JP2008065587A - Document editing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To create a document having an object with a good appearance, and well-balanced layout even if the amount of input object varies. <P>SOLUTION: A document editing apparatus is provided with: an object obtaining means for obtaining an object as data showing text; an orientation obtaining means for obtaining an orientation, i.e., the direction to layout the text contained in the object obtained by the object obtaining means; a temporary layout means for laying out the text within the area of a first golden rectangle whose two adjacent sides are in a golden ratio; a position determining means for determining the position of a side perpendicular to the orientation according to the amount of the text laid out within the area of the first golden rectangle; a golden rectangle generating means for generating a second golden rectangle with one side located in the position determined by the position determining means; and a layout changing means for changing the layout of the text so that the text fits within the second golden rectangle. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for automatically performing layout when editing a document.

  A technique for editing a document including data (character string) converted into data or an object (digital content) such as an image is known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for arranging text in a prescribed text area. Patent Documents 2 to 5 disclose techniques for creating or supporting a document with an arrangement that is beautiful to human beings, excellent in aesthetics, or balanced.

JP 2002-297571 A JP-A-8-180037 JP-A-10-289262 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-301980 JP 2000-200434 A

Here, there is a problem that the aesthetics or the balance of the arrangement of the generated document changes depending on the amount of the arranged objects only by arranging the objects in the prescribed area.
The present invention provides a technique for creating a document including an object having a balanced arrangement that is excellent in aesthetics even if the amount of input objects changes.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides an object acquisition unit that acquires an object that is data indicating text, and an arrangement direction that is a direction in which the text included in the object acquired by the object acquisition unit is arranged. An arrangement direction acquisition unit to acquire, a temporary layout unit to arrange the text in a first golden rectangular area in which the ratio of the lengths of two adjacent sides is a golden ratio, and the first golden rectangular area Based on the amount of text placed in, position determination means for determining the position of a side perpendicular to the placement direction and a second golden rectangle having one side at the position determined by the position determination means A golden rectangle generating means for changing the arrangement of the text so that the text fits within the second golden rectangle in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction. To provide a document editing device having a means. According to this document editing apparatus, it is possible to create a document including an object having a balanced arrangement with excellent aesthetics according to the amount of input objects.

  In a preferred aspect, in the document editing apparatus, the text is arranged over a plurality of lines or columns in the first region, and the position determining means is configured to start or end the text for all the lines or columns of the text. The position of the side perpendicular to the arrangement direction may be determined based on the position of at least one character.

  In another preferred embodiment, in the document editing apparatus, the position determining means is configured to determine the arrangement direction based on the mode value of the position of at least one of the first and last characters for all the rows or columns of the text. The position of the vertical side may be determined.

  In still another preferred aspect, in the document editing apparatus, the position determining means may determine the position of a side perpendicular to the arrangement direction based on the number of characters in each line of the text.

  In still another preferred aspect, the document editing apparatus is configured such that the position determination means has a maximum coincidence with the position of at least one of the first or last character for all the rows or columns of the text. The position of the side perpendicular to the arrangement direction may be determined.

  In still another preferred aspect, the document editing apparatus further includes storage means for storing an identifier indicating at least one specific character, and the positioning means is at least at the beginning or end of the line or column of the text. When one character matches the character indicated by the identifier stored in the storage means, the position of the side perpendicular to the arrangement direction may be determined by excluding the character.

  In still another preferred aspect, the document editing apparatus is configured such that the text is arranged in a plurality of lines or columns in the first region, and at least one of the first or last of all the lines or columns of the text. The distribution of the position of the character further includes a determination unit that determines whether a predetermined condition is satisfied, and the distribution of the position of at least one of the first or last character for all the rows or columns of the text by the determination unit Is determined to satisfy the condition, the position determining means determines the position of one side of the first golden rectangle as the position of the side perpendicular to the arrangement direction, and the golden rectangle generating means A rectangle identical to the first golden rectangle may be generated as the second golden rectangle.

  In still another preferred aspect, the document editing apparatus includes: a layout area acquisition unit that acquires layout area information that is information indicating a layout area that is an area in which the object is arranged in a document that is data including the object; You may further have the arrangement | positioning means which arrange | positions the said object based on the said 2nd golden rectangle in the layout area shown by the layout area information acquired by the said layout area acquisition means.

  According to the present invention, the computer apparatus acquires an object acquisition unit that acquires an object that is data indicating text, and an arrangement direction that is a direction in which the text included in the object acquired by the object acquisition unit is arranged. An arrangement direction acquisition means, a temporary layout means for arranging the text in a first golden rectangle area in which the ratio of the lengths of two adjacent sides is a golden ratio, and a first golden rectangle area Based on the amount of text placed, position determining means for determining the position of a side perpendicular to the placement direction, and a golden for generating a second golden rectangle having one side at the position determined by the position determining means Rectangle generation means for changing the arrangement of the text so that the text fits within the second golden rectangle in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction. Providing a program to function as a unit.

1. First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a document editing apparatus 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The object acquisition unit 101 acquires an object to be processed. “Object” refers to data including at least data indicating text (character string). “Document” refers to data including at least one object and information indicating an area where the object is arranged, or a result generated based on the data. The object may be acquired from a storage unit (described later) in the document editing apparatus 100, or may be acquired from a device other than the document editing apparatus 100. The arrangement direction acquisition unit 102 acquires information indicating the arrangement direction. “Arrangement direction” is a direction in which text is arranged. For example, in Japanese, the arrangement direction is left to right or top to bottom. For English, the orientation is from left to right. The arrangement direction may be acquired from a storage unit (described later) in the document editing apparatus 100, or may be acquired from a device other than the document editing apparatus 100. The temporary layout unit 103 temporarily lays out the text included in the acquired object in a golden rectangle. The golden rectangle generated by the temporary layout unit 103 is referred to as “first golden rectangle” as necessary. The “golden rectangle” refers to a quadrangle in which the ratio of the lengths of two adjacent sides is a ratio represented by the following formula (1) (so-called golden ratio). Note that the right term and the left term in the formula (1) may be interchanged.

  The golden rectangle generation unit 104 generates a new golden rectangle based on the text amount and the first golden rectangle. The golden rectangle generated by the golden rectangle generation unit 104 is referred to as a “second golden rectangle” as necessary. The layout unit 105 arranges the text to be processed in the second golden rectangle.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the document editing apparatus 100. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 110 is a control device that controls each component of the document editing apparatus 100. A ROM (Read Only Memory) 120 is a storage device that stores data and programs necessary for starting up the document editing apparatus 100. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 130 is a storage device that functions as a work area when the CPU 110 executes a program. An I / F (Interface) 140 is an interface for inputting / outputting data and control signals to / from various input / output devices and storage devices. An HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 150 is a storage device that stores various programs and data. Regarding the present embodiment, the HDD 150 stores a document editing program for editing a document. The keyboard / mouse 160 is an input device for the user to input instructions to the document editing apparatus 100. The display 170 is an output device that displays data contents or processing status. The network IF 180 is an interface for transmitting and receiving data to and from other devices connected via a network (not shown). For example, the document editing apparatus 100 can receive a document (more precisely, electronic data indicating the document) via the network and the network IF 180. CPU 110, ROM 120, RAM 130, and I / F 140 are connected via a bus 190. When the CPU 110 executes the document editing program, the document editing apparatus 100 has the functional configuration shown in FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the document editing apparatus 100. In step S100, the CPU 110 acquires an object to be processed. The object may be acquired from the HDD 150, or may be acquired from a device other than the document editing device 100 via the network and the network IF 180. Alternatively, the object may be input to the document editing apparatus 100 by the user operating the keyboard / mouse 160. In the present embodiment, the object to be processed includes the following text. “Next generation printer XXXXXX released at noon on May 30th. This YY printer is capable of high-speed printing performance ZZZZZZppm and realizes space-saving design (SSSSSS) energy saving while also supporting 2-way paper feeding and double-sided printing functions as standard. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA "." CPU 110 stores the acquired object in HDD 150.

  In step S110, CPU 110 obtains the text layout direction. The arrangement direction is determined in advance, for example. Alternatively, the arrangement direction may be determined based on the object to be processed. In this case, the object to be processed includes information indicating the arrangement direction. Alternatively, in another example, the processing target object includes information indicating a language (for example, Japanese) in which the text is described. The HDD 150 stores a language identifier and information indicating an arrangement direction corresponding to the language. CPU 110 determines the arrangement direction based on information stored in HDD 150. Further alternatively, the arrangement direction may be determined based on the document to be processed. In this case, the document to be processed includes information indicating the arrangement direction. Hereinafter, an example in which the arrangement direction is “left to right” will be described.

  In step S120, the CPU 110 provisionally lays out text included in the processing target object. Here, when the text is arranged, the object arrangement information is generated so that the circumscribed figure becomes a golden rectangle. That is, the object is edited.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of the temporary layout processing. In step S121, the CPU 110 temporarily lays out an object to be processed. The area where the object to be processed is arranged, that is, the layout area, is determined in advance. Alternatively, the layout area may be determined according to a user instruction input. Alternatively, the layout area may be determined by the CPU 110 according to a predetermined algorithm.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the temporarily laid out object. The layout area D has an A4 size, for example. The object area L indicates an area in the layout area D where an object to be processed is arranged. In other words, the object area limits the area in which the object is arranged in the layout area that is an area corresponding to an output unit (for example, a page) of a document edited by the document editing apparatus 100. The object area L is determined based on the amount of objects to be processed (for example, the number of text characters) and object attribute information. For example, the object area L is determined by arranging text according to the object attribute information with a certain point (for example, the center point) in the layout area D as a reference. That is, the character string of the object is arranged with the line spacing, font size, font type, and style specified by the object attribute information. At this time, in order to reflect the influence between the lines in the temporary layout, the layout area D is determined so that the character strings are displayed in a plurality of lines (a plurality of columns when the arrangement direction is the vertical direction). For example, a rule that character strings are arranged in four lines in the temporary layout is predetermined. The CPU 110 arranges character strings according to this rule and determines the layout area D. The temporary layout may be virtually performed on the RAM 130. Alternatively, the result of the temporary layout may be displayed on the display 170.

  The object attribute information is information indicating the attribute of each object. The object attribute information includes, for example, a data set including an attribute identifier indicating the type of the attribute and the value of the attribute. The object attribute information includes, for example, “line spacing”, “font size”, “font type”, and “style” as attribute identifiers, and “1.5 lines”, “24 points”, “ The information includes “Gothic” and “Bold”. The attribute “line spacing” indicates the text line spacing. The attribute “font size” indicates the size of the font. The attribute “font type” indicates the type of font. The attribute “style” indicates a style to be displayed, that is, standard, italic, or bold. The method for acquiring the object attribute information is arbitrary.

  A description will be given with reference to FIG. 4 again. In step S122, the CPU 110 measures the lengths of the two sides of the object region L, that is, the width w and the height h. For example, the CPU 110 obtains a circumscribed rectangle of the object (text). The CPU 110 measures the width and height of the circumscribed rectangle obtained. At this time, the CPU 110 may provide a predetermined margin around the object. The CPU 110 may obtain a circumscribed rectangle including a margin. Alternatively, the CPU 110 may set a text box that can accommodate the temporarily laid out text, and obtain the width and height thereof.

In step S123, the CPU 110 calculates the length A of one side of the golden rectangle according to the following equation (2).

In addition, Formula (2) is obtained based on following Formula (3). Equation (3) is derived from the condition that the area of the golden rectangle and the object region L are equal.

In step S124, the CPU 110 calculates the length A ′ of the other side of the golden rectangle according to the following equation (4). In this way, the length of the side of the first golden rectangle is determined.

  In step S125, the CPU 110 edits the object so as to be arranged in the golden rectangle. That is, the CPU 110 determines a temporary layout of text. This is done, for example, as follows. The CPU 110 arranges characters included in the processing target object in order from the top. When the width of the arranged character reaches A ′, the CPU 110 inserts a line feed. Similarly, the character string is also arranged on the second line, and when the width of the character arranged on the second line reaches A ′, the CPU 110 inserts a new line again. In this way, an object arranged in a golden rectangle is obtained.

  Alternatively, the CPU 110 may determine an area having a height A and a width A ′ as a text area. The CPU 110 may obtain the object arranged in the golden rectangle by pouring the character string included in the object into the text area, that is, arranging the characters so as to fit in the text area.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the formed golden rectangle (first golden rectangle). In this way, the objects are arranged so as to fit in the golden rectangle.

  A description will be given with reference to FIG. 3 again. In step S130, the CPU 110 generates a second golden rectangle.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing details of the golden rectangle generation processing according to the first embodiment. In step S131, the CPU 110 acquires text arrangement information. The text arrangement information is information that specifies the arrangement of the text in the golden rectangle. As the text arrangement information, for example, “right alignment”, “left alignment”, “top alignment”, “bottom alignment”, and the like are used. The method for acquiring the text arrangement information is arbitrary. For example, the text arrangement information may be determined in advance. Alternatively, the text arrangement information may be determined based on the object to be processed. In this case, the object to be processed includes information indicating text arrangement information. Alternatively, in another example, the processing target object includes information indicating a language (for example, Japanese) in which the text is described. The HDD 150 stores information indicating a language identifier and text arrangement information corresponding to the language. CPU 110 determines text arrangement information based on information stored in HDD 150. Further alternatively, the text arrangement information may be determined based on the document to be processed. In this case, the document to be processed includes information indicating text arrangement information. Hereinafter, an example in which the text arrangement information is “left alignment” will be described.

  In step S132, the CPU 110 determines a target side that is a side to be processed among the four sides constituting the first golden rectangle. The candidate for the target side is a side perpendicular to the text arrangement direction. Since the arrangement direction is “from left to right”, candidates for the target side are the left side and the right side of the first golden rectangle. The CPU 110 further determines the target side based on the text arrangement information from the target side candidates. Here, the side corresponding to the position opposite to the reference position specified by the text arrangement information is determined as the target side. The reference position is, for example, left when the text arrangement information is “left aligned”, right when “right aligned”, up when “upper aligned”, and lower when “bottom aligned”. The position opposite to the reference position is, for example, right if the text alignment information is “Left Alignment”, left if “Right Alignment”, bottom if “Top Align”, and top if “Align Bottom”. It is. Since the text arrangement information is now “left aligned”, the side corresponding to the position opposite to the reference position is the right side. Thus, the CPU 110 determines the right side as the target side.

  In step S133, the CPU 110 acquires the coordinates of the end of the line for each line of text temporarily laid out on a plurality of lines. In the example of FIG. 6, the text is laid out in six lines. For example, the end coordinates of the first to sixth lines are calculated to be 15, 15, 17, 15, 15, and 12, respectively. In this embodiment, the unit of line end coordinates is cm (centimeter). The coordinates are measured with 0.5 as a minimum unit, and values less than 0.5 are rounded up. Note that the coordinate unit and the minimum unit of measurement are not limited to these. The line end coordinates are used here because the text is written in a horizontally written language and the target side is the right side. Depending on which side is the target side, it is determined which of the beginning or end is used. When the text is written horizontally, at least one character at the beginning or end of the line is used, and when the text is written vertically, the character at the beginning or end of the column is used. In general, at least one character at the beginning or end of every row or column is used.

  In step S134, the CPU 110 determines representative coordinates. The representative coordinates are used to determine the length of the side of the second golden rectangle. CPU 110 determines representative coordinates according to a predetermined algorithm based on the end-of-line coordinates. In the present embodiment, the representative coordinates are calculated as a value having the highest frequency among a plurality of line end coordinates. That is, in this embodiment, the representative coordinate is 15. Alternatively, the representative coordinates may be calculated as an average value of a plurality of line end coordinates. When calculating the average value, a line in which the value is considered to be unique, such as the last line, may be excluded.

  In step S135, the CPU 110 determines a second golden rectangle. First, the CPU 110 determines the position of the target side (here, the right side) of the second golden rectangle based on the representative coordinates. That is, the CPU 110 determines the position of the right side of the second golden rectangle as a position 15 cm from the position of the left side. Note that, in the first golden rectangle and the second golden rectangle, the position of the side facing the target side (here, the left side) is the same. In this way, the CPU 110 determines the positions of the sides (here, the right side and the left side) perpendicular to the text arrangement direction in the second golden rectangle. In other words, CPU 110 determines the length of sides (here, the upper side and the lower side) parallel to the text arrangement direction in the second golden rectangle.

  CPU 110 further determines the length of sides (here, the right side and the left side) perpendicular to the text arrangement direction in the second golden rectangle. The lengths of the right side and the left side are determined so that the ratio of the lengths of the upper side and the lower side becomes the golden ratio. Further, the positions of the right side and the left side are determined so that, for example, a certain reference point (for example, the upper end, middle point, or lower end of the left side) is the same for the first golden rectangle and the second golden rectangle. As described above, the position and size of the second golden rectangle are determined.

  The second golden rectangle may have a smaller area than the first golden rectangle. Therefore, the CPU 110 updates the text layout based on the length of the side of the second golden rectangle perpendicular to the text layout direction. Here, the CPU 110 updates the row spacing according to the length of the right side (or the left side). That is, the line spacing is shortened so that the text does not protrude from the second golden rectangle in the vertical direction.

  In step S136, CPU 110 determines a text layout. That is, CPU 110 stores information indicating the layout of the text and information specifying the second golden rectangle in RAM 130. The information specifying the second golden rectangle is, for example, the coordinates of four vertices. Hereinafter, information including information specifying the second golden rectangle and information indicating a text layout is referred to as “attribute information”. The object and the attribute information corresponding to the object are stored in the RAM 130 or the HDD 150 so that one can be specified from the other.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a second golden rectangle. On the right side, which is the target side, some characters protrude from the golden rectangle, but on the other sides, no character protrudes from the golden rectangle.

  A description will be given with reference to FIG. 3 again. In step S140, the CPU 110 arranges the object arranged in the golden rectangle in the layout area D. The position where the object is arranged may be determined in advance. Or the position which arrange | positions an object may be determined according to a user's instruction | indication input. A document is generated by arranging objects to be processed. The user can edit the document generated as described above by using software based on a known document editing technique. At that time, the second golden rectangle can function as a so-called grid rectangle. When functioning as a grid rectangle, the CPU 110 displays the second golden rectangle on the display 170.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the grid rectangle is dynamically formed according to the corresponding object. In the example shown in FIG. 8, there is a character that protrudes on the right side. However, such characters can also be considered unique from the viewpoint of the distribution of line end coordinates. Therefore, if a grid rectangle (golden rectangle) is formed so as to ignore such singular points, a document excellent in terms of layout aesthetics can be created.

2. Second Embodiment Subsequently, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following, description of matters common to the first embodiment is omitted. In addition, common reference numerals are used for elements common to the first embodiment. In the present embodiment, the processing for generating the golden rectangle in step S130 of FIG. 3 is different from that described in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the golden rectangle generation processing according to the second embodiment. Since the processing of steps S131 to S134 is the same as that described in the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted. In step S201, the CPU 110 obtains the number of lines whose line end coordinates are larger than the representative coordinates, that is, the line end coordinates exceeding the representative coordinates. The end coordinates of the first to sixth lines are 15, 15, 17, 15, 15, and 12, respectively, and the representative coordinates are 15. Therefore, the number of rows exceeding the representative coordinate is 1.

  In step S <b> 202, the CPU 110 calculates the ratio r of lines where the line end coordinates exceed the representative coordinates. Now, the text is arranged in 6 lines, and the line end coordinate exceeds the representative coordinate is 1 line. Therefore, the ratio r = 1/6 = 17% is calculated.

In step S203, the CPU 110 determines whether the ratio r exceeds a threshold value r _th (for example, r _th = 25%). When the ratio r satisfies r <r _th (S203: YES), the CPU 110 shifts the processing to step S135. That is, the CPU 110 generates a second golden rectangle as in the first embodiment. When the ratio r does not satisfy r <r _th (S203: NO), the CPU 110 shifts the processing to step S204.

  In step S204, the CPU 110 determines to use the first golden rectangle as it is as the second golden rectangle. The subsequent processing is the same as in the first embodiment.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the second golden rectangle is newly generated or the first golden rectangle is used as it is, depending on the proportion of the rows whose end coordinates exceed the representative coordinates. Is determined. If the percentage of lines whose end-of-line coordinates exceed the representative coordinates exceeds a certain threshold, ignoring the layout may deteriorate if these lines are ignored. However, according to the present embodiment, this problem is also solved.

3. Other Embodiments The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made.
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the text arrangement information is “left alignment” has been described. For example, when the text arrangement information is “center alignment”, the CPU 110 may determine two sides of the left side and the right side as target sides. In this case, the position of the target side may be determined with reference to a line connecting the midpoints of the upper side and the lower side in the first golden rectangle, for example.

  In the above-described embodiment, the content of the text is not considered when acquiring the end-of-line coordinates. However, the content of the text may be taken into account when acquiring the end-of-line coordinates. For example, when acquiring the end-of-line coordinates, specific characters (for example, “,”, “.”, Etc.) may be excluded. That is, the HDD 150 stores identifiers of characters to be excluded. CPU 110 excludes characters stored as exclusion target characters in HDD 150 from the characters at the end of the line, and acquires the end-of-line coordinates. For example, punctuation marks such as “,” and “.”, Hiragana characters having a low line density such as “i” and “te” may be designated as the characters to be excluded.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating text according to another embodiment. “.” Is present at the end of the first line, but this character is ignored when the end-of-line coordinates are acquired. Thus, by excluding specific characters when acquiring the end-of-line coordinates, a golden rectangle with better aesthetics can be generated.

In addition, when the second golden rectangle is generated, a specific character may be excluded from the beginning of the line.
11 and 12 are diagrams illustrating text according to another embodiment. At the beginning of each line, there is a symbol “•” indicating a bulleted list. The CPU 110 may exclude these characters (symbols) from the object when generating the second golden rectangle (FIG. 12). This process is performed as follows, for example. After the position of the target side is determined, the CPU 110 calculates the line head coordinates for the head of the line as in the case of the end of the line. Furthermore, CPU110 calculates the representative coordinate about a line head coordinate. The CPU 110 determines the position of the side (left side) facing the target side based on the representative coordinates. The CPU 110 determines the length of the target side (right side) and the side (left side) facing the target side based on the position of the target side (right side) and the side (left side) facing the target side.

  As in the case of the end of the line, the HDD 150 stores the identifier of the character to be excluded. CPU 110 obtains the end-of-line coordinates by excluding the characters stored in HDD 150 as characters to be excluded from the characters at the beginning of the line. For example, the characters to be excluded include symbols such as “•”, “●”, “■”, and numbers such as “(1)”, “(2)”, “(a)”, “(b)”. May be specified. That is, if any of these characters to be excluded exists at a predetermined position such as the beginning or end of a line in any line, that character on that line is excluded from the calculation target of the end-of-line coordinates or the beginning of the line.

  In the above-described embodiment, the length of one side of the second golden rectangle is determined based on the coordinates of the end of each line of the text arranged in the first golden rectangle. However, the parameter used to determine the length of one side of the second golden rectangle is not limited to this. For example, the CPU 110 may determine the length of one side of the second golden rectangle based on the number of characters included in each line. In short, any parameter indicating the amount of characters in each line may be used.

  In the above-described embodiment, the position of one side of the second golden rectangle is determined based on the mode value of the end-of-line coordinates of the text arranged in the first golden rectangle. However, the method for determining the position of one side of the second golden rectangle is not limited to this. Any method may be used as long as the degree of coincidence between the plurality of line end coordinates and the position of one side of the second golden rectangle is maximized.

  In the above-described embodiment, the second golden rectangle has been described as distinguished from the first golden rectangle. However, the process of generating the second golden rectangle can be regarded as a process of updating the size and shape of the first golden rectangle by changing the position and length of the side of the first golden rectangle.

  In the above-described embodiment, the functional components shown in FIG. 1 are realized as software by the CPU 110 executing a program. However, the document editing apparatus 100 may include an electronic circuit corresponding to each functional component shown in FIG. That is, (part of) the functional components shown in FIG. 1 may be realized as hardware.

  In each of the embodiments described above, the document editing program is stored in the HDD 150. However, the document editing program may be provided by a storage medium such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory).

It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the document editing apparatus 100 which concerns on 1st Embodiment. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a document editing apparatus 100. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the document editing apparatus 100. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of a temporary layout process. It is a figure which illustrates the object laid out temporarily. It is a figure which illustrates the formed golden rectangle. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the golden rectangle production | generation process which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the 2nd golden rectangle. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the golden rectangle production | generation process which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the text which concerns on other embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the text which concerns on other embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the text which concerns on other embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Document editing apparatus, 101 ... Object acquisition part, 102 ... Arrangement direction acquisition part, 103 ... Temporary layout part, 104 ... Golden rectangle production | generation part, 105 ... Layout part, 110 ... CPU, 120 ... ROM, 130 ... RAM, 140 ... I / F, 150 ... HDD, 160 ... Keyboard / mouse, 170 ... Display, 180 ... Network IF, 190 ... Bus

Claims (9)

An object acquisition means for acquiring an object which is data indicating text;
An arrangement direction acquisition unit that acquires an arrangement direction that is a direction in which text included in the object acquired by the object acquisition unit is arranged;
Provisional layout means for arranging the text in a region of a first golden rectangle in which the ratio of the lengths of two adjacent sides is the golden ratio;
Position determining means for determining a position of a side perpendicular to the arrangement direction based on an amount of text arranged in the first golden rectangular area;
A golden rectangle generating means for generating a second golden rectangle having a side determined by the position determining means;
A document editing apparatus comprising: an arrangement changing unit configured to change an arrangement of the text so that the text fits in the second golden rectangle in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction. The text is arranged over a plurality of lines or columns in the first region;
The position determining means determines the position of a side perpendicular to the arrangement direction based on the position of at least one of the first and last characters for all rows or columns of the text. Document editing device described in 1. The position determining means determines the position of a side perpendicular to the arrangement direction based on the mode value of the position of at least one of the first or last character for all the rows or columns of the text. The document editing apparatus according to claim 2. The document editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the position determining unit determines a position of a side perpendicular to the arrangement direction based on the number of characters in all rows or columns of the text. The position determining means determines the position of the side perpendicular to the arrangement direction so that the degree of coincidence with the position of at least one of the first or last character for all the rows or columns of the text is maximized The document editing apparatus according to claim 2. Storage means for storing an identifier indicating at least one particular character;
When the position determination means matches at least one character at the beginning or end of the line or column of the text with the character indicated by the identifier stored in the storage means, the character is excluded from the arrangement direction. The document editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a position of a vertical side is determined. The text is arranged over a plurality of lines or columns in the first region;
A judgment means for judging whether a distribution of positions of at least one of the first and last characters for all the rows or columns of the text satisfies a predetermined condition;
If it is determined by the determining means that the distribution of the position of at least one of the first or last character for all the rows or columns of the text satisfies the condition, the position determining means The position of one side is determined as the position of a side perpendicular to the arrangement direction, and the golden rectangle generating means generates the same rectangle as the first golden rectangle as the second golden rectangle. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1. Layout area acquisition means for acquiring layout area information which is information indicating a layout area in which the object is arranged in a document which is data including the object;
The arrangement according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising: arrangement means for arranging the object based on the second golden rectangle in a layout area indicated by the layout area information acquired by the layout area acquisition means. The document editing device described. Computer equipment,
An object acquisition means for acquiring an object which is data indicating text;
An arrangement direction acquisition unit that acquires an arrangement direction that is a direction in which text included in the object acquired by the object acquisition unit is arranged;
Provisional layout means for arranging the text in a region of a first golden rectangle in which the ratio of the lengths of two adjacent sides is the golden ratio;
Position determining means for determining a position of a side perpendicular to the arrangement direction based on an amount of text arranged in the first golden rectangular area;
A golden rectangle generating means for generating a second golden rectangle having one side at the position determined by the position determining means;
A program that functions as an arrangement changing unit that changes an arrangement of the text so that the text fits in the second golden rectangle in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction.

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