JP2006107038A - Information processor, document editing method, storage medium storing computer-readable program, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To replacement-edit an image object replacement-instructed such that the image object accords with layout information of an image object already inserted in an electronic document without incongruity by an easy and small operation instruction. <P>SOLUTION: In a computer 100 capable of producing the electronic document according to a book attribute by combining a page of the image object and a page of electronic data, when designating the image object replaced with the image object inserted in the electronic document from an image object group stored in an electronic document file 103, the layout information of the image object inserted in the electronic document by a document editing function of a bookbinding application 104 is made to turn over to the layout information of the designated replacement image object, is replaced, and is inserted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an original editing method capable of creating an electronic manuscript according to a book attribute by combining an image object page and an electronic data page, a storage medium storing a computer-readable program, and a program. is there.

  Conventionally, it has been generally performed that a paper document is read by a scanner, the read image data is corrected by an image editing unit, and processing instructions such as double-sided, stapling, and punch holes are added and output from a printing apparatus. Yes.

  Also, document data created by application software on the data processing device (PC) is converted into electronic data independent of the created application, and processing instructions such as double-sided, stapling, punch holes, etc. are added and output from the printing device. It is generally done.

  Furthermore, a page of image data and a page of electronic data are combined and stored as an electronic document according to a book attribute, and processing instructions such as double-sided, stapling, and punch holes are added and output from a printing apparatus.

A technique for converting document data created by a plurality of application software into a unique electronic format and editing rendered data is generally performed as disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 02-090366

  However, in the conventional technique described above, in order to execute replacement of an image object, it is necessary to execute two steps of deleting the image object and creating a new image object, which imposes an operation burden on the user. It was.

  In the conventional technique, it is necessary to mark the location before replacement in order to align the position of the image object before replacement and after replacement. Furthermore, when the size of the image object before replacement is different from the size of the image object after replacement, it is necessary to adjust the size after replacement, resulting in an operation burden on the user.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of creating an electronic manuscript according to a book attribute by combining a page of the image object and a page of electronic data. When an image object that replaces the image object inserted in the electronic document is specified from the stored image object group, the layout information of the image object inserted in the electronic document is displayed as the specified replacement image object. Convenience to replace and edit image objects that are instructed to match the layout information of the image object already inserted in the electronic manuscript without any sense of incongruity by inheriting and replacing the layout information And manipulation To provide a storage medium and a program excellent electronic document editing sexual efficiently perform information processing apparatus and a document editing method and a computer storing readable program.

  The information processing apparatus of the present invention that achieves the above object has the following configuration.

  An information processing apparatus capable of creating an electronic document according to a book attribute by combining a page of an image object and a page of electronic data, the storage unit storing the image object, and an image object inserted in the electronic document Designation means for designating an image object to be replaced from the image object group stored in the storage means, and layout information of the image object inserted in the electronic document, layout information of the replacement image object designated by the designation means And a manuscript editing means for replacing and inserting.

  The document editing method of the present invention that achieves the above object has the following configuration.

  A document editing method in an information processing apparatus, comprising storage means for storing an image object, and capable of creating an electronic document in accordance with a book attribute by combining a page of the image object and a page of electronic data, and is inserted into the electronic document A designating step of designating an image object to replace the image object being stored from the image object group stored in the storage means, and layout information of the image object inserted into the electronic document, the layout of the designated replacement image object And a manuscript editing step for replacing and inserting information.

  According to the present invention, it is excellent in convenience and operability that an image object that is instructed to be replaced to match the layout information of the image object already inserted in the electronic document can be replaced and edited without a sense of incongruity with a simple operation instruction. The electronic document editing process can be performed efficiently.

  Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Description of system configuration>
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a software configuration of a document processing system to which the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention can be applied. The document processing system to which the information processing apparatus according to the present invention is applicable provides an electronic manuscript writer that converts a data file created by a general application into an electronic manuscript file, and a function for editing the electronic manuscript file. A bookbinding application can be used to create and edit a document in which the created data is grouped together, improving the operability and efficiently editing the document.

  In FIG. 1, the document processing system is realized by a computer device (hereinafter also referred to as a host computer) 100 which is a preferred embodiment for an information processing device.

  Reference numeral 101 denotes a general application, which is an application program that provides functions such as word processing, spreadsheet, photo retouching, drawing, painting, presentation, and text editing, and has a printing function for the OS. The OS and the general application 101 are stored in an external storage device such as a hard disk. After the OS is loaded on the RAM, an application activation request is detected, and the general application 101 is loaded on the RAM and executed. The various programs are executed.

  These general applications 101 use a predetermined interface (generally called GDI) provided by an operating system (OS) when printing application data such as created document data and image data.

  That is, the application 101 transmits an OS-dependent output command (referred to as a GDI function) to the OS output module that provides the above-described interface in order to print the created data. .

  On the other hand, the output module that has received the output command converts the output command into a format that can be processed by an output device such as a printer, and outputs the converted command (referred to as a DDI function). Since the format that can be processed by the output device varies depending on the device type, manufacturer, model, etc., a device driver is provided for each device, and the OS uses that device driver to convert commands and generate print data. A print job is generated by enclosing with JL (Job Language).

  When using Microsoft Windows (registered trademark) as the OS, a module called GDI (Graphic Device Interface) corresponds to the output module described above.

  Reference numeral 102 denotes an electronic document writer, which is an improvement of the above-described device driver, and is a software module provided for realizing the document processing system.

  However, the electronic document writer 102 is not intended for a specific output device, and converts the output command into a format that can be processed by the bookbinding application 104 and the printer driver 106 described later in detail.

  The format after conversion by the electronic document writer 102 (hereinafter referred to as an electronic document format) is not particularly limited as long as a document in units of pages can be expressed in a detailed format. Of substantial standard formats, for example, PDF format or SVG format by Adobe Systems can be adopted as the electronic document format.

  When using the electronic document writer 102 from the general application 101, the electronic document writer 102 is designated as a device driver used for output, and printing is executed.

  However, the electronic document file as created by the electronic document writer 102 does not have a complete format as an electronic document file. Therefore, the bookbinding application 104 designates the electronic document writer 102 as a device driver, and conversion of application data into an electronic document file is executed under the management of the bookbinding application 104.

  Then, the bookbinding application 104 completes the new incomplete electronic document file generated by the electronic document writer 102 as an electronic document file 103 having a format described later.

  Hereinafter, when it is necessary to clearly identify this point, a file created by the electronic manuscript writer 102 is called an “electronic manuscript file”, and an electronic manuscript file given a structure by the bookbinding application 104 is called a “book file”. Call.

  If there is no need to distinguish between them, a document file, an electronic manuscript file, and a book file generated by an application are all referred to as a document file (or document data).

  In this way, by specifying the electronic document writer 102 as a device driver and printing data by the general application 101, the application data is electronic in units of pages (hereinafter referred to as logical pages or document pages) defined by the application 101. It is converted into a document format and stored as an electronic document file 103 in a storage medium such as a hard disk.

  The hard disk may be a local drive included in a computer that implements the document processing system of the present embodiment, or may be a drive provided on the network when connected to the network.

  A bookbinding application 104 reads the electronic document file (or book file) 103 and provides a user with a function for editing the file.

  However, the bookbinding application 104 does not provide a function for editing the contents of each page, but provides a function for editing the structure of a chapter or book, which will be described later, configured with a page as a minimum unit.

  When the book file 103 edited by the bookbinding application 104 is printed, the bookbinding application 104 activates the electronic document despooler 105. The electronic manuscript despooler 105 is a program module installed in the computer 100 together with the bookbinding application 104, and is used to output drawing data to the printer driver 106 when printing a document (book file) used by the bookbinding application 104. The module used.

  An electronic document despooler 105 reads out a designated book file from the hard disk and generates an output command suitable for the above-described OS output module in order to print each page in the format described in the book file. Output to the output module.

  At that time, the printer driver 106 for the printer 107 used as the output device is designated as the device driver. The above-described output module converts the received output command into a device command and outputs the device command to the designated printer driver 106 for the printer 107. Convert.

  The converted command is transmitted from the printer driver 106 to the printer 107 via a system spooler (not shown), and the printer 107 prints an image corresponding to the command.

  2 is a block diagram for explaining an example of the hardware configuration of the computer 100 shown in FIG. 1, and the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  In FIG. 2, 201 is a CPU that executes programs such as an OS, a general application, and a bookbinding application stored in the program ROM of the ROM 203 or loaded from the hard disk 211 to the RAM 202, and the software configuration of FIG. The procedure of the flowchart described later is realized.

  A RAM 202 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201. A keyboard controller (KBC) 205 controls key input from a keyboard (KB) 209 or a pointing device (not shown). Reference numeral 206 denotes a CRT controller (CRTC) which controls display on the CRT display 210.

  A disk controller (DKC) 207 controls access to a hard disk (HD) 211, a flexible disk (FD), or the like that stores a boot program, various applications, font data, user files, edit files described later, and the like.

  Reference numeral 208 denotes a PRTC which controls the exchange of signals with the connected printer 107. The NC 212 is connected to the network and executes communication control processing with other devices connected to the network.

<Electronic manuscript data format>
Before referring to details of the editing application 104, the data format of the book file will be described. The book file has a three-layer structure that mimics a paper medium book.

  First, the upper layer is called a “book”, imitating one book, and attributes related to the book in general are defined. The middle layer below it corresponds to the chapter in the book and is also called “chapter”. For each chapter, attributes for each chapter can be defined. The lower layer is “page”, which corresponds to each page defined by the application program. For each page, attributes for each page can be defined. Furthermore, one book may include a plurality of chapters, and one chapter may include a plurality of pages.

  3A and 3B are diagrams for schematically explaining the format of a book file that can be processed by the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 3A corresponds to an example of the format of the book file, and FIG. Corresponds to an example.

  In the present embodiment, the book, chapter, and page in the book file are indicated by corresponding nodes. One book file contains one book.

  Since the book and chapter are concepts for defining the structure of the book, they include defined attribute values and links to lower layers as entities. The page has data for each page output by the application program as an entity. Therefore, the page includes a document page entity (document data) and a link to each document data in addition to the attribute value.

  Note that a print page when outputting to a paper medium or the like may include a plurality of document pages. This structure is not displayed by a link, but is displayed as an attribute in each hierarchy of a book, chapter, and page.

  In FIG. 3A, a book attribute is defined in the book attribute 301 and two chapters 302A and 302B are linked. By this link, it is displayed that the chapters 302A and 302B are included in the book attribute 301. The chapter 302A is linked to pages 303A and 303B, indicating that these pages are included. Each page 303A, 303B has an attribute value defined, and includes links to the original document data (1), (2). These links indicate the data (1) and (2) of the document data 304 as shown in FIG. 3B, and the fact that the pages 303A and 303B are the document page data (1) and (2). it's shown.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a list example of the book attributes 301 shown in FIG.

  In the present embodiment, for items that can be defined overlapping with the lower layer, the attribute value of the lower layer is preferentially adopted. Therefore, for items included only in the book attribute, the value defined in the book attribute becomes a valid value throughout the book. However, items that overlap the lower layer have meanings as default values when they are not defined in the lower layer.

  Each item illustrated does not specifically correspond to one item, but may include a plurality of related items.

  5 is a diagram showing a list example of chapter attributes shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a list example of page attributes 303A to 303D shown in FIG. The relationship between chapter attributes and page attributes is the same as the relationship between book attributes and lower layer attributes.

  As is apparent from FIGS. 4 to 6, items unique to the book attributes are six items: printing method, bookbinding details, front / back cover, index paper, slip sheet, and chapter break. These are items defined throughout the book. As printing method attributes, three values of single-sided printing, double-sided printing, and bookbinding printing can be designated.

  Here, bookbinding printing is a method of printing in a format that allows bookbinding by bundling a separately designated number of sheets into two and folding the bundle. As the bookbinding details attribute, when bookbinding printing is designated, the spread direction, the number of sheets to be bundled, and the like can be designated.

  The front cover / back cover attribute includes designation of adding sheets as a front cover and a back cover when printing an electronic document file to be collected as a book, and designation of print contents on the added sheet. The index sheet attribute includes designation of insertion of index sheets with ears separately prepared in the printing apparatus as chapter breaks and designation of print contents in the index (ear) portion.

  This attribute can be used when a printing device used by an inserter having an insert function for inserting a sheet prepared separately from the printing sheet into a desired position, or a plurality of paper cassettes can be used. Effective in some cases. The same applies to the slip sheet attribute.

  The slip sheet attribute includes designation of insertion of a sheet supplied from an inserter or a sheet feed cassette as a chapter break, and designation of a sheet feed source when a slip sheet is inserted.

  The chapter break attribute includes designation of whether to use a new sheet, use a new print page, or do nothing in particular at the chapter break. During single-sided printing, the use of a new paper and the use of a new print page have the same meaning. In double-sided printing, if “use new paper” is specified, consecutive chapters will not be printed on one sheet, but if “use new print page” is specified, consecutive chapters will be 1 It may be printed on the front and back of a sheet of paper.

  As for chapter attributes, there are no items unique to chapters, and all items overlap with book attributes. Therefore, if the definition in the chapter attribute is different from the definition in the book attribute, the value defined in the chapter attribute has priority.

  Items common to only the book attribute and chapter attribute are five items: paper size, paper orientation, N-up printing designation, enlargement / reduction, and paper discharge method. Among these, the N-up print designation attribute is an item for designating the number of document pages included in one print page. Examples of arrangements that can be specified include 1 × 1, 1 × 2, 2 × 2, 3 × 3, and 4 × 4. The paper discharge method attribute is an item for designating whether or not to staple the discharged paper, and the validity of this attribute depends on whether or not the printing apparatus to be used has a stapling function.

  Items unique to the page attribute include a page rotation attribute, zoom, layout designation, annotation, and page division. The page rotation attribute is an item for designating a rotation angle when placing an original page on a print page. The zoom attribute is an item for designating the scaling factor of the original page.

  The scaling factor is specified with the size of the virtual logical page area as 100%. The virtual logical page area is an area occupied by one manuscript page when the manuscript page is arranged in accordance with designation of N-up or the like.

  For example, if it is 1 × 1, the virtual logical page area is an area corresponding to one print page, and if it is 1 × 2, each side of one print page is an area reduced to about 70%.

  Attributes common to the book, chapter, and page include a watermark attribute and a header / footer attribute. Here, the watermark is a separately designated image or character string that is printed over data created by an application. The header / footer is a watermark printed on the upper margin and the lower margin of each page.

  However, items that can be specified by variables such as page numbers and date / time are prepared in the header / footer. The contents that can be specified in the watermark attribute and the header / footer attribute are common to the chapter and the page, but the book is different from them. In the book, the contents of the watermark and header / footer can be set, and how the watermark, header and footer are printed throughout the book can be specified. On the other hand, for a chapter or page, it is possible to specify whether or not to print a watermark or header / footer set in the book for the chapter or page.

<Book file generation procedure>
The book file has the structure and contents as described above. Next, a book file creation procedure by the bookbinding application 104 and the electronic document writer 102 will be described. The book file creation procedure is realized as part of the book file editing operation by the bookbinding application 104.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a first data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the procedure for opening a book file by the bookbinding application 104 shown in FIG. In addition, S701-S704 shows each step.

  First, it is determined whether the book file to be opened by the bookbinding application 104 is to be newly created or is an existing one (S701). If it is determined that the book file is to be newly created, a chapter is included. A new book file is created (S702), and the process proceeds to step S704.

  Note that the newly created book file, as shown in the example of FIG. 3, is a book node having only the book attribute 301 and no link to the chapter node. As the book attribute, a set of attributes prepared in advance for new creation is applied. Then, an electronic manuscript user interface (UI) screen for editing the new book file is displayed (step S704), and the process is terminated.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a UI screen when a book file is newly created on the electronic document user interface (UI) screen displayed on the CRT 210 shown in FIG. In this case, since the book file has no substantial content, nothing is displayed on the UI screen 1100.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S701 that there is an existing book file, the designated book file is opened (S703), and a user interface (UI) screen is displayed according to the structure, attributes, and contents of the book file.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a file list screen in the electronic manuscript user interface (UI) screen displayed on the CRT 210 shown in FIG. 2, and a UI for displaying a book file designated from an existing book file. It is an example of a screen.

  In FIG. 9, the UI screen 1100 includes a tree portion 1101 that shows the structure of the book, and a preview portion 1102 that displays the printed state. In the tree portion 1101, chapters included in the book and pages included in each chapter are displayed in a tree structure as shown in FIG. A page displayed in the tree portion 1101 is a manuscript page. In the preview area 1102, the contents of the print page are reduced and displayed. The display order reflects the book structure.

  In the opened book file, application data converted into an electronic manuscript file by the electronic manuscript writer 102 can be added as a new chapter. This function is called an electronic document import function.

  By importing an electronic document into a newly created book file by the procedure shown in FIG. 7, an entity is given to the book file.

  In the present embodiment, this function is activated by dragging and dropping application data on the list screen shown in FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a second data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the electronic document import procedure. In addition, S801-S804 shows each step.

  First, the application program that generated the specified application data is activated, the electronic document writer 102 is specified as a device driver, and the application data is printed out to be converted into electronic document data (S801).

  When the conversion is completed, it is determined whether or not the converted data is image data (S802). Note that this determination is performed based on the file extension of the application data under the Windows (registered trademark) OS.

  For example, if the extension is “bmp”, it is Windows (registered trademark) bitmap data, if it is “jpg”, it is determined to be jpeg-compressed image data, and if it is “tiff”, it is determined to be image data in the tif format. it can.

  In the case of such image data, since it is possible to generate an electronic document file directly from the image data without starting an application as in step S801, the processing in step S801 can be omitted. is there.

  Therefore, if it is determined in step S802 that the image data is not image data, the electronic document file generated in step S801 is added as a new chapter to the book of the currently opened book file (S803). This process ends.

  As the chapter attributes, the book attribute values are copied for those common to the book attributes, and the chapter attributes are set to predetermined values prepared in advance.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S802 that the data is image data, a new chapter is not added in principle, and each original page included in the electronic original file generated in step S801 is added to the designated chapter. (S804), the process is terminated.

  However, if the book file is a newly created file, a new chapter is created, and each page of the electronic document file is added as a page belonging to the chapter. As for the page attribute, an attribute value is given to an attribute common to the upper layer attribute, and a value is given to an attribute that inherits the attribute defined in the application data in the electronic document file. For example, when N-up designation or the like is designated in the application data, the attribute value is inherited. In this way, a new book file is created or a new chapter is added.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a third data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the procedure of generating an electronic document file by the electronic document writer 102 in step S801 shown in FIG. S901 to S904 indicate each step.

  First, a new electronic document file is created and opened (S901). An application corresponding to the designated application data is started, and an output command is transmitted to the output module of the OS using the electronic document writer as a device driver. The output module converts the received output command into electronic document format data by the electronic document writer 102 and outputs the data (S902).

  The output destination is the electronic document file opened in step S901. It is determined whether or not conversion has been completed for all specified data (S903). If it is determined that conversion has not ended, the process returns to step S902. If it is determined that conversion has ended, the electronic document file is closed (S904). ), This process is terminated.

  Note that the electronic document file generated by the electronic document writer 102 is a file including the document data entity shown in FIG.

<Edit book file>
As described above, a book file can be created from application data. For the generated book file, the following editing operations are performed on chapters and pages: (1) new addition, (2) deletion, (3) copy, (4) cut, (5) paste, 6) Move, (7) Rename chapter, (8) Rename page number, (9) Insert cover, (10) Insert slip, (11) Insert index sheet, (12) Page layout for each original page Is possible.

  In addition, an operation for canceling an editing operation once performed, and an operation for redoing the canceled operation are possible. With these editing functions, for example, integration of multiple book files, rearrangement of chapters and pages in the book file, deletion of chapters and pages in the book file, layout change of manuscript pages, insertion of slip sheets and index sheets Operation becomes possible.

  When these operations are performed, the operation results are reflected in the attributes shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, or in the book file structure. For example, if a blank page new addition operation is performed, a blank page is inserted at a designated location. This blank page is treated as a manuscript page. If the layout of the original page is changed, the changed content is reflected in attributes such as a printing method, N-up printing, front / back cover, index paper, slip sheet, and chapter break.

<Output book file>
The book file created and edited as described above has a final purpose of print output. Here, when the user selects a file menu from the UI screen 1100 of the bookbinding application shown in FIG. 9 and selects printing from the file menu, printing is output by the designated output device. At this time, the bookbinding application 104 first creates a job ticket from the currently opened book file, and passes the job ticket to the electronic document despooler 105. On the other hand, the electronic document despooler 105 converts the job ticket into an OS output command, for example, a Windows (registered trademark) GDI function, and transmits it to an output module, for example, GDI. The output module generates a command suitable for the device by the designated printer driver 106 and transmits the command to the device.

  Here, the job ticket is data having a structure in which the original page is a minimum unit. The structure in the job ticket defines the layout of the manuscript page on the paper. One job ticket is issued per job.

  For this reason, there is a document node at the top, and attributes of the entire document, such as double-sided printing / single-sided printing, are defined. Below that, a paper node belongs, and includes attributes such as an identifier of a paper to be used and designation of a paper feed port in the printer. Each paper node includes a node of a sheet printed on the paper. One sheet corresponds to one sheet.

  A print page (physical page) belongs to each sheet. For single-sided printing, one physical page belongs to one sheet, and for double-sided printing, two physical pages belong to one sheet. Each physical page has an original page arranged thereon. The physical page attribute includes the layout of the original page.

  The electronic document despooler 105 converts the above-described job ticket into an output command to the output module.

<Other system configurations>
The outline of the document processing system of this embodiment is as described above. Although this is a stand-alone system, a book file can be created and edited with almost the same configuration and procedure even on a server client system that is an expanded system. However, book files and print processing are managed by the server.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server client type document processing system to which the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention can be applied. This client document processing system is a stand-alone type system shown in FIG. In addition to the above configuration, the configuration includes a DOMS (Document Output Management Service) driver 109, a DOMS print service module 110, and a DS (document service) client module 108 which are client modules.

  A document management server 1201, a print central management server 1202, and a print server 1203 are connected to the client document processing system 1200. These servers are normally connected to the client document processing system via a network, but are connected by inter-process communication that simulates communication between networks when the server also functions as a client at the same time.

  In the example shown in FIG. 12, both the document management server 1201 and the print central management server 1202 are connected to the client PC. However, only one of them may exist on the network. For example, if the connected server is a document management server, the document management server client system 1201SC including the client module is used. If the connected server is the print central management server 1202, the print management server client system 1202SC including the client module is used. Added to the stand-alone document management system.

  The document management server 1201 is a server that stores book files created and edited by the bookbinding application 104. When a book file is managed by the document management server 1201, the book file is stored in the database (DB) 1211 of the document management server 1201 instead of or in addition to the local HD of the client PC. Saving and reading of book files between the bookbinding application 104 and the document management server 1201 are performed via the DS client 108 and the DS core 1212.

  The print central management server 1202 is a server that manages printing of book files stored in the client document management system 1200 or stored in the document management server 1201.

  The print request in the client PC is transmitted to the DOMSWG server module 1221 of the print central management server 1202 via the DOMS driver 109 and the DOMS print service module 110. When printing with the printer of the client PC 1200, the centralized print management server 1202 passes the electronic document data to the electronic document despooler 105 via the DOMS print service module 110 of the client PC and prints with the printer 1204 of the print server 1203. Is transmitted to the DOMS print service module 1231 of the print server 1203.

  For example, the centralized print management server 1202 performs a security check on the qualification of the user who issued the print request to the saved book file, and saves a print processing log. As described above, the document processing system can be realized as a stand-alone or a client-server system.

<Contents of preview display>
As described above, when the book file is opened by the bookbinding application, the user interface screen 1100 shown in FIG. 9 is displayed.

  The tree portion 1101 displays a tree showing the structure of an open book (hereinafter referred to as “target book”). The preview unit 1102 is provided with three display methods according to the user's designation.

  First, a mode called a document view that displays a document page as it is. In this document view mode, the content of the document page belonging to the book of interest is reduced and displayed. Note that the layout is not reflected in the display of the preview unit 1102.

  Next, the second is a print view mode. In the print view mode, the document page is displayed on the preview unit 1102 in a form that reflects the layout of the document page.

  The third is a simple print view mode. In this simple print view mode, the contents of each original page are not reflected in the display of the preview portion, but only the layout is reflected.

<Stapling control>
Next, stapling control performed by the bookbinding application 104 of the computer 100 connected to a printer having a stapling function will be described.

  FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a staple control system to which the information processing apparatus of the present invention can be applied. This staple control system includes the host computer 100 shown in FIG. 2 and a printer 107 having a staple function. Is done.

  Hereinafter, the configuration of the printer 107 will be described. If the function of the present invention is realized, a single device or a system composed of a plurality of devices can be connected and processed via a network such as a LAN or WAN. The present invention can be applied even to a system.

  As shown in the figure, in the printer 107, reference numeral 1301 denotes a printer CPU, which is connected to a system bus 1304 based on a control program stored in a program ROM in a ROM 1302 or a control program stored in an external memory 1303. An image signal as output information is output to the printing unit (printer engine) 1306 via the printing unit I / F 1305.

  Further, the program ROM in the ROM 1302 stores a control program of the CPU 1301, and the font ROM in the ROM 1302 stores font data used for generating output information. The data in the ROM 1302 In the printer ROM, information used on the host computer 100 is stored in the case of a printer that does not have an external memory 1303 such as a hard disk.

  The CPU 1301 can perform communication processing with the host computer 100 via the input unit 1307 and can notify the host computer 100 of information in the printer 107 and the like. The RAM 1308 is a RAM that functions as a main memory, a work area, or the like of the CPU 1301 and is configured so that the memory capacity can be expanded by an optional RAM connected to an expansion port (not shown).

  The RAM 1308 is used for an output information expansion area, an environment data storage area, NVRAM, and the like. Access to the above-described external memory 1303 such as a hard disk (HD) or IC card is controlled by a memory controller (MC) 1309. The external memory 1303 is connected as an option and stores font data, an emulation program, form data, and the like. In addition, the operation panel 1311 includes switches for operation, LED indicators, and the like.

  The external memory 1303 described above is not limited to one, and a plurality of external memories 1303 are provided. In addition to the built-in font, a plurality of external memories storing option cards and programs for interpreting printer control languages with different language systems can be connected. May be. Furthermore, an NVRAM (not shown) may be provided, and printer mode setting information from the operation panel 1311 may be stored.

<Book file editing function>
A manuscript editor is provided that allows text / image editing to be performed on the book file generated by the bookbinding application 104. The manuscript editor is activated from a bookbinding application and can edit a book file for each logical page.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a UI for starting up a document editor in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

  In FIG. 14, 1401 is a title bar of the bookbinding application, and 1402 is an imported document file. Reference numeral 1403 denotes a pop-up menu when the document file is selected. Reference numeral 1404 denotes a mouse pointer.

  The manuscript editor is activated by selecting an imported manuscript file with the mouse pointer, displaying a pop-up menu, and selecting "document editor" in the menu.

  Here, the activation is performed from the pop-up menu, but other activation methods (eg, tool buttons, menu items) may be used.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an example of a fourth data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the manuscript editor activation processing procedure. Note that S1501 to S1503 indicate each step.

  First, the bookbinding application 104 displays a menu for the selected document file (S1501). It is recognized that “Original Editor” has been selected from the menu 1403 (S1502).

  Then, the manuscript editor is activated (S1503), and when the main screen as shown in FIG. 16 is displayed, this processing is terminated.

  Next, editing functions that can be performed by the manuscript editor in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining the entire UI of the manuscript editor displayed on the CRT 210 shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 16, 1601 is a title bar of the document editor, 1602 is a menu bar, 1603 is a tool button, 1604 is a page movement button, 1605 is a zoom designation box, and 1606 is a document file to be edited.

  Reference numeral 1607 denotes a text object, 1608 and 1609 denote graphic objects, and 1610 denotes a straight line object. Based on these, each editing function will be described.

[Text editing function]
FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining a text object selection process on the document editor displayed on the CRT 210 shown in FIG. 2, and shows the document file 1606 shown in FIG. 16 in detail.

  In FIG. 17, reference numeral 1701 denotes a text object, 1702 denotes an object control handle, and 1703 denotes a mouse pointer. When the mouse pointer 1703 is used to select the text in the document file, the selected text is matched as an object and selected. A control handle 1702 is displayed on the selected object to indicate to the user that it has been selected.

  In this example, the control handle 1702 is displayed, but a circumscribed rectangle of the text object may be displayed. A text object can be selected and operated such as moving, deleting, changing text attributes, adding or deleting text.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an example of the fifth data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the text editing processing procedure in the manuscript editor. Note that S1801 to S1806 indicate each step.

  First, the text in the document file selected with the mouse pointer is extracted as a text object (S1801). The extracted text object is subjected to editing such as addition of text, deletion of text, change of text attribute, movement / deletion of text object (S1802 to S1806), and upon completion of editing, the process returns to step S1802.

  19 and 20 are schematic diagrams for explaining an example of document editing processing in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 19 shows an example in which “test” is added before the “Japanese test” test. FIG. 20 shows an example when “test” of “Japanese test” is deleted.

  Specifically, when adding text to the text object 1701 in FIG. When the selected text object is selected again with the mouse pointer 1903, the text object is surrounded by a rectangle 1901 and an edit cursor 1902 is displayed. When the cursor is moved to the position where the text is to be added and characters are input, the input characters are added to the text object.

  FIG. 20 shows an example of text deletion. The text is deleted from the text object 1701 in FIG. The text object is surrounded by a rectangle and the edit cursor 2001 is displayed in the same manner as the text addition. If the backspace key or delete is executed in this state, the character before the edit cursor is deleted.

  As for editing text attributes, the text in each text object has an attribute, and the attribute can also be edited. Text attributes include font, style, size, color, character decoration, character spacing, horizontal scaling rate, word spacing, and the like. Since the meaning and setting method of each are well known, description thereof will be omitted.

[Text box editing function]
Although the text object described above is editing limited to one line, the manuscript editor has a function of newly creating a plurality of lines of text. Use text boxes when creating multi-line text.

  FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of document editing processing in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and shows an example of text box creation. Hereinafter, a process of creating a plurality of lines of text will be described with reference to the document editing process shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 21, when a rectangle is drawn on the document file 1606 using the mouse pointer 1903 in the text box creation mode, a text box 2101 is created. In the created text box, a control handle 2102 is displayed when a new box is created and when the box is selected. The box can be resized by dragging the control handle with the mouse pointer.

  FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing an example of a sixth data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the text box editing processing procedure. In addition, (S2201)-(S2206) show each step.

  First, a transition is made to the text box creation mode (S2201), and a text box is generated with a mouse drag rectangle (S2202). Next, edit the text object to the created text box (this editing is the same as the one-line text editing operation described above), edit the text box attributes, and move / delete the text box. (S2203 to S2206) When the editing is completed, the process returns to step S2203.

  FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram for explaining a document editing state in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and shows an example in which text is added to the text box 2101 shown in FIG.

  When the selected text box is selected again with the mouse pointer, an editing cursor is displayed in the box as in the text object editing. In this state, it is possible to add text to the text box by inputting text.

  In addition, the text can be deleted by the same method as that for the text object.

  FIG. 23 shows an example in which the text “text box test, multiple lines” is added to the text box 2101.

  As mentioned earlier, text boxes support multiple lines of text. Text 2301 that does not fit to the right end is displayed with a line feed.

  The attributes of the text box 2101 and the text 2301 in the text box can be edited in the same manner as the text object. Text box attributes include line type, line width, line color, fill, and opacity. The attribute of the text in the text box is the same as that of the hand text object. Since the meaning and setting method of each are well known, description thereof will be omitted.

[Image editing function]
Next, an image editing function in the manuscript editor, which is a function process of the bookbinding application 104, will be described.

  FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of a menu for selecting an editing target on the document editing screen in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, corresponding to a UI example for transitioning to an image insertion mode. Image editing functions include "image insertion" and "image export". The image insertion will be described below.

  In FIG. 24, 2401 is a title bar of the original editor, 2402 is a menu, and 2403 is an image insertion mode menu. When “image insertion” is selected from the bar of the menu 2402 of the manuscript editor, an image insertion dialog (not shown) is displayed. By selecting an image file to be inserted in the image insertion dialog, it is inserted as an image object on the original.

  25 and 26 are diagrams showing an example of a document editing screen displayed on the CRT 210 shown in FIG. 2, corresponding to the state when image insertion is selected from the menu shown in FIG. Reference numeral 25 denotes an inserted state, and FIG. 26 corresponds to a state in which the image inserted on the editing screen of FIG. 26 is rotated.

  FIG. 25 shows an example in which an image is inserted. When an image is inserted by the method described above, an image 2501 is inserted into the document file 1606. The position where the image is inserted is the center of the document file.

  However, the position may be changed in consideration of usability such as the upper left reference and the lower left reference of the document file without being limited to the center. Also, the insertion method may be performed not only from the menu but also by a tool button.

  Further, editing such as rotation, movement and deletion can be performed on the inserted image or the image object arranged in the document file.

  FIG. 26 shows an example in which the image is rotated, and 2601 shows the image rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Since the movement / deletion is publicly known, a description thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing an example of the seventh data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the image editing processing procedure (rotation / movement / deletion processing). Note that (S2701) to (S2705) indicate each step.

  First, a transition is made to the image insertion mode, and an image selection dialog (not shown) is displayed on the CRT 210 (S2701). Then, the image selected in the displayed dialog is read from, for example, the storage device and displayed on the editor screen (S2702).

  Then, it is determined whether or not there is an editing instruction for the image displayed and edited on the CRT 210 (S2703). If it is determined that there is an editing instruction, whether or not the inserted image is subjected to rotational editing ( (S2703) or moving / deleting the inserted image (S2705). When editing is completed, the process returns to step S2703.

  Next, image writing will be described.

  FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an example of a document editing screen displayed on the CRT 210 shown in FIG. 2, and corresponds to the image writing / editing screen.

  In FIG. 28, an image to be written is selected, a pop-up menu 2801 is displayed on the CRT 210, and when image writing is designated, an image writing dialog (not shown) is displayed on the CRT 210. Apply the export location and image file name set in the displayed dialog to export the image.

  FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing an example of the eighth data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the image writing processing procedure (rotation / movement / deletion processing). Note that (S2901) to (S2904) indicate each step. Each step is realized by being executed by the manuscript editor of the bookbinding application 104 shown in FIG.

  First, extraction is performed by selecting an image to be written (S2901). Next, an image export dialog is displayed from a pop-up menu or the like (S2902). Then, the input destination (location), the file name of the image to be written, and the like are input to determine whether the input may be confirmed (OK) or not (S2903). Exit.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step (S2903) that it can be confirmed, the input is confirmed and the image is stored in the designated place (S2904), and this process is terminated.

[Object editing function]
Next, an object editing function in the manuscript editor will be described.

  The types of objects include a rectangle, an ellipse, a rounded rectangle, a straight line, an auto shape, and other arbitrary figures. These objects can be newly created and edited. It is also possible to select and edit an object on which an original file is drawn. Since the new creation and editing operations are known techniques such as movement / deletion and change of each attribute (color, line type, etc.), individual descriptions are omitted.

  30 and 31 are diagrams showing an example of a manuscript editing screen displayed on the CRT 210 shown in FIG. 2, which is a UI example for transitioning to a new creation mode of an ellipse object. FIG. Corresponds to the state where the ellipse object is created on the screen.

  In FIG. 30, 3001 is a title bar of the document editor, 3002 is a menu, and 3003 is an ellipse creation mode transition menu.

  When the user selects the ellipse creation mode transition menu 3003 and draws a mouse rectangle on the manuscript editor, an ellipse object can be created. When the created ellipse object 3101 enters a selected state, the control handle 3102 is edited. Display on the screen and let the user recognize that the ellipse object has been selected.

  FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing an example of a ninth data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the editing process procedure of the ellipse object. Note that (S3201) to (S3205) indicate each step. Each step is realized by being executed by the manuscript editor of the bookbinding application 104 shown in FIG.

  First, based on the menu selection operation shown in FIG. 30, the process proceeds to an object creation flow (S3201), and an object is created using a rectangle drawn by mouse drag (S3202).

  Then, the manuscript editor determines whether or not editing of the object is instructed (S3203), and if it is determined that the editing of the object is instructed, the attribute editing, movement or Editing such as deletion is performed (S3204), or object movement / deletion is performed (S3205), and the process returns to step (S3203).

  If it is determined in step (S3203) that editing has been completed, this processing is terminated.

  Next, new ellipse creation / edit processing will be described.

  FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing an example of a tenth data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the image object replacement procedure. Note that (S3301) to (S3304) indicate each step. Each step is realized by being executed by the manuscript editor of the bookbinding application 104 shown in FIG.

  First, the image object in the document editor selected by the mouse or the like is recognized as an image object to be replaced (S3301). Next, a menu is displayed on the CRT 210 from the recognized image object, for example, it is recognized that “Replace image” has been selected, and for example, an image replace dialog shown in FIG.

  FIG. 34 is a diagram showing an example of an image replacement dialog displayed on the CRT 210 shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 34, 3701 indicates the title bar of the image replacement dialog, 3702 image file list box, and 3703 indicates the replacement image file designation box. When the “Replace Image” menu is selected, the Replace Image dialog box is displayed. Select the replaced image file from the image file list and specify the replaced image file.

  Then, the image object (file name “airplane.bmp”) selected in the replacement dialog is replaced with the image file specified in the image replacement dialog (S3303). This process will be described in detail later.

  Finally, the image object is displayed on the CRT 210 at the position and size of the image object to be replaced determined in the above step (S3304), and this process is terminated.

  FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing an example of an eleventh data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. The detailed procedure of the image file replacement processing in step S3303 shown in FIG. 33 (execution of image file replacement is executed). The procedure of determining the position of the image file after replacement. Note that (S3401) to (S3404) indicate each step. Each step is realized by being executed by the manuscript editor of the bookbinding application 104 shown in FIG.

  First, the position information of the image object selected as the replacement target is acquired (S3401). The position information indicated here is the position of the image object on the original page, and the coordinate information set on the original page is acquired. The position coordinates to be acquired are the upper left, lower left, upper right, lower right, center, and the like of the image object.

  Next, based on the acquired position coordinates, a reference point for performing replacement is set (S3402). In addition, about the setting of a reference point, you may set as a center or upper left as a regulation value in a system. Further, the user may arbitrarily set from the options such as upper left, lower left, upper right, lower right, and center.

  Then, using the set reference point as a reference, the display position of the image object designated in the image replacement dialog in the above-described step (S3302) is set (S3403). The display position of the replaced image object is set in the steps so far. After the position is set, the display size is designated (S3404), and this process is terminated. As a result, display is performed at the position and size determined in step S3304 shown in FIG. 33, and the image object replacement processing is completed.

  FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing an example of a twelfth data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the detailed procedure of the display size designation processing in step S3404 shown in FIG. Note that (S3501) to (S3508) indicate each step. Each step is realized by being executed by the manuscript editor of the bookbinding application 104 shown in FIG.

  First, it is determined whether the size of the image object selected as the replacement target is selected to be inherited after replacement (S3501).

  Note that this selection may be a method of allowing the user to make an arbitrary selection using a dialog or the like, or may be controlled in the system.

  If it is determined in step (S3501) that the size of the image object is not inherited after replacement, first, the actual size of the image file specified in the image replacement dialog described above is replaced with The display size is set (S3502).

  Next, based on the set size, the page size of the manuscript page to be displayed, and the reference point set in the position setting flow described above, it is determined whether or not the replaced image object extends outside the page. (S3503) If it is determined that the image object is outside the page, the size of the image object is reduced so that the image object can be displayed in the page (S3504), and the process proceeds to step (S3508). The reduced size is set to the display size of the image object, and this process ends.

  As for the reduction method, the image is reduced to a displayable range in the page. It won't shrink too much.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step (S3503) that the image does not protrude from the page, the size designation process ends with the actual size set as the display size of the image object.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3501 that the size of the image object selected as the replacement target is selected to be inherited after replacement, first, the size of the image object selected as the replacement target is extracted ( S3505). This size indicates the size of the image object displayed on the manuscript page. If an operation such as resizing is performed on the manuscript editor, it may be different from the actual size of the image object. is there.

  Then, the actual size of the image file designated as the image object to be replaced is extracted (S3506).

  Next, if the actual size is larger than the size extracted in step (S3505), the display size of the designated image object is reduced to be equal to the extracted size. Conversely, if it is smaller than the extracted size, the display size of the designated image object is enlarged so as to be equal to the extracted size (S3507).

  Here, if the aspect ratio is the same for the size of the image object before replacement and the size of the image object after replacement, it is possible to make the display size of the image object after replacement equal to the original display size. If they are different, they cannot be made equal while maintaining the aspect ratio.

  In that case, the enlargement / reduction processing is terminated when either the vertical or horizontal size becomes equal to the size of the image object before replacement, and priority is given to maintaining the aspect ratio.

  Finally, the enlarged / reduced size is set as the display size of the image object after replacement (S3508), and this process ends.

  After the display size is set, the replaced image object is displayed on the CRT 210 at the display position set in the position setting flow described above, and the image replacement process is completed.

  FIG. 37 is a diagram showing an image replacement editing screen example in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

  In FIG. 37, 3601 indicates an original page, 3602 indicates an image object, and 3603 indicates an image replacement menu.

  The image object 3602 drawn on the original page 3601 is selected with a mouse pointer or the like, and an image replacement menu 3603 is displayed on the CRT 210 as a pop-up menu.

  By selecting the “Replace Image” menu in the pop-up menu, the image object replacement process can be executed.

  In this example, the item is selected from the pop-up menu, but it may be selected from a tool button or a menu bar.

  FIG. 38 is a diagram showing an example of an image replacement editing screen in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, and shows a document editing page after replacement.

  In FIG. 38, reference numeral 3801 denotes a replaced image object. When the image replacement is executed, the image object selected as the replacement target (airplane (helicopter)) is deleted from the manuscript page, and the image object specified as the replacement image file (airplane 1 (jumbo jet)) is replaced. Displayed.

  At this time, using the above-described image object position setting procedure and size setting procedure, the set position / size is applied to display the image object.

  According to the above-described embodiment, it is possible to perform the replacement of the image object by one-step operation, and it is possible to inherit the position of the image object before and after the replacement. In addition, the size of the image object before and after the replacement is automatically controlled so that the user is not burdened, and the replacement is executed.

  The bookbinding application 104 shown in FIG. 1 adds a bookbinding function designation based on the product function processing of the printing apparatus to the electronic document whose image has been replaced, and the electronic document despooler 105 prints to the printer driver 106 and the printer 107 prints. The possible print information is converted, and the electronic document is printed by the printer 107.

[Second Embodiment]
The configuration of a data processing program that can be read by the printing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the memory map shown in FIG.

  FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating a memory map of a storage medium that stores various data processing programs that can be read by the printing apparatus according to the present invention.

  Although not particularly illustrated, information for managing a program group stored in the storage medium, for example, version information, creator, etc. is also stored, and information depending on the OS on the program reading side, for example, a program is identified and displayed. Icons may also be stored.

  Further, data depending on various programs is also managed in the directory. In addition, a program for installing various programs in the computer, and a program for decompressing when the program to be installed is compressed may be stored.

  7, 10, 11, 15, 18, 22, 27, 29, 32, 33, 35, and 36 in the present embodiment are executed by a program installed from the outside. May be performed by a host computer. In this case, the present invention is applied even when an information group including a program is supplied to the output device from a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, a flash memory, or an FD, or from an external storage medium via a network. Is.

  As described above, a storage medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to the system or apparatus, and the computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the storage medium in the storage medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by reading and executing the programmed program code.

  In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

  Therefore, as long as it has the function of the program, the form of the program such as an object code, a program executed by an interpreter, or script data supplied to the OS is not limited.

  As a storage medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, MO, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, DVD, etc. Can be used.

  In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

  As another program supply method, a client computer browser is used to connect to a homepage on the Internet, and the computer program itself of the present invention or a compressed file including an automatic installation function is stored on the recording medium such as a hard disk from the homepage. It can also be supplied by downloading. It can also be realized by dividing the program code constituting the program of the present invention into a plurality of files and downloading each file from a different homepage. That is, a WWW server, an ftp server, and the like that allow a plurality of users to download a program file for realizing the functional processing of the present invention on a computer are also included in the claims of the present invention.

  In addition, the program of the present invention is encrypted, stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, distributed to users, and key information for decryption is downloaded from a homepage via the Internet to users who have cleared predetermined conditions. It is also possible to execute the encrypted program by using the key information and install the program on a computer.

  Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) or the like running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the actual processing and the processing is included.

  Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written to a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion is performed based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications (including organic combinations of the embodiments) are possible based on the spirit of the present invention, and these are excluded from the scope of the present invention. is not.

  Although various examples and embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, those skilled in the art will recognize that the spirit and scope of the present invention are not limited to the specific descriptions in the present specification, but the following embodiments. Needless to say, is also included. Hereinafter, Embodiments 1 to 10 will be described.

  In the above embodiment, the image object includes image data input by a scanner, image data to be captured, and the like.

[Embodiment 1]
An information processing apparatus (host computer 100 shown in FIG. 1) capable of creating an electronic document according to a book attribute by combining a page of an image object and a page of electronic data, and storage means for storing the image object (see FIG. 2) Hard disk 211), and designation means (a keyboard 209 shown in FIG. 2 or a pointing device (not shown)) for designating an image object for replacing the image object inserted in the electronic document from the image object group stored in the storage means. 34) and the layout information of the image object inserted in the electronic document is inherited by the layout information of the replacement image object specified by the specifying means. Instead insert the document editing means (based on the document editing function of the bookbinding application 104 shown in FIG. 1, step (S3301 shown in FIG. 33) ~ (S3304)) and the information processing apparatus characterized by having a.

  This makes it easy to replace and edit image objects that have been instructed to match the layout information of image objects that have already been inserted into an electronic document with a few simple operation instructions. Processing can be performed efficiently.

[Embodiment 2]
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image object includes image data input by a scanner, image data to be captured, and the like.

  As a result, it is possible to perform electronic manuscript editing in which image data inputted by a scanner or image data inputted from a digital camera is replaced with an electronic manuscript.

[Embodiment 3]
An instruction unit (bookbinding application 104 shown in FIG. 1) for instructing a print bookbinding function that can be set by a printing apparatus for a page edited by the document editing unit, and a print bookbinding function setting instructed by the instruction unit are added. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising output means (electronic document despooler 105 and printer driver 106 shown in FIG. 1) for outputting the print information to be output to the printing apparatus.

  Accordingly, it is possible to freely generate print information corresponding to the bookbinding function of the printing apparatus for an electronic document in which edited text, images, and the like are laid out.

[Embodiment 4]
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the layout information inherited by the document editing unit includes a position of the image object and a size of the image object.

  This greatly simplifies the operation of specifying the position of the image object relative to the image object to be replaced and the size of the image object, and the user simply specifies the image object to replace, and the drawing position specified for the image object before replacement The editing result reflecting the drawing size can be easily obtained.

[Embodiment 5]
A document editing method in an information processing apparatus, comprising storage means for storing an image object, and capable of creating an electronic document in accordance with a book attribute by combining a page of the image object and a page of electronic data, and is inserted into the electronic document A designating step (steps (S3301) and (S3302) shown in FIG. 33) for designating an image object to replace the image object from the image object group stored in the storage unit, and an image inserted in the electronic document A document editing step (steps (S3303) and (S3304) shown in FIG. 33) that replaces and inserts the layout information of the object with the layout information of the replacement image object specified by the specifying means. Do Manuscript editing.

  Thereby, the effect equivalent to Embodiment 1 can be anticipated.

[Embodiment 6]
The document editing method according to claim 5, wherein the image object includes image data input by a scanner, image data to be captured, and the like.

  Thereby, the effect equivalent to Embodiment 2 can be expected.

[Embodiment 7]
An instruction step (not shown) for instructing a print bookbinding function that can be set by the printing apparatus for the page edited in the original editing step, and print information to which the print bookbinding function setting instructed in the instruction step is added. The document editing method according to claim 5, further comprising an output step (not shown) for outputting to the printing apparatus.

  Thereby, the effect equivalent to Embodiment 3 can be expected.

[Embodiment 8]
6. The document editing method according to claim 5, wherein the layout information inherited by the document editing step includes a position of the image object and a size of the image object.

  Thereby, the effect equivalent to Embodiment 4 can be expected.

[Embodiment 9]
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing the document editing method according to any one of Embodiments 5 to 8.

  Thereby, the effect equivalent to Embodiments 5-8 can be expected.

[Embodiment 10]
A program that causes a document editing method according to any one of Embodiments 5 to 8 to be executed.

  Thereby, the effect equivalent to Embodiments 5-8 can be expected.

It is a figure which shows the software configuration of the document processing system which can apply the information processing apparatus which shows 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram explaining an example of the hardware constitutions of the computer shown in FIG. It is a figure which illustrates typically the format of the book file which can be processed with the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a list example of book attributes shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a list example of chapter attributes shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a list example of page attributes shown in FIG. 3. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the 1st data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a UI screen when a book file is newly created on the electronic document user interface (UI) screen displayed on the CRT shown in FIG. 2. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a file list screen in an electronic document user interface (UI) screen displayed on the CRT shown in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the 2nd data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the 3rd data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server client type document processing system which can apply the information processing apparatus which shows 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the staple control system which can apply the information processing apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of UI which starts the manuscript editor in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the 4th data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an entire UI of a document editor displayed on the CRT illustrated in FIG. 2. It is a figure explaining the selection process of the text object on the manuscript editor displayed on CRT shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the 5th data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining an example of a document editing process in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining an example of a document editing process in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining an example of a document editing process in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the 6th data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the original editing state in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the menu which selects the edit object of the manuscript edit screen in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document editing screen displayed on the CRT illustrated in FIG. 2. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document editing screen displayed on the CRT illustrated in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the 7th data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document editing screen displayed on the CRT illustrated in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the 8th data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document editing screen displayed on the CRT illustrated in FIG. 2. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document editing screen displayed on the CRT illustrated in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the 9th data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the 10th data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an image replacement dialog displayed on the CRT shown in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the 11th data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the 12th data processing procedure in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of an image replacement edit screen in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of an image replacement edit screen in the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure explaining the memory map of the storage medium which stores the various data processing program which can be read by the information processing apparatus which concerns on this invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Computer apparatus 101 General application 102 Electronic manuscript writer 103 Electronic manuscript file 104 Bookbinding application 105 Electronic manuscript despooler 106 Printer driver 107 Printer

Claims (10)

An information processing apparatus capable of creating an electronic manuscript according to a book attribute by combining an image object page and an electronic data page,
Storage means for storing the image object;
Designating means for designating an image object for replacing an image object inserted in the electronic document from an image object group stored in the storage means;
Document editing means for replacing the layout information of the image object inserted in the electronic document with the layout information of the replacement image object specified by the specifying means,
An information processing apparatus comprising:   2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image object includes image data input by a scanner, image data to be captured, and the like. Instruction means for instructing a bookbinding function that can be set by a printing apparatus for a page edited by the document editing means;
Output means for outputting print information to which the print bookbinding function setting instructed by the instruction means is added to the printing apparatus;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:   2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the layout information inherited by the document editing unit includes a position of the image object and a size of the image object. A document editing method in an information processing apparatus, comprising storage means for storing an image object, and capable of creating an electronic document according to a book attribute by combining a page of the image object and a page of electronic data,
A designation step of designating an image object for replacing an image object inserted in the electronic document from an image object group stored in the storage unit;
A document editing step of replacing and inserting the layout information of the image object inserted in the electronic document into the layout information of the replacement image object specified in the specifying step;
An original editing method characterized by comprising:   6. The document editing method according to claim 5, wherein the image object includes image data input by a scanner, image data to be captured, and the like. An instruction step for instructing a print binding function that can be set by a printing apparatus for a page edited in the original editing step;
An output step of outputting print information to which the print bookbinding function setting instructed in the instruction step is added to the printing apparatus;
The document editing method according to claim 5, further comprising:   6. The document editing method according to claim 5, wherein the layout information inherited by the document editing step includes a position of the image object and a size of the image object.   A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing the document editing method according to claim 5.   A program for executing the document editing method according to claim 5.

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