JP2001184346A - Document editor and computer readable recording medium stored with document editing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prepare a document, in which objects such as graphics or formulas are mixed, easily by adjusting the intervals of an adjacent character string and the object. SOLUTION: This device is provided with an object preparing part 8 for preparing the object such as graphic or formula to be inserted in a character string, virtual object area setting part 9 for setting a virtual object area in a relative relation to the object, object arrangement information setting part 11 for setting the position to insert the object into the character string, character/virtual object area arranging part 13 for arranging character string and virtual object areas, and object arranging part 14 for arranging the object at the position relative to the virtual object area arranged by the character/virtual object area arranging part 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a document editing apparatus for editing a document in which objects such as figures and mathematical expressions are mixed, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a document editing program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a means for creating a document by inputting and editing characters, there is a document editing device such as a word processor or a personal computer which executes word processor software. In recent years, in these document editing apparatuses, in addition to characters, it is also possible to insert objects such as figures and mathematical formulas into a document composed of characters, and have a function of creating a document in which characters and objects are mixed. I have.

FIGS. 11 to 14 are diagrams showing examples of creating a document in which objects are mixed by a conventional document editing apparatus.

[0004] In the character string shown in FIG.
Is created, the graphic object 51 is inserted between the character string “I am” and the character string “I like” as shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 12, the character spacing is set to P as the character arrangement information, and the space between the characters and the space between the characters and the object 51 are arranged as P according to the character arrangement information.

However, in the example shown in FIG. 12, the space between the object 51 and the characters "ha" and "ga" before and after the object 51 is slightly wider than the space between other characters from the point of viewability of the document. Is more appropriate.

[0006] Therefore, as shown in FIG.
The adjustment is performed by inserting a space (space) 52 between the object 51 and the object 51 and between the object 51 and the character “GA”. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 14, the character "wa", the object 51, and the character "ga"
It is also possible to make adjustments by setting only the character spacing of Q to Q. In this way, as shown in FIG. 11, a document in which the object 51 is appropriately arranged in the character strings “I like” and “I like” is completed.

[0007]

However, FIG.
As shown in the figure, when the space 52 is inserted between the character "ha" and the object 51 and between the object 51 and the character "ga" to increase the space, the size of the space 52 is generally a fixed size. Therefore, by inserting the space 52,
It is difficult to finely adjust the position.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 14, if only the character spacing between the character "ha", the object 51 and the character "ga" is set differently, the characters ranging from the character "wa" to the character "ga" Since the interval is set as Q, if the character string “Tomikan” is added between the object 51 and the character “GA”, the character spacing of each of the inserted character strings “Tomikan” also becomes Q, and again. Character spacing needs to be changed, which is troublesome.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when an object is inserted into a document, a document in which objects such as figures and mathematical expressions are mixed is created by simply adjusting the interval between adjacent character strings and the object. And a computer-readable recording medium recording a document editing program.

[0010]

According to the present invention, when creating a document in which objects such as figures and mathematical formulas are mixed, a virtual object area is set for the object, and the virtual object area is set together with the object with character arrangement information. Are arranged in a character string according to.

Accordingly, the virtual object area arranged in the character string according to the character arrangement information is handled in the same manner as the character together with the corresponding object, so that it is possible to move or scroll with the character string. Then, by adjusting the relative position between the virtual object area and the object, it is possible to easily adjust the distance between the character string and the object adjacent before and after, thereby creating a document in which objects such as figures and mathematical expressions are mixed. It becomes possible.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 is a document editing apparatus capable of inserting an object into a character string arranged according to character arrangement information, wherein a virtual object area is set for the object. The document editing apparatus includes means for arranging a virtual object area together with an object in a character string in accordance with character arrangement information. Thus, the virtual object area arranged in the character string according to the character arrangement information is handled in the same manner as the character together with the object corresponding to the virtual object area, and thus can be moved or scrolled together with the character string. Then, by adjusting the relative position between the virtual object area and the object, it is possible to easily finely adjust the distance between the character string adjacent to the front and back and the object.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the document editing apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising means for visualizing a virtual object area. As a result, while confirming the virtual object area visualized using a broken line or the like,
It is possible to adjust the position of the object and the character strings before and after the object.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium storing a document editing program for causing a computer to function as the document editing apparatus according to the first or second aspect. A recording medium storing such a document editing program is supplied to a system or an apparatus, and a computer (or a CPU or an MPU) of the system or the apparatus reads and executes the program recorded on the recording medium, whereby the system or the apparatus reads out the program.
Alternatively, an effect similar to that of the invention described in 2 is obtained.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a hardware block diagram of a document editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram thereof.

In FIG. 1, a document editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention has a CPU 1 as a central processing unit for controlling the entire apparatus, and a ROM (Read O / O) as a storage device for storing program codes executed by the CPU 1.
nly Memory 2, a RAM (Ra) as a storage device for storing information on objects existing in a document, etc.
a keyboard 4 for inputting objects such as characters, formulas, and figures as input means, a mouse 5 as a pointing device, and a cathode ray tube display as a display device for displaying display data of a created document or the like. CRT6,
Further, an auxiliary storage device 7 is provided as a storage device for storing information of the created document in a file format.

As shown in FIG. 2, the document editing apparatus having the above-described structure includes an object creating section 8 for creating an object such as a figure or a mathematical expression to be inserted into a character string, a virtual object area relative to the object. The object created by the virtual object area setting unit 9, the object created by the object creating unit 8, and the virtual object area set by the virtual object area setting unit 9 are set to RA.
Object storage unit 10 for storing in M3, object arrangement information setting unit 11 for setting the insertion position (arrangement information) of an object in a character string, character information and object arrangement information setting unit for indicating a character string constituting the text of a document 1
The text storage unit 12 stores the object arrangement information set in step 1 in the RAM 3, and the text storage unit 12
3, a character / virtual object area arranging section 13 for arranging the character string and the virtual object area, and an object arranging section 14 for arranging the object at a position relative to the virtual object area arranged by the character / virtual object area arranging section 13. , Functions as a display unit 15 for displaying a character string and an object arranged by the character / virtual object area arrangement unit 13 and the object arrangement unit 14 on the CRT 6.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of creating a document by the document editing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the contents stored in M3, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the contents of the arrangement information of the objects A and B shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the contents of the information stored in the RAM 3 by the object storage unit 10. is there. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the character spacing is set as P and the line spacing is set as R as the character arrangement information.

When the document shown in FIG. 3 is created by the document editing apparatus according to the present embodiment, a character string “Ai”, “U”, “E” inputted using the keyboard 4 or the mouse 5 is used.
“O” and the line feed code are stored in the body storage unit 12.
The data is stored in the RAM 3 as shown in FIG. Similarly, objects A and B (see FIG. 3) such as figures and mathematical formulas inserted into these character strings are similarly assigned to the keyboard 4 and the mouse 5.
The objects A and B created by the object creating unit 8 using the
Is stored in the RAM 3. As shown in FIG. 6, objects A and B are information on the first object (width W1 of the circumscribed rectangle, height H1 of the circumscribed rectangle, unique information), and information on the second object (width W2 of the circumscribed rectangle). , Circumscribed rectangle height H2, and unique information).

When these objects A and B are inserted between "I" and "U" and between "E" and "O", respectively, as shown in FIG. 3, the text storage unit 12 shown in FIG. Thus, the arrangement information of the objects A and B having the contents shown in FIG. 5 is stored between "i" and "u" and between "e" and "o". As shown in FIG. 5, the arrangement information of each of the objects A and B includes a code indicating that each of the objects A and B exists, and the number of the object A and B stored in the RAM 3 by the object storage unit 10. Or a number that indicates

As shown in FIG. 3, the virtual object area setting section 9 sets a virtual object area X having a width vW1 and a height vH1 for a circumscribed rectangular object A having a width W1 and a height H1. The relative coordinates (wX1, wY1) with respect to the object A are set. The virtual object area X set in this way is stored in the RAM 3 by the object storage unit 10. As shown in FIG. 6, the virtual object area X has a width vW1 of the virtual object area as the size of the virtual object area.
And the height vH1 of the virtual object area, the moving direction of “left / right” as a parameter indicating the relative position between the upper left coordinate of the object A and the upper left coordinate of the virtual object area X, and the distance wX1 of the X coordinate and “ Up /
The moving direction of “down” and the distance wY1 of the Y coordinate are R
Stored in AM3.

Although only the virtual object area X of the object A has been described here, the same applies to the virtual object area Y of the object B.

Next, referring to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the object A,
The processing from the arrangement of B to the display will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process from the arrangement of the objects A and B in the character string to the display, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the arrangement of the objects A and B in the character string.

As shown in FIG. 7, in step S21, the character / virtual object area arranging unit 13 obtains codes indicating the character information and the object arrangement information shown in FIG. In step S22, the character / virtual object area arrangement unit 13 determines whether the acquired code is character information or object arrangement information. If the acquired code is character information, in step S23, the character / virtual object area arrangement unit 13 arranges the character indicated by the acquired character information according to the character arrangement information. FIG.
(A) and (b) show the characters “A” and “I” in the character spacing P
This figure shows a state in which the characters are arranged at a fixed position in the center of the character alignment position.

On the other hand, if the acquired code is the object arrangement information in step S22, the character / virtual object area arrangement unit 13 acquires the object information shown in FIG. 6 in step S24. further,
In step S25, as shown in FIG. 8C, the character spacing P is set at a position following the arranged character string "Ai" using the same character format as the character string "Ai" using the virtual object area X as a character. Constantly, the characters are arranged according to the character arrangement information at the center of the character vertical alignment position. Further, the object placement unit 14 places the object A in the virtual object area X based on the object information shown in FIG. That is, the object placement unit 14 places the object A such that the relative position of the upper left coordinate of the object A with respect to the upper left coordinate of the virtual object area X has the relationship of the object information shown in FIG. 6 (see FIG. 3).

In step S26, it is determined whether or not the next code is stored in the RAM 3. If the next code is stored, the code is obtained by the character / virtual object area arrangement unit 13 and the process proceeds to step S22. And return.

The above steps S22 to S26 are repeated,
As shown in FIGS. 8D, 8E and 8F, the remaining characters "U" and "E", the virtual object area Y and the object B, and the character "O" are arranged. When arranging the character “E”, the virtual object area Y and the character “O” on the second line, the character / virtual object area
Are arranged at a line interval R with respect to the characters “A” and “I” on the first line, the virtual object area X, and the object “U”. When the last code is confirmed in step S26, in step S27, the displayed character strings "a", "i", "u", "e" are displayed on the display unit 15.
“O” and the objects A and B are displayed on the CRT 6 together with a broken line that indicates the virtual object area by visualization.

Here, in FIG. 8 (f), the object B to be arranged with respect to the virtual object area Y is an object larger than the virtual object area Y. This is realized by storing the relationship between the upper left coordinate of the object B and the upper left coordinate of the object B as information on the virtual object area in the RAM 3 by the object storage unit 10.

As described above, the virtual object areas X and Y are set for the objects A and B, respectively, and the virtual object areas X and Y together with the objects A and B such as figures and mathematical formulas are represented by the character strings " By arranging the virtual object areas X and Y together with the objects A and B in the same manner as the characters by arranging them in “Aioe”, it is possible to move or scroll with the character strings. Then, by adjusting the relative positions of the virtual object areas X and Y and the objects A and B, the character strings “Ai” and “U” adjacent in front and behind are adjusted.
It is possible to easily adjust the distance between "e" and "o" and the objects A and B to create a document in which objects such as figures and mathematical formulas are mixed. That is, the trouble of increasing or decreasing the number of blanks at the positions where the objects A and B are inserted and changing the setting of a part of the character spacing can be omitted.

Next, the procedure for adjusting the virtual object area will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure for setting a virtual object area;
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a virtual object area setting menu.

As shown in FIG. 9, when the virtual object area setting function is selected by the keyboard 4 or the mouse 5 in step S31, a virtual object area setting menu is displayed on the CRT 6 as shown in FIG. 10 in step S32. The virtual object area before being set by the virtual object area setting function is set to be the same area as the circumscribed rectangle of the object.

In step S33, the parameters of each setting item shown in FIG. 10 can be input and changed. In FIG. 10, each setting item of “Relation with upper left coordinates” is the object placement information (“Left /
The moving direction of “to the right”, the “distance wX of the X coordinate”, the moving direction of “up / down”, and the “distance wY of the Y coordinate” are set. “Width” and “height” are used to set information (“width vW” and “height vH”) of the virtual object area shown in FIG.

When the "execute" button shown in FIG. 10 is selected in step S34, these input parameters are stored in the RAM 3 by the object storage unit 10 in step S35. Step S3
In step 4, if the "cancel" button shown in FIG. 10 is selected, step S35 is skipped and the next step S36
Proceed to. In step S36, the virtual object area setting menu shown in FIG.

By changing each setting item in the virtual object area setting menu as shown in FIG. 10, the virtual object area information ("width vW" and "height vH") can be freely set. The size of the virtual object areas X and Y can be set so as to have an optimal shape according to the size of the objects A and B to be arranged respectively. Also, the arrangement information of the objects (the moving direction of “left / right” and “distance wX of X coordinate”, the moving direction of “up / down” and “distance wY of Y coordinate”) are freely set. Therefore, by adjusting the arrangement of the objects A and B arranged in each of the virtual object areas X and Y, the character strings “Ai”, “U”, “E”, “O” and By adjusting the positional relationship between X and Y, it is possible to freely create a document in which objects are mixed.

Furthermore, even if the size of the virtual object area Y is larger than the size of the object, as in the case of the object B shown in FIGS. Area Y
Only relates to the alignment with the surrounding characters,
The size of the object B does not affect the characters before and after.

An object of the present invention is to provide a system or an apparatus with a recording medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments,
It is needless to say that the present invention is also achieved when the computer of the system or the apparatus reads out and executes the program code stored in the recording medium. In this case, the program code itself read from the recording medium realizes the function of the above-described embodiment, and the recording medium on which the program code is recorded constitutes the present invention.

As a recording medium for supplying such a program code, for example, a flexible disk (floppy disk), hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory A card, a ROM, or the like can be used. In addition, the present invention is configured in a form in which a program code is stored in these recording media placed on a server such as an Internet provider and the program code is provided via the Internet.

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. It is needless to say that the system 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 recording 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 a CPU or the like provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

[0041]

According to the present invention, when creating a document in which objects such as figures and formulas are mixed, a virtual object area is set for the object, and the virtual object area is set together with the object in accordance with the character arrangement information. By arranging them in a line, the virtual object area arranged in the character string according to the character arrangement information is handled in the same manner as the character together with the corresponding object, so that it is possible to move or scroll with the character string. . Then, by adjusting the relative position between the virtual object area and the object, it is possible to easily adjust the distance between the character string and the object adjacent before and after, thereby creating a document in which objects such as figures and mathematical expressions are mixed. It becomes possible. That is, the trouble of increasing or decreasing the number of blanks at the position where the object is inserted and changing the setting of a part of the character spacing can be omitted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a hardware block diagram of a document editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the document editing device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of creating a document by the document editing apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing contents stored in a RAM by a text storage unit.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing contents of arrangement information of the objects shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing contents of information stored in a RAM by an object storage unit.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing from arrangement of objects A and B in a character string to display;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of arrangement of objects in a character string.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure for setting a virtual object area;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a virtual object area setting menu.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of creating a document in which objects are mixed by a conventional document editing apparatus.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of creating a document in which objects are mixed by a conventional document editing apparatus.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of creating a document in which objects are mixed by a conventional document editing apparatus.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of creating a document in which objects are mixed by a conventional document editing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 Keyboard 5 Mouse 6 CRT 7 Auxiliary storage device 8 Object creation part 9 Virtual object area setting part 10 Object storage part 11 Object arrangement information setting part 12 Body storage part 13 Character / virtual object area arrangement part 14 Object Arrangement unit 15 Display unit A, B object X, Y Virtual object area

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A document editing apparatus capable of inserting an object into a character string arranged according to character arrangement information, comprising: means for setting a virtual object area for the object; and a virtual object area together with the object. Means for arranging in the character string according to the character arrangement information. 2. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for visualizing the virtual object area. 3. A computer-readable recording medium on which a document editing program for causing a computer to function as the document editing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 is recorded.