JP2002175291A - Document processor, processing method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the selection of a template used for the formation of a document. SOLUTION: The selection candidates of the template are changed and displayed every position in the document. When the position on a display screen is designated by a mouse, the selection candidates suitable for the position are displayed on a sub-window 1300. The selected selection candidate is pasted to the position designated by the mouse.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus suitable for preparing a document to be printed on a postcard, a letter, a label, or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a document processing apparatus for creating sentences, illustrations, photographs, and the like described in New Year's cards, Christmas cards, and the like. In such a device, templates such as available illustrations, photographs, character strings (glyphs), etc. are prepared in the device in advance, and a template to be used is designated on an edit screen and pasted into a document. Is possible. In order to designate a template, it is typical to designate a file name of the template.

However, in the method of designating a template using a file name, a user must check the file name of the template in advance. For this reason, the user displays the template on a screen different from the document editing screen, determines the template to be used by trial and error, and obtains the file name of the template.

In order to solve such inconvenience, the display area of the display device is divided into two as shown in FIG.
01 also proposes a system for displaying available templates. In this system, a user drags and drops a desired template 1001 in an area 1001 to a document editing area 11010002 with a mouse. The system copies the template specified by the mouse by drag-and-drop in the area 1001, and pastes the copied template into the area 1002 at the position specified by the drag-and-drop.

[0005] By performing such image processing,
It has become possible for a user to check the shape of a template and select a template to be used.

[0006]

In a system in which a template display area 1001 and a document editing area 1002 are provided on the same screen, a large number of templates are displayed because the size of the display screen is limited in the template display area 1001. To do so, the template display area must have a scroll function. However, preparing a large number of templates makes it difficult for the user to find a desired template. In addition, not only the template selection process, but also the operations related to the document processing, for example, the operations for setting the conditions related to the printing process, are cumbersome. An object of the present invention is to provide an improved document processing apparatus, method, and recording medium.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of template images are stored in advance, and one of the stored template images is stored. And select
In a document processing apparatus for creating a document by pasting the selected template image into a document on a display screen, a first processing unit stores a plurality of template images that can be pasted corresponding to positions in the document. Storage means, designation means for designating a specific position in a document on the display screen, and first display control means for displaying a plurality of template images corresponding to the designated position on the display screen. Selecting means for selecting one of the displayed plurality of template images, and document processing means for automatically pasting the selected template image at a position in the document specified by the specifying means. It is characterized by the following.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the first aspect, a second storage means storing a plurality of template documents to which template images are pasted, and the plurality of template documents are designated. Document specifying means, second display control means for displaying the specified template document on a display screen, and specifying a specific position among the positions of the plurality of template images pasted in the displayed template document. It is characterized by being specified by the specifying means, replacing the template image at the specified position with the image selected by the selecting means, and pasting.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the second aspect, the plurality of template documents are
The document is previously classified hierarchically according to the type content, and the document specification means specifies the type in the order of the hierarchy, and specifies the template document last.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the third aspect, the template document has a type content displayed in the form of an icon. It is characterized in that the type of classification is specified.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the type content of the template document is displayed by a markup language document.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the second aspect, an arbitrary position in a display area of the plurality of template images is designated by the designation means.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the sixth aspect, the sizes of the areas of the plurality of template images can be variably set.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the sixth aspect, the positions of the regions of the plurality of template images can be variably set.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the selecting means is a pointing device.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the first aspect, numbers are assigned in advance to the plurality of template images displayed by the first display control means, and the selection means includes It is a numeric key for selecting a template image by inputting a number.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the first aspect, another selection which can select one template image from all the plurality of templates stored in the first storage means. Means for pasting the selected template image to a position designated by the designation means.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of template images are stored in advance, one of the stored template images is selected, and the selected template image is displayed on a display screen as a document. In a document processing apparatus, a document is created by pasting it in a storage area, a storage unit storing an address book, a first area in which the document is created, and a name in the address book of the storage unit. A second area to be displayed is provided on the display screen, and an item column for setting an instruction content of a print-related process is further provided for each name of the second area, and the item column is provided for each of the item columns. Setting means for setting the contents of the printing-related processing.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the twelfth aspect, the setting contents of the print-related processing include a document created by the document processing apparatus and information related to a name in the address book. Is printed or not.

According to a fourteenth aspect, in the document processing apparatus according to the twelfth aspect, the contents set by the setting means are displayed in the form of icons.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the twelfth aspect, an icon instructing means for instructing the icon, and selecting whether or not to perform the printing in accordance with the instruction of the icon means. Menu display control means for displaying the pop-up menu, and the setting means sets whether or not to print using the pop-up menu.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the twelfth aspect, the first processing unit displays only the address book.
And a second mode in which the first area and the second area are mixed, and a print-related processing instruction is also given for each name in the address book displayed in the first mode. An item field for setting the content is further provided, and another setting means for setting the content of the print-related processing for each item field is further provided.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the twelfth aspect, the document processing apparatus further comprises mode switching means for switching between the first mode and the second mode.

According to an eighteenth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of template documents are stored in advance, one of the stored template documents is selected, and the selected template document is displayed on a display screen. Means for setting the format of the document to be printed on the printing surface, opposite to the printing surface of the selected template document, prior to the document creation; and Information processing means for associating the created document with the created document.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of template images are stored in the document processing device in advance, one of the stored template images is selected, and the selected template image is In a document processing method for creating a document by pasting it in a document on a display screen, a plurality of template images that can be pasted corresponding to positions in the document are stored in the document processing device, Specifying a specific position in a document on the display screen, displaying a plurality of template images corresponding to the specified position on the display screen, and selecting one of the displayed plurality of template images. Automatically pasting the selected template image at a designated position in the document. .

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing method according to the nineteenth aspect, a plurality of template documents to which template images are pasted are stored in the document processing apparatus, and 1 in
The specified template document is displayed on the display screen, and a specific position among the positions of the plurality of template images pasted in the displayed template document is specified. The template image at the position is replaced with the selected image and pasted.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, in the document processing method according to the twentieth aspect, the plurality of template documents are hierarchically classified in advance according to their type contents.
It is characterized in that a type is specified in a hierarchical order and a template document is specified last.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, in the document processing method according to the twenty-first aspect, the type content of the template document is displayed in the form of an icon, and the type of the document classification is specified by specifying the icon. It is characterized by doing.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, in the document processing method according to the twenty-first aspect, the type content of the template document is displayed by a markup language document.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing method according to the twentieth aspect, the position of the template image is designated by designating an arbitrary position in the display area of the plurality of template images. And

According to a twenty-fifth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing method according to the twenty-fourth aspect, the sizes of the regions of the plurality of template images can be variably set.

According to a twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing method according to the twenty-fourth aspect, the positions of the regions of the plurality of template images can be variably set.

According to a twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, in the document processing method according to the nineteenth aspect, one of the displayed plurality of template images is selected by a pointing device.

According to a twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing method according to the nineteenth aspect, numbers are assigned to the plurality of displayed template images in advance, and the number is inputted by a numeric key. Is selected.

According to a twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing method according to the nineteenth aspect, one template image can be selected from all the plurality of templates stored in the document processing apparatus. The template image is pasted at a designated position.

According to a thirtieth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of template images are stored in the document processing apparatus in advance, one of the stored template images is selected, and the selected template image is stored in the document processing apparatus. In a document processing method, a document is created by pasting into a document on a display screen.
An address book is stored in the document processing apparatus, and a first area for creating the document and a second area for displaying names in the address book are provided on the display screen,
An item column for setting an instruction content of a print-related process for each name in the second area is further provided in the address book, and the content of the print-related process is set for each of the item columns. I do.

According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, in the document processing method according to the thirty-third aspect, the setting contents of the printing-related processing include a document created by the document processing apparatus and information related to a name in the address book. Or not to print the document.

According to a thirty-second aspect, in the document processing method according to the thirtieth aspect, the set contents are displayed in the form of icons.

According to a thirty-third aspect of the present invention, in the document processing apparatus according to the thirty-second aspect, a pop-up menu for designating the icon and displaying the pop-up menu in response to the designation of the icon is displayed. Then, it is characterized in that whether or not to print is set using the pop-up menu.

According to a thirty-fourth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing method according to the thirty-first aspect, only the address book is displayed.
And a second mode in which the first area and the second area are mixed, and a print-related processing instruction is also given for each name in the address book displayed in the first mode. An item column for setting contents is further provided, and the contents of the printing-related processing are set for each of the item columns.

According to a thirty-fifth aspect of the present invention, in the document processing method according to the thirty-fourth aspect, the first mode and the second mode are switchable.

According to a thirty-sixth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of template images are stored in a document processing apparatus in advance, one template document is selected from the stored template documents, and the selected template document is stored in the document processing apparatus. In a document processing method for creating a document by displaying the document on a display screen, the opposite of the printing surface of the selected template document,
The format of a document to be printed on a printing surface is set prior to the document creation, and the set format is associated with the created document.

According to a thirty-seventh aspect of the present invention, a plurality of template images are stored in the document processing device in advance, one of the stored template images is selected, and the selected template image is On a recording medium recording a program executed by a document processing apparatus for creating a document by pasting the document image on a display screen, a plurality of template images that can be pasted corresponding to positions in the document are stored. The program is stored in a document processing apparatus, and the program specifies a specific position in the document on the display screen, and displays a plurality of template images corresponding to the specified position on the display screen. And selecting one of the displayed plurality of template images. Characterized in that comprises the automatically pasting step in position in the document designated the selected template image.

According to a thirty-eighth aspect of the present invention, in the document recording medium according to the thirty-seventh aspect, a plurality of template documents to which template images are pasted are stored in the document processing apparatus, and the program Designating one of the template documents, displaying the designated template document on the display screen, and selecting the positions of the plurality of template images pasted in the displayed template document. And a step of pasting the template image at the designated position by replacing the template image at the designated position with the selected image.

In a thirty-ninth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the thirty-eighth aspect, the plurality of template documents include:
It is characterized in that it is hierarchically classified in advance according to the type content, the type is specified in the order of the hierarchy, and the template document is specified last.

According to a forty-ninth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the thirty-ninth aspect, the type of the template document is displayed in the form of an icon, and the type of the document is specified by specifying the icon. It is characterized by that.

The invention according to claim 41 is characterized in that, in the recording medium according to claim 40, the kind content of the template document is displayed by a markup language document.

The invention according to claim 42 is characterized in that, in the recording medium according to claim 38, the position of the template image is designated by designating an arbitrary position in the display area of the plurality of template images. I do.

The invention according to claim 43 is characterized in that, in the recording medium according to claim 42, the size of the area of the plurality of template images can be variably set.

The invention according to claim 44 is characterized in that, in the recording medium according to claim 42, the positions of the regions of the plurality of template images can be variably set.

According to a forty-fifth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium of the thirty-seventh aspect, one of the plurality of displayed template images is selected by a pointing device.

According to a forty-sixth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the thirty-seventh aspect, numbers are assigned to the plurality of displayed template images in advance, and the template images are input by inputting the numbers with numeric keys. It is characterized by selecting.

According to a forty-seventh aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium of the thirty-seventh aspect, one template image can be selected from all the plurality of templates stored in the document processing apparatus. A recording medium, further comprising a step of pasting the selected template image at a designated position.

According to a forty-eighth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of template images are stored in a document processing apparatus in advance, one of the stored template images is selected, and the selected template image is In a recording medium that records a program for creating a document by pasting it into a document on a display screen,
An address book is stored in the document processing apparatus, and a first area for creating the document and a second area for displaying names in the address book are provided on the display screen,
An item column for setting an instruction content of a print-related process for each name in the second area is further provided in the address book, and the program sets the content of the print-related process for each of the item columns. It is characterized by having steps.

According to a fifty-ninth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the thirty-eighth aspect, the setting contents of the printing-related processing include a document created by the document processing apparatus and information related to a name in the address book. It is characterized by whether or not to print.

The invention according to claim 50 is characterized in that, in the recording medium according to claim 48, the set contents are displayed in the form of icons.

According to a fifty-first aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the thirty-eighth aspect, the program includes a step of designating the icon, and selecting whether or not to perform the printing in accordance with the designation of the icon. And a step of setting whether or not to print using the pop-up menu.

The invention according to claim 52 is the recording medium according to claim 48, wherein the first mode for displaying only the address book and the second mode in which the first area and the second area are mixed.
The address book displayed in the first mode is further provided with an item column for setting an instruction content of a printing-related process for each name in the address book displayed in the first mode. It is characterized in that the contents of the print-related processing are set every time.

The invention according to claim 53 is characterized in that, in the recording medium according to claim 48, the first mode and the second mode are switchable.

The invention according to claim 54 is a program executed by a document processing device, wherein a plurality of template documents are stored in the document processing device in advance, and one of the stored template documents is Selecting a document, and displaying the selected template document on a display screen and recording a program for creating a document on the recording medium, wherein the program is opposite to the printing surface of the selected template document; Setting the format of the document to be printed on the printing surface prior to the document creation;
A step of associating the set format with the created document.

[0061]

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

FIG. 2 shows a hardware configuration of a document processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. Note that a commercially available computer such as a general-purpose personal computer can be used as the document processing apparatus, and thus the description will be briefly omitted.

In FIG. 2, a CPU 11, a system memory 12, a hard disk 13, an input device 14, a display device 15, and a CD ROM drive 16 are connected by a bus.

The CPU 11 executes the document processing program loaded into the system memory 12 to perform the document editing processing according to the present invention. The system memory 11 temporarily stores input / output data for the CPU 11, image data to be displayed on the display device 15, and the like, in addition to the document processing program.

The hard disk 13 stores a document processing program, a template used for the document processing program, an operating system program, and the like. In the present embodiment, a document to be displayed on the display screen and a template for an image to be pasted into the document are prepared as templates. As a template for storage, a character code, drawing data, or image data itself for creating a display image is used. In the present embodiment, a component template to be pasted into a document when it is necessary to distinguish between them is called a template image, and a document used as a template is called a template document.

When the template image and the template document are collectively referred to, they may be simply referred to as templates.

The input device 14 has a pointing device such as a mouse and a keyboard, and inputs information to the CPU 11. The display device 15 displays a document to be edited and an operation menu when the document processing program is being executed. CDROM drive 16 is C
The DROM is accepted, and the CDROM document processing program is read by the CDROM drive 16 under the control of the CPU 11 and installed on the hard disk 13.

Prior to the description of the document editing process executed by the above system configuration, the document editing screen displayed on the display screen of the display device will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 shows a screen initially displayed when the document processing program is started. In FIG. 3, 30
Reference numeral 0 denotes a menu area. In the menu area 300, a plurality of pop-up menus or buttons for giving an instruction for document editing are prepared. The buttons according to the present invention are a mode switching button 301 and a navigation start button 302. The mode switching button 301 is switched by a button operation with a mouse between a document editing mode and an address book creation mode.

By operating the navigation start button 302 with the mouse, a template selection sub-window screen is displayed. When the output menu 303 is designated with the mouse, output-related instruction items are displayed in the form of a pop-up menu, and when the item "Calculate the number of postcards required for printing" is instructed, calculation processing for that is performed. Is executed, and the calculation result is displayed.

When the user designates an icon with a mouse in these menus, a pop-up menu is displayed. When the user designates an instruction item in the popup menu, document processing corresponding to the instruction item is executed. These document processes will be described later in detail. Incidentally, the mode switching menu is a menu for switching between the document editing mode and the address book creation / editing mode.

Reference numeral 500 denotes a created document designation area. The created document is given a file name, saved on the hard disk 13, and displayed in the created document designation area in the form of an icon 501. The user clicks the icon 501
Is double-clicked, the document corresponding to the icon is retrieved from the hard disk 13 onto the system memory 12 and displayed on the display screen of the display device 15 as shown by reference numeral 1102 in FIG. In the case of a postcard, a document corresponding to both the front and back sides of the postcard is created.

Reference numeral 1100 denotes a document editing area 1100.
In the document editing area 1100, a document content to be printed on a postcard, a letter, a label, or the like is created. An area 1200 is used to set and display a part of information of an address book.
In the area 1200, a name, an instruction of necessity of printing, a document name used for printing, an instruction of whether a postcard address is a home address or a work address in an address book, and a necessity of printing of a sender name are set in an area 1200. In the information other than the name other than the name, setting contents are displayed in the form of icons.

FIG. 4 shows a sub window screen for navigation displayed when the navigation start button 302 of FIG. 3 is operated, more specifically, a sub window screen for selecting a template document. The template documents of the present embodiment are classified in advance, and icons 2100 corresponding to the contents of the classification are prepared. Since the classification is hierarchized, for example, when the postcard icon 2100 is selected by the mouse, the sub window screen of FIG. 5 is displayed. On this sub-window screen, the contents of the types of templates prepared in the postcard are displayed in the form of icons. For example, when the icon of the template document for “Hot Summer Visit” is selected, the sub-window of FIG. 6 is displayed. For example, when the icon of “traditional” is selected on the screen of FIG. 6, a sub-window displaying a template document for a traditional hot visit using one or more templates is displayed in FIG. You.

When these hierarchical classifications are selected by an icon operation, reference numerals 2110 to 2130 in FIG. 6 and reference numerals 2110 to 2140 in FIG.
As shown by, the hierarchical name of the classification displayed on the sub window screen is displayed. This allows the user to know what type of template document is to be selected.

The display of the template document in FIG. 7 also functions as an icon.
Is designated by the user with a mouse, a sub-window screen for displaying an enlarged image 2400 of the designated template document is displayed. On this sub window screen, the user sets a file name,
0, the document editing area 110 as shown in FIG.
0 indicates that the specified template is the document 11 to be edited.
02 is initially displayed. Also, in this example,
An icon having the file name “postcard text” is displayed in the created document designation area 500, and a file having the file name “postcard text” is created on the hard disk 13.

Further, in this embodiment, the format of the address side can be set in the case of a postcard opposite to the document selected on the screen in FIG. The sheet on which the address side is printed in the list box 2150, in this case, the type of postcard is selected. When a New Year's card is selected in the category selection on the navigation screen, the New Year's card is added to the list box 2150.

A button 2170 sets whether the address is written horizontally or vertically.

In the preview display, a document having the postcard format set by the list box 2150 and the button 2170 is displayed. This allows the user to create a template document for the document side (back side) of the postcard and an address side (front side)
Can be selected at the same time. Further, the front side document data and the back side document data are associated with each other.
Therefore, in this embodiment, it is not necessary to create and store and manage a plurality of document files for the address side. By instructing the icon of "address face" (see FIG. 9) on the left side when editing a document face (back side) described later, the document of the address face is displayed in the format set on the screen of FIG. At this time, the name of the destination, the address, the destination name, and the address specified on the address book are automatically displayed on the display screen.
Although the destination name will be described later, the necessity of printing can be set.

What should be noted here is that a markup language document is prepared for displaying the navigation sub-window screen, that is, the sub-window screens shown in FIGS. As a markup language document, an HTML document is typical. A markup language document (hereinafter, referred to as an HTML document) is widely known as an object for displaying an Internet homepage, but provides the following functions to a user by being used together with a program for displaying an HTML document. . . (A) display of a character string described in an HTML document; (b) calling of an image or an HTML document on a computer (another computer (server) on a network or its own computer) described in the HTML document And display (c) an information processing instruction to the gateway program of the server, for example, a search instruction (d) receiving information from the server and displaying the information on the display screen according to the display position defined in the HTML document Processing (e) Displaying an icon image or a character string, and displaying an image or another HTML document associated with a tag when the image or the character string is designated by a mouse Such a markup language document for displaying such a template (Hereinafter referred to as HTML document) is a document processing program manufacturing and sales association Will be prepared in the side, the user himself can change the content. Therefore, the user can prepare a template image suitable for himself / herself. Also,
The display form of the sub-window can also be a form suitable for the user. In the present embodiment, when an HTML document created by a user is stored in a predetermined storage area on a hard disk, a document processing program is displayed in an address bar named “Address (A)” on a display screen such as FIG. An HTML document prepared by the manufacturing and sales company and an HTML document created by the user can be selected.

Further, by designating the homepage of the document processing program manufacturing and selling company as the storage location of the template document in the HTML document, the template document can be imported from the homepage via the Internet.

Therefore, it can be said that the document processing program of this embodiment has an interface for connecting to an HTML document created by the user.

As described above, the user selects a template document on the above-described sub-window screen, and the selected template document is displayed in the document editing area 1100 as shown in FIG.

The template image included in the selected template document is an object having attribute information such as image data, image size, and document information position. FIG. 9 shows a state where two template images are pasted into one template document on the sub-window screen.

In this state, when the user designates one template image by operating the left mouse button, a plurality of □ figures 1200 indicating the size of the template and an arrow button 1201 are displayed as shown in FIG. Is done. The user can variably set the size of the template image by moving a specific □ figure up, down, up and down with the mouse, and the template image is also enlarged / reduced in accordance with the movement of the □ figure. The area of the template image indicated by the figure is the specific area according to the present invention. Even if the specific area itself is not shown in FIG. 9, when the mouse is operated in this specific area, FIG.
A specific area of 0 and an arrow button 1201 are displayed.
When the user designates another position in the document editing area 1100 other than the specific area with the mouse, the □ figure 1200
And the arrow symbol 1201 are deleted from the display screen.

When the user operates the arrow button 1201, a subwindow 1300 for selecting a plurality of replacement candidates 1301 is displayed as shown in FIG. To select a replacement candidate on the subwindow, the user performs one of the following operations. (1) Select a desired replacement candidate with the mouse. (2) Enter the numeric number assigned to the replacement candidate from the numeric keys on the keyboard. (3) Select a desired replacement candidate using the direction instruction key.

When a desired replacement candidate is designated by any of the methods, the template image currently displayed on the document editing area 1100 is replaced with the designated replacement candidate.

The replacement candidates to be displayed in the subwindow 1300 are the pasting positions of the postcards in a specific storage area (folder) on the hard disk 15, for example, the upper right of the postcard,
They are stored in association with each other such as the lower left. A predetermined number of template images around the same template image as the template image displayed in the document editing area 1100 among the template images stored in the storage area are used as replacement candidates.

In the present embodiment, another selection method is prepared in addition to the method of selecting a template image using the arrow buttons in FIG.

According to this method, the user specifies a desired template image area on the screen of FIG. 10 by clicking the right button of the mouse. According to this designation, FIG.
A pop-up menu 1400 is displayed as shown in FIG. When the user designates the item “replace illustration” 1401 with the mouse, a template selection sub-window 1500 as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed. The template selection sub-window screen 1500 displays the directory tree of the template image and displays an area 1501 for specifying the folder and a folder specified in the form of a directory in the area 1501 or a folder specified in the form of a folder name. Has an area 1502 for displaying the template image included in the. By specifying the template image in the area 1502 with the mouse,
A template image replacement process is performed.

What is particularly noteworthy of this embodiment is that, when there are a plurality of template images to be initially displayed and which are to be pasted on a document, a template image suitable for the pasting position is used. And the sub-window 1300 in FIG.
Is also a point that a template image suitable for the pasting position is prepared. In FIG. 9, the glyph (illustration character) “cool breeze” is a word representing a hot summer visit, and a word representing another hot visit is prepared in a dedicated storage area on the hard disk 15 as a replacement candidate.

Further, as a replacement candidate for the template image at the lower left of the document in FIG. 9, an image such as a picture suitable for a summer visit is prepared. Since the template images initially displayed in the document and their replacement candidates are determined in association with the display positions of the template images, a conventional method for finding a desired template image from all template images The user can easily find a desired template image.

A screen for making print-related settings for a document will now be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 14 shows the contents of a pop-up menu 1600 displayed in response to the operation of the output button 303. In the pop-up menu 1600, an item 1601 for instructing the calculation of the number of postcards required when printing the above-described created document is prepared. When the user designates this item 1601 with a mouse, the number of postcards required for printing is displayed as shown in FIG.

FIG. 16 shows an example of a pop-up menu 1810 for setting the necessity of printing. After designating a specific name in area 1200, the user designates icon 1800 displayed to the left of that name with a mouse. As a result, a pop-up menu 1810 for instructing whether printing is necessary is displayed. If the specified name is for printing, specify ON, and if printing is unnecessary, specify OFF. The icons have different shapes between ON and OFF, and icons corresponding to ON / OFF set by the user are displayed. In this way, the user can set whether or not to print individual names described in the address book. In this embodiment, an example in which the setting is performed in the area 1200 is shown. However, on the display screen (not shown) of the address book which is switched and displayed by the mode switching button 301, the above-described icon is used to perform the setting related to the printing. An icon entry field is provided for setting, and setting can be performed using the same icon as described above.

As icons indicating print-related setting states, reference numerals 1820, 1830, and 1840 are prepared in addition to the icon 1800 indicating the necessity of printing.
The icon 1820 is an icon indicating the type of document to be printed on the back of the postcard, and a pop-up menu is displayed by specifying the icon 1820 with the mouse. The document type name displayed in the pop-up menu is
This is the file name of the icon (the icon associated with the created document) displayed in the area 500. The shape of the icon 20 for indicating the type name of the selected document is also displayed in the area 500, and is the same as the shape of the corresponding icon.

The icon 1830 indicates the type of the destination address to be printed on the front of the postcard, and indicates the home address or the work address in the address book. Which address to use is determined by the icon 1 like the icons 1810 and 1820.
The pop-up menu associated with 830 is set.

The icon 1840 is an icon indicating whether or not to print the sender address. Further, the point that a pop-up menu is used to set the necessity of printing is similar to the icons 1810 to 1830.

A document processing program for causing the CPU 11 to execute the above-described document editing process will be described below.

FIG. 17 shows the main processing procedure of the document processing program. Since the document processing program according to the present embodiment has many functions, processing related to the present invention is mainly described, and processing not related to the present invention is omitted. For convenience of explanation, the flowchart shown in FIG. 16 is described in terms of functional representation. However, in practice, a document processing program is created in a program language executable by the CPU 11 and stored in a recording medium such as a CDROM. Be recorded.

The document processing program is installed on the hard disk 13 from the CD ROM. The CPU 11 responds to a user's instruction to activate the document processing program.
The document processing program is loaded from the hard disk 13 into the system memory 12 under the control of
1 is executed.

Initially, the display screen of FIG. 3 is displayed.
When the user instructs the CPU 11 on the display screen of FIG. 3 using the operation buttons or the pop-up menu to perform the document processing (step S10), the CPU 11 determines the instructed processing in the following steps. Navigation start button 30
2 is operated, the HTML for navigation
The document is read, a tag command defined in the HTML document is executed, and a process of selecting a template document to be used for document editing is executed (step S21). The screen description of the tag command to be described in the HTML document is given in FIGS. 4 to 8, so that those skilled in the art can easily understand.

When the operation of the complete button 2410 on the display screen of FIG. 8 is detected, the CPU 11 displays the selected template document in the document editing area 1100 and performs the document editing process instructed by the user (step S22). .
The document editing process, in particular, the procedure for replacing the template image will be described later with reference to FIG.

The operation of the output menu 303 on the display screen of FIG. 3 is detected in step S30, and the procedure shifts from step 30 to the printing process in step S31.
This printing process will be described later with reference to FIG.

The operation related to the print setting of the icons 1800 to 1840 in FIG. 16 is detected in step S40, and the process shifts to the setting process in step S41. The setting process will be described later with reference to FIG.

Other operations are detected in step S60, and the document processing specified by the operation is executed. The end instruction operation is detected in step S50, and the program in FIG. 17 ends.

(Document Editing Process) FIG. 18 shows a processing procedure for document processing. When the template document to be processed is specified on the screens of FIGS. 4 to 8 and the file name is determined, the specified template image is copied into the document editing area 1100 provided in the system memory 12. The image in the document editing area 1100 is read out and displayed on the display device 15 as shown in FIG. In the other dedicated area of the system memory 12, data indicating the file name, size, and position of the template image used in the document is stored in the form of a table. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the size and position of the template, that is, the area, are represented by two coordinate positions on the diagonal of the rectangle of the template image. When the mouse is operated in such a state, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the designated position of the mouse is within the area of the template image indicated by the data on the table, thereby determining the template image to be replaced. Is determined (step S100).

If the position is designated by the mouse in any of the template image areas, it is determined that the template image is to be replaced, and the □ figure 1200 is set along the rectangular frame of the designated template image.
Is displayed as shown in FIG. Also, arrow button 1
201 is also displayed (step 110). The display positions of the figure and the arrow button are determined from the area data (size and position data) of the designated template image.

Next, the CPU 11 waits for the operation of the mouse, and determines whether the left button or the right button of the mouse has been operated. When the left button is operated, C
The PU 11 displays the sub window screen 1300 of FIG. 11 (Step S120 → S130).

The program for displaying the subwindow is an operating system, for example, Windows 95/98/2000 (a trademark of Microsoft Corporation).
Etc., so the size of the subwindow,
The subwindow 1300 can be displayed simply by passing the position, the name of the information to be displayed in the window, and the like from the document processing program to the subwindow display program.

It should be noted here that the template image of the replacement candidate to be displayed in the subwindow 1300 is predetermined in association with the position of the document.

The correspondence between the document position and the replacement candidate template may be prepared in the form of a table or may be defined in a document processing program.

When the user selects a replacement candidate,
The template image of the selected replacement candidate is
It is replaced with the template image displayed in the document editing area 1100. Further, data relating to the file name, size, and position of the template image in the system memory 12 is also replaced (step S150).

On the other hand, when a specific template image is designated by operating the right mouse button on the screen shown in FIG. 12, a pop-up menu 1400 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed.

A program prepared by the operating system is also used for the pop-up menu display processing, and the notation (item) to be displayed in the pop-up menu and the item to be executed when each item is designated from the document processing program Subroutine program name in the document processing program (selection subwindow 150 in FIG. 13)
0 is passed to the sub-window display program, and the sub-window 1400 for the pop-up menu is displayed (steps S200 → S210).

As a result, the user can select item 140 in FIG.
When 1 is specified (step S220), a sub-window 1500 of FIG. 13 is displayed. Sub-window displays (graphical user interfaces) for selecting image files are well known and will not require detailed description. After that, the subwindow 150
A replacement process is performed using a template specified by the user on 0 (step S230).

In the state of FIG. 10, when another document processing is instructed by the user, for example, when the erasing processing of the currently designated template image 1201 is instructed, the instructed document processing is executed. (Step S1
20 → S200 → S300).

As described above, when the user wants to search for a replacement candidate from the template images defined for each position, the user operates the left mouse button to select all the template images prepared in advance. If you want to search for a replacement candidate from within, just operate the right mouse button.

(Print processing, calculation of the number of postcards).

When the output menu 303 in FIG. 3 is operated by the mouse, the processing procedure in FIG. 19 is executed. CP
U11 is a pop-up menu 16 as shown in FIG.
00 is displayed, and the processing content to be executed is received from the user (step S400).

If calculation of the number of printed postcards is instructed, the procedure proceeds from step S410 to S420. If another process is instructed, the procedure goes to step S410
The process proceeds to 500, and the designated processing is executed.

When calculation of the number of printed postcards is instructed,
The CPU 11 refers to the address book on the system memory 12 (or the hard disk 13), refers to the necessity data of printing of each name (data set by the pop-up menu 1810 in FIG. 16), and indicates ON (requires printing). The number of names is counted (step S420).

The counting result is displayed as shown in FIG. 15 (step S430). Thereafter, after a printing confirmation process, the printing process is performed by the printer using the record (data including the name, home or work address, etc.) in the address book (step S440).

(Print Related Settings) Icons 1800 to 18
Since the setting process of the print-related data using 40 can be almost upset, the print necessity setting icon 18
00 will be described as an example.

Information indicating ON / OFF is written for each name in the address book or the printing necessity setting column of the address book. on/
The icon image corresponding to off is displayed on the hard disk
It is assumed that it is stored above. When displaying the display screen of FIG. 3, the CPU 11 copies an image corresponding to ON / OFF of the printing necessity data in the address book from the hard disk 13, and displays an ON / OFF icon indicating ON / OFF on each line of the address book image. Place the image. In addition, a table describing the position of the arranged image, the file name of the icon image, and the name of the information processing program to be executed when the icon is specified (in this case, the identification name of the pop-up menu display program) is stored in the system memory 12. (Step S600).

When the mouse is operated, the CPU 11 determines whether the position designated by the mouse, more specifically, the position of the mouse cursor is positioned on the icon, by referring to the icon position data in the table. I do. When the mouse cursor is positioned on the icon, a pop-up menu associated with the icon is displayed (see reference numeral 1810 in FIG. 16). When the user selects an item in the pop menu, information processing corresponding to the selected item, in this case, processing for setting ON / OFF in the address book is performed (step 610). In addition, the icon image used for display is changed according to the setting change. Further, the related data described in the table is changed.

In addition to the above-described embodiment, the following embodiment can be implemented. 1) In the above embodiment, since a large number of template documents are prepared, the template documents are classified. Therefore, a template image to be displayed in the subwindow 1300 and defined for each specific region in the document is also determined according to the above classification. If there are few types of template images to prepare, there is no need to perform classification.

2) In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the document processing program is recorded on the CDROM has been described. However, the document processing program is stored on a floppy disk,
O, and may be recorded on other recording media. Further, the recording medium of the present invention includes recording means capable of recording a program, for example, a hard disk, an IC memory, and the like, within the concept of the recording medium. When the document processing program is transferred to the document processing apparatus online via a communication network, the storage means installed in the information processing apparatus at the transfer source and storing (recording) the document processing program according to the present invention is used. This corresponds to a recording medium.

3) In the above embodiment, an example of printing on a postcard has been described. However, the printing paper need not be limited. In the above-described embodiment, a document to be printed on various types of paper for postcards, envelopes, and labels is handled. Therefore, when the paper is designated as a postcard (operation of the navigation start button), the arrow button in FIG. When another sheet is designated, the arrow button 1201 is not displayed.

4) The type of template image is a photograph,
You can use glyphs, illustrations, figures, and various other images, but depending on the position on the paper,
It is preferable that the type content is specified.

5) When the template image is displayed on the display screen, R, G. B in the form of color data,
When stored in a hard disk or the like, the data may be stored in a form corresponding to the type and content of the image, such as color data such as R, G, and B, drawing data, character codes, or data in which these data are mixed. The template document is the same as the template image. However, when displaying the template image or the template document on the display screen, the character code or drawing data is developed (or converted) into R, G, B color data. Documents created are R, G, B
The data may be stored as a data set in which the color data, the character code, the drawing data, the position data, etc. are mixed. . When the user moves the template image on the display screen to create a document, the position data indicating the position in the document of data (character code, drawing data, etc.) for displaying the image is also changed according to the movement. Be changed. These document creation processes are well known in the art and need not be described in detail.

6) In this embodiment, an HTML document is used to select a template document. However, the present invention is not limited to an HTML document, and an object described in a script language or its programming language may be used. The program recorded on the recording medium of the present invention may be any object that can be executed by a computer, such as an HTML document or a script language. Further, the program need not be written in a machine language that can be directly executed by the CPU, and the program recorded on the recording medium of the present invention may be an object that can be converted into a machine language by a conversion program. .

[0131]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a specific position in a document created on a display screen is designated, a template image suitable for that position is displayed. It is not necessary to select an image to be pasted from all template images as in the related art. Further, prior to the selection of the template image, the template image is pasted and a plurality of template images are displayed as replacement candidates, so that the user can know the position of the template image in the document. Further, by using the template for the document itself, it is possible to reduce the effort of the user himself to create the template image and create the document.

According to the present invention, printing-related settings can be made for each name using a part of the address book in connection with document creation. Further, since the setting contents are displayed in the form of icons, there is no need to enlarge the display area for displaying the setting contents. Further, since the setting is performed in relation to the icons, even a person who is not familiar with the computer can easily perform the setting.

Further, according to the present invention, various new functions which have not been provided in the past can be provided, and it is possible to contribute to the reduction of the user's operations related to document creation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a conventional template selection process.

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

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an initial screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a template document selection process.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a template document selection process.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining template document selection processing.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining template document selection processing.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a template document selection process.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a template image replacement process.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a template image replacement process.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a template image replacement process.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a template image replacement process.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a template image replacement process.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a process of calculating the number of postcards required for printing.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a process of calculating the number of postcards required for printing.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a process of setting print-related data.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a main processing procedure of a document processing program.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a document editing process of a template document.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating details of postcard calculation processing required for printing.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating details of a setting process of output-related data.

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Claims (54)

[Claims] 1. A method of storing a plurality of template images in advance, selecting one of the stored template images, and pasting the selected template image into a document on a display screen. A first processing unit that stores a plurality of template images that can be pasted in correspondence with positions in the document; and stores a specific position in the document on the display screen. Designation means for designating, first display control means for displaying a plurality of template images corresponding to the designated position on the display screen, and selection means for selecting one of the displayed plurality of template images Automatically pastes the selected template image at the position in the document specified by the specifying means. Document processing apparatus is characterized in that comprises a document processing device delivers. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a second storage unit stores a plurality of template documents to which template images are pasted, a document designating unit that designates the plurality of template documents, Second display control means for displaying the specified template document on the display screen, and specifying a specific position among the positions of the plurality of template images pasted in the displayed template document by the specifying means A document image processing unit that replaces the template image at the designated position with the image selected by the selection unit and pastes the image. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of template documents are hierarchically classified in advance according to their type contents, and the document specification unit specifies types in a hierarchical order. Finally, a document processing apparatus for designating a template document. 4. The document processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the type of the template document is displayed in the form of an icon, and the type of the document is designated by designating the icon by the document designating means. A document processing apparatus. 5. The document processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the type content of said template document is displayed as a markup language document. 6. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein an arbitrary position in a display area of said plurality of template images is designated by said designation means. 7. The document processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the sizes of the areas of the plurality of template images can be variably set. 8. The document processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the positions of the areas of the plurality of template images can be variably set. 9. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said selection means is a pointing device. 10. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a number is assigned in advance to the plurality of template images displayed by the first display control means, and the selection means inputs the number. A document processing apparatus characterized in that it is a numeric key for selecting a template image by using the key. 11. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising another selection unit that can select one template image from all the plurality of templates stored in the first storage unit, A document processing apparatus, wherein the selected template image is pasted at a position designated by the designation means. 12. A method of storing a plurality of template images in advance, selecting one template image from the stored template images, and pasting the selected template image into a document on a display screen. A document processing apparatus for creating a document according to the following: a storage means for storing an address book; a first area for creating the document; and a second name for displaying names in the address book of the storage means. Area is provided on the display screen, and further provided is an item column for setting an instruction content of a print-related process for each name of the second area, and the content of the print-related process is provided for each of the item columns. And a setting means for setting a value. 13. The document processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the setting content of the print-related processing is whether to print a document created by the document processing apparatus and information related to a name in the address book. A document processing apparatus, comprising: 14. The document processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the content set by said setting means is displayed in the form of an icon. 15. The document processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein an icon instructing means for instructing said icon, and a pop-up menu for selecting whether or not to print in accordance with an instruction from said icon means are displayed. A menu display control unit for performing the setting, and using the pop-up menu, the setting unit sets whether or not to print. 16. The document processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein a first mode for displaying only the address book and a second mode in which the first area and the second area are mixed are prepared. In the address book displayed in the first mode, an item column for setting an instruction content of the print-related process for each name is further provided, and the content of the print-related process is set for each of the item columns. A document processing apparatus further comprising another setting means for setting. 17. The document processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising mode switching means for switching between said first mode and said second mode. 18. A plurality of template images are stored in advance, one of the stored template images is selected, and the selected template image is displayed on a display screen to create a document. In the document processing device to perform, the opposite of the printing side of the selected template image,
A document processing apparatus comprising: means for setting a format of a document to be printed on a printing surface prior to the document creation; and information processing means for associating the set format with the created document. 19. A plurality of template images are stored in the document processing apparatus in advance, one of the stored template images is selected, and the selected template image is displayed on a display screen as a document. In a document processing method for creating a document by pasting inside, a plurality of template images that can be pasted corresponding to positions in the document are stored in the document processing apparatus, and A specific position in the document is designated, a plurality of template images corresponding to the designated position are displayed on the display screen, and one of the displayed plurality of template images is selected. Document processing method for automatically pasting a template image at a specified position in the document 20. The document processing method according to claim 19, wherein a plurality of template documents to which a template image is pasted are stored in the document processing apparatus,
One of the plurality of template documents is specified, the specified template document is displayed on a display screen, and the position of the plurality of template images pasted in the displayed template document is specified. A document processing method, wherein a position is specified, and a template image at the specified position is replaced with the selected image and pasted. 21. The document processing method according to claim 20, wherein the plurality of template documents are hierarchically classified in advance according to their type contents, and the types are designated in a hierarchical order, and finally the template documents are designated. And a document processing method. 22. The document processing method according to claim 21, wherein the type content of the template document is displayed in the form of an icon, and the type of document classification is specified by specifying the icon. Document processing method to be used. 23. The document processing method according to claim 21, wherein the type content of the template document is displayed as a markup language document. 24. The document processing method according to claim 20, wherein a position of the template image is specified by specifying an arbitrary position in a display area of the plurality of template images. . 25. The document processing method according to claim 24, wherein the sizes of the areas of the plurality of template images can be variably set. 26. The document processing method according to claim 24, wherein the positions of the regions of the plurality of template images can be variably set. 27. The document processing method according to claim 19, wherein one of the displayed plurality of template images is selected by a pointing device. 28. The document processing method according to claim 19, wherein a number is assigned to the plurality of displayed template images in advance, and a template image is selected by inputting a number with a number key. Characteristic document processing method. 29. The document processing method according to claim 19, wherein one template image can be selected from all the plurality of templates stored in the document processing apparatus, and the selected template image is designated. A document processing method characterized in that the document is pasted at a specified position. 30. A plurality of template images are stored in the document processing apparatus in advance, one of the stored template images is selected, and the selected template image is displayed on a display screen as a document. A document processing method characterized in that a document is created by pasting inside the address book, wherein an address book is stored in the document processing apparatus, and a first area in which the document is created and the address book in the address book are stored. A second area for displaying a name is provided on the display screen, and an item field for setting an instruction content of a print-related process for each name in the second area is further provided in the address book. And setting the contents of the print-related processing for each of the item fields. 31. The document processing method according to claim 30, wherein the setting content of the print-related processing is whether to print a document created by the document processing apparatus and information related to a name in the address book. A document processing method characterized in that: 32. The document processing method according to claim 30, wherein the set contents are displayed in the form of an icon. 33. The document processing method according to claim 32, wherein the user designates the icon, and in response to the instruction of the icon, displays a pop-up menu for selecting whether or not to print, and displays the pop-up menu. A document processing method characterized by setting whether or not to print using a. 34. The document processing method according to claim 30, wherein a first mode for displaying only the address book and a second mode in which the first area and the second area are mixed are prepared. In the address book displayed in the first mode, there is further provided an item column for setting an instruction content of the print-related process for each name, and the content of the print-related process is set for each of the item columns. A document processing method characterized by setting. 35. The document processing method according to claim 34, wherein the first mode and the second mode are switchable. 36. A plurality of template images are stored in the document processing apparatus in advance, one of the stored template images is selected, and the selected template image is displayed on a display screen. In the document processing method of creating a document by performing
A document processing method comprising: setting a format of a document to be printed on a printing surface prior to the document creation; and associating the set format with the created document. 37. A plurality of template images are stored in the document processing apparatus in advance, one of the stored template images is selected, and the selected template image is displayed on a display screen as a document. A plurality of template images that can be pasted corresponding to positions in the document are stored in the document processing device on a recording medium on which a program executed by a document processing device that creates a document by pasting the document is recorded. Storing the program, a step of designating a specific position in the document on the display screen, a step of displaying a plurality of template images corresponding to the designated position on the display screen, Selecting one of the displayed template images; and selecting the selected template image. Recording medium, characterized in that it comprises the automatically pasting step position in said document designated plate image. 38. The document recording medium according to claim 37, wherein a plurality of template documents to which template images are pasted are stored in the document processing apparatus,
The program includes a step of designating one of the plurality of template documents, a step of displaying the designated template document on a display screen, and a step of designating the plurality of template documents pasted in the displayed template document. A recording medium comprising: a step of designating a specific position in a position of a template image; and a step of pasting the template image at the designated position by replacing the selected image with the selected image. 39. The recording medium according to claim 38, wherein said plurality of template documents are hierarchically classified in advance according to their type contents, and the types are designated in a hierarchical order, and finally the template documents are A recording medium characterized by being specified. 40. The recording medium according to claim 39, wherein the type of the template document is displayed in the form of an icon, and the type of the document is specified by specifying the icon. Recording medium. 41. The recording medium according to claim 40, wherein the type content of said template document is displayed by a markup language document. 42. The recording medium according to claim 38, wherein a position of the template image is specified by specifying an arbitrary position in a display area of the plurality of template images. 43. The recording medium according to claim 42, wherein the sizes of the areas of the plurality of template images can be variably set. 44. The recording medium according to claim 42, wherein the positions of the areas of the plurality of template images can be variably set. 45. The recording medium according to claim 37, wherein one of the displayed plurality of template images is selected by a pointing device. 46. The recording medium according to claim 37, wherein a number is previously assigned to each of the plurality of displayed template images, and the template image is selected by inputting a number with a numeric key. Recording medium. 47. The recording medium according to claim 37, wherein one template image can be selected from all of the plurality of templates stored in the document processing apparatus, and the program stores the selected template image. Further comprising a step of attaching a label to a designated position. 48. A plurality of template images are stored in the document processing apparatus in advance, one of the stored template images is selected, and the selected template image is displayed on a display screen as a document. In a recording medium on which a program for creating a document by pasting the document is recorded, an address book is stored in the document processing apparatus, and a first document for creating the document is stored.
Area and a second area for displaying a name in the address book are provided on the display screen, and an item field for setting an instruction content of a print-related process for each name in the second area is provided. A recording medium provided in the address book, wherein the program includes a step of setting the contents of the print-related processing for each of the item columns. 49. The recording medium according to claim 48, wherein the setting content of the print-related processing is whether or not to print a document created by the document processing apparatus and information related to a name in the address book. A recording medium, characterized in that: 50. The recording medium according to claim 48, wherein the set contents are displayed in the form of an icon. 51. The recording medium according to claim 48, wherein the program displays a step of designating the icon, and displays a pop-up menu for selecting whether or not to print in accordance with the designation of the icon. And a step of setting whether or not to print using the pop-up menu. 52. The recording medium according to claim 48, wherein a first mode in which only the address book is displayed and a second mode in which the first area and the second area are mixed are prepared. In the address book displayed in the first mode, an item column for setting an instruction content of a print-related process for each name is further provided, and the program executes the print-related process for each of the item columns. A recording medium characterized by setting the content of the recording medium. 53. A recording medium according to claim 48, wherein said first mode and said second mode are switchable. 54. A program executed by the document processing apparatus, wherein a plurality of template images are stored in the document processing apparatus in advance, and one of the stored template images is selected.
In a recording medium recording a program for displaying the selected template image on a display screen and creating a document, the program includes a program opposite to a printing surface of the selected template image.
A recording medium comprising: a step of setting a format of a document to be printed on a printing surface prior to the document creation; and a step of associating the set format with the created document.