JP2001331480A - Plate composition device, plate composition method and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that an image and a character string overlap when plate composition using a repeat function is performed in the case of preparing a printed matter for which the layout of arranging the image overlapping with a pouring area is performed. SOLUTION: In the case that the character string and an image arrangement area overlap, a character arrangement means decides whether to arrange the character string on the high order of the image arrangement area or to arrange it by evading the image arrangement area based on an overlap processing condition for setting a processing in the case that the character string and the image overleap included in appearance information and arranges them. Thus, the operability of plate composition work is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a typesetting apparatus, a typesetting method, and a recording medium for typesetting a character string using a computer system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a typesetting process for a printed material has been performed.
DTP (Desk Top Public) operating on a computer system dedicated to typesetting and a personal computer
(shing) applications and the like are often used. The typesetting process in such typesetting software is executed in the following procedure. (1) Create a character string to be typeset. (2) Create an area for arranging the character string. (3) Arrange the character string created in (1) in the area created in (2). The process of arranging a string in an area is generally called “flow-in.” The area in which a character string is arranged is called “flow-in area.” (4) Formatting software that sets the appearance of the arranged character string When the operating operator executes such a procedure, the typesetting software performs typesetting processing.

However, in the typesetting processing in such typesetting software, when there are many character strings to be typeset, the procedure (2), the procedure (3) and the procedure (4) must be repeatedly performed. There was a problem that it was burdensome.

Therefore, in recent typesetting software, (1 ′) a character string to be typeset is created (2 ′) a format is set for the character string (3 ′) a flow area for arranging the character string is created (4 ') (1') in the pouring area created in (3 ')
The character string created in step (2 ') is applied by applying the appearance set in (2'). (5 ') As long as there is a character string, the process of (4') is repeated. The problem is being solved.

[0005]

However, in the case of a printed material having a layout in which an image is arranged so as to overlap with a flow-in area, if the typesetting using the above-described repeat function is performed, the image and the character string are converted. Will be duplicated. Some images do not want character strings to be duplicated,
When such an image is arranged on the pouring area, it is not possible to perform typesetting using the repeat function.
Conversely, when an image in which character strings can be overlapped is arranged, typesetting using the repeat function can be performed. In such a case, in order to maintain the readability of the character string arranged overlapping with the image, it is necessary to set the appearance so as to outline the characters constituting the character string. However, if there is a mixture of images that have colors similar to the color of the character string and images that have a color that is not similar to the color of the character string, set the appearance to uniformly border the characters that make up the character string. Then, the character strings arranged on one image can maintain readability by bordering, whereas the character strings arranged on the other image have unnecessary borders, which makes the layout unsightly. Would. In the case where an image is to be arranged later on the text-flow area, if the image to be arranged does not want to overlap the character string, the typesetting process must be performed again after the image is arranged. Further, even if the image may overlap with the character string, the image is arranged on the character string, so that the character string becomes invisible. In this case, the typesetting process must be performed again, and at that time, there is a problem that the border setting must be performed again. further,
Even when a character string in which a description for arranging image data such as a picture and a line drawing is written in the character string, the same problem as described above occurs.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and to improve the workability of typesetting work by automatically performing processing when a character string and an image overlap. And

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a typesetting apparatus for laying out a character string and an image and electronically setting the type of the character string. A format information setting unit configured to set format information including a format, a duplication processing condition in which a process when the character string and the image overlap, and a character string arrangement area for arranging the character string are designated. Character string arrangement area designating means, image arrangement area designating means for designating an image arrangement area for arranging an image, and characters for arranging the character string in the designated character string arrangement area based on the appearance information And a string arrangement unit, wherein the character string arrangement unit, when arranging the character string at a position overlapping the image arrangement area, based on the overlap processing condition included in the appearance information, the image arrangement unit Area To determine whether to place to avoid the image layout area or placed in position, placing the character string, and wherein.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a character string and an image arrangement area overlap, a character string included in the format information and an image overlap each other based on an overlapping processing condition set based on an overlapping processing condition. Since the character string arranging means determines whether the column is arranged above the image arranging area or is arranged avoiding the image arranging area, the arranging operation can be improved. In addition, by setting the appearance information for each character string, it is possible to perform processing such as avoiding the image arrangement area of the character string and arranging the upper order of the character string for each character string. be able to.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a typesetting apparatus for laying out a character string and an image and performing electronic typesetting.
Style information setting means for setting style information for the character string; character string layout area designating means for specifying a character string layout area for laying the character string; and the style information in the specified character string layout area Character string arranging means for arranging the character string on the basis of an image arranging area specifying means for specifying an image arranging area for arranging an image, and setting processing when the character string overlaps the image arranging area. Image arrangement area attribute setting means for setting image area attribute information including the overlap processing condition, wherein the character string arrangement means is arranged at a position where the image arrangement area overlaps with the character string. Based on the overlapping processing condition included in the image arrangement area attribute information, it is determined whether to arrange the character string at a position higher than the image arrangement area or to avoid the image arrangement area. Be re-is characterized.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the image arrangement area and the character string overlap, a character string included in the image arrangement area attribute information and the image overlap each other based on the overlap processing condition set. Then, the character string arranging means determines whether to arrange the character string above the image arranging area or to avoid the image arranging area. Further, for each image arrangement area, processing such as avoidance of an image arrangement area of a character string and higher-order arrangement of a character string can be set, so that highly expressive typesetting processing can be performed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the typesetting device according to the first or second aspect, when the character string is arranged at a higher position in the image arrangement area, a bordering means for bordering characters of the character string. Having the following.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the bordering means borders the characters of the character string arranged at the upper position of the image arrangement area, so that the workability of the typesetting operation can be improved. Further, since the character string is bordered, the readability of the character string can be maintained.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the typesetting apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, further comprising: image data storage means for storing image data such as pictures and line drawings with image data names. When the character string includes an image data name indicating image data, the image data is searched from the image data storage unit based on the image data name included in the character string, and the image data is searched based on the appearance information. It is characterized in that the character string arranging means is provided with a text image arranging means for arranging image data in the character string arranging area.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the typesetting apparatus, wherein the in-sentence image arranging means provided in the character string arranging means, if the image data name is included in the character string, from the image data storing means based on the image data name. And place it in the string. At that time, when the image arrangement area and the character string overlap, the image data in the character string is also arranged based on the overlap processing condition, so that the workability of the typesetting work can be improved.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a typesetting method for laying out a character string and an image to electronically typeset.
A format information setting step of setting format information including a format for the character string, and an overlap processing condition in which a process is performed when the character string and the image overlap, and a character string for arranging the character string A character string arrangement area designating step of designating an arrangement area; an image arrangement area designating step of designating an image arrangement area for arranging an image; and the character string based on the appearance information in the designated character string arrangement area. A character string arranging step of arranging a character string, and arranging the character string at a position overlapping the image arrangement area, based on the overlapping processing condition included in the appearance information, The character string is arranged by deciding whether to arrange the character string or to avoid the image arrangement area.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a typesetting method, wherein when a character string and an image arrangement area overlap, a character string included in the format information and an image overlap each other based on an overlapping processing condition set. Since the character string is arranged above the arrangement area or avoiding the image arrangement area, the workability of the typesetting work can be improved. In addition, by setting the appearance information for each character string, it is possible to execute processing such as avoiding the image area of the character string and arranging the character string at a higher rank for each character string. Can be.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a typesetting method for electronically setting a character string and an image by laying out the character string and an image. A character string arrangement area designating step of designating a character string arrangement area for arranging a character string, and a character string arrangement step of arranging the character string in the designated character string arrangement area based on the appearance information. Image placement area designating step of designating an image placement area for setting, and image placement area attribute setting for setting image area attribute information including a processing condition for overlapping when the character string overlaps the image placement area And when the image arrangement area is arranged at a position overlapping the character string, the image arrangement area is determined based on the overlap processing condition included in the image arrangement area attribute information. To determine whether to place to avoid the image layout area will be placed in the upper, rearrange the string, and characterized in that.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a typesetting method based on an overlap processing condition which sets a process when an image arrangement area and a character string overlap and a character string included in the image arrangement area attribute information and an image overlap. Thus, the character string is rearranged at a position higher than the image arrangement region or by avoiding the image arrangement region, so that the workability of the typesetting operation can be improved. In addition, for each image arrangement area, processing such as avoiding a character string in an image area and arranging a character string in a higher order can be set, so that a highly expressive typesetting process can be performed.

Further, the invention according to claim 7 is the invention according to claim 5.
Is a recording medium that records a program for realizing the invention described in (1) by a computer.

[0020] The recording medium of claim 7 records a program to be realized by a computer, and if the program recorded on such a recording medium is executed by a computer, the typesetting of claim 5 is executed. Similarly to the method, when the character string overlaps with the image arrangement area, whether to arrange the character string included in the format information and the image at the upper position of the image arrangement area based on the overlapping processing condition set for the processing when the image overlaps Since the character strings are arranged avoiding the image arrangement area, the workability of the typesetting work can be improved.

[0021] The invention according to claim 8 is a recording medium that records a program for realizing the invention described in claim 6 by a computer.

In the recording medium according to the present invention, since a program to be executed by a computer is recorded, similar to the typesetting method according to the sixth aspect, when an image arrangement area and a character string overlap, an image arrangement area attribute is set. Based on the overlapping processing conditions that set the processing when the character string included in the information and the image overlap, the character string is re-arranged at the upper position of the image arrangement area or avoiding the image arrangement area, so that the typesetting is performed. Work operability can be improved.

[0023]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS "Setting of Relationship Between Image Area and Character String in Format Information" FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a typesetting apparatus which is an example of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a typesetting device for setting a relationship between an image area and a character string. This typesetting device 1 is a personal computer generally used, and has a CP
U11, display unit 12, input unit 13, network I / F
14, media drive 15, storage unit 16, memory 17
It is composed of The CPU 11 controls the entire typesetting device 1, and stores programs recorded on a media disk 18 inserted in a media drive 15 in a memory 1.
7, the typesetting device 1 is realized. The display unit 12 is for displaying information necessary for the typesetting process. Is performed while the operator is watching. The input unit 13 includes a mouse and a keyboard, and is used by an operator to input an instruction to the typesetting device 1. Instructions related to character string creation, character string placement area designation, image placement area designation, and format information setting described below
The input section 13 is operated by an operator. The network I / F 14 connects the typesetting device 1 to a network (not shown). Via the network I / F 14, the typesetting device 1 outputs the result of typesetting to an output device connected to a network (not shown). Further, a program for realizing the function of the typesetting device 1 can be downloaded from a server (not shown). The media drive 15 is used to read a program recorded on a media disk 18. The functions of the typesetting device 1 are realized by the program read by the media drive 15. Storage unit 1
Reference numeral 6 stores a program read by the media drive 15. Further, the storage unit 16 stores a character string creation unit 171.
The character string data created in the above, the appearance information data set by the appearance information setting unit 172, the character string arrangement area data and the image arrangement area data designated by the arrangement area designation unit 173,
Further, the image data to be arranged in the image arrangement area and the typesetting data created by the typesetting device 1 are also temporarily stored (described later).

The memory 17 is a work area for the CPU 11 to execute the program stored by the storage unit 16. As a result of the execution of the program by the CPU 11, the functions of the character string creation unit 171, the appearance information setting unit 172, the arrangement area designating unit 173, the character string arrangement unit 174, and the border creation unit 175 are realized in the memory 17. The character string creation unit 171 creates character string data used for typesetting processing. The created character string data is temporarily stored in the storage unit 16. In addition, character string data created by another personal computer on a network (not shown) is received via the network I / F 14, and the character string creation unit 171 uses the character string data to be used for typesetting. Is also good. The appearance information setting unit 172 sets appearance information data for applying appearance to the character string when the character string is arranged in the character string arrangement area. Here, the format applied to the character string is character size, character font, character spacing, line spacing, and also large headings, middle headings, small headings, and text, etc. Border specifications are also treated as appearance. The operator
By setting these appearances, the appearance information setting unit 17
2 creates appearance information data. The processing to be performed based on the overlapping relationship between the image arrangement area and the character string is also included in the format information data created by the format information setting unit 172 by setting by the operator. The appearance information data created by the appearance information setting unit 172 is temporarily stored in the storage unit 16. The arrangement area designating section 173 designates a character string arrangement area and an image arrangement area. That is, the layout area designating section 173 designates the graphic created by the operator operating the input section 13 as a character string layout area and an image layout area. The character string arranging unit 174 applies the appearance set by the appearance information data created by the appearance information setting unit 172 to the character string created by the character string creating unit 171, and stores the applied character string in the arrangement area. It is arranged in the character string arrangement area designated by the unit 173. When the arranged character string overlaps with the image arrangement area, the character string arrangement unit 174 determines the relationship between the image arrangement area and the character string according to the setting of the appearance information data created by the appearance information setting unit 172, and Arrange columns.

When the character string arranging section 174 determines the relationship between the image arrangement area and the character string and arranges the character string in the upper part of the image area, the outline creating section 175 performs "edge" on the appearance information. If it is set, the character string is bordered. Here, bordering refers to modifying the outer edge of a character constituting a character string with a color different from the character color. As a method of performing a border on a character, for example, there is a method of performing a fattening process on an outline of a character font, and filling an area obtained by performing the fattening process with a color different from a character color. .

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the typesetting apparatus 1. In particular, the format information setting section 172
9 is a flowchart showing an operation in a case where a relationship between an image arrangement area and a character string is set in the appearance information data set in FIG.

In step S1, the operator makes an input through the input unit 13 and creates character string data in the character string creating unit 171. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a character string created by the character string creating unit 171. The character string shown here is displayed on the display unit 12 as input by the input unit 13. is there. The created string is
As shown in the drawing, they are separated by a predetermined delimiter code. The delimiter codes are "space", "tab", ",
(Comma) "can be used. A group of character strings separated by a return code at the end of the line is treated as a group of character strings. The character strings included in the character strings delimited by the return code are distinguished as “large heading”, “medium heading”, “subheading”, and “body” depending on the position of the delimiting code. The character string data created in step S1 is temporarily stored in the storage unit 16 as a text file. Here, it is assumed that the text file name is stored in the storage unit 16 as dog.txt.

Returning to FIG. 2, step S2 is a step of inputting image data used for typesetting processing.
The input image data is image data to be arranged in an image arrangement area specified later. The image data can be input by downloading it from a server on a network (not shown) via the network I / F 14. Alternatively, image data stored in the media disk 18 may be read from the media drive 15. The image data input in step S2 is stored in the storage unit 16.

Step S3 is a step of designating a character string arrangement area and an image arrangement area. The operator performs the process of step S3 by operating the input unit 13 while watching the display on the display unit 12. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which an arrangement area is specified. Displayed on the display unit 12 is a page BP on which a typesetting process is to be performed, and a character string arrangement area and an image arrangement area are specified on this page BP. First, in the procedure for specifying a character string arrangement area, the operator selects “character string arrangement specification” from the arrangement area specification menu M displayed on the display unit 12. Therefore,
The operator operates the input unit 13 to specify one point on the page BP. When the specified point PTE1 is set as the upper left point and the operator specifies another point on the page BP, the specified point is set as the lower right point PTE2 and the rectangle TE1 is set.
Is created. The created rectangle TE1 is designated as a character string placement area by the placement area designation unit 173. The operator performs another operation to create another rectangle. Since the created rectangle TE2 is also designated as a character string arrangement area, two character string arrangement areas TE1 and TE2 are designated on the page BP. Subsequently, the operator selects “image arrangement designation” from the arrangement area designation menu M. When “image layout specification” is selected, the layout area specifying unit 173 specifies a figure created on the display unit 12 as an image layout area. The operator repeats specifying two points on the page BP in the same manner as the previous operation,
The rectangles IM1 and IM2 are created. Rectangle IM created
1 and IM2 are designated as image placement areas by the placement area designation unit 173, so two image placement areas IM1 and IM2 are designated on the page BP. The created character string arrangement areas TE1, TE2 and the image arrangement area IM1,
IM2 is data as shown in FIG. The character string arrangement area data and the image arrangement area data designated by the arrangement area designation unit 173 are stored in the storage unit 16. As shown in FIG. 4, the image arrangement area IM1 is designated at a position overlapping the character string arrangement area TE1, and the image arrangement area IM2 is designated at a position overlapping the character string arrangement area TE2. .

In step S4, the operator operates the input unit 13 to make an input, so that the format information setting unit 172 sets the format information data. FIG. 6A is a diagram for explaining the creation of the appearance information data by the appearance information setting unit 172. The format information setting unit 172 displays a format information setting screen MF on the display unit 12. The operator sets the appearance information by inputting the corresponding items on the displayed appearance information setting screen MF by the input unit 13. The appearance information setting screen MF includes a character position field (“character position”) for setting the position of the character string, a character size field (“character size”) for setting the size of the character string, and a character for setting the font of the character string. A font column ("character font") and a line spacing column ("line spacing") for setting the line spacing of the character string are provided. In addition, an overlap button (“duplication”) for setting a relationship when an image area and a character string overlap, and when an image area and a character string overlap, a border is applied to the character string when the character string is arranged at a higher position. A border button to be set (“border”) is provided corresponding to each character position. In FIG. 6A, as shown in the figure, the operator sets the character size of 20Q (Q = 0.25
mm), the character font is set to Gothic, and the line spacing is set to 5Q. Further, the operator operates the input unit 13 to input a duplicate button (a check mark indicated by “レ” is displayed as a proof of the input). With the setting of the format information performed here, the format information setting unit 172 creates the format information data. According to the format information data, the character string arranged at the position of the "large heading" is arranged in a format in which the character size is 20Q, the character font is Gothic, and the line spacing is 5Q. Then, the character string arranged at the position of the “big headline” is arranged at the upper position of the image area due to the input of the overlap button. Next, for the headline,
The operator makes settings. For the middle heading, the appearance is set as the character size 15Q, the character font Gothic, and the line spacing 3Q, and the overlap button and the border button are also input. By inputting the border button in addition to the duplicate button, the character string placed at the position of the “middle heading” that has been formatted according to the format information data is placed at the top of the image area, and furthermore, the character is framed. Is performed. The operator sets the appearance information for the character string by repeating the input on the appearance information setting screen MF. FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the format information data based on the set format information. When the operator operates the input unit 13 and presses the “end” button displayed at the bottom of the appearance information setting screen MF, the creation of the appearance information data is completed. The created appearance information data is temporarily stored in the storage unit 16. Here, the format information data is given a data name of teisai.dat and stored in the storage unit 16.

Step S5 is a step of laying out the page BP. More specifically, a character string that has been formatted according to the format information data set in step S4 is a character string layout area specified in step S3. And the image input in step S2 is
This is a step of arranging the image in the image arrangement area designated in step 3.
This step S5 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart for explaining the layout operation in FIG.

Step S11 in FIG. 7 is a step of arranging predetermined image data in the image arrangement areas IM1 and IM2 on the page BP shown in FIG. There are various methods for arranging image data in the image data arranging area, and these are appropriately adopted. For example, after designating the image arrangement area by the input unit 13, the image data name to be arranged in the corresponding image arrangement area may be input by the input unit 13 to arrange the image data in the image arrangement area. Alternatively, predetermined image data may be thinned out and displayed on the display unit 12, and a predetermined image may be dragged and dropped to a desired image arrangement region by the input unit 13, so that the image data is arranged in the image arrangement region. Good.
Here, MAP.tif is stored in the image arrangement area IM1, and do
It is assumed that image data g.bmp is arranged.

In step S12, the operator
After the character string arrangement area is designated by the input unit 13, the character string data storing the character string to be arranged in the character string arrangement area is designated. In order to arrange the designated character string data, the character string data stored in the storage unit 16 is searched and loaded. FIG. 8A shows character string data do
It is a figure for showing the state where an instruction is given by the input unit 13 to arrange g.txt in the character string arrangement area TE1. First, the operator operates the input unit 13 to display the pointer PO at an arbitrary position on the character string arrangement area TE1. When the pointer PO is in the character string arrangement area T
When displayed on E1, the operator further operates the input unit 13 to display the character string arrangement menu MO. From the displayed character string arrangement menu MO, the operator
Select the desired character string data name. Here, it is assumed that dog.txt created earlier is selected as the character string data name. In response to this instruction, the character string arranging unit 174 searches dog.txt stored in the storage unit 16
, The step S12 is executed.

In the following step S13, the character string arrangement area T
This is a step in which the character string arrangement unit 174 loads the appearance information data on the appearance of the character string dog.txt arranged in E1. In step S13, after the operator designates the character string arranging unit TE1 by the input unit 13, and then specifies the appearance information data regarding the character string arranged in the character string arranging area TE1, the character string arranging unit 174 sets the designated character string. The style information data for applying the style to the character string data arranged in the arrangement area is loaded. FIG. 8B is a diagram showing a state where an instruction is given by the input unit 13 to specify the style information data teisai.dat in the character string arrangement area TE1. First, the operator operates the input unit 13 to display the pointer PO at an arbitrary position on the character string arrangement area TE1. When the pointer PO is displayed on the character string arrangement area TE1, the operator further operates the input unit 13 to display the style information designation menu MT.
Is displayed. The operator selects a desired format information data name from the displayed format information designation menu MT. Here, as the format information data name,
It is assumed that teisai.dat has been selected. Character string arrangement unit 174
Receives this instruction, te stored in the storage unit 16
This step S13 is executed by retrieving and loading isai.dat into the memory 17.

In step S14, the character string arranging unit 1
74 determines a character string arrangement start point PT of a character string stored in the loaded character string data. Step S1
In step 2 and step S13, the character string arranging unit 174 displays the character string data storing the character string to be arranged in the character string arranging area and the appearance information data in which the appearance to be applied to the character string is set by the operator. Begin column alignment. FIG. 9 shows the character string data dog. In the format set in the format information data teisai.dat for the character string arrangement area TE1.
It is a figure for showing the state where the first character string “Japanese dog” stored in txt was arranged with the upper left point of the character string arrangement area TE1 as the character string arrangement start point PT. First, the character string arranging unit 174 obtains the upper left point of the character string arranging area TE1, which is the character string arranging start point. Here, the coordinates of the upper left point of the character string arrangement area TE1 are PTE1 (x1, y1). The operator may operate the input unit 13 to indicate the upper left point of the character string arrangement area TE1. Subsequently, the character string arranging unit 174 adds the appearance information data teisai.d to the first character string stored in the character string data dog.txt.
Applies the style set to at. The character string arranging unit 174 extracts the first character string “Japanese dog” stored in the character string data dog.txt, and checks the position of the delimiter code. There is no delimiter code before the first string "Japanese dog"
Since there is a delimiter code after “Japanese dog”, the character string arranging unit 174 confirms that the character string “Japanese dog” is a character string to be formatted with a large heading. Therefore, the character string arranging unit 174 extracts the setting for the major heading from the style information data teisai.dat. As shown in FIG. 6B, the settings for the major headings in the format information data teisai.dat are "character size" 20Q, "font" Gothic, "line spacing" 5Q, "duplicate", "frame" ”, The character string arranging unit 174
The extracted character string "Japanese dog" is given a style of character size 20Q, Gothic font, and line spacing 5Q. And
The character string arrangement unit 174 stores the formatted character string in the character string arrangement area so that the upper left point of the formatted character string matches the upper left point of the previously determined character string arrangement area. Deploy. Since the character string “Japanese dog” is formatted according to the format information and the character size and font are set, the character string arrangement unit 174 determines the character string “Japanese dog” from the character body based on the character size and font. The upper left point can be determined. Then, the character string is arranged so that the upper left point of the obtained character string coincides with the upper left point of the character string arrangement area. In FIG. 9, the upper left point PTE1 of the character string arrangement area TE1 is shown.
And the character string "Japanese dog" in the character string arrangement area TE, using the point of coincidence with the upper left point of the character body in the font of the character "day" constituting the character string "Japanese dog" as the character string arrangement start point PT.
1.

Step S15 is a step for judging whether or not the character string has been successfully arranged in the character string arrangement area. When the formatted character string is arranged in the character string arrangement area and the character string protrudes from the character string arrangement area, it is determined that the character string cannot be arranged, and the process proceeds to step S26. Step S26 is a step of identifying whether or not the next character string arrangement area exists. If the next character string arrangement area exists, step S27
Then, the arrangement of the character string is re-executed from the next character string arrangement area. If not, the process returns to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 and ends. At this time, an error display may be performed.

If it is determined in step S15 that the arrangement of the character strings has been executed, the flow shifts to step S16 to determine whether or not the character strings arranged in the character string arrangement area and the image arrangement area overlap. Perform the following steps: The character string placement unit 174 identifies whether the character string and the image placement area overlap by comparing the coordinates of the placed character string with the coordinates of the image placement area. The method of identifying the overlap may be, for example, by comparing each vertex of the character body in the font of the character forming the formatted character string with the coordinates of each vertex of the image arrangement area. If the character string and the image arrangement area do not overlap, the process proceeds to step S20. Here, as shown in FIG. 9, it is assumed that the character string "Japanese dog" overlaps with the image arrangement area IM1.

Step S17 is a step for determining whether or not the character string and the image arrangement area may overlap.
The character string arranging unit 174 can determine whether the character string and the image arranging area may overlap by setting the “duplicate” item of the appearance information data created by the appearance information setting unit 172. Character string "Japanese dog" and image placement area IM
Judgment on duplication with 1 is presented in the format information data teisai.d
The character string "Japanese dog" may be set to "at" and the setting of "duplicate" is stored in the heading of the format information data teisai.dat. Is determined to be a column.

The following step S19 is performed in the character string
Step 4 is a step of setting the character arrangement position to a higher position in the image arrangement area. Here, "set the character arrangement position to the upper position of the image arrangement area" means that when the image area and the character string are overlapped and displayed, the image of the part overlapping the character string is not displayed. equal. In step S17, if it is determined that the character string and the image arrangement area may overlap, the character string arrangement unit 174 determines whether the character string and the image arrangement area have a higher rank than the image arranged in the image arrangement area regardless of the arrangement order of the image and the character string. It is set so that the character string is placed in the. In other words, even if the image is arranged after the character string is arranged, the character string arrangement unit 174 sets the character string overlapping the image area so that the character string is arranged at a higher position.

In step S20, through the processes in steps S16 to S17 and step S19, the character string subjected to the format set in the format information data is actually stored in the character arrangement area starting from the character string arrangement start point. Deploy. FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining that the character string “Japanese dog” is arranged after being set to be arranged at the upper position of the image arrangement area. In FIG. 9, the character size 20
Q, Gothic font, line spacing 5Q,
This shows that the character string “Japanese dog” that can be overlapped with the image arrangement area is arranged above the image arrangement area IM1 with the character string arrangement start point PT as a starting point. As described above, the image below the characters constituting the character string is not displayed, and the character string is not hidden by the image, so that the readability of the character string is maintained. If the length of the character string arranged from the character string arrangement start point exceeds the width of the character string arrangement area, the return processing is performed. Places a character string from the character string placement start point, wraps at the position where the placed character string exceeds the width of the character string placement area, and places the remainder of the character string from the position where the character size is subtracted from the coordinate of the character string start point This is a folding process.

Step S21 is a step for judging whether or not a border setting is stored in the appearance information data. Here, there is a "border" in the format information data,
If the setting is stored, the process proceeds to step S22, and the border creating unit 175 performs the border process on the corresponding portion of the character string overlapping the image arrangement area. The border creating unit 175 performs a fattening process on the character of the character string overlapping with the image arrangement area, and fills the outer edge portion of the character obtained by the fattening process with, for example, white, so that the bordering process is performed. Be executed. If the setting related to framing is not set as the appearance, step S
22 is skipped.

In step S23, the character string arranging unit 1
At 74, it is determined whether or not there is a character string to be arranged next. The character string arranging unit 174 searches the character string data loaded in step S12 for a character string other than the character strings arranged in the previous steps. If the next character string to be laid out is stored in the character string data, the process proceeds to step S24, and if not, the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.
Here, in the character string data dog.txt, the character string "Japanese dog" is followed by the next character string "hunting dog" separated by the delimiter code, so that the process proceeds to step S24.

Step S24 is a step of determining the next character string arrangement start point PTC at which the next character string is arranged.
In this determination, the next character string start point PTC can be obtained by subtracting the line spacing set in the appearance information data from the coordinate value of the lower left point of the arranged character string. FIG.
As a result, the main heading character string "Japanese dog" is arranged, and as a result, the coordinates PG1 of the lower left point of the character body in the font of the character "day" are obtained. Therefore, the next character string start point PTC1 can be obtained by subtracting the coordinate value on the Y axis of the coordinate PG1 from the “line spacing” 5Q stored in the appearance information data teisai.dat. Specifically, the coordinates PG of the lower left point of the character body in the font of the character “day”
1 is PG1 (x1, y1− (20Q), so 5Q between lines is subtracted from this, and the next character string start point PTC1 is PTC1.
1 (x1, y1-(20Q + 5Q)).

In step S25, the character string arranging unit 1
74 extracts the next character string from the character string data.

After step S25 is executed, the process returns to step S15, and steps S15 to S25
Is repeated, the character string stored in the character string data is arranged. In this example, the string data
The character string stored in dog.txt is the appearance information data tei
The appearance is given by the appearance information stored in sai.dat, and the appearance is repeatedly arranged in the character string arrangement area TE1. The character string “hunting dog” corresponding to the middle heading is the next character string starting position (= the upper left point of the character “hunting”) PTC1 (x1, y1−
(20Q + 5Q)) is a character string whose arrangement starts, and is arranged above the image area IM1 as a character string having a character size of 15Q, a Gothic font, and a line spacing of 3Q, and is further bordered. The character string "distribution" corresponding to the subheading is the starting point of the next character string (= character "minute" upper left point) PTC
2 (x1, y1− (20Q + 5Q + 15Q + 3Q)), as a character string having a character size of 12Q, a Gothic font, and a line spacing of 3Q, is also arranged above the image arrangement area IM1, and is also bordered. You. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which a large heading, a middle heading, and a small heading are arranged.

Subsequently, the process returns to step S15 to arrange the body character string "its characteristic", and the process proceeds to step S17 by the same processing until now. Here, the format information data teisai.dat contains format information on the text,
The setting of no duplication is set for the "duplicate" item. Therefore, the body character string “its characteristic” is stored in the image arrangement area IM1
Cannot be placed in an overlapping position. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S18, and a step of obtaining a non-overlapping character string start point PTD in the character string arrangement area other than the portion where the image arrangement area overlaps is executed. The character string arranging unit 174 determines the image arrangement area I
Get the coordinates of M1. The image placement area IM1 is rectangular, and the coordinates of the upper left point of the image placement area IM1 specified in FIG. 4 are (x5, y5), and the coordinates of the lower right point are (x6, y6). Since the non-overlapping character string start point PTD cannot exist inside these coordinate values, the non-overlapping character string start point PTD is determined at a position inside the character string arrangement area TE1 and outside the coordinate values. Become. Also, in this example, since the target character string is a body character string, the non-overlapping character string start point PTD must be obtained at a position below the main heading, middle heading, and subheading. Therefore, the text string "its characteristics"
Is located in the character string arrangement area TE1 below the y-coordinate values of the lower side coordinates (x6, y5) and (x6, y6) of the image arrangement area IM1. . Therefore, the coordinate value of the non-overlapping character string start point PTD is calculated based on the X-axis coordinate value x1 of the character string placement area TE1 and the image placement area IM.
1 is determined from the y-coordinate values of the lower side coordinates (x6, y5) and (x6, y6). The coordinate value of the non-overlapping character string starting point obtained by the character string arranging unit 174 is PTD (x1, y6), and the process proceeds to step S20, where the non-overlapping character string starting point PTD is set as a starting point, and the appearance is set. The body character string “its characteristic” to which is applied is arranged.

As a result of repeating the operations of steps S15 to S25, if it is determined in step S23 that there is no next character string to be arranged, the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

As described above, the character string arranging unit 174 stores the dog.tx
By repeatedly arranging the character strings stored in t, the typesetting device 1 can obtain the typesetting result shown in FIG.

As described above, the typesetting apparatus shown in FIG. 1 can obtain the following effects by performing the operations shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. When the character string arrangement unit 174 applies the appearance set in the appearance information to the character arrangement area TE and arranges the character strings stored in the character string data, when the image arrangement area IM and the character string overlap, Since the arrangement is performed by automatically determining the relationship between the arrangement area IM and the overlapping character string, the workability of the typesetting operation can be improved. Further, when the character string overlaps with the image arrangement area IM, the character string arrangement unit 174 arranges the character string arranged at the position overlapping with the image arrangement area at the upper position. Can be prevented from disappearing.

Further, when the character string overlaps with the image arrangement area IM, the character string arrangement unit 174 arranges the character string arranged at the position overlapping with the image arrangement area IM at a higher position, and
Since the border creation unit 175 borders the character string arranged above the image arrangement area IM, the readability of the character string can be maintained.

In addition, when it is not desired that the image arrangement area and the character string overlap, if the specified character string is set in the appearance information so as not to overlap the image arrangement area, the character string
4, the designated character string is arranged avoiding the image arrangement area IM, so that the workability of the typesetting work can be improved.

Further, since the relationship when the character string overlaps with the image arrangement area IM is set by the appearance information, the character string overlapping the image arrangement area can be automatically arranged. Can be increased. Also, by setting the appearance information for each character string, processing such as avoiding the image area of the character string, arranging the character string at a higher position, and framing the character string can be executed for each character string. Typesetting can be performed.

[Setting of Relationship Between Image Arrangement Area and Character String When Specifying Image Area] FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a typesetting apparatus as another example of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a typesetting device that sets a relationship between an image arrangement area and a character string when designated. This typesetting device 2 is a personal computer generally used, and includes a CPU 21, a display unit 22, an input unit 23,
It comprises a network I / F 24, a media drive 25, a storage unit 26, and a memory 27. CPU 21,
Since the display unit 22, the input unit 23, the network I / F 24, and the media drive 25 have the same functions as those of the typesetting apparatus 1 described with reference to FIG. 1, the description thereof will be omitted. The storage unit 26 stores the program read by the media drive 25. The storage unit 26 stores the character string data created by the character string creating unit 271, the format information data created by the character format information setting unit 272, the character string placement area data designated by the placement area designating unit 173, and the like. Image placement area data, image data to be placed in the image placement area, image placement area attribute data designated by the image placement area attribute designation unit 276, sentence image data placed in a character string by the sentence image placement unit 277, and The typesetting data created by the typesetting device 2 is also temporarily stored (described later).

The memory 27 is a work area for the CPU 21 to execute the program stored by the storage unit 26. As a result of the execution of the program by the CPU 21, the functions of the character string creation unit 271, the typographic information setting unit 272, the arrangement area designating unit 273, the character string arrangement unit 274, and the border creation unit 275 are realized in the memory 27. The character string creation unit 271 creates character string data used for typesetting processing. The created character string data is temporarily stored in the storage unit 16. Also, character string data created by another personal computer on a network (not shown) may be received via the network I / F 24, and the character string creating unit 271 may use the character string data as a character string to be used for typesetting processing. Good. The typographic information setting unit 272 creates typographic information data for applying a format to a character string when arranging the character string in the character string arranging area. Here, the appearance applied to the character string is the character size, character font,
Character spacing, line spacing, heading, middle heading, subheading, text, etc. The character string is arranged in the character string arrangement area based on the appearance information set by the appearance information setting unit 272. Typographic information setting unit 2 according to operator settings
The format information data created in 72 is temporarily stored in the storage unit 2.
6 is stored. The arrangement area designation unit 273 designates a character string arrangement area and an image arrangement area. The operator operates the display unit 22
The arrangement area designating unit 273 designates the figure created above as a character string arrangement area and an image arrangement area. In particular, when the operator designates the image arrangement area, the operator can designate the image arrangement area attribute. When the operator selects to specify the image placement area attribute, the placement area designation unit 27
3 is started. The image arrangement area attribute designation unit 276 creates image arrangement area attribute data by setting the overlapping relationship between the image arrangement area and the character string by the operator. The created image arrangement area attribute data is stored in the storage unit 26. The character string arranging unit 274 applies the appearance set by the appearance information data created by the appearance information setting unit 272 to the character string data created by the character string creation unit 271, and It is arranged in the character string arrangement area designated by the arrangement area designation section 273. If the placed character string overlaps with the image placement area, the character string placement unit 274 determines the relationship between the image placement area and the character string based on the image placement area attribute data created by the image placement area attribute designation unit 276. To place the string. Further, the character string arranging unit 274 includes a text image arranging unit 277. In-text image placement unit 277
When the character string to be arranged includes the in-text image data name, the storage unit 26 is searched and the corresponding in-text image data is loaded from the storage unit 26, and the in-text image data name in the character string is included. In accordance with the appearance information.
When the character string arranging unit 274 determines the relationship between the image arrangement area and the character string and arranges the character string at the top of the image area, the border creating unit 275 sets the image arrangement area attribute designation unit 2
If "bordering" is set for a character string in the setting of the image arrangement area attribute data created in step 76, the character string is bordered. Here, bordering refers to modifying the outer edge of a character constituting a character string with a color different from the character color.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the typesetting apparatus 2. In particular, FIG.
3 is a flowchart showing the operation in the case where the relationship between the image layout area and the character string is set in the image layout area attribute data created by the image layout area attribute specifying unit 276 for the image layout area specified in 3 It is.

In step S 101, the operator makes an input through the input unit 13, and the character string creating unit 271 creates character string data. FIG. 14 illustrates a character string creation unit 271.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a character string created in the step (a). The character string shown here is a form in which an input by the input unit 23 is displayed on the display unit 22. The created character string data is the same as the character string data shown in FIG. 3, but includes the in-text image data name to which the identification symbol “*” is added. It is different from column data. The sentence image data name to which the identification symbol “*” is added is not treated as a character string, and is arranged as sentence image data in a character string arrangement area by a sentence image arrangement unit 277 described later. When the character string data includes the in-text image data name, the arrangement position of the in-text image data is determined by the description position of the character string data. When the character string in which the text image data name is described is placed in the character string placement area, the text image data is also placed inside the placed character string. Alternatively, the arrangement of the in-text image data can be determined according to the position of the delimiter code that determines the arrangement of the character string, such as “large headline” or “body”. For example, when a delimiter code indicating a text is followed by a delimiter code to describe the textual image data name, the textual image data is arranged to be treated in the same manner as “text”. The character string data created in step S101 is temporarily stored in the storage unit 26 as a text file. Here, the text file name is newdog.txt
Is stored in the storage unit 26.

Returning to FIG. 13, in step S102,
This is a step of inputting image data used for typesetting processing. The image data input here is image data to be arranged in an image arrangement area specified later, or in-text image data. The image data can be input by downloading it from a server on a network (not shown) via the network I / F 14. Or,
The image data stored in the media disk 28 may be read from the media drive 25.
The image data input in step S2 is stored in the storage unit 26.

Step S103 is a step of designating a character string arrangement area. The operator performs the process of step S103 by operating the input unit 23 while watching the display on the display unit 22. FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing how a character string arrangement area is specified. What is displayed on the display unit 22 is a page BP on which a typesetting process is performed.
A character string arrangement area is specified on this page BP. In the procedure for specifying the character string arrangement area, the operator
"Character arrangement designation" is selected from the arrangement area designation menu M displayed in Step 2. Then, the operator enters the input unit 2
By operating No. 3, one point on the page BP is designated. With the specified point as the lower left point, the operator
When another point on P is designated, a rectangle TE3 is created with the designated point as the upper right point. Created rectangle TE3
Is designated as a character string placement area by the placement area designation unit 273. The operator performs another operation to create another rectangle. Since the created rectangle TE4 is also designated as a character string arrangement area, two character string arrangement areas TE3 and TE4 are designated on the page BP.

In step S104, the operator operates the input unit 23, and the typographic information setting unit 272 sets the typographic information data. FIG. 16A is a diagram for explaining the creation of the appearance information data by the character appearance information setting unit 272. The typographic information setting unit 272 includes a display unit 2
2 displays the appearance information setting screen MFN. The appearance information setting screen MFN includes the appearance information setting screen M shown in FIG.
F is almost the same as F, but differs from the appearance information setting screen MF in that there are no “overlap” and “border” items related to the processing at the time of overlap with the image area, and that an “image” column is added. I have. The operator operates the input unit 13 in the same manner as described with reference to FIG.
By inputting to N, the appearance information is set. Further, the operator also makes an input in the “image” column.
The information to be input in the “image” column is “size specification”. “Size specification” is an item for setting the layout size of the text image data when arranging the text image data in the character string layout area.
And "character string match" can be selected. If the operator selects the original size in the "size designation" of the "image" column, the in-text image data is arranged in the character string arrangement area in the original size of the in-text image data.
If "size specification" is selected for the size specification, the image data in the text is enlarged / reduced to the size desired by the operator,
Sentence image data is arranged in the character string arrangement area. If the character string match is selected in “size specification”, the arrangement size of the text image data is determined based on the position of the text image data name in the character string data. For example, if the text image data name is separated by a delimiter code after the character string corresponding to the headline, the text image data is arranged in the same size as the character size of the headline. Alternatively, if the text data name in the text is described in the text string, the text image data is arranged in the same size as the text size of the text. FIG. 16B is a diagram showing a data configuration of the created appearance information data. The created appearance information data is temporarily stored in the storage unit 26. Here, the data name newteisai.dat is given and stored in the storage unit 26.

Step S105 is a step of laying out the page BP. Specifically, the character string that has been formatted according to the setting of the format information data created in step S104 is the character string layout specified in step S103. This is a step of pouring the image into the area and arranging the image input in step S2 at a predetermined position on the page BP. Step S105 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 17 for explaining the layout operation.

The processes from step S1701 to step S1705 in FIG. 17 are the same as the processes from step S12 to step S15 described with reference to FIG.

In step S1706, the character string arranging unit 27
No. 4 is a step of determining whether or not the text image data name is included in the character string. Character string arrangement unit 274
Does not regard a character string in which an identification symbol "*" is attached to the character string data as a character string, and performs processing subsequent to step S1707 as in-sentence image data. If the image data in the sentence is not found, the process moves to step S1708. In addition, as a method of searching for text image data, a method in which a character string with an extension is regarded as a text image data name may be used.

In step S1707, the character string arranging unit 27
This is a step of arranging the in-sentence image data found in step 4 in the character string arrangement area. When the character string arranging unit 274 finds a text image data name, the character string arranging unit 274 activates the provided sentence image arranging unit 277. The sentence image arrangement unit 277 reads out the sentence image data corresponding to the found sentence image data name from the storage unit 26. Storage unit 2
The in-text image data read from 6 is placed in the character string placement area by the in-text image placement unit 277. In this case, the arrangement position and appearance are determined by the description position of the image data name in the text in the character string data and the setting relating to “image” in the appearance information data newteisai.dat.

Steps S1708 to S171
The processes up to 2 are the same as the processes from step S23 to step S27 described with reference to FIG.

Step S1714 is a step for arranging images. This step is described in FIG.
Will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the steps for arranging images. First, in step S1801, an image arrangement area is specified. FIG. 19 is a diagram for explaining a state in which an image arrangement area is specified on the page BP.
The operator operates the input unit 23 from the arrangement area designation menu M displayed on the display unit 22 to select “image arrangement”.
Select Thereafter, the operator operates the input unit 23 to move the pointer PO, thereby designating an image arrangement area on the page BP. In FIG. 19, the image placement areas IM10 and IM1 are displayed on the page BP by the operation of the operator.
1, the state where IM12 is designated. As shown in the figure, the image arrangement area IM10 is specified so as to overlap the character string arrangement area TE3, IM11 is specified so as to overlap the character string arrangement areas TE3 and TE4, and IM12 is specified. Character string arrangement area TE4
Is specified to be duplicated. At this point, only the rectangular frame of the image arrangement area IM is displayed on the display unit 12.

In step S1802, the operator sets an image placement area attribute for the image placement area. The operator operates the input unit 23 to display the pointer PO on the image arrangement area IM specified in step S1801. When the pointer PO is displayed on the image arrangement area IM, the operator operates the input unit 23 to call the image arrangement area attribute menu MG. When the operator calls the image arrangement area attribute menu MG, the image arrangement area attribute designation unit 276 provided in the arrangement area designation unit 273
Starts. The operator operates the input unit 23 to designate a desired attribute from the image arrangement area attribute menu MG, and the image arrangement area attribute designation unit 276 designates the image arrangement area attribute. FIG. 20 (a)
Is a diagram for explaining a state in which the pointer PO is displayed on the image arrangement area IM10 and the image arrangement area attribute menu MG is called. In the displayed image arrangement area attribute menu MG, two commands “overlap” and “border” are displayed. The “duplicate” command is for determining the relationship when the image arrangement area and the character string overlap. When the operator operates the input unit 23 and selects the “duplicate” command in the image arrangement area attribute menu MG, the image arrangement area attribute specification unit 276 prompts the user to select a character string that may overlap. The MGS is displayed on the display unit 22. In the submenu MGS, items of “large heading”, “medium heading”, “subheading”, “body”, and “image” are displayed in order to prompt selection of a character string that can be duplicated. The operator operates the input unit 23 to select a character string that may overlap the image arrangement area from these items. Here, it is assumed that the operator has selected the item “body”. When the operator selects the item of "text", a check mark indicated by "" is displayed as a selected mark on the submenu MGS.
The “border” command is used to determine whether or not to perform a border process on a character string when the image arrangement area and the character string overlap. If the readability of the character string arranged at the top of the image decreases when the image arrangement area and the character string overlap, it is better to input the “border” command. If no attribute is set in the image placement area, the image placement area attribute specifying unit 276 determines the image placement area attribute assuming that the image placement area and the character string do not overlap. FIG. 20B illustrates this step S1801.
Image placement areas IM10, IM designated through the process
Image placement area attribute data I for each of M11 and IM12
It is a block diagram of MA. These image arrangement area attribute data I
The MA is stored in the storage unit 26.

Returning to FIG. 18, step S1803 is
This is a step of determining whether or not the image arrangement area designated in step S1801 and the character string overlap. The character string arranging unit 274 determines whether the image arrangement area and the character string overlap by determining whether a character string that has already been arranged exists in the image arrangement area IM specified in step S1801. can do. If the image arrangement area IM and the character string do not overlap, the flow shifts to step S1810.
If the character string arrangement unit 274 determines that the image arrangement area IM and the character string overlap, step S1804
Move to.

In step S1804, step S18
This is a step of determining whether or not the image arrangement area and the character string can be overlapped based on the image arrangement area attribute designated by 02. The character string arranging unit 274 can determine whether the image arrangement area and the character string can overlap with each other, based on the image arrangement area attribute data IMA set in step S1802. The image arrangement area attribute data IMA includes
Since the possibility of duplication for each item of “major heading”, “medium heading”, “subheading”, “body text”, and “image” is stored, the character string arranging unit 274 determines whether or not each character string type has an image arranging area. It is determined whether duplication is possible. Here, if the image arrangement area and the character string cannot be overlapped, step S
Move to 1809.

In step S1805, the character string arranging unit 27
4 is a step of setting the character string arrangement position to be higher than the image arrangement area. Here, “the character arrangement position is set to be higher than the image arrangement area” means that, when the image arrangement area and the character string are overlapped and displayed, an image of a portion overlapping with the character string is not displayed. equal. If it is determined in step S1804 that the image placement area and the character string may overlap, the character string placement unit 274 determines whether the character is placed above the image placed in the image placement area regardless of the image or the character string. Arrange columns.

Step S1806 is a step for judging whether or not a border setting is specified in the image arrangement area attribute data. Here, if the setting of “bordering” is specified in the “bordering” item in the image placement area attribute data, the process proceeds to step S1807, and the border creation unit 275 determines whether a character overlapping the image placement area is present. A border process is performed on the corresponding part of the row. Border making unit 27
5 performs a fattening process on the character of the character string overlapping the image arrangement area, and fills the outer edge portion of the character obtained by the fattening process with, for example, white,
A border process is performed. If the specification relating to the border is not set in the image arrangement area attribute data, step S
1807 is skipped.

Step S1808 is equivalent to step S180
This is a step of determining whether or not all the overlapping processing with the character string in the image arrangement area designated in step 1 has been completed.
If the character string arranging unit 274 determines that the relationship between all the image arranging areas designated in step S1801 and the character strings has been processed, the process advances to step S1811. If all the relationships between the image arrangement area and the character string have not been processed, the process returns to step S1803, and the steps up to this point are repeated.

In step S1804, the character string arranging unit 27
4 determines that the image arrangement area and the character string cannot be overlapped based on the image arrangement area attribute data, the process proceeds to step S1809.

Step S1809 is a step of changing the character string arrangement position when the image arrangement area and the character string overlap. The character string arrangement unit 274 determines in step S180
If it is determined in step 4 that the image arrangement area and the character string cannot overlap, the arrangement position of the character string is changed so that the image arrangement area and the character string do not overlap. In order to explain this, an explanation will be given using a flowchart shown in FIG. The flowchart of FIG. 21 is a flowchart for explaining a process of changing the position of the character string arrangement start point. In step S1901, the character string arrangement unit 274 determines whether to change the position of the character string arrangement start point. For example, if the image arrangement area and the beginning of the line of the character string overlap, the character string arrangement start point must be changed. If the image area and the end of the line of the character string overlap, the character string arrangement start point Need not be changed. Therefore, the character string arrangement unit 274 compares the upper left point coordinates of the image arrangement area with the upper left point coordinates of the character string arrangement area, and changes the position of the character string arrangement start point according to the distance between the coordinates. It is determined whether or not to do so. The margin for the determination can be obtained, for example, from the length of the character string and the width of the image arrangement area. If the character string arrangement start point of the arranged character string is located within the coordinates of the image arrangement area, the flow shifts to step S1902 without waiting for the determination in step S1901.

In step S1902, the character string arrangement area TE
And the width of the image arrangement area IM are calculated, and the remaining width A is calculated.
This is a step of determining whether a character string can be arranged in L. According to the appearance information set in step S104,
Since each character constituting the character string is given a character size, the length TL of the character string can be obtained by adding the character size of each character. Further, the character string arrangement unit 274 subtracts the width of the image arrangement area IM from the width of the character string arrangement area TE. Specifically, the image arrangement area IM
The value obtained by subtracting the x coordinate value of the upper left point coordinate of the character string arrangement area TE from the x coordinate value of the upper right point coordinate of
Then, the remaining width AL is compared with the length TL of the character string. If the remaining width AL is longer than the string length TL,
Proceeding to step S1904, the character string arrangement start point PT
Without changing the y-coordinate value of step (a), the process proceeds to the step of changing the position of the character string arrangement start point PT. FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a state where the position of the character string arrangement start point PT must be changed in the character string arrangement area TE3 shown in FIG. As shown, the image arrangement area IM10 is specified near the upper left point of the character string arrangement area TE3. This image arrangement area IM10 is the image arrangement area attribute data IMA.
Since the setting is made such that the character string other than the “body” character string cannot be duplicated as 10, the position of the character string “Japanese dog” that is the “large headline” character string must be moved. Therefore, the position of the character string arrangement start point PT is changed to change the arrangement of the character string “Japanese dog”.

As a result of the comparison in step S1902, if the length TL of the character string is longer than the remaining width AL, the flow shifts to step S1903, where the same processing as in step S18 is performed, and the text is displayed below the image arrangement area IM. The column arrangement start point PT is moved.

Step S1904 determines whether the image placement area IM
Is the step of setting the x coordinate value of the upper right point coordinate of the character string as the x coordinate value of the character string arrangement start point PT. Referring again to FIG.
The coordinates of the character string arrangement start point PT of the large headline character string “Japanese dog” are determined by the upper left point coordinate PTE3 (P
1x, P1y). As a result of the determination in step S1902, since the y-coordinate value of the character string arrangement start point PT is not changed, the character string arrangement unit 274 sets the character string arrangement start point PT
Only the x coordinate value of is changed. Based on the x coordinate value of the upper right point coordinate value of the image arrangement area IM10, the character string "Japanese dog" does not overlap with the image arrangement area IM10. Therefore, the character string arrangement unit 274 changes the coordinate value of the character string arrangement start point PT to PT (IMx1, P1y). By changing the position of the character string arrangement start point PT, the character string “Japanese dog” is rearranged without overlapping the image arrangement area IM10. Here, the remaining width A
If the length TL of the character string is longer than L, the image arrangement area I
Although the process of moving the character string arrangement start point PT to the lower part of M has been described, the character string arrangement start point PT is determined first by the process of step 1904, and the character whose arrangement is started from the character string arrangement start point PT is started. When a column reaches the end of the character string placement area, wrap processing is performed,
A character string may be arranged.

Returning to FIG. 18, in step S1810, the character string arranging unit 274 changes the character string arranging start point and based on the image area attribute data indicating that it is impossible to overlap the image arranging area with the character string. , Rearrange the character strings. In step S1809, with respect to the character string whose character string arrangement start point has been changed, the character string
Rearrange the character string from the changed character string arrangement start point.
If an image arrangement area where character strings cannot be arranged is specified at the end of the line, the character string arrangement unit 274 performs a character string wrapping process based on the coordinates of the image arrangement area and overlaps the image arrangement area with the character string. Don't do it. As a result, if a change occurs in the character string arrangement start point of the next character string, the character string arrangement unit 27
No. 4 rearranges the next character string from the changed character string arrangement start point, and waits for the determination in step S1808.

If the relationship between all the image arrangement areas and the character strings is determined in step S1808, in step S1811, the image is arranged in the image arrangement area IM by the same method as step S11 in FIG. 13
And the process is terminated. When the typesetting device 2 executes such an operation, a typesetting result as shown in FIG. 23 can be obtained.

As described above, the typesetting device shown in FIG.
By performing the operations shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 13, 17, 18, and 21, the following effects can be obtained. When the character string arranging unit 274 performs the appearance set in the appearance information data on the character string arranging area TE and arranges the character string, when the character string overlaps with the image arranging area IM, the character overlapping the image arranging area IM Since the arrangement of the columns is automatically determined and arranged, the workability of the typesetting work can be improved. Further, when the character string overlaps with the image arrangement area IM, the character string arrangement unit 274 arranges the character string arranged at the position overlapping with the image arrangement area at the top, so that the character string overlapping with the image arrangement area IM can be seen. Can be prevented from disappearing.

Further, when the character string overlaps with the image arrangement area IM, the character string arrangement unit 274 arranges the character string arranged at the position overlapping with the image arrangement area at the top, and the border creation unit 275 sets the image arrangement area. Since the character string arranged above the area IM is bordered, the readability of the character string can be maintained.

In addition, when it is not desired that the character string overlaps with the image arrangement area IM, the image arrangement area attribute specifying unit 276 specifies the image arrangement area attribute data so that the specified image arrangement area does not overlap with the character string. Accordingly, the character string arranging unit 274 arranges the designated character string avoiding the image arrangement area, so that the workability of the typesetting work can be improved.

Since the relationship when the character string overlaps with the image arrangement area IM is specified by the image arrangement area attribute data,
Character strings overlapping with the image arrangement area can be automatically arranged, and the workability of the typesetting work can be improved. In addition, by setting the image area attribute for each image arrangement area, it is possible to perform processing such as avoiding the image arrangement area of the character string, arranging the character string at a higher position, and bordering the character string for each character string. It is possible to perform highly typesetting processing.

Further, when the character string arranging section 274 arranges a character string in the character string arranging area by applying the appearance set in the appearance information data, if the character string includes the in-sentence image data name, the in-sentence image The arranging unit 277 searches the in-text image data from the storage unit 26 based on the in-text image data name, and arranges the in-text image data in the character string. At that time, when the image arrangement area and the character string overlap, the relation between the image arrangement area and the character string is determined and the character string is arranged. Therefore, the text image data in the character string is also determined and arranged with the image area. Therefore, the workability of the typesetting work can be improved.

The typesetting devices 1 and 2 can operate in the same manner in vertical writing.

Further, the relationship between the image arrangement area and the character string may be set in the character string arrangement area.

[Modification] In the embodiment, the description has been made such that the appearance information is set first and the character strings are arranged. However, the appearance information may be set after the arrangement of the character strings.
Further, the character string arrangement area overlapping the image arrangement area may be deleted so that the character string is not arranged in the image arrangement area. Further, the operations of the typesetting apparatuses 1 and 2 may be mixed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation process of the typesetting apparatus 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining character string data.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for describing a case where a character string arrangement area TE and an image arrangement area IM are specified on the display unit 12.

FIG. 5 is a data configuration diagram of a character string arrangement area TE and an image arrangement area IM.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the setting of appearance information.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an operation when arranging a character string based on a relationship between an image arrangement area and a character string.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an operation when character string data is arranged in a character string arrangement area and an operation for specifying appearance information data.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for describing a state when an image arrangement area and a character string overlap.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which a character string is arranged in an upper position of an image arrangement area.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a state where a character string is arranged in a character string arrangement area and an image is arranged in an image arrangement area.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a typesetting device 2 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the typesetting device 2.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing character string data.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram when a character string arrangement area displayed on the display unit 22 is designated.

FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining the setting of appearance information.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining an operation when arranging a character string based on a relationship between an image arrangement area and a character string.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of rearranging a character string when an image arrangement area is designated after character string arrangement.

FIG. 19 is a diagram for explaining a state when an image arrangement area is designated after character string arrangement.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an operation of designating an image arrangement area attribute for an image arrangement area.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart for explaining an operation in a case where it is specified in the typesetting device 2 that character strings cannot be overlapped in the image arrangement area.

FIG. 22 is a diagram for explaining an operation of rearranging a character string when an image arrangement area is specified after character string arrangement.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a state where a character string is arranged in a character string arrangement area and an image is arranged in an image arrangement area.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2 typesetting device 11, 21 CPU 12, 22 display unit 13, 23 input unit 14, 24 external network I / F 15, 25 media drive 16, 26 storage unit 17, 27 memory 18, 28 media disk 171, 271 characters Column creation section 172, 272 Format information setting section 173, 273 Arrangement area designation section 174, 274 Character string arrangement section 175, 275 Border creation section 276 Image arrangement area attribute designation section 277 In-text image arrangement section BP page IM image arrangement area M arrangement Area designation menu MF appearance information setting screen MFN appearance information setting screen MG Image arrangement area attribute menu MGS submenu MT appearance information designation menu MO Character arrangement menu TE Character arrangement area PO pointer PT Character arrangement start point PTD Non-overlapping character string Starting point dog.txt, newdog.t xt Character string data teisai.dat, newteisai.dat Format information data IMA10, IMA11, IMA12 Image placement area attribute data

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A typesetting device for laying out a character string and an image and electronically setting the type of the character string, wherein an appearance of the character string is set and a process is performed when the character string and the image overlap. Format information setting means for setting format information including processing conditions, character string layout area specifying means for specifying a character string layout area for laying out the character string, and designating an image layout area for laying out an image Image arrangement area designating means, and character string arrangement means for arranging the character string in the designated character string arrangement area based on the appearance information, wherein the character string arrangement means When arranging at a position overlapping with the image arrangement area, it is determined whether to arrange the image arrangement area at a higher level or to avoid the image arrangement area based on the overlap processing condition included in the appearance information. do it, Placing the serial string, typesetting apparatus according to claim. 2. A typesetting apparatus for laying out a character string and an image to electronically typeset, comprising: a format information setting unit for setting format information for the character string; and a character for arranging the character string. Character string arrangement area designating means for designating a string arrangement area; character string arrangement means for arranging the character string in the designated character string arrangement area based on the appearance information;
An image arrangement area designating unit for designating an image arrangement area for arranging an image, and an image arrangement setting image area attribute information including an overlap processing condition in which a processing when the character string overlaps the image arrangement area is set. And a character string arranging means, wherein the character string arranging means, based on the overlap processing condition included in the image arrangement area attribute information, when the image arrangement area is arranged at a position overlapping the character string. And determining whether the character string is to be positioned above the image layout area or to avoid the image layout area, and rearranging the character string. 3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a bordering means for bordering a character of the character string when the character string is arranged above the image arrangement area.
Typesetting equipment. 4. An image data storage means for storing image data such as a picture or a line drawing with an image data name attached thereto, wherein the character string includes an image data name indicating the image data. Searching the image data from the image data storage unit based on the image data name included in the character string, and setting the image data arrangement unit in the sentence to arrange the image data in the character string arrangement area based on the appearance information using a character string 4. The typesetting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an arrangement unit. 5. A typesetting method for electronically formatting a character string by laying out a character string and an image, wherein a format for the character string and a process for setting a process when the character string and the image overlap are set. A format information setting step of setting format information including processing conditions, a character string layout area designating step of designating a character string layout area for laying out the character string, and designating an image layout area for laying out an image And a character string arranging step of arranging the character string in the designated character string arranging area based on the appearance information, wherein the character string overlaps the image arranging area. When arranging at the position, based on the overlap processing condition included in the format information, it is determined whether to arrange at a higher position of the image arrangement area or to avoid the image arrangement area, and to determine the character string. Deploy, Typesetting and wherein the door. 6. A typesetting method for electronically setting a character string and an image by laying out a character string and an image, the method comprising: setting a format information for the character string; and setting a character for arranging the character string. A character string arrangement area specifying step of specifying a line arrangement area, and a character string arrangement step of arranging the character string in the specified character string arrangement area based on the appearance information;
An image arrangement area specifying step of specifying an image arrangement area for arranging an image, and an image arrangement setting of image area attribute information including an overlap processing condition in which a processing when the character string overlaps the image arrangement area is set. Area attribute setting step, and when the image arrangement area is arranged at a position overlapping with the character string, the image arrangement area is set based on the overlap processing condition included in the image arrangement area attribute information. A typesetting device, wherein it is determined whether to arrange the character string at a higher position or to avoid the image arrangement area, and to rearrange the character string. 7. A recording medium on which a program for realizing the invention according to claim 5 by a computer is recorded. 8. A recording medium recording a program for realizing the invention according to claim 6 on a computer.