JP2006268314A - Document processor, method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document processor, method, and program capable of binding files without any substance such as shortcut files inside a binder and of performing operation similar to files with substance of electronic documents. <P>SOLUTION: In order to add the shortcut file to the binder, an icon of the shortcut file is dragged, the shortcut file is moved to a display position of the icon of the binder, and dropped. A sub-document link field of a binder object orders addresses of the respective document files to hold them and the address of the shortcut file to be added is written into a summation document link field of the binder object. Attributes of the binder object caused by the shortcut file addition to the binder is updated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus, method, and program, and more particularly, to a document processing apparatus, method, and program for processing a document file in document handling software.

  Conventionally, as document handling software, an electronic document obtained by reading an actual paper document with a scanner or an electronic document created on a PC is converted into a predetermined unified static document format that can be handled by various OSs. Software capable of tailoring media or information in different formats into a single document and performing operations such as document page division and page bundling is provided, making it easy to create existing document-based materials in electronic form This is a great advantage for the use of documents.

  In the current document handling software, the original document that is the source of the composite document is expressed as a single container object, and a group of documents (hereinafter referred to as a binder) formed by combining multiple documents is displayed with abstract icons. By maintaining the bundle structure of the original document, an operation that has been conventionally performed only in units of pages can be similarly performed in units of document bundles in the binder.

  Furthermore, when displaying thumbnail images to improve the listability of multiple documents in an arbitrary folder and displaying a shortcut file indicating the link destination to the document, the thumbnail image is acquired from the link destination document and displayed. (Hereinafter, the thumbnail display of the shortcut file is referred to as a shortcut thumbnail).

  For example, there is an electronic document management apparatus and an electronic document management method that can manage binders in document handling software (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Further, for example, there is a document management method, apparatus, and program that can manage shortcut thumbnails in document handling software (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP 2001-084246 A JP 2004-013693 A

  However, the shortcut file itself cannot be bundled into a binder, etc., and furthermore, it is not possible to point to multiple link destinations, so if you have multiple links and turn the page, create a document that jumps to the link destination I can't.

  There is also a method of holding a link by attaching a link button or the like on the page, but in this method, the link button must be pressed in order to display the link destination. When you press the link button, the linked document is usually displayed in that window, or the linked document is displayed in a new window, but you want to link multiple documents sequentially (that is, you want to turn pages) In this case, the user is forced to perform a complicated operation of returning to the page where the link button is pasted and pressing the link button.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a document processing apparatus, method, and program capable of bundling a file that does not have an entity such as a shortcut file in the binder and can perform the same operation as that of a file having an entity of an electronic document. For the purpose.

  In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the invention of claim 1 is a document processing apparatus that displays a list of documents stored as files and receives and executes a process for the displayed files. Along with a second type file including link information to a type file, an attribute group related to the second type file is stored as a second type file object, and a file group in which one or more second type files are bundled, Storage means for storing an attribute group related to the file group as a file group object, object management means for managing the file group object and the second type file object stored in the storage means, and a link included in the second type file Based on the information, the number of documents from the first type file Characterized in that also includes an image acquiring unit that acquires an image of a part, and display means for displaying an image acquired by the image acquiring means as the file information indicating the file group.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the object management means adds the second type file to the file group or bundles the files as the file group. The file group object is updated when the second type of file is released.

  Further, in the invention of claim 3, in the invention of claim 2, the attribute of the file group object includes link information to the first type file included in the second type file included in the file group. In addition, when the second type file is added, the object management unit adds link information to the first type file included in the added second type file.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the attribute of the file group object includes link information to the first type file included in the second type file included in the file group. And the object management means deletes the link information when the one or more second type files are released.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the image acquisition means acquires a plurality of images corresponding to each page constituting the document.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect of the present invention, the display unit quasi bundles the plurality of images and displays them as one document.

  The invention according to claim 7 further comprises reduced image generation means for generating a reduced image of the image acquired by the image acquisition means in the invention of claim 5, wherein the display means is the reduced image generation means. Of the plurality of generated reduced images, a reduced image selected by a viewer is displayed as file information indicating the file group.

  The invention according to claim 8 stores the attribute group relating to the second type file as the second type file object together with the second type file including the link information to the first type file including the substance of the document. And storing an attribute group related to the file group as a file group object in the storage unit, and based on link information included in the second type file. An image showing at least a part of the document is acquired from the first type file, and the acquired image is displayed as file information indicating the file group.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to claim 8, wherein when adding the second type file to the file group, or the one or more second type bundles as the file group. The file group object is updated when the file is released.

  The invention of claim 10 is the invention of claim 9, wherein the attribute of the file group object includes link information to the first type file included in the second type file included in the file group. In addition, when adding the second type file, link information to the first type file included in the added second type file is added.

  The invention according to claim 11 is the invention according to claim 9, wherein the attribute of the file group object includes link information to a first type file included in the second type file included in the file group. And the link information is deleted when the one or more second type files are distributed.

  The invention of claim 12 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 8, a plurality of images corresponding to each page constituting the document are acquired.

  The invention of claim 13 is the invention of claim 12, characterized in that the plurality of images are pseudo-bundled and displayed as one document.

  The invention according to claim 14 is the invention according to claim 12, wherein a reduced image of the image acquired by the image acquisition unit is generated, and a reduced image selected by a viewer from the generated reduced images is selected as the reduced image. It is displayed as file information indicating a file group.

  According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in a document processing program for displaying a list of documents stored as files and receiving and executing a process for the displayed file, the first type of file including the substance of the document is stored. A process for storing an attribute group related to the second type file in the storage unit as a second type file object together with a second type file including link information, and a file group in which one or more second type files are bundled. Processing for storing the attribute group related to the file group as a file group object in the storage means, processing for managing the stored file group object and the second type file object, and link information included in the second type file Based on at least a part of the document from the first type file. A process of acquiring to image, characterized in that to operate the image obtained to the process and the computer to be displayed as file information indicating the file group.

  The invention according to claim 16 is the invention according to claim 15, wherein when adding the second type file to the file group, or the one or more second type bundles as the file group. When a file is released, a process for updating the file group object is operated by a computer.

  The invention according to claim 17 is the invention according to claim 16, wherein the attribute of the file group object includes link information to the first type file included in the second type file included in the file group. In addition, when adding the second type file, link information to the first type file included in the added second type file is added.

  The invention according to claim 18 is the invention according to claim 16, wherein the attribute of the file group object includes link information to the first type file included in the second type file included in the file group. And the link information is deleted when the one or more second type files are distributed.

  According to a nineteenth aspect of the invention, in the fifteenth aspect of the invention, the computer is caused to operate a process for obtaining a plurality of images corresponding to each page constituting the document.

  According to a twentieth aspect of the invention, in the nineteenth aspect of the invention, the computer is caused to operate a process of displaying the image as a single document by bundling the plurality of images in a pseudo manner.

  According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, in the nineteenth aspect of the invention, a process of generating a reduced image of the image acquired by the image acquisition unit and a viewer among a plurality of reduced images generated by the reduced image generation unit. The computer is operated to display the selected reduced image as file information indicating the file group.

  According to the present invention, when a shortcut file exists in the internal document, the thumbnail display of the binder becomes a thumbnail including the thumbnail of the document linked to the shortcut file in the internal document, and when the page is turned, the link destination is displayed. It is possible to sequentially turn pages of the document.

  Further, according to the present invention, when sequentially opened on the Viewer screen, it is possible to sequentially display the pages of the linked document by simply performing a normal page turning operation.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is an effect that a document related to a document can be expressed not as a link button but as a part of the same document.

  Embodiments of a document processing apparatus, method, and program according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a document processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the document processing apparatus 1 is installed with a document editing program 2 realized by software usable by a PC, and further includes a storage device 3, a storage input / output unit 4, an object management 5, and an input processing unit. 6, a display information creation unit 7, an image reduction unit 8, and a display control unit 9. The object management unit 5 includes an image reading unit 10, an attribute reading unit 11, a page writing unit 12, and an attribute writing unit 13.

  The document processing apparatus 1 handles a document file, arranges the icons of the document file on, for example, a desktop screen, and calls the document editing program 2 for the document file selected from the document file. In addition, a document file can be operated through an icon.

  The input from the user input device 14 is interpreted by the input processing unit 6 and becomes a command for operating a document file on the system. Upon receiving the command, the object management unit 5 operates the document file in the storage device 3. The display information creation unit 7 creates display information based on the document file whose state has changed, and the display control unit 9 holds the display information created by the display information creation unit 7 as a cache, and displays the cached display information. Display on the device 15. The document file in the storage device 3 is appropriately stored in the storage device 3 by the storage input / output unit 4 and prepared for re-execution.

  The document file used by the document processing device 1 includes document data (document substance) and document data attributes, which are stored in the storage device 3. There are document, binder, page, and shortcut types as document files, and since there are attributes corresponding to the document file types, the attribute group corresponding to the document is the document object, the attribute group corresponding to the binder is the binder object, An attribute group corresponding to a page is referred to as a page object, and an attribute group corresponding to a shortcut is referred to as a shortcut object. Details of the object will be described later.

  The image reading unit 10 and the attribute reading unit 11 provide the document file to the document editing program 2 or the like. This document file can be used in the same manner from the document processing apparatus 1 and the document editing program 2, and thus the operation is shared. That is, the document file of the document processing apparatus 1 is treated as the same model from the desktop and the editor, and the attributes set for the document file through the document editing program 2 are processed as common attributes in the document editing program 2. Is done.

  The page writing unit 12 and the attribute writing unit 13 execute writing such as change and addition to the page image and the attribute read by the image reading unit 10 and the attribute reading unit 11 via the document editing program 2, respectively. Is.

  The display information creation unit 7 is an image in which icons are arranged from attributes and page images obtained from the image reading unit 10 and the attribute reading unit 11 for all document files to be listed (hereinafter, this image is referred to as a “desk screen”). ), And then double-clicking the selected icon to create a developed image in which all the page images of the document file overlap in a bundle (hereinafter, this image is referred to as a viewer screen). .

  The image reduction unit 8 reduces the page image provided from the image reading unit 10, generates a small bitmap (hereinafter referred to as a thumbnail) for icons used on the Desk screen, and provides the generated information to the display information creation unit 7. .

  The input processing unit 6 processes the input from the user and updates the data obtained from the image reading unit 10 and the attribute reading unit 11 as necessary. Since the update of the data obtained from the image reading unit 10 and the attribute reading unit 11 leads to the update of the image created by the display information creating unit 7, the user input immediately affects the display.

  The display information creation unit 7 can provide the page information as well as the attributes as display information. When an event that prompts the document editing program 2 to start (for example, a double click of a mouse on an icon) occurs among the input processing events, the input processing unit 6 creates a document file corresponding to the specified icon as a document editing program. Pass to 2.

  The display device 15 and the input device 14 are also used in common for the document processing device 1 and the document editing program 2. In general, the input device 14 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and the display device 15 includes a CRT, a liquid crystal display device, and the like.

  The document processing apparatus 1 can be configured as a device that operates on a computer by a program. In this case, the function is the same depending on how the program is assembled, but it is not necessarily the same as the configuration shown in FIG. It is not always the case.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the Desk screen 16 displayed on the display device 14. Normally, the screen is roughly divided into two parts. When the user selects a folder in the folder part on the left side, the document file included in the folder is displayed in the workspace part 17 on the right side. In FIG. 2, the folder part is omitted, and only the workspace part 17 is extracted and shown.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the document files are displayed as icons, and each document file can be accessed through these icons. As icons, thumbnails displayed by individual document files are used. Here, operations such as turning pages of thumbnails, composing document files, and disassembling document files are possible. The document editing program 2 can be called through a process of specifying a click on the icon. Further, it is possible to process a document file through an icon (for example, composition of a document by drag and drop, addition of a document to a binder, etc.). Furthermore, by double-clicking the selected icon, the viewer screen for the document file is displayed on the display device.

  The icon 181 arranged at the upper left of the Desk screen 16 shown in FIG. 2 is a bundle in which the link destination indicated by the corresponding shortcut file is a bundle of a plurality of document files (single page or plural pages are possible) and bundled into one file. This icon represents that the document is a document. This icon 181 displays a thumbnail of the linked document, a part image 191 indicating that the document is a bundled document, a page display 192 indicating the total number of pages of the corresponding document and the page number displaying the current thumbnail. A button 193 for switching the thumbnail to the thumbnail of the previous page, a button 194 for switching the displayed thumbnail to the thumbnail of the subsequent page, and a component image 195 indicating that the file is a shortcut file are displayed. . With this icon 181, it is possible to view thumbnails of all pages of the corresponding document file by performing an operation of pressing the button 193 or the button 194. The document bundling process is performed by sequentially superimposing icons of desired document files on the Desk screen 16.

  The icon 182 arranged at the lower left of the Desk screen 16 shown in FIG. 2 is a bundled photo in which the link destination indicated by the corresponding shortcut file bundles a plurality of photos (single page or multiple pages are acceptable) and puts them in one file. This icon expresses that it is. This icon 182 includes a thumbnail of a linked photo, a component image 191 indicating that it is a bundled photo, a page display 192 indicating the total number of pages of the corresponding photo and the page number displaying the current thumbnail, and a thumbnail to be displayed. Button (193, 194) and the like for switching are displayed, a component image indicating that the file is a shortcut file is displayed, and a component image 195 indicating that the file is a shortcut file is displayed. Has been.

  An icon 183 arranged at the upper right of the Desk screen 16 shown in FIG. 2 is an icon indicating that the binder is a binder obtained by processing a plurality of shortcut files into one file. The icon 183 displays a thumbnail of the linked document file indicated by the corresponding shortcut file, a part image 196 indicating a binder, and a link destination indicated by all shortcut files bundled in the binder. A display 192 indicating the total number of pages of all document files and the page number displaying the current thumbnail, a button 193 for switching the displayed thumbnail to the thumbnail of the previous page, and the displayed thumbnail after In addition to a button 194 for switching to a page thumbnail, a component image 195 indicating that the document file bundled in the binder is a shortcut file is displayed. With this icon 183, it is possible to view thumbnails of all pages of the corresponding document file by performing an operation of pressing the button 193 or the button 194. The document binder process is performed by selecting a desired document file on the Desk screen 16 and instructing the binder process.

  Note that the display mode shown in FIG. 2 is an example, and other attributes relating to the thumbnail-displayed page, document file, or shortcut file are displayed below or around the thumbnail, or the document file or shortcut file bundled in the binder is displayed. It is also possible to display the number, the document file name displayed as a thumbnail, or the shortcut file name. Such display information is created by the display information creation unit 7.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of attributes of a binder object of a binder and a shortcut object of a shortcut file bundled in the binder.

  The binder managed in the document processing apparatus is configured with attributes as shown in FIG. 3A, and the shortcut file managed in the document processing apparatus is configured with attributes as shown in FIG. 3 and stored in the storage device. . In the document processing apparatus, each of the binder and the shortcut file is individually managed as an object, and each attribute has an attribute as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 3A shows the data structure of the binder object, and FIGS. 3B and 3C show the data structure of the shortcut object.

  The two shortcut objects are linked to the binder object as a sub-document of the binder. Each shortcut file superimposed on the binder constitutes a unique object that retains the attributes of each distinct file, that is, the original single shortcut file.

  Although not shown in FIG. 3, the document file is linked by the document link of the shortcut object, the pages constituting the document file are linked by the page link of the document object of the document file, and the page object of the page includes the page. Data (for example, bitmap data constituting a page) is held, and the data content of each page can be traced from a binder object, a shortcut object, or a document object.

  Next, the binder object will be described.

  The current page is an identifier (for example, a page number) of a page currently displayed on the display. The total page is the total number of pages constituting the document file in the binder. The current document is an identifier of the document file currently displayed on the display. The total number of documents is the number of document files bundled in the binder. The binder color is a display color of the binder. The binder size is the size of the binder. The binding margin position indicates the binding margin position (for example, the left end, the upper end, etc.) of the binder. The sub-document link constitutes a binder, that is, an identification value of a bundled document file or shortcut file (for example, an address of the document file or shortcut file in the storage device 3).

  Next, the shortcut object will be described.

  The document name is an identification name indicating the linked document file indicated by the shortcut file. The current page is an identifier (for example, a page number) of a page currently displayed on the display. The total page is the total number of pages constituting the linked document file indicated by the shortcut file. The document link is an identification value of a document (for example, an address of a document file in the storage device 3).

  Next, the link mode of each object will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an object linking mode when two shortcut files are added to the binder.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the shortcut of the document 1 linked to the document 1 and the shortcut of the document 2 linked to the document 2 exist as they are after being combined as a binder. The shortcut exists as a file synthesized in the binder, and is held in exactly the same state as before composition without losing the configuration of the shortcut object before composition. That is, it is possible to perform processing such as specifying and taking out the shortcut for document 1 or the shortcut for document 2 from the binder.

  Next, processing for adding a shortcut file to the binder performed by the document processing apparatus 1 will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of processing for adding a shortcut file to the binder by dragging the icon of the shortcut file and dropping it on the binder icon.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, a binder icon 18 and a shortcut file icon 19 are displayed. Since a shortcut file is displayed in this binder, it is indicated that a bundled shortcut file exists in this binder. Here, in order to add the shortcut file to the binder, the icon of the shortcut file is dragged (for example, as shown in FIG. 5A, when the icon of the shortcut file is dragged, the icon frame changes to a thick line). As shown in FIG. 5B, the dragged shortcut file is moved to the display position of the binder icon and dropped.

  When the dragged shortcut file is dropped on the binder icon, the sub-document link field of the binder object holds the address of each document file in order when multiple document files are bundled in the binder. When a new shortcut file is added to the binder, the address of the shortcut file to be added is written in the thumb document link field of the binder object. The processing of these attributes is executed by the object management unit 5, specifically, the attribute writing unit 13.

  Then, the total number of pages of the binder is calculated by adding the number of pages of the link destination document of the additional shortcut file to the current total number of pages, and the calculated total number of pages is written in the total number of pages field of the binder object. Update the attributes of the binder object caused by adding a shortcut file to the binder, such as the total number of documents.

  Then, based on the updated binder object, the object management unit 5, specifically, the attribute reading unit 11 reads the updated attribute of the binder object from the storage device 3. Further, the page data displayed on the binder by the image reading unit 10 is acquired by tracing the binder object → shortcut object → document object → page object, and the page image is read out.

  Furthermore, the image reduction unit 8 reduces the read page image to generate a thumbnail, and as shown in FIG. 5C, the display information creation unit 7 displays the attributes set for display together with the thumbnail. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, “current page count / total page count” displayed at the top of the binder is “2/11” before adding a shortcut file (shown in FIG. 5A) → shortcut file addition It is updated to “2/14” (shown in FIG. 5C).

  Next, a process for separating shortcut files bundled in a binder performed in the document processing apparatus 1 will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of processing for releasing a shortcut file bundled in a binder from a menu displayed by right-clicking on a binder icon.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, a binder icon is displayed. Since a shortcut file is displayed in this binder, it is indicated that a bundled shortcut file exists in this binder. Here, by right-clicking on the binder icon, a binder menu is displayed as shown in FIG. 6A. When "Disconnect" is selected from the displayed menu, the sub-document link of the binder object is displayed. Erase the address of the shortcut file written in the field. Then, “0” is written in the total page number field of the binder object, “0” is further written in the total document number field, and the update of the binder object attribute caused by releasing the shortcut file in the binder is executed. The processing of these attributes is executed by the object management unit 5, specifically, the attribute writing unit 13.

  Then, the total number of pages of all the linked document files indicated by all the shortcut files bundled in the binder is displayed, the page number displaying the current thumbnail is displayed, and the displayed thumbnail is the previous page. The button for switching to the thumbnail of, and the button for switching the displayed thumbnail to the thumbnail of the subsequent page are deleted.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6B, the shortcut files bundled in the binder are displayed in different areas, and the binder changes to an empty binder icon indicating that it does not have a document file inside. To do.

  Next, thumbnail display processing of shortcut files bundled in the binder performed in the document processing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  The thumbnail display process by the document processing apparatus is performed when the document processing apparatus is activated and when a folder is selected from the folder section.

  When the document processing apparatus starts the thumbnail display process, the image reading unit acquires a page image to be displayed as a thumbnail from the link destination of the shortcut file corresponding to the document file (step 701), and the image is based on the acquired page image. The reduction unit creates a thumbnail (step S702), caches the created thumbnail in the display control unit (step S703), the display control unit displays the cached thumbnail (step S704), and ends the thumbnail display processing.

  Next, a page switching display process of thumbnails of shortcut files bundled in a binder performed in the document processing apparatus will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  The thumbnail page switching display processing by the document processing apparatus is performed when the button for switching to the thumbnail of the previous page or the button for switching to the thumbnail of the subsequent page shown in FIG. 2 is pressed.

  When the thumbnail switching button to the previous page or the next page is pressed (step S801), if the thumbnail of the previous page or the next page is not the same document file (NO in step S802), the process proceeds to step S803, where the previous page or the next page is displayed. If the page thumbnails are the same document file (YES in step S802), the process advances to step S808.

  If the thumbnail of the previous page or the next page is not the same document file (NO in step S802), it is confirmed whether the thumbnail of the previous page or the next page is cached. If not cached (NO in step S803), The process proceeds to step S804, and if it is cached (YES in step S803), the process proceeds to step S808.

  If the thumbnail of the previous page or the subsequent page is not cached (NO in step S803), the image reading unit acquires a page image to be displayed from the link destination of the shortcut file corresponding to the document file (step 804). Based on the acquired page image, the image reduction unit creates a thumbnail (step S805), caches the created thumbnail in the display control unit (step S806), and displays the thumbnail cached by the display control unit (step S807). Then, the page switching display process is terminated.

  If the thumbnails of the previous page and the subsequent page are the same document file (YES in step S802), or if the thumbnail of the previous page or the subsequent page is cached (YES in step S803), the thumbnails are stored from the cache. The acquired thumbnail is displayed (step S808), the acquired thumbnail is displayed (step S807), and the page switching display process is terminated.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a page image of a document file that is a link destination of a shortcut file bundled with a binder displayed on the View screen.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, the page image of the document file that is the link destination of the shortcut file bundled in the binder is displayed on the Viewer screen. In this binder, two shortcut files “shortcut file 1” and “shortcut file 2” are bundled. The page image of the document file linked to “shortcut file 1” (3 pages in total) and “shortcut file 2”. ”Page images (2 pages in total) of the linked document files are displayed in a pseudo-like manner as one document.

  In order to display the binder as shown in FIG. 9A, the document processing apparatus 1 reads the page image of the document file linked to “shortcut file 1” from the storage device 3 by the image reading unit 10. Based on the read page image, the display information creation unit 7 creates a page image for viewing the viewer screen (hereinafter referred to as a page image for viewer), caches the created viewer page image in the display control unit 9, and displays the display control unit. 9 displays a viewer page image on the display device 15.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 9A, page 1 of the document file linked to “shortcut file 1” is displayed. Here, when the page switching button 21 to the next page of the page turning toolbar 20 is pressed, page 2 of the document file is displayed and page 1 is moved to the back as shown in FIG. 9B. In this case, when the viewer page image of page 1 is displayed, the page image for viewer of page 2 is created and cached in the display control unit 9, so that the display control unit 9 views the viewer of cached page 2 Just display the page image.

  Furthermore, when the page switching button 21 to the next page of the page turning toolbar 20 is pressed to display the document file linked to “shortcut file 2”, the document processing apparatus 1 causes the image reading unit 10 to execute “shortcut”. The page image of the document file linked to “File 2” is read from the storage device 3, the display information creation unit 7 creates a viewer page image based on the read page image, and the created viewer page image is displayed as the display control unit. The display control unit 9 displays the viewer page image on the display device 15.

  Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 9C, the page 1 of the linked document file of the “shortcut file 2” is displayed, the page 2 of the document file, the page of the linked document file of the “shortcut file 1”. 1, page 2 and page 3 are displayed one after the other.

  Next, the viewer page image display processing of the document file linked to the shortcut file bundled in the binder performed in the document processing apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  The viewer page image display processing by the document processing apparatus is performed when an icon displayed in the workspace portion of the document processing apparatus is selected.

  When the document processing apparatus starts the viewer page image display process, the image reading unit acquires the page image for displaying the viewer page image from the link destination of the shortcut file corresponding to the document file (step 1001). Based on the page image, the display information creation unit creates a viewer page image (step S1002), caches the created viewer page image in the display control unit (step S1003), and displays the cached viewer page image on the display control unit. Is displayed (step S1004), and the viewer page image display processing is terminated.

  Next, the page switching display process of the viewer page image of the document file linked to the shortcut file bundled in the binder performed in the document processing apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  The page switching display processing of the page image for viewer by the document processing apparatus is performed when the page switching button to the previous page in the page turning toolbar shown in FIG. 9 or the page switching button to the next page in the page turning toolbar is pressed. To be done.

  When the page switching button to the previous page or the next page is pressed (step S1101), if the page image of the previous page or the next page is not the same document file (NO in step S1102), the process proceeds to step S1103, and the previous page or If the page image of the subsequent page is the same document file (YES in step S1102), the process proceeds to step S1108.

  If the page image of the previous page or the subsequent page is not the same document file (NO in step S1102), it is checked whether the page image for Viewer on the previous page or the subsequent page is cached. If not, the page image is not cached (step S1103). If NO in step S1104, the flow advances to step S1104. If cached (YES in step S1103), the flow advances to step S1108.

  If the previous page page image for the viewer is not cached (NO in step S1103), the image reading unit acquires the page image to be displayed from the link destination of the shortcut file corresponding to the document file (step 1104). ) Based on the acquired page image, the display information creation unit creates a viewer page image (step S1105), caches the created viewer page image in the display control unit (step S1106), and the display control unit caches it. The page image for Viewer is displayed (step S1107), and the page switching display process is terminated.

  Also, when the page image for the viewer on the previous page or the back page is the same document file (YES in step S1102), or the page image for the viewer on the previous page or the back page is cached (YES in step S1103). The Viewer page image is acquired from the cache (step S1108), the acquired viewer page image is displayed (step S1107), and the page switching display process is terminated.

  Note that the viewer page image can be switched by other than pressing the page switching button in the page turning toolbar. For example, when the viewer page image is clicked with a mouse or the like, the clicked viewer page image is clicked. Can also be displayed. In such a case, if the viewer page image clicked with the mouse or the like is not the same document file, the page switching display processing after step S1105 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 11 is executed.

  Further, the shortcut file link destination can be other than the storage device of the document processing apparatus, for example, a file server connected via a network.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of a functional structure of the document processing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the Desk screen displayed on a display apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the attribute of the shortcut object of the shortcut object bundled in the binder object of a binder, and the binder. It is a figure explaining the link mode of the object at the time of adding two shortcut files to a binder. It is a figure explaining the example of a process which adds a shortcut file to a binder by dragging the icon of a shortcut file and dropping it on the icon of a binder. It is a figure explaining the example of a process which spreads the shortcut file bundled in the binder from the menu displayed by right-clicking the icon of the binder. 10 is a flowchart illustrating thumbnail display processing of shortcut files bundled in a binder performed in the document processing apparatus. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a page switching display process of thumbnails of shortcut files bundled in a binder performed in the document processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the page image of the document file of the link destination of the shortcut file bundled in the binder displayed on the View screen. It is a flowchart which shows the page image display process for Viewer of the document file of the link destination of the shortcut file bundled in the binder performed with a document processing apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the page switching display process of the page image for Viewer of the document file of the link destination of the shortcut file bundled in the binder performed with a document processing apparatus.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Document processing apparatus 2 Document editing program 3 Storage apparatus 4 Storage input / output part 5 Object management part 6 Input processing part 7 Display information creation part 8 Image reduction part 9 Display control part 10 Image reading part 11 Attribute reading part 12 Page writing part 13 Attribute writing unit 14 Input device 15 Display device 16 Desk screen 17 Workspace unit 181, 182, 183 Icon 191, 195 Part image 192 Page display 193, 194 button 20 Page turning root bar 21 Page switching button

Claims (21)

In a document processing apparatus that displays a list of documents stored as files and receives and executes processing for the displayed files,
An attribute group related to the second type file is stored as a second type file object together with a second type file including link information to the first type file including the document entity, and one or more second type files are stored. Storage means for storing an attribute group related to the file group as a file group object,
Object management means for managing file group objects and second type file objects stored in the storage means;
Image acquisition means for acquiring an image showing at least a part of the document from the first type file based on link information included in the second type file;
A document processing apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display an image acquired by the image acquisition unit as file information indicating the file group. The object management means includes
The file group object is updated when the second type file is added to the file group or when the one or more second type files bundled as the file group are distributed. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1. The attributes of the file group object include
Including link information to the first type file included in the second type file included in the file group,
The object management means includes
The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, when adding the second type file, link information to the first type file included in the added second type file is added. The attributes of the file group object include
Including link information to the first type file included in the second type file included in the file group,
The object management means includes
The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the link information is deleted when the one or more second type files are distributed. The image acquisition means includes
The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of images corresponding to each page constituting the document are acquired. The display means includes
The document processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of images are pseudo-bundled and displayed as one document. Further comprising reduced image generation means for generating a reduced image of the image acquired by the image acquisition means,
The display means includes
The document processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a reduced image selected by a viewer among a plurality of reduced images generated by the reduced image generation unit is displayed as file information indicating the file group. Along with the second type file including link information to the first type file including the document entity, the attribute group related to the second type file is stored in the storage unit as the second type file object,
For a file group in which one or more second type files are bundled, an attribute group related to the file group is stored as a file group object in the storage means,
Based on link information included in the second type file, an image showing at least a part of the document is obtained from the first type file;
A document processing method, wherein the acquired image is displayed as file information indicating the file group. The file group object is updated when the second type file is added to the file group or when the one or more second type files bundled as the file group are distributed. The document processing method according to claim 8. The attribute of the file group object includes link information to the first type file included in the second type file included in the file group,
10. The document processing method according to claim 9, wherein when adding the second type file, link information to the first type file included in the added second type file is added. The attribute of the file group object includes link information to the first type file included in the second type file included in the file group,
The document processing method according to claim 9, wherein the link information is deleted when the one or more second type files are distributed. The document processing method according to claim 8, wherein a plurality of images corresponding to each page constituting the document are acquired. The document processing method according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of images are pseudo-bundled and displayed as one document. Generating a reduced image of the image acquired by the image acquisition means;
13. The document processing method according to claim 12, wherein a reduced image selected by a viewer among the plurality of generated reduced images is displayed as file information indicating the file group. In a document processing program that displays a list of documents stored as files and receives and executes processing for the displayed files,
A process of storing an attribute group related to the second type file in the storage unit as a second type file object together with a second type file including link information to the first type file including the substance of the document;
For a file group in which one or more second type files are bundled, a process of storing an attribute group related to the file group as a file group object in the storage unit;
A process for managing the stored file group object and the second type file object;
Processing for obtaining an image showing at least a part of the document from the first type file based on link information included in the second type file;
A document processing program for causing a computer to perform a process of displaying the acquired image as file information indicating the file group. A process of updating the file group object when adding the second type file to the file group or when distributing the one or more second type files bundled as the file group; 16. The document processing program according to claim 15, wherein the document processing program is operated. The attribute of the file group object includes link information to the first type file included in the second type file included in the file group,
The document processing program according to claim 16, wherein when adding the second type file, link information to the first type file included in the added second type file is added. The attribute of the file group object includes link information to the first type file included in the second type file included in the file group,
The document processing program according to claim 16, wherein the link information is deleted when the one or more second type files are distributed. The document processing program according to claim 15, wherein the computer operates a process of acquiring a plurality of images corresponding to each page constituting the document. The document processing program according to claim 19, wherein the computer is caused to operate a process of displaying the plurality of images in a pseudo manner by bundling the plurality of images. Processing for generating a reduced image of the image acquired by the image acquisition means;
20. The computer is operated to display a reduced image selected by a viewer among a plurality of reduced images generated by the reduced image generation unit as file information indicating the file group. Document processing program.

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