JP2001118077A - Device and method for preparing document - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document preparing method by which data generated by a second program and segmented are received and pasted to a designated position in a page which is displayed by the first program and also a range to be fetched is easily recognized when data are segmented. SOLUTION: In the document preparing method by which a part of another page is pasted onto the displayed page, a drawing area to which data to be fetched from another document/drawing are pasted on the displayed page is generated by the first document preparing program and size information of the drawing area is set. The second document preparing program is started, the size information is given to the side of the second document preparing program, a fetching frame is displayed in accordance with size information on the displayed page by the second program, the frame is moved and data in the fetching frame are given to the side of the first program.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation method implemented in an information processing device such as a dedicated document creation device or a personal computer. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for creating a document in one page of a document displayed according to a first program. The present invention relates to a document creating method capable of receiving and pasting data created and cut by a second program from a second program side at a designated position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in information processing apparatuses such as dedicated document creation apparatuses and personal computers, not only texts but also images (images) and graphics (data in which data such as straight lines, arcs, and circles consist of code information), etc. Can be created on the same page. When creating such a document or the like, an image or figure used in another document or the like can be cut out and pasted at a specified position.
In addition, a document file created by another information processing apparatus or the like can be obtained via a network, and an image or figure can be cut out from one page of the obtained document and pasted at a specified position. However, an image or figure cut out according to the document creation program from a document created according to the other document creation program cannot be received from the document creation program side. (Paste frame) cannot be displayed.

[0003]

As described above, in the prior art, an image or a figure cut out from a document created according to another document creation program by the document creation program cannot be received from the document creation program. It is not possible to display the capture frame (paste frame) at the time of cutting out, so even if the other document creation program has excellent editing ability, the image or figure to be captured can be displayed using its editing function. There is a problem that the clipping cannot be performed and the capturing frame is not displayed, so that the clipping has to be performed according to the user's intuition. An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem of the prior art, and store data created and cut by the second program at a designated position within one page of a document displayed according to the first program. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation method which can be received and pasted from a second program side and which can easily understand a range to be taken in when cutting out.

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a part of another page is cut and pasted at a designated position in a displayed page. In the document creating apparatus, the first document creating means that operates in accordance with the first document creating program sets size information of an area for pasting data taken from another document or drawing in the displayed page,
Further, the size information is passed to the second document creating means that operates according to the second document creating program that has been activated or has already been activated, and the second document creating means has: A capture frame is displayed on the displayed document or drawing in accordance with the size information, and the data in the capture frame is passed to the first document creating means. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a frame moving means for moving the capturing frame on the page on which the capturing frame is displayed, which is displayed by the second document creating means. Further, in the invention described in claim 3, in the invention described in claim 1 or claim 2,
There is provided scaling means for scaling the data of the page displayed together with the capture frame by the second document creation means. Also,
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, or third aspect of the present invention, when the size of the cutout area of the second document creation means is different from the size of the area to be pasted, the first document creation is performed. The means is configured to scale the data to be pasted so that at least the top and bottom or the right and left of the two area sizes match. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, the second document creating means creates all the data of the page including the data together with the data in the capturing frame by the first document creating method. Hand over the means,
The first document creation means includes capture data changing means for displaying data outside the capture frame together with the data within the capture frame and changing data to be captured in the capture frame.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document creation method for cutting and pasting a part of another page at a designated position in a displayed page. In the displayed page, size information of an area to which data to be imported from another document or drawing is pasted, and further, the second document activated by the first document creation program or already activated The size information is passed to the creation program, and a capture frame is displayed according to the size information on the displayed document or drawing according to the second document creation program, and the data in the capture frame is converted into the first data.
To the document creation program side. According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method according to the sixth aspect, wherein the capturing frame is moved on the page on which the capturing frame is displayed according to the second document creation program. According to the invention described in claim 8, according to claim 6 or claim 7,
In the described invention, a method of scaling the data of the page displayed together with the capture frame in accordance with the second document creation program is adopted. According to the ninth aspect of the invention, in the sixth, seventh, or eighth aspect of the invention, when the size of the region cut out according to the second document creation program is different from the size of the region to be pasted, the first According to a document creation program, data to be pasted is scaled so that at least the top and bottom or the left and right of the two area sizes match. According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in accordance with the sixth to ninth aspects of the present invention, according to the second document creation program, all data of the page including the data together with the data in the capture frame is stored in the first document. The data is passed to the creation program, and according to the first document creation program in the previous term, data outside the capture frame are displayed together with the data within the capture frame, and the data captured in the capture frame is changed. According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium storing the program,
Further, a program programmed according to the document creation method according to claim 10 can be stored.

According to the first and fifth aspects of the present invention, an area for pasting data to be imported from another document or drawing into a displayed page according to the first document creation program. The size information is set, and further, the size information is passed to the second document creation program that has been started or has already been started by the first document creation program, and according to the second document creation program, A capture frame is displayed on the displayed document or drawing according to the size information, and the data in the capture frame is passed to the first document creation program. In the invention described in claim 2 and claim 6, in the invention described in claim 1 or claim 5, the second
In accordance with the document creation program, the capture frame can be moved on the page on which the capture frame is displayed. According to the invention described in claim 3 and claim 7, in the invention described in claim 1, claim 2, claim 5, or claim 6,
According to the second document creation program, the data of the page displayed together with the capture frame can be scaled.
According to the fourth and ninth aspects of the invention, in the first to third aspects or the sixth to eighth aspects of the invention, the area size cut out according to the second document creation program is the area size to be pasted and If different, the data to be pasted is scaled according to the first document creation program so that at least the top, bottom, left and right of the two area sizes match. In the invention described in claim 5 and claim 10,
According to the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4, or 6 to 9, according to the second document creation program, all the data in the page including the data together with the data in the capture frame are created in the first document creation program. The data is transferred to the program, and according to the first document creation program, data in the capturing frame is displayed together with data in the capturing frame, whereby the data captured in the capturing frame can be changed. According to the eleventh aspect, a program programmed according to the document creation method according to the sixth to tenth aspects can be stored in, for example, a removable storage medium.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a document creation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, a document creation apparatus according to this embodiment includes an information processing apparatus 1 such as a personal computer that performs document creation processing, a scanner 2 that reads a printed fixed form (template) or the like as image data (image data), A printer 3 for outputting a document composed of images and the like on paper,
A digital still camera 4 for inputting image data is provided. Although not shown, it is also possible to provide a digital copying machine or the like, and use the image input function or image output function of the digital copying machine to read the image data or output a document on paper. As shown in FIG. 2, the information processing apparatus 1 includes, as hardware, a CPU 11 that controls the entire document creation apparatus, a ROM 12 that stores a boot program, and the like, and temporarily stores various data and various programs. RAM 13, a hard disk 14 for storing various data (data files) and various programs, a hard disk drive 15 for controlling the hard disk 14, a removable storage medium 16 for inputting various data and programs, and a storage medium drive Device 17, cursor, operation icons and toolbox,
A display device 18 for displaying a document, etc., a communication control unit 19 for controlling communication via a network, a keyboard 20 for inputting letters and numbers, and various instructions, for moving and selecting displayed objects. A mouse 21 and the like as operation means are provided. The CPU 11, RO
The processing unit including the M12 and the RAM 13, the display device 18, the keyboard 20, and the mouse 21 are the main components of the first and second document creating means described in the claims, as well as the frame moving means, the scaling means, and the fetching means. It is a component such as data changing means. It should be noted that the document created by such a document creating device includes a fixed form and various drawings. With the above-described configuration, the document creation apparatus of the present invention uses, for example, a plurality of document creation units (having common hardware resources) according to a plurality of different document creation programs (including a drawing creation program and a form creation program). A document can be created, and another document creation program B or program C can be included in a document created by one document creation program A.
(For example, OLE program)
An E object or the like can be captured as an object (see FIG. 3). FIG. 3 shows the application form template 22 (fixed form, fixed form) stored in the program A
The application 23 is created by pasting the drawing 23 created by the program B and the OLE object 24 created by the program C on the template to complete the application form 25. Thereafter, the application form is printed or managed by the program A. An example of saving (storing) as a document is shown.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic flow of document creation executed by the document creation apparatus of this embodiment. Hereinafter, FIG.
The schematic flow will be described in accordance with the above. As shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, a document creation program A (hereinafter, abbreviated as program A) is executed to create a template of a document (for example, an application form), and register the file with a file name. (Step S1). The creation of the template is performed using the editing means of the document creation device. Alternatively, the template printed by the scanner 2 may be read. Subsequently, a standard document or the like is created using, for example, a template according to the program A (step S2). A desired template is selected from the registered templates. For example, characters or numbers are written in a table in the template, or a drawing created using a document creation program B (hereinafter, abbreviated as program B) is programmed. It is taken from B and pasted. In the above, drawing in from the program B side is performed when the program A side activates the program B. A document including a drawing to be pasted is read in accordance with the activated program B (step S5), and the drawing to be pasted is cut out from the document (step S5).
6) Pass the cut drawing to the program A side. Thus, the program A completes the document being created by pasting the received drawing at a desired position, linking or copying the drawing on another page (step S3). Further, the created document is printed as needed, and finally, the document is given a file name and stored in the hard disk 14 (step S4). In the above description, the partner program to which the document creation means based on the program A can import drawings and the like is not limited to the program B alone. FIG. 5 shows a screen displayed in step S3 and the like. In FIG. 5, the lower left rectangular area is a drawing area 27 to which a drawing created using the program A is pasted, and shows a state in which the drawing passed from the program B is pasted. Also, the lower right rectangular area 2
For example, an OLE object passed from the program C is pasted on 8.

A menu bar 42 for selecting various operations is displayed at the top of the screen. Hereinafter, various functions / operations described in the menu bar 42 and executed by the document creation unit according to the program A will be described. First,
When the “file” 43 is selected on the menu bar 42 (see FIG. 5), the processing unit displays a submenu, and according to the submenu selection, registers a created document or the like with a file name, One of a plurality of registered files (for example, document files) is designated, and the designated file is opened (read and displayed) or the opened file is closed. When "edit" 45 is selected, a template or a document using the template is created according to the submenu selection. In this operation, according to the user's instruction, the read template, image (image), figure or other object (individual processing target) such as a figure is moved on the page (screen) or a partial area of the object is erased. , Erase the entire area of the object, rotate the object, enlarge / reduce the object vertically and horizontally independently, or change an area in the same document or another document to the relevant page (opened page) As an object,
Or paste the object on the page. Also,
When the “area” 44 is selected, an editing area, an area for writing a character string, and the like are created and set. For example, the start point is determined by detecting that a button in the mouse 21 is pressed, and the mouse 21 is dragged while the button is pressed, and the end point is determined by detecting that the button is released, and the start point is determined. It creates a rectangular area with the end point as a diagonal. In addition, an area number is assigned to the created area, and an attribute of the area is set. When the “drawing” 46 is selected, the processing unit adds a ruled line in the template according to the instruction.
When the “drawing” 47 is selected, the processing unit creates and sets a drawing area to which a drawing or the like imported from another program is pasted, or activates another program to execute another drawing in accordance with the instruction. It takes in drawings created by the program and displays a list of drawing areas in the document (opened document or file). The drawing area is created using the mouse 21 as described above. In the setting of the drawing area, the position and size of the created drawing area are changed as necessary, and a drawing name is given to the drawing area. Further, when the “arrangement” 48 is selected, for example, when an instruction of top alignment is input according to the instruction,
According to the upper side of the uppermost region shown in FIG.
The upper side of each area is aligned as shown in FIG. Also, for example, in the case of left alignment, each area is aligned based on the left side of the leftmost area in the same manner as described above.

Next, functions / operations realized by the document creating means by executing the program B on the information processing apparatus 1 will be described. The program B is a document creation program for creating drawings of various application forms such as electric work and water supply work. As shown in FIG. 7, a figure or symbol 32 registered (stored) on a drawing 31 to be created can be inserted, drawing data can be imported (read), and an OLE object 33 can be pasted. it can. When the drawing data 35 is completed, the drawing data is printed using the printer 3 or the drawing data is saved (stored) as a file managed by the program B. FIG.
Fig. 3 shows an editing screen when a drawing is created. As shown, in this example, the symbol list 40 registered on the left side of the screen is displayed.
Is displayed. On the right side is an editing area 41. In the example shown in the figure, the symbols in the symbol list 40, graphics created using the drawing function, and imported OLE objects are displayed. Hereinafter, functions / operations executed by the document creation unit according to the program B will be described. First, menu bar 4
2 (see FIG. 8) is a function / operation when the “file” 43 is selected. The basic function / operation is the same as that of the program A. By selecting “Read image” on the menu displayed when “File” 43 in the menu bar 42 is selected, an image (image) can be input from the scanner 2 or the digital still camera 4. . "Settings" in the menu bar 42
When 44 is selected and “page setting” is selected on the submenu, the processing unit displays a dialog box for setting the page name, scale, paper size, paper orientation, and the like of each page. A preset size, paper orientation, and the like are displayed and changed as necessary. If the drawing data protrudes from the editing area due to the change of the paper size, a confirmation message such as "The figures and images protruding from the editing area are deleted. Are you sure?""File" 43
Is selected, and when the submenu "print preview" is selected, the opened page is displayed. When a “print” button is selected on this screen, the displayed page is printed. When the “two pages” button is selected, two pages are displayed on one screen. When the "enlarge" button is selected, an enlarged display is performed. When the "Reduce" button is selected,
Perform a reduced display.

When "edit" is selected and the submenu "select" is selected (hereinafter, such a selection is referred to as "edit").
-Select an object such as a figure, a group, a character string, a symbol, or an image according to an instruction. The outside and inside of the object are indicated by the mouse 21 and selected. When another object B is selected while an object A is in a selected state, the object B is set to a selected state. In the above, for example, "Shif
When the object B is selected while the "t" key is pressed, both the object A and the object B are set to the selected state. "Edit"-"Select" is selected, and a rectangle 50 enclosing one or more objects 52, 53 with the mouse 21.
Is designated, all the objects 52 and 53 in the rectangle 50 are selected (see FIG. 9). When the mouse pointer 58 is moved closer to the selected object 52, the display state of the mouse pointer 58 changes. If the mouse pointer 58 is clicked and dragged in this state, the position of the selected object can be moved. When the mouse pointer 58 approaches one of the plurality of handles 56 (black squares shown in FIG. 10) indicating the selected area, the display state of the mouse pointer 58 changes as shown by a double-sided arrow 55 shown in FIG. In this state, when one handle 56a is dragged outward (in the direction of the arrow 57 in FIG. 7B) by the mouse 21, the handle 56a is enlarged in the drag direction (by dragging while pressing the Shift key, the original object 52 is dragged). The object 54 can be obtained. Expanded object 5
4 is indicated by a dotted line (see FIG. 10B). The original size of the object 52 is also indicated by a solid line. Then, when the left button of the mouse 21 is released, as shown in FIG. 7C, the solid object 52 is erased, and the dotted object 54 is made solid. Similarly, the object can be reduced. Although the description is omitted, it is also possible to cut, copy, and paste the object by the same operation.

When "edit"-"edit image" is selected and the submenu "delete in rectangle" is selected, the processing section deletes the inside of the designated area 61 of the selected image 60 (FIG. 11). reference). The designated range 61 is designated by a rectangle using the mouse 21 as described above. Similarly, when "edit"-"edit image" is selected and the submenu "delete outside rectangle" is selected, the portion outside the rectangle 61 of the selected image 60 is deleted (see FIG. 12). When "Edit"-"Zoom" is selected, a dialog box is displayed in which the horizontal and vertical scaling factors can be independently specified. Then, when the “OK” button is designated after the designation, the selected image is enlarged or reduced at the specified magnification based on the upper left of the image.
When "Edit Image"-"Correct Tilt" is selected,
A dialog box is displayed to allow the user to select between automatic correction and manual correction. When the automatic correction is selected, the inclination of the image is automatically corrected. Further, when the manual correction is selected, the user is caused to designate whether the direction of the reference line is horizontal or vertical, to designate the start point of the reference line, and to display, for example, a red reference line according to the designation. That is, the user displays the reference line along an inclined straight line on the image. Then, the processing unit detects the amount of inclination from the two straight lines and corrects the inclination according to the amount of inclination. If the inclination cannot be corrected because the inclination amount is equal to or more than the predetermined amount, an error message is displayed. Also, "Draw"
Is selected, the processing unit draws a straight line, a perfect circle, a double line, an ellipse, a quadrangle, a polygon, an arc, a sector, a leader line, a dimension line, and the like according to the selection of the submenu and various designations.

Next, according to the operation flow shown in FIG.
Program B in the page being edited according to Program A
The operation of importing the drawing created according to the above will be described. First, a drawing area for taking a drawing is created as follows (step S11). (1) On the screen shown in FIG. 5 (however, the drawing has not been imported yet), the user selects “drawing” in the menu bar, and further selects “create drawing area” in the submenu. . Then, the processing unit (hereinafter, referred to as a program A unit) of the first document creation unit operating according to the program A changes the mouse pointer to a + character. (2) When the user presses the left button of the mouse at the upper left position of the drawing area to be set in the editing screen, the program A acquires the position information and sets the position as the starting point of the drawing area. (3) When the user drags the mouse 21, the program A section identifies the drag and displays a red rectangular frame having the start point and the mouse pointer as a diagonal. At this time, "Shift
By moving the mouse 21 while pressing the key, a square drawing area can be created. (4) When the user releases the mouse button, the program A recognizes it and determines the position and size of the drawing area. (5) When the user again selects "drawing"-"creation of drawing area" or clicks the right button of mouse 21 in the editing screen, program A recognizes this and sets the drawing area creation mode. Exit and return the mouse pointer to the arrow. Note that the program A section displays the drawing area immediately after creation (unedited) by filling it with gray. The drawing area number of the created drawing area is set to the maximum drawing area number of drawing areas existing on the display page + 1.

Subsequently, when the user selects "drawing"-"drawing area setting", the program A recognizes the selection and displays a dialog box 60 as shown in FIG.
Using this dialog box 60, the user sets the name, size, whether or not to make the drawing area being selected transparent, whether to specify a link (reference), and the like (step S12). When the dialog box is displayed, the program A writes the values acquired at the time of creating the drawing area as start position information and size information of the drawing area. The user looks at the value and changes it to a fractional number if necessary. Further, in the above, the transmission is
This refers to a transparent state in which the state before the drawing is pasted can be seen. A link means that an object such as a figure or an image in another place in the same document (opened document) is pasted in a selected drawing area. The reference position shown in FIG. 14 is, for example, the upper left of the selected page. Also, the user can select a scaling factor corresponding to the area frame for the data to be pasted by checking the “magnification according to area frame” check box. The name of the drawing area to be referred to is displayed in the column to the right of the link check position. Next, when "drawing"-"edit drawing" is selected in a state where one drawing area on the editing screen is selected and a red frame is displayed, the program A section recognizes it and starts the program B. (Step S13). When the program B starts, a processing unit (hereinafter, referred to as a program B) of a second document creating unit that operates according to the program B
A drawing capture command (drawing capture request) and a width size and a height size (see FIG. 14) of the drawing area (capture frame) are passed to the section.

Thereafter, the screen is under the control of the program B section, and the user uses the screen to select "File"-"Open".
Select the file name to open and select the program B
The unit recognizes this and displays the drawing (including figures and images) of the specified file name. And program B
The unit obtains the width and height of the drawing area (capture frame) stored in the RAM 13 received from the program A, and shifts the red frame F according to the size to the upper left of the displayed page. Displayed in a state where it is displayed (see Fig. 15)
(Step S14). Subsequently, when the user drags the red frame (capture frame) F in the direction of the arrow 62 shown in FIG. 15, for example, with the mouse 21 as necessary, the program B which also operates as the frame moving means recognizes it. For example,
The red frame F is moved to the position indicated by the dotted line in FIG. 15 (step S1).
Five). In this way, the user can select the position in the drawing that he / she wants to capture. Furthermore, in this state,
When the user selects "edit"-"magnification" (step S
(Yes in 16), the program B which also operates as the scaling means displays a dialog box in which the horizontal and vertical scaling factors can be independently specified. Then, after the designation, "O
When the “K” button is designated, the selected drawing (graphic or image) is moved to the center position 70 of the red frame F as shown in FIG.
Is scaled up or down at the designated magnification ratio based on (step S17). When the editing is completed and the user performs an operation to end the editing, the program B unit refers to a predetermined area in the RAM 13 and recognizes that it is receiving a drawing import command from the program A unit. The drawing data taken in the red frame and the data of the entire page including the drawing data are transferred to the program A (step S18). Then, the program B terminates itself. In the above description, the red frame is used merely for reference, and the capture area (cutout area) is set separately from the red frame.
Can also be specified. As a result, the screen again becomes a screen under the control of the program A, and the program A displays the drawing data in the red frame received from the program B in the selected drawing area (step S18).
If the capture area is not a red frame, the capture area (cut area) and the drawing area (area to be pasted) are aligned vertically and horizontally, or vertically or horizontally. Scale (enlarge or reduce) the data to be pasted. Either the magnification ratios in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction are made different from each other so as to match them, or the same magnification ratio is set, and one is left with a gap. In this state, the user can change the position of the selected area (capture area) displayed in the selected drawing area and the magnification if necessary. In other words, when the user performs a predetermined operation for instructing the change (step S19), the program A which also operates as the fetched data changing means recognizes the change and executes the program B.
The entire page fetched from the section is displayed, and the drawing area selected at that time is displayed in a red frame. Then, on this screen, the position of the red frame is changed and the magnification of the drawing is changed (step S20), and the determined image data is taken into the selected drawing area.

In the above, a case has been described where drawing data to be fetched is exchanged between two programs executed on the same information processing apparatus. However, these programs may be executed on different information processing apparatuses. in this case,
In the above example, the program A is executed in the information processing apparatus A, and the program A unit in the information processing apparatus A starts the program B on the information processing apparatus B via the communication control unit 19, and The drawing data to which the program B section in B is pasted is transmitted to the information processing apparatus A via the communication control section.
It is passed to the program A section inside. In addition, the program programmed according to the document creation method of the present invention as described above is stored in a removable storage medium, and the storage medium is stored in an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer which has not been able to create a document according to the present invention. By loading the document, the information processing apparatus can also create a document according to the present invention. As described above, in the present embodiment, the data created and cut by the second program is received from the second program and pasted at a designated position within one page of the document displayed according to the first program. It is possible to provide a document creation method or the like that can be attached and that allows the user to easily understand the range to be taken in when cutting out.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention,
According to the first aspect of the present invention, and in the fifth aspect of the invention, according to a first document creation program, size information of an area for pasting data to be imported from another document or drawing is set in a displayed page, Further, the first
The size information is passed to the second document creation program which has been started up or has already been started up by the document creation program, and according to the second document creation program, the size information is displayed on the displayed document or drawing according to the previous size information. Since the capture frame is displayed and the data in the capture frame is passed to the first document creation program in the previous term, the data to be pasted can be cut according to the second program. Understand. Further, in the invention described in claim 2 and claim 6, in the invention described in claim 1 or claim 5,
According to the document creation program described above, the capture frame can be moved on the page on which the capture frame is displayed, so that the portion to be captured can be easily cut out.
According to the third and seventh aspects of the present invention, in the first, second, fifth, or sixth aspect of the present invention, the page displayed together with the capture frame according to the second document creation program. Can be scaled, so that data appropriately scaled according to the situation can be captured.

According to the fourth and ninth aspects of the present invention, in the first to third aspects or the sixth to eighth aspects of the present invention, the area size cut out according to the second document creation program is When the size of the area to be pasted is different from the size of the area to be pasted, the data to be pasted is scaled according to the first document creation program so that at least the top, bottom, left and right of the two areas fit together. It can be pasted on the pasting area. In the inventions according to claims 5 and 10,
According to the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4, or 6 to 9, according to the second document creation program, all the data in the page including the data together with the data in the capture frame are created in the first document creation program. The data is transferred to the program side, and in accordance with the first document creation program, data outside the capture frame is displayed together with the data in the capture frame, whereby the data captured in the capture frame can be changed. The data to be captured can be changed without activating the program. According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, a program programmed in accordance with the document creation method according to the sixth to tenth aspects can be stored in, for example, a removable storage medium. The information processing apparatus can be loaded in an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer that cannot create a document according to the invention described in any one of claims 6 to 10.
The effects of the described invention can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a document creation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram of a main part of a document creation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a main part of a document creation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of the document creating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a screen view of the document creating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is another explanatory diagram of a main part of the document creation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is another explanatory diagram of a main part of the document creation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is another screen view of the document creating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is another explanatory diagram of a main part of the document creation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is another explanatory diagram of a main part of the document creation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is another explanatory diagram of a main part of the document creation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is another explanatory diagram of a main part of the document creation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an operation flowchart of the main part of the document creation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a screen view of a main part of the document creating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is another screen view of the document creation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is another explanatory diagram of a main part of the document creation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing apparatus 2 Scanner 3 Printer 4 Digital still camera 11 CPU 15 Hard disk drive 17 Storage medium drive 18 Display 19 Communication control unit 20 Keyboard 21 Mouse

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A first document creation device that operates in accordance with a first document creation program in a document creation device capable of cutting and pasting a part of another page at a specified position in a displayed page. Means for setting size information of an area to which data to be imported from another document or drawing is pasted in the displayed page;
The size information is passed to the second document creating means that operates according to the second document creating program that has been activated or has already been activated, and the second document creating means transmits the displayed document or A document creation device, wherein a capture frame is displayed on a drawing according to size information of the previous period, and data in the capture frame is passed to the first document creation means. 2. The document creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
A document creation apparatus, comprising: frame moving means for moving a capture frame on a page on which a capture frame is displayed, which is displayed by a second document creation means. 3. The document creation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a scaling unit for scaling the data of the page displayed together with the capture frame by the second document creation unit. Document creation device. 4. The document creation device according to claim 1, wherein the size of the cut-out region of the second document creation device is different from the size of the region to be pasted. However, the data to be pasted so that at least the upper and lower sides or the right and left of the two area sizes match each other is scaled. 5. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second document creating means transfers all data of the page including the data together with the data in the capturing frame to the first document creating means. A document creation device, wherein the first document creation means displays data outside the capture frame together with the data in the capture frame, and changes the data captured in the capture frame. 6. A document creation method in which a part of another page can be cut and pasted at a designated position in a displayed page. Set the size information of the area where the data to be imported from another document or drawing is to be pasted, and further send the size information to the second document creation program that has been started by the first document creation program or has already been started. Passing, in accordance with the second document creation program, displaying a capture frame on the displayed document or drawing according to the size information, and passing the data in the capture frame to the first document creation program. How to create a document. 7. The document creation method according to claim 6, wherein
A document creation method characterized by moving a capture frame on a page on which a capture frame is displayed according to a second document creation program. 8. The document creation method according to claim 6, wherein the data of the page displayed together with the fetching frame is scaled according to a second document creation program. 9. The document creation method according to claim 6, wherein the area size cut out according to the second document creation program is different from the area size to be pasted. Wherein the data to be pasted is scaled so that at least the top, bottom, left and right of the two area sizes match. 10. The document creation method according to claim 6, wherein all data of a page including the data together with the data in the capture frame is stored in the first document creation program according to the second document creation program. And displaying the data outside the capture frame together with the data within the capture frame according to the first document creation program, and changing the data captured in the capture frame. 11. A storage medium storing a program, wherein a program programmed according to the document creation method according to claim 6 is stored.