation means. 8. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising output means for rearranging and outputting said layout components at the size and position calculated by said second calculation means. . 9. The document processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the output unit is a printer that prints on paper. 10. A document processing method for changing an arrangement of a plurality of layout components in a document when changing a sheet size, wherein a first calculating step of calculating an effective use size of the document after changing the sheet size. And a second calculation step of calculating the size and position of each layout component after changing the paper size based on the effective area size calculated in the first calculation step. . 11. The document processing method according to claim 10, wherein the first calculating step calculates an effective area size of the document after the paper size is changed based on the template data stored in the storage unit. . 12. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the first calculating step, an effective area size after the paper size is changed is calculated so that a margin of the document becomes constant before and after the paper size is changed. Item 10. The document processing method according to Item 10. 13. The document processing method according to claim 12, wherein in the second calculating step, the position of the margin is changed depending on whether the document is a front side or a back side. 14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second calculating step calculates a size and a position of each of the layout components based on a size ratio between the effective area before the change and the effective area after the change. 10. The document processing method according to 10. 15. The second calculating step calculates a vertical size and a position of each of the layout components based on a vertical size ratio between the effective area before the change and the effective area after the change, 15. The document processing method according to claim 14, wherein a horizontal size and a position of each of the layout components are calculated based on a horizontal size ratio between the effective area before the change and the effective area after the change. . 16. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage step of storing a calculation result of said second calculation step.
0. The document processing method described in item 0. 17. The document processing according to claim 10, further comprising an output step of rearranging and outputting each of the layout components to the size and position calculated in the second calculation step. Method. 18. The document processing method according to claim 17, wherein the output step uses a printer that prints on paper. 19. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program code of a document processing method for causing a computer to change the arrangement of a plurality of layout components in a document when the computer changes the sheet size. A second calculating step of calculating the size and position of each layout component after changing the paper size based on the code of the first calculating step of calculating the effective area size of the document after the change and the calculated effective area size And a storage medium comprising: 20. The storage according to claim 19, wherein the code of the first calculation step calculates the effective area size of the document after the paper size is changed based on the template data stored in the storage unit. Medium. 21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the code of the first calculating step calculates an effective area size after the paper size so that a margin of the document is constant before and after the change. A storage medium according to claim 1. 22. The storage medium according to claim 21, wherein the code of the second calculation step changes the position of the margin according to whether the document is a front side or a back side. . 23. The code of the second calculation step, wherein the size and the position of each of the layout components are calculated based on the size ratio between the effective area before the change and the effective area after the change. 20. The storage medium according to claim 19, wherein: 24. The code of the second calculation step calculates a vertical size and a position of each of the layout components based on a vertical size ratio between the effective area before the change and the effective area after the change. 24. The storage according to claim 23, wherein a horizontal size and a position of each of the layout components are calculated based on a horizontal size ratio between the effective area before the change and the effective area after the change. Medium. 25. The storage medium according to claim 19, further comprising a code of a storage step for storing a calculation result of said second calculation step. 26. The apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising a code of an output step of rearranging and outputting each of said layout components at the size and position calculated in said second calculation step. Storage medium. 27. The storage medium according to claim 26, wherein the code of the output step causes the arrangement result of the rearrangement step to be output to a printer that prints on paper.