JP2008026995A - Document file processing program, method, and device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document file processing system for extracting and dividing a prescribed page from a document file under conditions designated by a user, and for dividing a document file into two or more by dividing it by a prescribed page. <P>SOLUTION: This document file processor for displaying a document file in a print format on a browsing screen is provided with: a document file display part 140 for displaying a metaphor showing that the document file is configured of a plurality of pages; a division setting recognition part 100 for recognizing specified attributes owned by the pages configuring the document file according to a user operation to designate the specific attributes; a division setting addition part 110 for associating the specific attributes with the metaphor; an operation discrimination part 70 for recognizing the user operation to the metaphor to which the specific attributes are applied; and a document file division part 160 for extracting the page having the specific attributes according to the recognition of the operation discrimination part 70, and for dividing the document file into two or more by dividing it by the page. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for processing a document file, and more particularly to a system for dividing a document file.

In recent years, various techniques for dividing a document file in document handling software have been proposed.
For example, icons or thumbnails (hereinafter referred to as “icons”, for example) that represent the existence of a plurality of document files are displayed side by side in a list screen area where a plurality of document files can be arranged. Then, a predetermined document file icon or the like is transferred from the plurality of document file icons arranged in the list screen area to the palette screen area. Then, division or bundling is performed for each page of a document file such as an icon transferred in the palette screen area (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Further, for example, when a document file consisting of a plurality of pages is divided into two parts with a page specified by the user as a boundary, an image indicating the document file to be divided is divided and displayed by the divided pages. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).

JP 2001-209632 A (page 3-5, FIG. 2) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-67373 (page 2-3, FIG. 12)

  By the way, when division or bundling related to document file processing is performed in the pallet screen area as in Patent Document 1, only the document file to be processed can be processed, so that workability is excellent. However, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, in the process of dividing the document file, there is only division for each page, and no other division mode is disclosed.

  In addition, when a document file consisting of a plurality of pages as shown in Patent Document 2 is divided into two parts with a page specified by the user as a boundary, the user confirms this display. Therefore, this division process can be easily performed. However, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 only divides a document file into pages specified by the user in the process of dividing the document file, and does not disclose other division modes.

Therefore, the technology disclosed as the mode of processing for decomposing a document file with the document handling software of the prior art is only a technology related to the division for each page or the processing for dividing by a page specified by the user.
By the way, when a document file is divided by document handling software, the pages that meet the conditions are extracted from the document file according to the conditions specified by the user instead of such limited division, or the document file is divided. There is a request to be able to divide the page into two or more by dividing it with pages that meet the conditions. For example, there is a request to divide into chapters or sections, or to extract everything on a page with a specific keyword.
In response to such a request, after dividing by the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1 or 2, there is no choice but to check one page at a time, or to turn the page while checking and to divide the document. This is because there was a problem that the work was very difficult.

The present invention has been made in order to cope with the above-described situation, and an object of the present invention is to extract a predetermined page from a document file under a condition specified by a user, or to divide the document or An object of the present invention is to provide a document file processing system capable of dividing a file into two or more by dividing the file by a predetermined page.
Another object is to provide a document file processing system capable of visually expressing and storing the designation.

  For this purpose, in the present invention, in a document file processing program for dividing a document file consisting of a plurality of pages stored in a memory, information in a page constituting the document file read from the memory is read by a computer, or A specific attribute recognition function for recognizing a user operation for specifying a specific attribute related to information added to the page, and a page having the specific attribute are extracted or divided into two or more by dividing the page. The document file division function stored in the memory is realized.

Further, as such a document file processing program, the document file dividing function may have a function of using text in a page as a specific attribute.
Furthermore, the document file dividing function can be characterized by having a function of using annotations added to pages as specific attributes.
The document file dividing function can also be characterized by having a function of using, as a specific attribute, a page associated with data that is a document file creation source.

Further, according to the present invention, a metaphor display function for displaying a metaphor indicating that a document file is composed of a plurality of pages is displayed so as to clearly indicate that the document file is related to a specific attribute. It is also possible to have a function of recognizing the specific attribute in response to a user operation on the metaphor.
Furthermore, the metaphor display function displays the metaphor associated with the plurality of attributes together with the list of the plurality of attributes, and the specific attribute recognition function displays the metaphor according to a user operation for selecting the specific attribute from the list. It may be characterized by having a function of recognizing a specific attribute.

In the present invention, a division setting addition function for adding a division setting including a specific attribute and a document file division method using the specific attribute to the document file is further realized.
Further, an object display function for displaying a predetermined object, a specific attribute thereof, a division setting associating function for associating a division setting including a document file dividing method using the specific attribute with the predetermined object, A division setting addition function for adding a division setting associated with the predetermined object to the document file in accordance with a user operation on the predetermined object displayed by the object display function is further realized.

The present invention can also be understood as a method in which a document file processing program processes, in particular, combines document files. In this case, according to the document file processing method of the present invention, a metaphor display step for displaying a metaphor indicating that the document file is composed of a plurality of pages, and a user operation for designating a specific attribute of a page constituting the document file. Accordingly, a specific attribute recognition step for recognizing the specific attribute, a specific attribute addition step for associating the specific attribute with the metaphor, and a metaphor operation recognition step for recognizing a user operation with respect to the metaphor associated with the specific attribute And a document file dividing step of extracting a page having the specific attribute in accordance with the recognition of the metaphor operation recognition step, or dividing the document file into two or more by dividing the page by the page.

  On the other hand, the present invention can also be understood as a document file processing apparatus that displays a document file in a print format on a browsing screen. In this case, the metaphor display means for displaying a metaphor indicating that the document file is composed of a plurality of pages, and the specific attribute is recognized in accordance with a user operation for specifying the specific attribute of the page constituting the document file. A specific attribute recognizing means, a specific attribute adding means for associating the specific attribute with the metaphor, a metaphor operation recognizing means for recognizing a user operation on the metaphor associated with the specific attribute, and recognition of the metaphor operation recognizing means. And a document file dividing means for extracting the page having the specific attribute or dividing the page by the page and dividing the document file into two or more.

  In addition, as such a document file processing apparatus, the metaphor display means can clearly indicate that there is a relation when the specific attribute adding means associates a specific attribute with the metaphor.

  Furthermore, as such a document file processing apparatus, the metaphor display means displays a metaphor associated with a plurality of attributes together with a list of the plurality of attributes, and the specific attribute recognition means selects a specific attribute from the list. The specific attribute can be recognized according to the user operation.

  According to the present invention, there is provided a document file processing system capable of extracting and dividing a predetermined page from a document file under a condition specified by a user, or dividing a document file into two or more by dividing the document file by a predetermined page. It becomes possible to provide.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “embodiment”) will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment.
The CPU 20 of the document file processing apparatus 10 controls the document file processing apparatus 10 by executing a processing program stored in the ROM 22. The display driver 30 controls the display of the display unit 31 that displays the document file, and displays the document file instructed by the processing program.

The RAM 21 stores work data when the control program is executed. The storage device 23 stores and holds a document file processed by the processing program in accordance with a user operation using the mouse 41 or the keyboard 42. Here, the storage device 23 is, for example, a magnetic disk.
An input interface (hereinafter referred to as “I / F”) 40 transmits information related to a user operation using the mouse 41 and the keyboard 42 to the processing program.

  In the present embodiment, the document handling software divides the document file with such a hardware configuration.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a system to which this embodiment is applied.
The document file processing apparatus 10 includes an input unit 50 that inputs a user operation, and an input I / F 60 that transmits information related to the operation. Further, an operation determination unit 70 for determining the information is provided.

  Furthermore, a division setting recognition unit 100 that recognizes a user operation for performing division setting with a specific attribute (hereinafter referred to as “division setting”) is provided, and the division setting represents a document file or a state in which document files are bundled. A division setting addition unit 110 associated with the metaphor is provided. A division setting storage unit 120 that stores the division setting is provided, and a metaphor display unit 130 that displays a metaphor associated with the division setting as a single display object.

  In addition, a document file display unit 140 that displays a document file that represents the document file with an icon, a thumbnail, or the like is provided, and a document file storage unit 150 that stores the document file is provided. Furthermore, a document file dividing unit 160 that divides the document file according to the division setting is provided.

The input unit 50 corresponds to the mouse 41 and the keyboard 42 shown in FIG. 1 and accepts an input operation performed when a user processes a document file. The input I / F 60 receives information related to the input operation from the input unit 50 and sends the information to the operation determination unit 70. The operation determination unit 70 recognizes the input information and determines the processing content to be performed by the document file processing apparatus 10. Here, the operation determination unit 70 transmits the processing contents to the division setting recognition unit 100, the metaphor display unit 130, and the document file display unit 140. In addition, the operation determination unit 70 recognizes a user operation on a metaphor included in the document file display displayed by the document file display unit 140 described later.
Here, the operation determination unit 70 has a function of a metaphor operation recognition unit.

The division setting recognition unit 100 recognizes the division setting in response to a user operation for performing division setting with a specific attribute. Here, the specific attribute is used by the document file dividing unit 160 described later to divide the document file. The metaphor is a display indicating that the document files are bundled, and is displayed as an icon, for example.
The division setting recognition unit 100 sends the division setting to a division setting addition unit 110 described later. Moreover, when displaying the metaphor mentioned later as a single display object, the division | segmentation setting recognition part 100 displays the metaphor on the metaphor display part 130 mentioned later.
Here, the division setting recognition unit 100 has a function of a division setting (specific attribute) recognition unit.

The division setting adding unit 110 reads a document file to which the division setting is added from a document file storage unit 150 described later. Then, the division setting addition unit 110 adds the division setting received from the division setting recognition unit 100 to the document file. Further, the division setting adding unit 110 sends the document file to which the division setting is added to the document file storage unit 150.
Further, when displaying the metaphor as a single display object, the division setting adding unit 110 associates the division setting with the metaphor and sends the division setting to the division setting storage unit 120 described later.
Here, the division setting addition unit 110 has a function of a division setting (specific attribute) addition unit.

The division setting storage unit 120 stores the division setting received from the division setting addition unit 110.
The metaphor display unit 130 displays the metaphor as a single display object in accordance with the metaphor display command received from the division setting recognition unit 100. Further, in response to a user operation for applying the metaphor relating to the display to the document file, the metaphor display unit 130 reads out the division setting related to the metaphor from the division setting storage unit 120.

Furthermore, the metaphor display unit 130 reads the document file to which the division setting is to be added from the document file storage unit 150. Then, the metaphor display unit 130 adds the division setting read from the division setting storage unit 120 to the document file. Further, the metaphor display unit 130 sends the document file to which the division setting is added to the document file storage unit 150.
Here, the division setting storage unit 120 can be grasped as a division setting storage unit, and the metaphor display unit 130 has functions of an object display unit and a division setting (specific attribute) addition unit.

  The document file display unit 140 processes the command received from the operation determination unit 70. The processing is to read a predetermined document file from a document file storage unit 150 described later and display it on the display unit 31 shown in FIG. Further, the process is to display a metaphor that clearly indicates that it is related to the division setting together with the display of the document file. By this processing, it is clearly indicated that the division setting is added to the document file.

Furthermore, the document file display unit 140 displays a list of division settings added to the document file in response to a user operation. Then, according to the user operation of this list display, the document file is sent to the document file dividing unit 160 described later according to the division setting. Then, the document file display unit 140 displays a result of processing the document file by the document file dividing unit 160.
Here, the document file display unit 140 has a function of metaphor display means.

The document file storage unit 150 stores document files. Further, the document file storage unit 150 sends the document file to which the division setting is to be added to the division setting addition unit 110 and the metaphor display unit 130. Furthermore, the document file storage unit 150 receives and stores the document file to which the division setting is added from the division setting addition unit 110 and the metaphor display unit 130.
The document file division unit 160 processes the document file to be processed according to the division setting received from the document file display unit 140.
Here, the document file dividing unit 160 has a function of a document file dividing unit.

(First embodiment in which division settings are added to a document file)
Next, a first embodiment according to the functional block diagram of FIG. 2 up to adding a division setting to a document file will be described.
The flow of processing in which the document file processing apparatus 10 directly adds the division setting to the document file will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the user operates the mouse 41 and keyboard 42 shown in FIG. 1 as the input unit 50 to select a document file to be processed. Here, since this document file is also a target to be divided, it is composed of a plurality of pages. Therefore, the document file display of this document file has a normal metaphor 501 that represents a bundled state, like a document file display 500 shown in FIG. 5 described later. Here, the normal metaphor 501 is a metaphor corresponding only to a function for instructing the division to be divided for each page according to the prior art, and is not associated with the division setting described in the present embodiment.
Information relating to this operation is transmitted to the operation determination unit 70 via the input I / F 60. The operation determination unit 70 recognizes the selection of the document file (Step 300).

  After selecting the document file, the user operates the mouse 41 and the keyboard 42 as the input unit 50 so as to display the “setting of disassembly process” dialog on the display unit 31 shown in FIG. Information relating to this operation is transmitted to the operation determination unit 70 via the input I / F 60. The operation determination unit 70 recognizes the display instruction of the “setting of disassembly process” dialog (step 305).

Then, the division setting recognizing unit 100 recognizes a division setting including a designation of a specific attribute used for division and a division method according to a user operation on the dialog (step 310). Then, the division setting recognition unit 100 sends the recognized division setting to the division setting addition unit 110.
Next, the division setting adding unit 110 reads the document file from the document file storage unit 150 in order to add the received division setting to the document file. Then, the division setting adding unit 110 adds division setting to the document file whose selection is recognized in step 300 (step 315).

Then, the division setting adding unit 110 returns the process to step 305 when adding a new division setting to the document file in a superimposed manner. Moreover, the division | segmentation setting addition part 110 complete | finishes a process, when not associating a new specific attribute (step 320).
As a result, the division setting adding unit 110 sends the document file with the division setting added to the document file storage unit 150. Then, the document file display unit 140 reads the document file from the document file storage unit 150, and the display unit 31 displays a display with a metaphor added to the document file display as in the document file display 910 shown in FIG. Do.
As described above, the division setting is added to the document file, and it is visually clarified that the document file display related to the document file has the division setting.

  Next, the case where the document file processing apparatus 10 recognizes the user designation of the division setting will be described as an example using the dialog shown in FIG. This dialog is for designating the division setting used for the “separation setting”, that is, the division concerning the “separation” of the document file. Then, this dialog displays an area of “target attribute” that specifically specifies a specific attribute, an area of “separation operation” that specifies a method of dividing a document file according to the specific attribute, and a specified content. It consists of an area for specifying a label.

First, in the “target attribute” area, the user can select one of “text in a page”, “annotation”, or “related page of original data” as a specific attribute. The user makes the selection by checking the mark on the left side of each item.
The user can specify an arbitrary word or headline in the “text in page” designation field. Further, in the “annotation” designation field, the user can designate the contents such as sticky notes, markers, stamps, or their colors and the presence / absence of text. Furthermore, the “related page of original data” described later can be designated.
Here, the state shown in FIG. 4 is a case where the user designates, as a specific attribute, a condition that “text in a page” includes a character string “(number) chapter”.

Next, in the “separation operation” area, the user can specify the division method to be performed according to the specified specific attribute. When the division is “extract page”, the user checks the mark on the left side of “extract only the page including the attribute”. When the division is “document file division”, the user checks the mark on the left side of “categorize by dividing by pages including attributes”.
Here, the state shown in FIG. 4 is a case where it is designated that the document file is “decomposed by dividing it into pages including attributes”.

Then, the user can specify the label of the process specified in the “target attribute” area and the “separation operation” area in the right column of “label of this setting”.
The state shown in FIG. 4 is “text in a page”, using a specific attribute of a condition of a page including a character string “chapter (number)”, and decomposing it by dividing it into “pages containing the attribute”. In this case, the division setting label “Yes” is set to “Disassemble in units of“ number + chapter ””.
This label is displayed when the contents of the division setting added to the document file are displayed in a list as will be described later with reference to FIG.

Next, the contents of the “original data related page” will be described with reference to FIG.
The document file display 500 is a display of a document file composed of a plurality of pages. The page number display 503 indicates the currently displayed page. In the case shown in FIG. 5, the first page of 34 pages is displayed. The normal metaphor 501 is a metaphor indicating that the documents are bundled, and is realized by the conventional technique. The original data possession display 502 indicates that the document file according to the document file display 500 has electronic document information that is a copy of the original data to be converted into the document file. The “original data” described here refers to, for example, document data created by another application program that creates a document file related to the document file display 500 or a document file related to the document file display 500. Document data that is the substance of the document data.

A dialog 504 appears in response to an operation of selecting the original data possession display 502 with the mouse 41 shown in FIG. The dialog 504 displays the information of the electronic document from which the document file related to the document file display 500 is created in the display column.
The state shown in FIG. 5 indicates that pages 1 to 9 are electronic documents with the file name “01209632.rtf”. Similarly, pages 10 to 21 indicate an electronic document with a file name “030673373.rtf” and pages 22 to 34 indicate an electronic document with a file name “043030797.rtf”. The file information of these electronic documents corresponds to “original data”.

Therefore, when the user selects “related page of original data” in the “target attribute” area shown in FIG. 4, the information of each electronic document as the original data is specified according to this selection operation. The document file processing apparatus 10 recognizes it as an attribute.
The specific attribute in this case is, for example, an original data holding display 502 for each electronic document file included in each page of the document file obtained by converting the electronic document as original data.
In this case, the document file dividing unit 160 can divide the document file into two or more for each electronic document in the display field of the dialog 504 shown in FIG. 5, for example.

(Second Embodiment of Adding Division Setting to Document File)
Next, a second embodiment according to the functional block diagram of FIG. 2 until the division setting is added to the document file will be described.
A flow of processing in which the document file processing apparatus 10 adds the division setting to the document file will be described with reference to FIGS.
The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in which the division setting is added directly to the document file. The difference is that in the process shown in FIG. 6, the division setting is first saved, and the metaphor associated with the division setting is displayed as a single display object. Then, in the process shown in FIG. 8, the division setting is added to the document file in accordance with a user operation for applying this metaphor to the document file display related to the predetermined document file.

First, with reference to FIG. 6, a description will be given of processing until the division setting is saved and the metaphor associated with the division setting is displayed as a single display object. Here, since the processing flow shown in FIG. 6 has the same part as the processing flow shown in FIG. 4, only different parts will be described.
After selecting the document file, the user operates the mouse 41 and the keyboard 42 as the input unit 50 so as to display the “setting of disassembly process” dialog on the display unit 31 shown in FIG. Information relating to this operation is transmitted to the operation determination unit 70 via the input I / F 60. The operation determination unit 70 recognizes the display instruction of the “setting of disassembly process” dialog (step 600).

Next, the division setting recognition unit 100 causes the metaphor display unit 130 to display the metaphor as a single display object (step 605).
Then, the division setting recognizing unit 100 recognizes a division setting consisting of designation of a specific attribute used for division and a division method according to a user operation on the dialog (step 610). Then, the division setting recognition unit 100 sends the recognized division setting to the division setting addition unit 110.

Next, the division setting addition unit 110 that has received the division setting from the division setting recognition unit 100 sends the division setting to the division setting storage unit 120, and the division setting storage unit 120 stores the division setting. Also, the division setting storage unit 120 associates the metaphor displayed in step 605 with this division setting (step 615).
Then, the division setting adding unit 110 returns the process to step 600 when associating the new division setting with the metaphor in a superimposed manner. In addition, when the new specific attribute is not associated, the division setting adding unit 110 ends the process (step 620).

As described above, the division setting can be saved, and the metaphor associated with the division setting can be displayed as a single display object.
Here, FIG. 7 shows an example in which the metaphor display unit 130 displays a metaphor as this single display object. The state shown in FIG. 7 is a state in which three types of metaphors are displayed as clip images on a “toolbar”, for example.

  The leftmost metaphor is associated with the division setting specified in the dialog shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, for example, as the explanation display of the metaphor at the left end, “decompose in units of“ number + chapter ”” which is a label set in the dialog of FIG. Furthermore, unlike the normal metaphor 501 shown in FIG. 5, this metaphor clearly indicates that it is related to the division setting. Here, the normal metaphor 501 is simply displayed as a clip, but the metaphor displayed in FIG. 7 has a “!” Mark in the clip. This visual indication is not limited to this, for example, changing the color of the clip, displaying the number of specific attributes, or displaying the contents of specific information on the clip as icons. May be.

Next, a process of adding a division setting associated with the metaphor to the document file related to the document file display by applying a metaphor as a single display object to the document file display will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the user operates the mouse 41 and keyboard 42 shown in FIG. 1 as the input unit 50 to select a document file to be processed. Here, since this document file is also a target to be divided, a plurality of pages are bundled. Therefore, the document file display of this document file has a normal metaphor 501 that represents a bundled state, like a document file display 500 shown in FIG. 5 described later.
Information relating to this operation is transmitted to the operation determination unit 70 via the input I / F 60. The operation determination unit 70 recognizes the selection of the document file (Step 800).

Next, the user operates the mouse 41 and the keyboard 42 shown in FIG. 1 as the input unit 50 to select a metaphor to be applied to the document file display recognized in step 800. Information relating to this operation is transmitted to the operation determination unit 70 via the input I / F 60. The operation determination unit 70 recognizes the selection of the single object metaphor (step 805).
The metaphor display unit 130 reads out the division setting associated with the metaphor from the division setting storage unit 120. Then, the metaphor display unit 130 reads out the document file to which the division setting is added from the document file storage unit 150. The metaphor display unit 130 adds this division setting to the document file whose selection has been recognized in step 800 (step 810). As a result, the metaphor display unit 130 sends the document file to which the division setting is added to the document file storage unit 150.

  As described above, the division setting designated in advance is added to the selected document file. The document file display of this document file has a metaphor that clearly indicates the addition of the division setting. Here, as a method of applying the metaphor to the document file display, a method of selecting a single object metaphor after selecting the document file display is adopted. However, the application method is not limited to this. For example, the metaphor may be applied by dragging with the mouse 41 to the document file display.

In the embodiment described above, the metaphor displayed in FIG. 7 is only related to the division setting. The division setting is added to a predetermined document file in response to a user operation for displaying the metaphor. However, in order to divide a document file, the document file may not have division settings as additional information.
For example, when dividing a document file to be described later, the division setting document file may be read from the division setting storage unit 120 for the division target document file. In this case, the document file does not have division settings as additional information.

Next, processing for dividing a document file to which division settings are added will be described.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the display of a document file. The document file display 900 includes 13 pages and indicates the state of a document file to which no division setting is added. The document file display 910 shows a state where division settings are added to the document file related to the document file display 900. Therefore, the metaphor included in the document file display 910 displays “!” Which is a visual display indicating this state. The document file display 920 indicates a case where the document file processing apparatus 10 displays the division setting according to the user operation on the metaphor when dividing the document file according to the document file display 910. Here, the document file display unit 140 shown in FIG. 2 displays the contents of the division setting added to the document file display 910 as a list of labels set in the “Label of this setting” column of FIG.

  The “separate” in the list display indicates that the document file dividing unit 160 shown in FIG. 2 performs an operation for separating the document file for each page according to the related art. “Extract a page with a tag” indicates that the document file dividing unit 160 shown in FIG. 2 extracts and divides a “page with a tag”. Furthermore, “decompose in units of“ number + chapter ”” indicates that the document file dividing unit 160 divides the document file into two or more on a page including ““ number + chapter ””.

(Embodiment for dividing a document file)
Next, an embodiment in which a document file consisting of a plurality of pages is divided will be described. Here, the division means that the document file is separated into one page or divided into two or more.
The flow of processing in which the document file processing apparatus 10 divides a document file will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the user operates the mouse 41 and keyboard 42 shown in FIG. 1 as the input unit 50 to select a document file to be processed. Here, the document file may be related to the document file display 900 or the document file display 910 shown in FIG. Information relating to this operation is transmitted to the operation determination unit 70 via the input I / F 60. The operation determination unit 70 recognizes the selection of the document file (Step 1000).

  Next, after selecting the document file, the user operates the metaphors included in the document file display 900 and the document file display 910 using the input unit 50. In response to this operation, the document file display unit 140 shown in FIG. 2 displays the contents of the division setting applied to the document file display 910 as a list as in the document file display 920. Information that the user selects and operates this list display is transmitted to the operation determination unit 70 via the input I / F 60. The operation determination unit 70 recognizes this selection operation (document file division instruction) (step 1005).

If the information in step 1005 indicates that the user has selected “Disconnect” in the document file display 920, the document file display unit 140 shown in FIG. Send a file. If the information indicates that the user has selected something other than “Dismiss” in the document file display 920, the process proceeds to step 1020 to perform division according to the division setting (step 1010).
If the pages are to be separated for each page, the document file dividing unit 160 separates the received document file for each page (step 1015).

  Next, when the information in step 1005 is “extract and split only the page including the specific attribute” such as “extract on a page with a tag”, the document file display unit 140 In step 160, extraction is performed according to the division setting and division is instructed. For example, in the case of “separate and divide by pages including specific attributes” such as “decompose in units of“ number + chapter ””, the document file display unit 140 divides the document file division unit 160 into divisions by division setting. Instruct to divide. (Step 1020).

Then, the document file dividing unit 160 that has received the document file extracts and divides only a page having a specific attribute when the determination in step 1020 is “YES” (step 1025). If the determination in step 1020 is “NO”, the document file is divided by a page including a specific attribute (step 1030).
Then, the document file display unit 140 receives the results processed in steps 1015, 1025, and 1030, and displays them on the display unit 31 shown in FIG. 1 (step 1035).

(Embodiment for extracting and dividing pages from a document file)
Next, an embodiment will be described in which pages having specific attributes are extracted from a document file consisting of a plurality of pages and divided.
With reference to FIG. 11, the flow of processing in which the document file processing apparatus 10 extracts and divides a page in step 1025 shown in FIG. 10 will be described.
First, the document file dividing unit 160 shown in FIG. 2 receives from the document file display unit 140 a document file to be processed and a specific attribute as a condition for extracting and dividing. Then, the document file dividing unit 160 grasps the content of the specific attribute (step 1100). When “extract a page with a tag” is selected for the document file related to the document file display 920 shown in FIG. 9, “has a tag” is the content of the specific attribute.

Then, the document file dividing unit 160 grasps the page number Pn from which the document file to be processed is extracted, and grasps the total number N of pages. Here, the document file dividing unit 160 grasps that Pn = 1 in order to start processing from the first page (step 1105).
Next, the document file dividing unit 160 determines whether or not the specific attribute as the processing condition is in the page with the page number Pn (step 1110). If it is determined as “present”, the document file dividing unit 160 extracts the page (step 1115). If it is determined that there is “no”, or after extraction is performed in step 1115, the document file dividing unit 160 advances the page to be determined by one page by setting Pn = Pn + 1 (step 1120).

  Then, the document file dividing unit 160 analyzes whether or not the page number Pn to be determined next exceeds the total number N of pages (step 1125). If not, the process returns to step 1110 to continue the extraction and division process. If so, the document file dividing unit 160 has divided all pages with a specific attribute, and ends this division.

(Embodiment in which a document file is divided into two or more)
Next, an embodiment in which a document file consisting of a plurality of pages is divided into two or more pages having specific attributes will be described.
With reference to FIG. 12, the flow of processing in which the document file processing apparatus 10 divides the document file into two or more in step 1030 shown in FIG. 10 will be described.

First, the document file dividing unit 160 shown in FIG. 2 receives from the document file display unit 140 a document file to be processed and a specific attribute as a condition for extracting and dividing. Then, the document file dividing unit 160 grasps the contents of the specific attribute (Step 1200).
The specific attribute in step 1030 has a character string “number + chapter” when “divide by“ number + chapter ”” is selected for the document file display 920 shown in FIG. 9, for example. That's it.

  Then, the document file dividing unit 160 grasps the page number Pn to be processed, the page number Sn to start dividing, and the total number N of pages of the document file to be divided (step 1205). Here, the document file division unit 160 grasps that Pn = 1 and Sn = 1 in order to start processing from the first page (step 1205).

  Next, the document file dividing unit 160 determines whether or not the specific attribute which is a condition for dividing exists in the page having the page number Pn (step 1210). If it is determined that “there is”, the document file dividing unit 160 determines whether the page exceeds Sn (step 1215). If “no” is determined, if it is determined in step 1215 that Pn does not exceed Sn, or after processing is performed in step 1225 described later, the document file dividing unit 160 determines that Pn = Pn + 1. The page is advanced by one page (step 1230).

  If the document file dividing unit 160 determines in step 1215 that Pn exceeds Sn, the document file dividing unit 160 divides the document file from page number Sn to page number Pn−1 (step 1220). Then, the document file dividing unit 160 sets the page number Sn for starting a new division to Pn (step 1225).

  Then, after performing the process in step 1230, the document file dividing unit 160 determines whether or not the page number Pn exceeds the total number N of pages (step 1235). If not, the process returns to step 1210 to continue the extraction process. If so, the document file division unit 160 has divided all pages with a specific attribute, and ends the division.

  As described above, in the embodiment in which the document file is divided, the document file processing apparatus 10 can extract and divide the page having the characteristic attribute. Further, the document file processing apparatus 10 can divide the document file into two or more by dividing the page with pages having the specific attribute. Also, in step 1015 shown in FIG. 10, when the document file related to division does not have a specific attribute, the document file can be divided into pages separately as in the prior art.

Next, although not shown, a metaphor included in the document file display relating to a new document file created after the document file dividing process will be described.
The document file display unit 140 shown in FIG. 2 does not carry over the division setting added to the document file to be divided into the new document file, and nothing is new until a user operation is performed. Do not add split settings to. This is to prevent the document file processing apparatus 10 from malfunctioning with respect to the new document file.
In addition, when the new document file is one in which a plurality of pages are still bundled, the document file display unit 140 sets the metaphor included in the new document file display as a normal metaphor 501 shown in FIG. As a result, the document file clearly shows a state in which no division setting is added.

  Furthermore, the document file display unit 140 may allow the user to select to take over the division setting added to the document file to be processed for this new document file. In response to the user's selection to take over the division setting, the document file display unit 140 displays this new document file display as a document file display 910 shown in FIG.

As mentioned above, although embodiment which implement | achieves the division | segmentation of a document file has been described, such a structure and the flow of a process are only examples.
For example, when a division setting is added to a document file, a dialog shown in FIG. 4 appears in response to the user's operation on the metaphor included in the document file display related to the document file, and the user can newly specify the division setting. The document file processing apparatus 10 may recognize this operation.

When the metaphor is displayed as shown in FIG. 7, the division setting associated with the metaphor is stored in the division setting storage unit 120 of the document file processing apparatus 10, but is connected to the document file processing apparatus 10 through a bidirectional network. You may store in a server.
Furthermore, the document file processing apparatus 10 may be provided with a user authentication device, and may be stored in the division setting storage unit 120 specified for each authenticated user or in the storage area of the server. In this case, the user can set and select a unique division setting.

  Further, when the document file to which the division setting is added is combined with another document file, the division setting is not inherited, and the metaphor included in the document file display relating to the combined document file is shown in FIG. It is also possible to return to the normal metaphor 501 shown in FIG. Furthermore, the division settings of the document file to be combined may be merged and left. Then, the user may arbitrarily select whether to return or merge.

Furthermore, when the metaphor shown in FIG. 7 is applied to the document file display 900 shown in FIG. 9 in response to a user operation, a specific attribute in the division setting associated with the metaphor is added to the document file related to the document file display 900. There may be no pages to include. In this case, in the list display of the document file display 920 shown in FIG. 9, the display related to this division setting may be grayed out so that it cannot be selected.
This is because the document file dividing unit 160 shown in FIG. 2 cannot use the division setting for dividing the document file.

It is the figure which showed the structure of this embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the system to which this embodiment is applied. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the system in the case of applying a division setting directly to a document file. It is an example of a dialog in which a user specifies division settings. It is an example of data (original data) from which a document file is created. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the system in the case of displaying the metaphor linked | related with the division | segmentation setting, and preserve | saving the division | segmentation setting. It is an example of the form which displays the metaphor relevant to a division | segmentation setting as a single object. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the system in the case of adding this division | segmentation setting to a document file according to user operation with respect to the metaphor relevant to a division | segmentation setting. It is an example of the form which displays the state of the document file display which has a metaphor. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the system in the case of dividing | segmenting a document file. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the system in the case of extracting a page which has a specific attribute, and dividing | segmenting a document file. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a system process in the case of dividing | segmenting a document file into two or more by the page which has a specific attribute.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Document file processing apparatus, 100 ... Division setting recognition part, 110 ... Division setting addition part, 120 ... Division setting storage part, 130 ... Metaphor display part, 140 ... Document file display part, 150 ... Document file storage part, 160 ... Document file divider

Claims (12)

In a document file processing program for dividing a document file consisting of a plurality of pages stored in a memory,
A specific attribute recognition function for recognizing a user operation specifying a specific attribute related to information in a page constituting the document file read from the memory or information added to the page;
A document file dividing function for extracting the page having the specific attribute, or dividing the document file into two or more by dividing the page, and storing it in the memory;
Document file processing program for realizing   2. The document file processing program according to claim 1, wherein the document file dividing function has a function of using text in the page as the specific attribute.   The document file processing program according to claim 1, wherein the document file dividing function has a function of using an annotation added to the page as the specific attribute.   The document file processing program according to claim 1, wherein the document file dividing function has a function of using, as the specific attribute, a page associated with data that is a creation source of the document file. Further realizing a metaphor display function for displaying a metaphor indicating that the document file is composed of a plurality of pages so as to clearly indicate that the document file is related to the specific attribute,
The document file processing program according to claim 1, wherein the specific attribute recognition function has a function of recognizing the specific attribute in response to a user operation on the metaphor. The metaphor display function displays the metaphor associated with a plurality of attributes together with a list of the plurality of attributes,
6. The document file processing program according to claim 5, wherein the specific attribute recognition function has a function of recognizing the specific attribute in response to a user operation for selecting the specific attribute from the list.   The document file according to claim 1, further comprising a division setting addition function for adding a division setting including the specific attribute and a division method of the document file using the specific attribute to the document file. Processing program. An object display function for displaying a predetermined object;
A division setting association function for associating a division setting including the specific attribute and a division method of the document file using the specific attribute with the predetermined object;
A division setting addition function for adding the division setting associated with the predetermined object to the document file in response to a user operation on the predetermined object displayed by the object display function;
The document file processing program according to claim 1, further comprising: A metaphor display step for displaying a metaphor indicating that the document file is composed of a plurality of pages;
A specific attribute recognition step for recognizing the specific attribute in response to a user operation for specifying the specific attribute of the page included in the document file;
Adding a specific attribute to associate the specific attribute with the metaphor;
A metaphor operation recognition step for recognizing a user operation for the metaphor associated with the specific attribute;
A document file dividing step of extracting the page having the specific attribute or dividing the document file into two or more in accordance with recognition of the metaphor operation recognition step;
A document file processing method comprising: In a document file processing apparatus that displays a document file in a print format on a browsing screen,
Metaphor display means for displaying a metaphor indicating that the document file is composed of a plurality of pages;
Specific attribute recognition means for recognizing the specific attribute in response to a user operation specifying a specific attribute of the page constituting the document file;
Specific attribute adding means for associating the specific attribute with the metaphor;
Metaphor operation recognition means for recognizing a user operation for a metaphor associated with the specific attribute;
A document file dividing unit that extracts the page having the specific attribute or divides the page into two or more in accordance with recognition of the metaphor operation recognition unit;
A document file processing apparatus comprising:   11. The document file processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein when the specific attribute adding unit associates the specific attribute with the metaphor, the metaphor display unit clearly indicates that the association exists. The metaphor display means displays the metaphor associated with a plurality of attributes together with a list of the plurality of attributes,
The document file processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the specific attribute recognition unit recognizes the specific attribute in response to a user operation for selecting the specific attribute from the list.

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