JP2001358930A - Edit method and device, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an edit method and device that can optimize e.g. a slot number according to prescribed rules at all times even when the edit operation is conducted so as to reduce a slot number setting time and decrease a calculation amount for the assignment of the slot number even when number of slots on a page is much increased in the case of e.g. automatically keeping the assignment of the slot number in real time. SOLUTION: The edit device of this invention is provided with an operation detection means 201 that detects an operating state of the edit device, an area information acquisition means 204 that acquires area information, an area comparison means 202 that compares the area information with area information obtained by the operation detection means 201 according to prescribed rules, an area data arrangement means 203 that arranges area data on the basis of a comparison result of the area comparison means 202, and an area number setting means 205 that sets the area number. The edit device keeps the assignment of the area numbers set by the area number setting means 205 according to prescribed rules all the time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a technique for producing a template (template) designed for laying out a plurality of photographs, for example, in the field of photo print service. The present invention relates to an editing method and a device for adding a number or a regular symbol for identifying a photo display area in which a photo is arranged, and a storage medium storing a control program for controlling the editing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, with the digitization of the photographic field, a service for creating a single print by embedding a plurality of digital data in a template is being provided.

The template used at this time is composed of an image slot for arranging a background image and an input image and a character slot for arranging a character string.

Normally, there are a plurality of these slots, and in order to smoothly accept orders in the photo service, these slots are assigned identification numbers such as No. 1 and No. 2 respectively, and the slot numbers and the image files and the like are assigned. We accept orders such as specifying a character string.

[0005] The operation of adding a number for identifying a slot is performed when a template is created. Conventionally, when adding a number manually or generating a slot one by one, Numbers were added in the order of their generation.

However, when the slot is moved, deleted, or resized at the time of editing, the number may need to be allocated. In the case of manual operation, the number may be incorrectly allocated. Sometimes it happened.

The order of slot numbering is generally
The one at the top left is the lowest numbered, and then the higher the number in the right direction,
In addition, as you go down, assign a large number
It is natural that the one at the bottom right becomes the largest number or the number is given in the order of the size of the slot.

[0008]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, since the assignment and reassignment of slot numbers are required, a lot of work is required, and a large number of slots exist on the template. If you do
There was a problem that much time was required for the work.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and a first object of the present invention is to provide, for example, a method in which an editing operation is performed.
It is possible to always keep the slot number optimal according to a certain rule and shorten the slot number setting time, for example,
An object of the present invention is to provide an editing method and apparatus capable of reducing the calculation amount of slot number allocation even when the number of slots on a page becomes large when automatically holding the slot number allocation in real time.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium storing a control program for controlling the above-described editing apparatus of the present invention.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an editing method comprising one or a plurality of pages, and arranging one or a plurality of data on each page. An editing method for editing by an editing device having a function of adding a predetermined item to an area for arranging the data of a data structure having an area for performing an operation state detecting step of detecting an operation state of the editing apparatus; A region information obtaining step of obtaining region information, a region information comparing step of comparing the region information according to a predetermined rule based on the region information obtained by the region information obtaining step, and a comparison result of the region information comparing step. Area data alignment step of aligning the area data based on the predetermined items, a predetermined item setting step of setting the predetermined items, and setting by the predetermined item setting step And having always a predetermined matters holding step of holding, as assigned by the predetermined rule predetermined items that.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an editing method according to the first aspect, wherein the predetermined item is an area number.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the editing method according to the first aspect, wherein the predetermined item is a regular symbol. I do.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an editing method according to the first aspect, wherein the motion detecting step is based on a movement vector of an input cursor. Features.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the editing method of the first aspect, the area information comparing step compares the position information of the areas. It is characterized by.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an editing method according to the first aspect, further comprising a rule selecting step of selecting the predetermined rule from a plurality of rules. The area information comparing step is characterized in that the area information is compared in accordance with a rule selected in the rule selecting step.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an editing apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pages each including one or more data; and arranging one or a plurality of data on each page. In an editing apparatus having a function of adding a predetermined item to an area for arranging the data having a data structure having an operation state, an operation state detection unit that detects an operation state of the editing apparatus, and an area information acquisition unit that acquires area information Area information comparing means for comparing the area information according to a predetermined rule based on the area information obtained by the area information obtaining means; and area data for aligning the area data based on the comparison result of the area information comparing means. Alignment means, predetermined item setting means for setting predetermined items,
And a predetermined item holding means for holding the predetermined items set by the predetermined item setting means so as to be always assigned according to a predetermined rule.

[0018] In order to achieve the first object, an editing apparatus according to claim 8 is the editing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined item is an area number.

In order to achieve the first object, an editing apparatus according to a ninth aspect of the present invention is the editing apparatus according to the seventh aspect, wherein the predetermined items are regular symbols. I do.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an editing apparatus according to the seventh aspect, wherein the motion detecting means is based on a movement vector of an input cursor. Features.

[0021] In order to achieve the first object, an editing apparatus according to claim 11 is the editing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the area information comparing means compares the position information of the areas. It is characterized by.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an editing apparatus according to the twelfth aspect, wherein the rule selection means selects the predetermined rule from a plurality of rules. Wherein the area information comparing means compares the area information according to a rule selected by the rule selecting means.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium comprising a single or a plurality of pages, and an area for arranging a single or a plurality of data on each page. A storage medium storing a control program for controlling an editing device having a function of adding a predetermined item to an area for arranging the data in a data structure having a data structure, wherein the control program operates the editing device. An operation state detection module that detects a state, an area information acquisition module that acquires area information, and an area information comparison module that compares the area information according to a predetermined rule based on the area information obtained by the area information acquisition module. Area data alignment module for aligning area data based on the comparison result of the area information comparison module , And having a predetermined items setting module that sets a predetermined item, and predetermined items holding module that holds a predetermined items set by the predetermined items set module to always assigned by a predetermined rule.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 14 is the storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the predetermined item is an area number.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 15 is the storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the predetermined items are regular symbols. I do.

In order to achieve the second object, a storage medium according to claim 16 is the storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the motion detection module is based on a movement vector of an input cursor. Features.

In order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 17 is the storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the area information comparison module compares the position information of the areas. It is characterized by.

Further, in order to achieve the second object, the storage medium according to claim 18 is the storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the control program selects the predetermined rule from a plurality of rules. A rule selection module to
The area information comparison module compares the area information according to a rule selected by the rule selection module.

[0029]

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

(First Embodiment) First, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

This embodiment is a template creation tool, and has a function of automatically numbering from the upper left corner of a virtual page when setting an image slot for associating an image on a virtual page. In this function, the slot arrangement order is recalculated in real time according to editing operations such as slot modification, that is, moving, resizing, deleting, adding, etc. of slots, and numbers are always assigned from the upper left, the largest number is assigned The state shown in FIG. 9 attached to the lower right is maintained.

The template created by this tool is printed out, and the shop uses this print as a catalog, shows it to the customer, and takes an order. On the other hand, the template data is stored as layout application data, and when ordering, the customer specifies a template from a plurality of template catalogs, and specifies a slot number on the catalog and a file name of an image to be arranged. . In accordance with the order, the store specifies the image file specified in the specified template data and prints out the image.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the editing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes an image input device, which includes, for example, a film scanner or a digital camera, and inputs a background image used for a template. Reference numeral 102 denotes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that controls various devices and executes programs to be described later. Reference numeral 103 denotes a processing unit, which is a hardware device dedicated to a specific process in order to support a part of a process to be executed by the CPU 102. A random access memory (RAM) 104 is used as a work area for the CPU 102 to perform processing or used to temporarily save data.

105 is a ROM (Read Only Memory)
Stores a control program of the CPU 102 and the like.
Reference numeral 106 denotes an external storage device that stores a background image input from the image input device 101, and stores a created template and the like. An input device 107 such as a keyboard or a mouse is used by an operator to input various instruction information. Reference numeral 108 denotes a display device such as a liquid crystal display, which displays a layout result or the like of an image input from the image input device 101. A printing device 109 prints out the created template data as a catalog.

The above configuration can be realized not only by dedicated hardware but also by using a general-purpose personal computer or the like.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the editing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In the figure, 1
07 is an input device, 108 is a display device, 109 is a printing device, 201 is operation detection means, 202 is area comparison means,
Reference numeral 203 denotes an area data sorting unit, 204 denotes an area information obtaining unit, and 205 denotes an area number setting unit.

The editing operation input from the input device 107 is detected by the operation detecting means 201, and the area comparing means 202 compares the slot information based on the detection result and the information obtained by the area information obtaining means 204. Is determined, and a comparison process is performed. According to the result of the comparison, the area data sorting means 203 sorts the area data, and the area number setting means 205 resets the area numbers.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen display example of the template creation tool. In the figure, reference numeral 301 denotes a slot number, which is a number for identifying a slot. When performing a service, an image is designated according to the slot number 301. For example, slot number 1: img00
1. jpg etc. In the present embodiment, slot number 3
01 starts from No. 1. An editing area 302 displays one page in the editing area 302 and performs various editing operations. An image slot 303 can associate an image file. When performing the service, the image associated in the image slot 303 is displayed in the specified format.

Reference numeral 304 denotes a cursor, which is operated by the input device 107 to perform movement and various selection operations. A tool palette 305 holds various tool buttons 306 to 309 and 311 to 314 described later for editing.

Reference numeral 306 denotes an image slot generation button. When an image slot for associating images is to be created on a page, this button 306 is selected and the input device 107 is selected.
Use to select a part of the area on the page and create an image slot. Reference numeral 307 denotes a character slot generation button. When a character slot is to be created on the page, the user selects this button 307, selects a part of the area in the page with the input device 107, and creates a character slot. A slot delete button 308 is used to delete a slot.
And select the slot you want to delete.
Delete a slot. By selecting all pages, all pages can be deleted. 30
Reference numeral 9 denotes a slot correction button. When the user wants to change the position or size of the slot, the user selects this button 309,
When the input device 107 moves the cursor 304 to the inside of the slot to be corrected and drags, the slot can be moved. When the cursor 304 is moved to the end of the slot to be corrected and dragged, the slot can be resized.

A page 310 represents one page of the print. Reference numeral 311 denotes a print button. When the user wants to print and output, the user selects the button 311 and can print out the created template together with the slot number 301 by the printing apparatus 109. 312 is a background button,
By selecting this button 312, a background image can be set. Reference numeral 313 denotes a save button. By selecting this button 313, the template data being edited can be saved. Reference numeral 314 denotes a new button. By selecting this button 314, a new template can be created or a new page can be added. A background image 315 is selected by selecting the background button 312, and the image selected as the background is displayed on the display device 108.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the slot data and the structure of the slot data array. In the figure, reference numeral 401 denotes slot array data, which manages a plurality of slot data by a pointer array. Reference numeral 402 denotes a pointer to each slot data.
1 are arranged in the array data. The order of this arrangement indicates slot numbers.

Reference numeral 403 denotes slot data. A specific example of the data content and data structure of the slot data 403 will be described below.

The slot data 403 has a path 404, a format 405, a slot area 406, and a slot attribute 407. The path 404 is the path of the image file associated with the slot. For example, "D:
¥ img003. The format 405 indicates the display format of the image.
For example, data such as “center” that is arranged so that the center of the image is the center of the slot is stored. The slot area 406 indicates a slot display area. For example,
Upper left coordinates (120, 100), lower right coordinates (200, 30)
0) is stored. The slot attribute 407 indicates the attribute of the slot. For example, identification data such as image slot: 1 and character slot: 2 are stored.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 408 denotes a background image path of the template, and 409 denotes a background display position, which is a display position of the background image.

Next, a general template creation procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S501, the new button 31
Select 4 to create a page. Next, step S5
02, the background button 312 is selected, and the step S5
In step 01, the user inputs and sets the background image of the page created. In this case, the background of the page is read in advance by the image input device 101 and set in the background image path 409 in the template data.

In this state, a template having only a background image is displayed on the tool screen.

Next, a slot is created in step S503. For this, first, an image slot creation button 306 is selected, and creation of a slot is started. Move the cursor 304 over the page 310 in the editing area 302 and move to page 3
In 10, the creation of a slot is started by clicking the mouse. When the area of the slot is determined by dragging the mouse, a new slot is created, and the position of the slot 403 is set in the slot area 406. After that, each data in the slot array is compared with the upper left coordinate data of the new slot data, and the data is sorted.

In sorting data, in the case of the present embodiment, attention is paid to the upper left coordinates of each slot, and the upper left number is always minimized. increase. Next, the y coordinate is increased and the same ordering is performed. Conceptually, each element is compared with a new element such that the slot numbers are arranged as shown in FIG. In the coordinate system, the origin (0,
It is assumed that the x-coordinate is taken in the right direction and the y-coordinate is taken down.

Thereafter, the result and the display are updated.

As a result, the order of the slot numbers on the page is as follows:
Slots are aligned at the upper left minimum and the lower right maximum.
The slot arrangement data 401 is in the order of the slot number. Since the slot array starts at index 0, the number is displayed in the slot number 301. Array NO (array number) + 1 = slot number.

As a specific example, one page contains an image slot 4
FIG. 10 shows the page display and slot arrangement when one is arranged.
Shown in

Next, the slot is edited in step S504. This editing operation may include moving, adding, deleting, resizing, adding a page, deleting, and the like.

Since the page editing is not directly related to the gist of the present invention, the description is omitted.

Further, the addition operation is the same as the above-described slot creation, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the delete operation, the elements of the slot array are deleted, and the slot numbers are newly assigned.

For the moving operation, four slots are shown in FIG.
The operation of dragging the slot C located at the bottom of the page and moving the slot C upward when it exists as shown at 0 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the slots are changed from the state shown in FIG.
A slot correction button 309 is selected to start the slot correction. In step S601, a mouse operation is performed. That is, the user moves the mouse cursor into the slot C (FIG. 10), presses the left mouse button, and drags the mouse.
Start moving. Next, it is determined in step S602 whether or not a moving operation has been performed. If it is determined that the moving operation has been performed, step S60 is performed.
In step 3, the position is calculated (detected). Next, step S60
In step 4, a movement vector is calculated from the current position data detected in step S603 and the previous position data.

Here, the current position data is represented by (Xt, Y
t) Assuming that the previous position data is (Xt-1, Yt-1), the movement vector VT can be expressed by the following equation (1). VT = (Xt-Xt-1, Yt-Yt-1) (1) Next, in step S605, this vector is evaluated to determine the direction in which the arrays are compared. In the comparison direction of this arrangement, the slot numbers must always be arranged so that the upper left corner is the minimum, so the slot numbers are conceptually arranged as shown in FIG.

Therefore, when the vector is directed upward or leftward, that is, VT-y <0 or VT-x <
When 0 && VT−y = 0, a comparison is made with the element of the slot array 401 having the smaller number.

When the vector is directed downward or rightward, that is, VT-y> 0 or VT-x> 0
Or, when && VT-y = 0, a comparison is made with the higher-numbered element of the slot array 401.

FIG. 8 shows such conditions.

If it is determined in step S605 that the vector is upward or leftward, the flow advances to step S606 to determine whether there is a small element in the comparison direction. This is because, for example, when the slot D is moved downward in FIG.
Because there is no larger element, it is unnecessary to replace the element.

Then, in step S606,
If it is determined that there is a small element, the process advances to the next step S607 to compare with the small element in the array. This is performed by comparing the direction determined in step S605, that is, the direction with the smaller element, and when it is determined that the element needs to be replaced, the process proceeds to the next step S608 to replace the element, and then proceeds to step S606. Return. If it is determined in step S606 that no small element exists, and if it is determined in step S607 that replacement is unnecessary, the process proceeds to step S612 to update display / coordinate data and the like. Then, the process returns to step S601.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S605 that the vector is directed downward or to the right, the flow advances to step S609 to determine whether a large element exists in the comparison direction. If it is determined in step S609 that there is a large element, the flow advances to the next step S610 to compare with the element having a large array. If it is determined that replacement is necessary, the process proceeds to the next step S611, where the elements are replaced, and the process returns to step S609. If it is determined in step S609 that there is no large element and if it is determined in step S610 that replacement is unnecessary, the process proceeds to step S612 to update the display / coordinate data and the like. Then, the process returns to step S601.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S602 that the moving operation has not been performed, this processing operation ends without performing any processing.

In this embodiment, at the moment when the slot C moves above the slot B, the order of the slot arrangement is changed from A, B, C, D to A, C, B, D.

In the same manner, if the user continues to move upward,
Finally, the order of the slot arrangement is A, B, C, D to C,
A, B, and D are exchanged, and the slot numbers can always be held such that the upper left is the minimum and the lower right is the maximum.

In the case of the slot resizing operation, after selecting the slot correction button 309, the cursor 304 is moved to the end of the slot to be resized, and the resizing is started by clicking and dragging the mouse. Then, a new slot area is determined by dragging the mouse.

In this embodiment, since the ordering is performed based on the upper left coordinates of each slot, if the upper left coordinates do not change, the slot array elements do not change.

In the present invention, the input device 107 shown in FIG. 1 includes not only a keyboard and a mouse but also a position specifying device such as a tablet or a touch panel.

Although the data structure shown in FIG. 4 uses a pointer array in this embodiment, it is also possible to directly embed the data of the slot 401. Of course, it is also possible to manage these slots in a list structure without using an array.

In the present embodiment, the slot arrangement order is used to indicate the slot number. However, these numbers are used as the data of the slots 403, and a method of rearranging these numbers when rearranging is adopted. It is also possible.

It is also possible to provide a conversion table of a number and a keyword inside or outside the application without directly using the number for display, and to display as a keyword.

In this embodiment, the description has been made with respect to the image slot. However, this is a character file slot for displaying characters and a multimedia file template into which various multimedia files such as a text file, an audio file, and a moving image file are inserted. It is also applicable when creating.

In this embodiment, a case has been described in which automatic allocation is performed for a one-page template. However, for a plurality of pages, for example, a template such as an album, serial numbers are assigned to a plurality of pages. Alternatively, each page can be individually numbered and managed.

Further, in the present embodiment, the rules for the arrangement of the slot numbers have been described with the upper left being the minimum and the lower right being the maximum. However, the rules for the arrangement of the slot numbers are not limited to this. Various rules are conceivable, such as max.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described.

In the above-described first embodiment, the order is mechanically assigned according to a predetermined rule. In the present embodiment, the ordering is performed by selecting this rule from a plurality of rules. The degree of freedom is increased.

A function selecting means for selecting one of a plurality of rules is added to the configuration of the editing apparatus according to the first embodiment, and rules are selected before creating a template. The number assignment operation is performed in a desired order.

It is also possible to change the rules during template creation, in which case the data is sorted again.

The editing operation is the same as in the first embodiment described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described.

In the above-described first embodiment, the order is mechanically determined according to a predetermined rule. For example, there is a large image slot 1102 below the page 1101 as shown in FIG. In the case where there is a small image slot 1103 above, it is not possible to assign No. 1 to the larger one of the conspicuous images. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a number fixing means for fixing the number is added to the configuration of the editing device in the first embodiment described above.

The slots having these fixed attributes are managed by a new slot arrangement for fixed numbers. For a slot having no fixed attribute, a normal management method is used.

Therefore, the flow of the operation is the same as that of the first embodiment. However, when the display is performed, adjustment is made so that the slot number and the element of the fixed attribute array do not overlap with the slot number.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
An embodiment will be described.

In the first embodiment described above, numbers are assigned to slots having various attributes at once, but in the present embodiment, numbers are assigned for each slot attribute.

In this case, a separate slot arrangement is prepared for each attribute, and when assigning numbers, img-01,
If it is sorted by str-01 or the like and a character string + number, identification is ready.

Also in this case, the structure and operation are the same as those of the first embodiment.
This is the same as the embodiment of FIG.

As described above, according to each of the embodiments, it is possible to provide an editing apparatus that automatically retains slot number assignments. In addition, when an editing operation is performed, slot number assignment calculation is performed in real time in accordance with a predetermined rule, so that slot numbers can always be kept optimal and slot number setting work can be reduced. It is possible.

[0093]

As described above in detail, according to the editing method and apparatus of the present invention, data composed of one or a plurality of pages and having an area for arranging one or a plurality of data on each page is provided. In an editing apparatus having a function of adding a predetermined item to an area for arranging the data of a structure, an operation state of the editing apparatus is detected, and the area information is compared according to a predetermined rule based on the obtained area information. Then, the area data is arranged on the basis of the comparison result, and the set predetermined items can be held so as to be always allocated according to a predetermined rule. Therefore, the slot number assignment can be automatically held. Further, the load of calculating the slot number can be reduced.

According to the storage medium of the present invention, the above-described editing apparatus of the present invention can be controlled smoothly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an editing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration of the editing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program execution screen in the editing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing internal data in the editing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of an operation when creating a template in the editing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of an operation when a moving operation is performed in the editing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram of a slot number order in the editing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining comparison judgment in the editing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of slot number assignment in the editing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a relationship between a slot data array and a page display in the editing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for describing an editing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 101 image input device 102 CPU 103 processing unit 104 RAM 105 ROM 106 storage device 107 input device 108 display device 109 printing device 201 operation detecting means 202 area comparing means 203 area data sorting means 204 area number obtaining means 205 area number setting means 301 slot No. 302 Editing area 303 Image slot 304 Cursor 305 Tool palette 306 Image slot generation button 307 Character slot generation button 308 Slot deletion button 309 Slot correction button 310 Page 311 Print button 312 Background button 313 Save button 314 New button 315 Background image 401 Slot arrangement 402 Pointer to slot 403 Slot data 404 Image path 405 Display format 406 Tsu DOO region 407 slot attribute 408 background image path 409 background display position 1101 page 1102 image slot 1103 image slot

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Claims (18)

[Claims] 1. A function of adding a predetermined item to an area for arranging data of a data structure which has one or more pages and has an area for arranging one or more data on each page. In an editing method for editing by an editing device having an area, an operation state detecting step of detecting an operation state of the editing apparatus, an area information obtaining step of obtaining area information, and a region information obtained by the area information obtaining step. Area information comparison step of comparing the area information according to a predetermined rule, area data alignment step of aligning area data based on the comparison result of the area information comparison step, a predetermined item setting step of setting the predetermined items The predetermined item set in the predetermined item setting step is always stored according to a predetermined rule. An editing method characterized by having a holding step. 2. The editing method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined item is an area number. 3. The editing method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined item is a regular symbol. 4. The editing method according to claim 1, wherein the operation detecting step is based on a movement vector of an input cursor. 5. The editing method according to claim 1, wherein the area information comparing step compares area position information. 6. A rule selecting step of selecting the predetermined rule from a plurality of rules, wherein the area information comparing step compares the area information according to a rule selected in the rule selecting step. The editing method according to claim 1, wherein the editing method is performed. 7. A function of adding a predetermined item to an area for arranging data of a data structure of a data structure including a single or a plurality of pages and having an area for arranging one or a plurality of data on each page. In the editing device having, the operating state detecting means for detecting the operating state of the editing apparatus, area information obtaining means for obtaining the area information, according to a predetermined rule based on the area information obtained by the area information obtaining means Area information comparing means for comparing the area information, area data aligning means for aligning area data based on a comparison result of the area information comparing means,
An editing apparatus, comprising: predetermined item setting means for setting predetermined items; and predetermined item holding means for holding predetermined items set by the predetermined item setting means so as to be always assigned according to predetermined rules. 8. The editing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined item is an area number. 9. The editing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined item is a regular symbol. 10. The editing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said motion detecting means is based on a movement vector of an input cursor. 11. The editing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the area information comparing means compares area position information. 12. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a rule selecting means for selecting said predetermined rule from a plurality of rules, wherein said area information comparing means compares said area information in accordance with a rule selected by said rule selecting means. The editing device according to claim 7, which performs the editing. 13. A function of adding a predetermined item to an area for arranging data of a data structure having a data structure including an area for arranging one or a plurality of data on each page and including one or a plurality of pages. A storage medium storing a control program for controlling an editing device, comprising: an operation state detection module that detects an operation state of the editing device; and an area information acquisition module that acquires area information. An area information comparison module that compares the area information according to a predetermined rule based on the area information obtained by the area information acquisition module; and an area data alignment module that aligns area data based on a comparison result of the area information comparison module. Module, predetermined item setting module for setting predetermined items, and the predetermined item setting A storage medium, comprising: a predetermined item holding module for holding a predetermined item set by the module so that the predetermined item is always assigned according to a predetermined rule. 14. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the predetermined item is an area number. 15. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the predetermined item is a regular symbol. 16. The motion detection module according to claim 1, wherein the motion detection module is based on a movement vector of an input cursor.
3. The storage medium according to 3. 17. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the area information comparison module compares the position information of the areas. 18. The control program has a rule selection module for selecting the predetermined rule from a plurality of rules, and the area information comparison module compares the area information according to a rule selected by the rule selection module. 14. The storage medium according to claim 13, wherein: