JP2002244785A - Documentation device, documentation method, and storage medium storing documentation program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the efficiency of a work by displaying a dialog for customizing a tool bar, selecting a necessary control, and saving a labor of combination. SOLUTION: Whether or not the command of a command means 11 is on a control or a group name within a dialog is determined so that a corresponding control ID is obtained according to the determination. Whether or not the command of the command means 11 is out of the dialog or on an existing tool bar is determined so that a control is added to the tool bar or a tool bar is newly produced according to the determination and the tool bar with the control added thereto is redisplayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a document creation device, a document creation method, and a storage medium storing a document creation program.

[0002] Controls (commands) on toolbars
When customizing, the user himself / herself displays a dialog for customization and selects necessary controls. It is necessary to do.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional document creation method, for example, there is one shown in FIG.

In FIG. 20, first, at step S101,
Then, the menu is displayed on the screen of the display device. The menu includes, for example, file, edit, format, decoration, tool, and help.

Next, a menu is selected in step S102. For example, select a tool on the menu. When a tool is selected, the tool is displayed in step S103.
For example, a dialog for setting character enlargement / reduction, decoration, and font is displayed.

Next, a tool is selected in step S104. For example, a group name representing a control for setting the character pattern, color, and back color is selected.

Next, in step S105, the information is displayed on the toolbar. For example, three controls belonging to the group name of character pattern, color, and back color are displayed on the toolbar.

[0008]

However, in such a conventional document creation method, when customizing the controls on the toolbar, the user himself / herself activates a customization dialog to enter necessary controls. Must be selected and combined. For this reason, there is a problem that it takes time and it is not possible to improve the efficiency of the operation that should be performed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and eliminates the trouble of displaying a dialog for customizing a toolbar, selecting necessary controls and assembling, and improving the efficiency of work to be performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device, a document creation method, and a storage medium storing a document creation program that can improve the document creation method.

[0010]

To achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows (see FIG. 1).

The first aspect of the present invention comprises a display device 12, an output device 21, and a predetermined instruction means 11.
In a document creating apparatus provided with means for displaying screen configuration information including at least a menu, a toolbar, and a dialog, a first determination for determining whether an instruction from the instruction means 11 is in a dialog and on a control or a group name Means 16, an ID acquiring means 17 for acquiring a corresponding control ID according to the discrimination of the first discriminating means 16, and a second discriminating means 18 for discriminating whether the instruction of the instructing means 11 is outside the dialog or on the existing toolbar. And the second determination means 18
Additional creating means 19 for adding a control to the toolbar or creating a new toolbar according to the determination of
And a redisplay means 20 for redisplaying the toolbar to which the control has been added.

The invention according to a second aspect is characterized in that the ID acquisition means 17
After the control ID is obtained by the
1. The designated position is determined, a menu is displayed, and “insert into toolbar” is selected and registered in the toolbar.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a toolbar button is arranged in a dialog, and when the instruction from the instruction means 11 is on a toolbar button, a control ID is registered in the toolbar.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the display device includes a display device, an output device, and a predetermined instruction means.
In a document creation method for creating a document using a document creation device provided with a means for displaying a display including a menu, a toolbar, and a dialogue, the instruction of the instruction means 11 is in a dialogue and on a control or a group name. Is determined, a corresponding control ID is obtained according to the determination, it is determined whether the instruction of the instruction means 11 is outside the dialog or on the existing toolbar, and a control is added to the toolbar or newly added according to the determination. Create a toolbar and redisplay the toolbar to which you added the control.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the first discriminating means 16 for discriminating whether the instruction of the instructing means 11 is in a dialog and on a control or a group name corresponds to the discrimination by the first discriminating means 16. ID obtaining means 17 for obtaining a control ID, and second determining means 18 for determining whether the instruction from the instruction means 11 is outside the dialog or on an existing toolbar.
A document that includes: an additional creation unit 19 that adds a control to the toolbar or newly creates a toolbar according to the determination by the second determination unit 18; and a redisplay unit 20 that redisplays the toolbar to which the control has been added. A storage medium storing a document creation program characterized by including the creation program.

According to the present invention having such a configuration,
It is determined whether the instruction of the instruction means 11 is in the dialog and on the control or on the group, and a corresponding control ID is obtained according to the determination, and it is determined whether the instruction of the instruction means 11 is outside the dialog or on the existing toolbar. Depending on the judgment, add a control to the toolbar or create a new toolbar, display the toolbar customization dialog to redisplay the toolbar with the control added, select the necessary commands, and save time to combine Thus, the efficiency of the work that should be performed can be improved.

After the control ID is obtained by the ID obtaining means 17, the pointing position of the pointing means 11 is determined, a menu is displayed, and selection is made by putting it in the toolbar.
Also in the case of registering in the toolbar, it is possible to similarly display a dialog for customizing the toolbar, select a necessary command, and save the trouble of combining, thereby improving the efficiency of the operation to be performed.

Further, when a toolbar button is arranged in the dialog, and when the instruction of the instruction means 11 is on the toolbar button, a control ID is registered in the toolbar. Can be omitted and the task of combining can be omitted, and the efficiency of the work that should be performed can be improved.

[0019]

[0020]

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU.
Reference numeral 1 denotes an input control unit 2, an output control unit 3, a table memory 4, a program memory 5, and a video image memory (VR).
AM) 6, a display output control unit 7, an external storage device control unit 8, and the like are connected via a system bus 9. A keyboard 10 and a mouse (instruction means) 11 are connected to the input control unit 2, and by operating the keyboard 10, system operation commands and input of document data are performed. Move the cursor in the X and Y directions to select menu items and icons on the toolbar, and register them on the toolbar or outside the dialog by dragging and dropping controls on the dialog.

The CRT 12 is connected to the video image memory 6 via the display output control unit 7, and data displayed on the CRT 12 is developed on the video image memory 6 as bitmap data.

A hard disk 13 and a floppy disk 14 are connected to the external storage device controller 8, respectively.
A program for editing processing is selected from a hard disk 13 or a floppy disk 14 as a storage medium,
The data is read, stored in the program memory 5, and executed by the CPU 1. The program has document creation programs (document creation application programs) 15A and 15B. The document creation programs 15A and 15B are designed to control a target within a dialog by dragging and dropping the control outside the dialog or onto a toolbar. Is to easily register on the toolbar.

FIG. 3 shows the internal structure of the document creation programs 15A and 15B.

In FIG. 3, reference numerals 15A and 15B denote document creation programs, and the document creation programs 15A and 15B
Is a first discriminator 16 as first discriminating means for discriminating whether the instruction of the mouse 11 is in a dialog and on a control or a group name, and a control ID corresponding to the discrimination by the first discriminator 16. An ID acquisition unit 17 as an ID acquisition unit to acquire, a second determination unit 18 as a second determination unit that determines whether the instruction of the mouse 11 is outside the dialog or on an existing toolbar, and a determination by the second determination unit 18 An additional creation unit 19 as an additional creation for adding a control to the toolbar or creating a new toolbar according to
A redisplay unit 20 is provided as redisplay means for redisplaying the toolbar to which the control has been added.

The output control unit 3 is connected to a printer 21 as an output device, and prints out a created document.

The table memory 4 stores a control table, a group table, and a toolbar table. As shown in FIG. 4, the control table 21A stores a control I for identifying the control.
D, a command ID for identifying a command associated with the control, and a bitmap ID indicating a display bitmap. The group table is a table that defines the controls that make up the group. As shown in FIG. 5, the group table 22 is made up of control IDs that identify controls included in the group.

As shown in FIG. 6, the toolbar table 23 includes control IDs for identifying controls included in the toolbar.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the document creation application.

In FIG. 7, a dialog 24 for modifying a character as an example of a document creation application
Is displayed.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a menu of the document creation application. The menu 25 includes, for example, a file,
Provides editing, formatting, tools, and help. Reference numeral 26 denotes a toolbar on which a target control is registered. In the dialog 24, character scaling,
Set decoration and typeface.

In the dialog 24, for example, typeface / point, italic / rotation, border / bold character, color / shading, enlargement / reduction, outline, and solid are set. 27 is a tag for setting the color / shading in the dialog. Reference numeral 28 denotes a group name, which is a group name representing a control for setting a character pattern, a color, and a back color. Reference numeral 29 denotes a control. For example, the control 29A specifies the color of a character.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing drag and drop from within the dialog to the toolbar.

In FIG. 8, reference numeral 29A denotes a color control. When the mouse button is down on the color control 29A and the button is up on the toolbar 26, 2
A color control as shown at 9A is added on the toolbar 26. Thus, the desired control 29A is registered on the toolbar 26 from within the dialog 24.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of dragging and dropping from inside the dialog to outside the dialog.

In FIG. 9, reference numeral 29A denotes a color control. When the mouse button is pressed down on the color control 29A and the button is raised at a position other than on the toolbar 26 from outside the dialog 24, a toolbar indicated by 26A is newly provided. The color control 29A is created and added to the toolbar 26A. Thus, the desired control 29A is registered in the dialog 24 and outside the toolbar other than the toolbar 26.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example in which a group name is dragged and dropped from within a dialog to a toolbar.

In FIG. 10, reference numeral 28 denotes a group name.
When the mouse button is pressed down on the group name 28 and the button is raised on the toolbar 26, three controls 29 belonging to the group name 28 are added on the toolbar 26 as shown in 29. In this way, the group name 28 in the dialog 24 is dragged and
By dropping, a group of controls 29 can be registered in the toolbar 26 at a time.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of dragging and dropping a group name from inside a dialog to outside the dialog.

In FIG. 11, reference numeral 28 denotes a group name for designating a color / pattern. When the mouse button is pressed down with the group name 28 and the mouse button is raised outside the dialog 24 and on a portion other than the toolbar 26, a toolbar 26B is displayed. Is newly created, and three controls 29 belonging to the group name 28 are added to the toolbar 26B. As described above, the group name 28 in the dialog 24 is dragged outside the dialog 24 and outside the toolbar 26.
By dropping and dropping, the group of controls 29 can be registered on the new toolbar 26B at a time.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the operation.

In FIG. 12, first, a dialog is displayed in step S1. For example, a character scaling / modification / typeface dialog 24 as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. Next, in step S2, the mouse button is pressed down on the target control. That is, when the user moves the mouse cursor over a target control and buttons down, a mouse button down signal is generated. Does not process when the button is down except on a control in the dialog.

Next, in step S3, it is determined whether or not the button down position is on a control in the dialog. In step S4, it is determined whether or not the button down position is on a group name.

8 and 9, the mouse button is down on the color control 29A in the dialog 24.

In FIGS. 10 and 11, the mouse button is down on the group name 28 for specifying the color / pattern.

If the button is pressed down on the group name, the group name is saved in step S5, and the control ID belonging to the group is stored in the group table 22 in FIG.
To win.

If the button is pressed down on the control, a control ID is obtained from the control table shown in FIG. 4 in step S6.

Next, when the user raises the mouse button in step S7, a mouse button-up signal is generated.

Next, in a step S8, it is determined whether or not the button-up position is outside the dialog, and in a step S9, it is determined whether or not the button-up position is on the toolbar. That is, what is displayed at the position of the mouse cursor when the button is raised is determined based on the cursor coordinates of the mouse button-up signal. At this time, if the button-up position is within the dialog, no processing is performed.

If the button-up position is on an existing toolbar, a new control ID is added to the existing toolbar in step S10 as shown in FIG. That is,
As shown in FIG. 13, a new control ID is added to the toolbar table 23, and a toolbar table 23A in which a new control ID is added to an existing control ID is created. If the button-up position is not on the existing toolbar, a new toolbar is created in step S11, and a control ID is added in step S12.

That is, when a color control is performed, a new toolbar table 23 as shown in FIG.
Create B. Also, drag and drop the group name
When a new toolbar is created by dropping, a group name is given to the toolbar, and when a plurality of controls exist in the group, a corresponding plurality of control IDs are added as shown in FIG. Thus, a new toolbar table 23C of the group name is created.

Next, when the control ID is added to the toolbar, the toolbar is displayed again in step S12.

In FIG. 8, the color control 29A in the dialog 24 is registered on the toolbar 26 as indicated by 29A. In FIG. 10, the color / pattern designation group name 28 in the dialog 24 is grouped on the toolbar. It is registered as three controls 29 to which it belongs.

In FIG. 9, a new toolbar 26A is created at a position where the color control 29A in the dialog 24 is outside the dialog 24 and is not the toolbar 26, and the color control 29A is registered on the toolbar 26A. A color / pattern designation toolbar 26B is created at a position where the color / pattern designation group name 28 inside the dialog 24 is outside the dialog 24 and is not a toolbar, and three controls 29 belonging to the group name 28 are registered on the toolbar 26B. .

In this way, it is possible to display a dialog for toolbar customization, select necessary commands and combine them, and improve the work efficiency that should be performed.

FIG. 16 is a view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 16, a menu 25A is displayed by right-clicking the mouse button. Menus include cut, copy, paste, move, copy, delete,
Re-conversion, "Add to toolbar" etc. are displayed. Here, the menu 25A is provided with an item "insert into toolbar". Here "Add to Toolbar"
By selecting, the desired control is added to the toolbar 26.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention.

The description of the same parts as in FIG. 12 is omitted, and the newly added parts will be described.

In FIG. 17, when the mouse button is up in step S7, the position of the mouse button is determined in step S7A. If the mouse button position is left-clicked, the process proceeds to step S8, and if the mouse button position is right-clicked, the process proceeds to step S7B. In step S7B, a menu is displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 16, cut, copy, paste, move,
Copy, delete, re-convert, "insert into toolbar", etc. are displayed. The item "Add to toolbar" is prepared in advance.

Next, in step S7C, "insert into toolbar" is selected from menu 25A. Thus, the desired control is added to the toolbar 26 in step S10.

Also in the present embodiment, it is possible to display a dialog for toolbar customization, select a required command, and save the trouble of assembling, thereby improving the work efficiency that should be performed.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 18, reference numerals 30A and 30B denote toolbar buttons for designating a group name, and reference numerals 30C and 30D denote toolbar buttons for setting a pattern, a color and a back color. These toolbar buttons 30A, 30B, 30C and 30D
Are arranged in advance. To add to the toolbar 26, the toolbar buttons 30A, 30
Press B, 30C, 30D. To add a color / pattern designation group name, a toolbar button 30A is pressed. To add a color control, the user presses a toolbar button 30E.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention.

The description of the same parts as in FIG. 12 is omitted, and the newly added parts will be described.

In FIG. 19, if the mouse button is down in step S2 and the control is not on the control in the dialog in step S3, it is determined in step S3A whether or not the toolbar buttons 30A, 30B, 30C and 30D are pressed. Terminates the process, and if so, adds the corresponding control on the toolbar 26 in step S10.

Also in the present embodiment, it is possible to display a dialog for toolbar customization, select a necessary command, and save the trouble of assembling, thereby improving the work efficiency that should be performed.

In the present embodiment, the pointing means has been described as a mouse.
Any device that can perform a predetermined instruction such as a slide pad may be used.

[0070]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is determined whether the instruction of the instruction means is within a dialog and on a control or a group name, and a corresponding control ID is obtained according to the determination. Toolbar customization to determine whether the instruction means is outside the dialog or on an existing toolbar, add a control to the toolbar or create a new toolbar according to the determination, and redisplay the toolbar with the added control For displaying necessary dialogs, selecting and combining necessary commands, and thereby improving the efficiency of operations that should be performed.

The control I is obtained by the ID acquisition means.
After obtaining D, the pointing position of the pointing means is determined,
Display the menu, select "Add to Toolbar",
Similarly, when registering in the toolbar, it is possible to display a dialog for toolbar customization, select necessary commands and combine them, and to improve the efficiency of work that should be performed.

Further, when a toolbar button is arranged in the dialog and the control means registers the control ID in the toolbar when the instruction of the instruction means is on the toolbar button, a dialog for toolbar customization is displayed in the same manner, and The trouble of selecting and combining commands can be saved, and the efficiency of the work that should be performed can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an internal configuration diagram of a document creation program.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a control table.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a group table.

FIG. 6 shows a toolbar table.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example of a document creation application.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of drag and drop from a dialog to a toolbar.

[Figure 9] Drag from inside dialog to outside dialog
Diagram showing an example of and drop

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of dragging and dropping a group name from a dialog to a toolbar.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of dragging and dropping a group name from inside a dialog to outside the dialog;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation.

FIG. 13 is a view for explaining addition of a new control ID to a toolbar.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a table of a new toolbar.

FIG. 15: New toolbar group name table

FIG. 16 is a configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a configuration diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG. 18;

FIG. 20 shows a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: CPU 2: Input control unit 3: Output control unit 4: Table memory 5: Program memory 6: Video image memory 7: Display output control unit 8: External storage device control unit 9: System bus 10: Keyboard 11: Mouse ( Instruction means) 12: CRT (display device) 13: Hard disk 14: Floppy disk 15A, 15B: Document creation program 16: First discriminator (first discriminator) 17: ID acquisition unit (ID acquisition means) 18: Second Separate part (second determination means) 19: additional creation part (additional creation means) 20: redisplay part (redisplay means) 21: printer 21A: control table 22: group table 23, 23A, 23B, 23C: toolbar table 24 : Dialog 25, 25A: Menu 26, 26A: Toolbar 27: Tab 28: Glue 29, 29A: Control 30A-30E: Toolbar button

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takeshi Shoji 2-2-1 Honai, Yao-cho, Negashi-gun, Toyama F-term in Toyama Fujitsu Limited (Reference) 5B009 TB11 5E501 AA02 BA03 BA05 CA02 CB02 CB09 EA05 EA10 EB05 FA03 FA45 FB13 FB23

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A document creating apparatus comprising: a display device, an output device, and predetermined instruction means; and means for displaying screen configuration information including at least a menu, a toolbar, and a dialog on the display device. First determining means for determining whether the instruction is in a dialog and on a control or a group name, and a control ID corresponding to the determination by the first determining means
ID obtaining means for obtaining the information, second determining means for determining whether the instruction from the instruction means is outside the dialog or on an existing toolbar, and adding or newly adding a control to the toolbar according to the determination by the second determining means. A document creation device comprising: an additional creation unit that creates a toolbar; and a redisplay unit that redisplays a toolbar to which a control is added. 2. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein after the control ID is obtained by the ID obtaining means, the pointing position of the pointing means is determined, a menu is displayed, and a menu item is selected. A document creation device characterized by registering in a document. 3. The document creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a toolbar button is arranged in the dialog, and a control ID is registered in the toolbar when the instruction from the instruction means is on the toolbar button. apparatus. 4. A document creation device having a display device, an output device, and a predetermined instruction means, and having a means for displaying screen configuration information including at least a menu, a toolbar, and a dialog on the display device. In the document creation method to be created, it is determined whether the instruction of the instruction means is in a dialog and on a control or a group name, and a corresponding control ID is obtained according to the determination. A document creation method characterized by determining whether the toolbar is on an existing toolbar, adding a control to the toolbar according to the determination, or creating a new toolbar, and redisplaying the toolbar to which the control has been added. 5. A first discriminating means for discriminating whether an instruction from an instructing means is in a dialog and on a control or a group name, and a control ID corresponding to the discrimination by the first discriminating means
ID obtaining means for obtaining the information, second determining means for determining whether the instruction from the instruction means is outside the dialog or on an existing toolbar, and adding or newly adding a control to the toolbar according to the determination by the second determining means. A storage medium storing a document creation program, comprising: a document creation program having: an additional creation unit that creates a toolbar; and a redisplay unit that redisplays a toolbar to which a control is added.