JP2002236679A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document processor capable of keeping the information on a writer or the like in transferring. SOLUTION: This document processor holds the information on the writer of a transferred original document with a document element in copying or cutting the document element selected by a document editing part 11, transfers the document element to a place designated as a transfer address when it receives the instruction for transferring, and links the information on the writer of the transferred original document with an electronic document of the transferring address.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus for processing an electronic document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, digitization of documents has been promoted, and various documents have been created and held as electronic documents. Conventionally, there has been a system that sets information about the creator of these electronic documents and uses the information for security such as prohibiting modification by anyone other than the creator.

On the other hand, these electronic documents can be easily transcribed (copied and pasted) in part. In a device (such as a word processor) for creating such an electronic document, when a character string of a part of the electronic document is selected and a copy (copy) or cut (cut) instruction is received, the selected character string is converted. Move to a temporary storage area (usually called clipboard or the like). Then, in response to the transfer instruction, the character string stored on the clipboard is transferred (pasted) to a specified location. Here, the data to be transferred via the clipboard is only the data itself, such as a character string. For this reason, the creator of the electronic document does not know when and how to copy and transcribe a part, and there may be a case where a problem occurs in relation to the copyright or the like.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional electronic document processing system, it is difficult to maintain the creator information at the time of the transfer operation, and it is difficult to adjust the creator's rights. There was a problem. Therefore, it is conceivable to set the entire electronic document to be untransferable. However, in such a case, the relationship with the original document cannot be electronically managed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a document processing apparatus capable of maintaining information of a creator or the like even during transcription.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a document processing apparatus for selecting at least a part of a source electronic document as a transfer target in a document processing apparatus. Means for managing the creator information of each electronic document in a document processing apparatus including: means for transferring a transfer target into an electronic document designated as a destination; And a means for registering the creator information in association with the transcription target in the transcription destination document. In this way, by setting the creator information for the transcription target in the transcription destination document, it is possible to maintain the information on the right relationship even in the case of partial transcription.

[0007] It is preferable that the apparatus further includes means for accumulating information relating to the history of the transcription in association with the electronic document of the transcription source when the transcription is performed. As a result, the creator can grasp the transcription status of the electronic document. Further, here, after receiving the operation of editing the posted posting target,
The creator information associated with the transcription target may have a means for selectively executing either a process of deleting the creator information or a process of adding information of an editing operator to the creator information. preferable.

According to the present invention, there is provided a document processing apparatus comprising: means for holding an electronic document having at least one transcription document element captured by transcription; Means for managing the creator information of the electronic document that has been transcribed, and recognizing the transcribed document element, and emphasizing portions corresponding to each transcribed document element in a different manner for each creator according to the creator information. Means for displaying. Here, as an example of the display mode, an area on the screen corresponding to the transcription document element is highlighted by surrounding it with a frame line, and each creator is displayed so as to be distinguishable by the color of the frame line. In another embodiment, information on the name of the creator is superimposed and displayed on each transcription document element.

Further, the creator information includes a contact address on the network relating to the creator, and upon receiving a predetermined operation on the transcription document element, uses the contact address relating to the creator of the transcription document element. It is also preferable to include means for executing the predetermined processing. Here, the contact address includes, in addition to the creator's e-mail address, a creator's homepage, reference information indicating the storage location of the electronic document of the transcription source, and the like. Further, in these document processing apparatuses, a means for managing attribute information relating to each electronic document, a means for acquiring the attribute information from the electronic document that has been a transcription source, and Means for displaying at least a part of the acquired attribute information in the vicinity of the transcription position of the transcription target. Here, the attribute information includes information for specifying a publication, a caption of a chart, and the like.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document processing method, wherein at least a part of a source electronic document is selected as a transfer target, and the transfer target is set as a destination. A step of posting in a designated electronic document, a step of managing creator information of each electronic document,
Acquiring the creator information of the electronic document that is the transcription source, and registering the creator information in association with the transcription target in the destination document.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document processing program, wherein the computer selects at least a part of an electronic document that has been a transcription source as a transcription target; The procedure for posting in the electronic document specified as the destination and the information related to the creator of the electronic document that was the transfer source is acquired, and the information is associated with the transcript target in the destination document, and And a step of registering information.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a document processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected to a document management system 2 via a network, and includes a document editing unit 11, a storage unit 12, a communication unit 13, , External storage unit 14
And a user authentication unit 15. As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic document includes an identifier (ID) of the electronic document, a transcript data part (A), history information (B) for each transcribed document element, and a text ( C),
It has a data structure including information (D) of the creator of the electronic document. The transfer data section (A) associates reference information indicating a transfer position with reference information to a transfer history related to a document element at the transfer position. The history information (B) includes information on the first creator (original creator), information on the creator of the document to which the document element of the original creator has been transcribed (first transcriber), and the transcribed information. The creator of the document to which the document element was further transcribed (2nd to nth transcribers)
Are arranged.

The document editing unit 11 stores the document data in the storage unit 1
2, and performs editing processing such as input, selection, and transcription of a character string. Here, transcription refers to, for example, a character string copy / paste process. Further, the document editing unit 11 acquires an electronic document from the document management system 2 via the communication unit 13 and causes the document management system 2 to store the electronic document via the communication unit 13. The document editing unit 11 is realized by using a CPU of an ordinary personal computer and executing software supplied from the external storage unit 14.

A description will now be given of the transcription process performed by the document editing unit. When receiving a copy or cut instruction in a state where a document element such as a character string is selected, the document editing unit 11 obtains information (D) of the creator of the electronic document to be copied or cut. This information is temporarily transcribed to the clipboard together with the selected document element as transcription history information. Also, the document editing unit 11
It is checked whether or not the document element to be copied or cut is a transcribed document element with reference to the transcription data section (A). The history information (B) is acquired, the information (D) of the creator of the electronic document is added to the history information (B) as a transcriber, new history information is generated, and this is temporarily stored on the clipboard together with the selected document element. Post to Then, when receiving the transfer (paste) instruction, the document editing unit 11 acquires the information of the creator of the electronic document of the transfer destination by using the information authenticated by the user authentication unit 15 and records the history information in the clipboard. To obtain the information of the creator of the electronic document of the previous transcription source. Then, these are compared, and if they match (if the transcription is performed in the same electronic document), the history information in the clipboard information is discarded, and only the document element is extracted and Post this document element to the location. If they do not match, the history information in the clipboard is added to the history information (B) of the electronic document that has been transcribed, and the document element in the clipboard is transcribed to a specified location, and the added history is added. The reference information to the information and the transcription position of the document element are associated with each other and added to the transcription data part (A). Here, the history information (B) and the selected target are moved to the clipboard at the time of an operation such as copying. However, by also transferring the document identifier (ID), the same electronic document can be stored in the same electronic document. Whether or not the transfer is performed may be performed by comparing the IDs.

The storage unit 12 stores an electronic document that has been edited by the document editing unit 11. The storage unit 12 manages information on the clipboard. Communication unit 13
Acquires an electronic document from the document management system 2 according to an instruction input from the document editing unit 11. The communication unit 13 stores the electronic document in the document management system 2. The external storage unit 14 reads a processing program from a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, and implements the processing of the document editing unit 11 by software. The user authentication unit 15 checks the name of the user before editing the electronic document. This confirmation can be performed by a user name and a password.

That is, according to the present embodiment, when a part of an electronic document is selected, copied or cut, and pasted, information on the creator of the electronic document is accumulated as a transcription history. Then, the information of the creator of each document element is managed.

[Edit of Transcription Portion] The document editing unit 11
Determines whether the edited part is the part corresponding to the transcribed document element, and if it is the transcribed part, updates or deletes the history information associated with the document element It is also preferable to perform the following processing. That is,
If the transcribed document element is a character string, consider that the document element may be edited by appending to this character string or, if it is a graph, changing the numerical value. It is. In this case, the history information is updated by adding the information of the operator, or the history information itself is deleted, depending on the selection of the operator or the setting made in advance.

[Display Mode] Further, the document editing unit 11
When displaying the electronic document, it is also preferable to highlight the transcribed portion in the electronic document. That is, the document editing unit 1
1 receives the instruction for highlighting, refers to the transcription data portion (A), and displays the transcription portion of the text surrounded by a frame or the like (FIG. 3). Furthermore, with reference to the history information (B), different colors and line types (solid lines, solid lines, and the like) for each creator (which may be the first creator or the creator of the electronic document that has been directly transcribed). It is also preferable to highlight the image as a dashed line, a dashed line, etc. (X, Y in FIG. 3).

[Creator Information] Incidentally, the creator information included as the history information (B) may include not only the information of the name of the creator but also, for example, an e-mail address of the creator. With this, when an e-mail transmission instruction is received for the creator of the transcribed document element, the creator's e-mail address is obtained from the history information associated with the document element, and the acquired e-mail address is used for processing of the e-mail application Can be offered.

Further, here, "creator information" is associated, but not limited to this, various attribute information may be associated. As such attribute information, for example, the storage location (U
RL, etc.) and the date and time when the transcription was performed. In the case of a dissertation, the name of the published journal (article journal)
Date of publication, if it is a publication, the publisher name, edition, year of publication,
There is information such as the issuer. Furthermore, if it is a chart, there is information on the caption of the chart. If the information to be transcribed here is a chart, the document editing unit 11 arranges the caption near the chart at the time of transcription. It should be noted that it is also preferable to include, for example, a caption below the document element in the case of a figure or a document element above the document element in the case of a table by including the distinction between the figure and the table as attribute information. . Furthermore, if it is a mere character string, it is preferable that the information about the creator is expressed in parentheses. That is, it is also preferable that the document editing unit 11 lay out and display the contents of the attribute information using the attribute information set in association with the transcribed document element at the time of transcription. It is also preferable that the information is included in the attribute information. Such an embodiment is particularly useful in creating an academic paper.

Further, by setting a keyword or an abstract document of the electronic document that has been the transcription source as this attribute information, based on the instruction to display the attribute information of the transcription source document, the details as shown in FIG. Information can be provided.

[Cited Document Creation Processing] The document editing unit 11
Further, referring to the transfer data portion (A) of the electronic document, for each of the transferred document elements, a serial number, a creator name included in the attribute information, and a transfer source in the order of the transfer position from the top of the electronic document. It is also preferable to generate a citation list that describes information such as the title of the document and the date of issue. Further, the list may be generated by dividing the list into documents, charts, and the like based on the attribute information.

[Document Evaluation] The document editing unit 11 refers to the transfer data section (A) of the electronic document to show the percentage of the transferred document element in the entire electronic document. It is also preferable to do so. Further, in this case, the percentage may be accumulated and indicated for each creator of each document element. That is, when there are a plurality of document elements created and transcribed by the first creator,
The total percentage of these document elements in the entire electronic document is shown as a graph. Thus, the originality of the electronic document can be evaluated.

[Process at Transcription Source] Further, the document editing unit 1
1 includes a storage location of an electronic document that is a transcription source in a clipboard as attribute information at the time of copying or cutting, and information indicating a transcription target area when the transcription is performed; It is also preferable that the storage location of the electronic document at the destination, the name of the operator who performed the transcription, and the like be associated with each other and stored as a transcription state. In this way, a document element having a large number of transcriptions can be recognized, and how the transcription is performed can be tracked.

[0025]

According to the present invention, at least a part of a source electronic document is selected as a target to be transcribed, and the target of transcript is transcribed into an electronic document specified as a destination of the transcript. Means for managing the creator information of the electronic document, acquiring the creator information of the electronic document that is the transcription source, and registering the creator information in association with the transcription target in the destination document. , So that information such as the creator can be maintained even during transcription.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention and a connection mode to a network.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of an electronic document.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of an electronic document.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example of information regarding transcription.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 document processing device, 2 document management system, 11 document editing unit, 12 storage unit, 13 communication unit, 14 external storage unit, 15 user authentication unit.

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A document processing apparatus comprising: a unit for selecting at least a part of an electronic document that has been a transcription source as a transcription target; and a unit for transcribing the transcription target into an electronic document specified as a transcription destination. Means for managing the creator information of each electronic document, and means for acquiring the creator information of the electronic document that is the transcription source, and registering the creator information in association with the transcription target in the destination document A document processing apparatus comprising: 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means for, when the transcription is performed, storing information relating to the transcription history in association with the electronic document of the transcription source. Document processing device. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, after receiving the operation of editing the transcribed transcription target, the creator information associated with the transcription target is erased. A document processing apparatus further comprising means for selectively executing either a process for performing the process or a process for adding the information of the editing operator to the creator information. 4. A means for retaining an electronic document having at least one transcription document element captured by transcription, and a means for managing creator information of an electronic document that has been a transcription source in association with the transcription document element. Recognizing the transcribed document element and according to its creator information,
Means for highlighting a portion corresponding to each transcription document element in a different manner for each creator. 5. The document processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the creator information includes a contact address on a network related to the creator, and receives a predetermined operation on the transcribed document element, and A means for executing a predetermined process using the contact address associated with the creator of the document. 6. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means for managing attribute information relating to each electronic document; and means for acquiring the attribute information from an electronic document that has been a transcription source. And a means for displaying at least a part of the acquired attribute information in the vicinity of the posting position of the transcription target in the transcription destination document when the transcription target is transcribed. . 7. A step of selecting at least a part of an electronic document as a transcription source as a transcription target, and transcribing the transcription target into an electronic document specified as a transcription destination; Management step; and a step of acquiring the creator information of the electronic document that is the transcription source, and registering the creator information in association with the transcription target in the transcription destination document. Document processing method. 8. A procedure for selecting at least a part of a source electronic document as a transfer target in a computer, a step of posting the target to an electronic document designated as a destination, and a step of Acquiring information related to the creator of the electronic document that has become a new electronic document, and registering the information related to the creator in association with the transcription target in the destination document. program. 9. A computer-readable recording medium storing the document processing program according to claim 8.