JP2008129935A - Document preparing method and device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document preparing method capable of easily editing without destroying the appearance of the entire page even if text data is modified on a page using a floating frame. <P>SOLUTION: The document preparing method changes the size of the floating frame on the basis of the number and size of stages straddled by the floating frame when inputted text data are respectively arranged in the stages (fixed area) set in a character frame on the page of a document and the floating frame (floating area) movable in the character frame or on the stages. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a document creation method, apparatus, and program, and more particularly, to a document creation method, apparatus, and program capable of editing layouts of books, magazines, and the like using a computer.

  Conventionally, it is possible to create documents with various layouts using a personal computer or the like. In particular, layout processing for printed materials such as magazines and newspapers is generally performed by a DTP (Desk Top Publishing) system. In the DTP system, layout processing is generally performed in the following procedure.

1. Create text data for the body of magazines.
2. Set the layout frame (character frame) and place the text data.
3. If there is an error in the content of the text data, the text data is corrected as appropriate.

  Here, when the number of characters increases or decreases due to the correction of the text data, it is necessary to change the document layout (text data layout) within the character frame.

  In addition, a character frame called “floating frame” is generally used because a document with a good appearance can be created by changing the arrangement position of headings and the like in accordance with the increase or decrease in the number of characters. For example, as shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B, when a floating frame is used as a heading, the position of the floating frame is automatically changed when the number of characters arranged before the floating frame is increased or decreased. Therefore, it moves backward (downward) or forward (upward). As a result, the document can be easily edited.

However, when text data is edited, text data arranged before the floating frame is edited, and when the number of lines changes, the position of the floating frame moves accordingly. For this reason, when text data is edited after determining the appearance of the entire document, there is a problem that the appearance of the entire document is destroyed. To solve such problems, first determine the approximate position using the floating frame, determine the appearance of the entire document, then convert the floating frame to a fixed frame, and edit the text data. Also, a technique that does not affect the overall appearance has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 06-44231

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 has the following problems.

  1. If the amount of text data placed before the floating frame increases or decreases in large quantities, the text data placement position will move significantly, eventually requiring work to return the fixed frame to the floating frame. , The load on the editor increases.

  2. As the text data placed before the floating frame increases or decreases, if the floating frame that moves to the lower line or the upper line moves to a character frame with a different number of columns, the size of the character frame changes. Can not respond, the appearance will collapse.

  3.2. In the case of, the line spacing between the floating frame and other characters is not uniform, so the appearance is lost.

  4). When a floating frame is used as a heading, the original purpose as a heading cannot be achieved if the floating frame that has been moved with the increase of text data arranged before the floating frame is arranged at the bottom line of the page.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the page layout is not destroyed even if the text data increases or decreases on the page using the floating frame (floating area). An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation method and apparatus, and a program that can easily create or edit a document.

  In order to achieve the above object, the document creating method according to claim 1 sets a character placement step of placing text data in a character area, a floating area movable on the character area, and the set floating area. A document creation method comprising: a floating area setting step for creating management data corresponding to the above; and a floating area arrangement step for arranging the floating area on the character area based on the created management data, In the floating area arrangement step, when the text data is arranged in a fixed area set in the character area and a floating area movable on the fixed area in the character arrangement step, the floating area straddles the floating area. A floating area size changing step for changing the size of the floating area based on the number and size of the fixed areas is provided.

  To achieve the above object, the document creation apparatus according to claim 8 sets character arrangement means for arranging text data in a character area, a floating area movable on the character area, and the set floating area. A document creation apparatus comprising: floating area setting means for creating management data corresponding to the above; and floating area placement means for placing the floating area on the character area based on the created management data, When the text data is arranged in a fixed area set in the character area and a floating area movable on the fixed area by the character arranging means, the floating area arranging means is arranged so that the floating area straddles the floating area. Floating area size changing means for changing the size of the floating area based on the number and size of the areas is provided.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily create or edit a page layout without losing the appearance of the entire page even if text data increases or decreases on a page using a floating frame (floating area).

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document creation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, a document creation apparatus 101 includes a CPU 201, a RAM 202, a ROM 203, a hard disk drive (hereinafter referred to as “HDD”) 204, a network interface (hereinafter referred to as “network I / F”) 205, A storage medium drive 206, a pointing device 207, a keyboard 208, a video interface (hereinafter referred to as “video I / F”) 209, and a peripheral device interface (hereinafter referred to as “peripheral device I / F”) 211. Is provided. These are connected to each other via a system bus 212. Further, the document creation apparatus 101 includes a display device 210 connected to the video I / F 209.

  The ROM 203 stores a boot program, a BIOS, and the like for the document creation apparatus 101. The HDD 204 stores an OS (operating system) and programs, data, and the like for causing the CPU 201 to execute processing to be described later. These are read into the RAM 202 and executed as needed under the control of the CPU 201.

  The RAM 202 includes an area for temporarily storing programs and data loaded from the HDD 204 and the storage medium drive 206, and a work area used by the CPU 201 to perform various processes. The CPU 201 uses the programs and data stored in the RAM 202 and the ROM 203 to control the entire document creation apparatus 101 and executes processing to be described later.

  A network I / F 205 is used to connect the document creation apparatus 101 to a network (not shown). The document creation apparatus 101 can perform data communication with an external computer or the like via the network I / F 205. The storage medium drive 206 includes a CD-ROM, CD-R / RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R / RW, DVD-RAM, and the like. The pointing device 207 and the keyboard 208 function as an input unit, and input various instructions from the user to the CPU 201.

  The display device 210 connected to the system bus 212 via the video I / F 209 is configured with a CRT, a liquid crystal screen, and the like, and displays characters, images, and the like based on signals sent via the video I / F 209. It has a function to display on the screen. The peripheral device I / F 211 is a port for connecting a peripheral device to the document creation apparatus 101. The document creation apparatus 101 can transmit / receive data to / from the peripheral device via the peripheral device I / F 211. The peripheral device I / F 211 is configured by USB, IEEE1394, or the like, and usually has a plurality of interfaces. The connection form with the peripheral device may be wired / wireless.

  Next, a horizontal document layout method will be described as an example of document page layout creation or editing processing in the document creation apparatus 101 of FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a page layout of a document created or edited by the document creation apparatus 101 in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of management data for managing the page layout of the document as shown in FIG. 2, wherein (a) is character frame information, (b) is column information, and (c) is paragraph information. , (D) shows floating frame information.

  In FIG. 2, a character frame (character region) is a character frame on the paper surface on which text data is arranged. The width of the character frame is W, and the height of the character frame is H. Although not shown, there is also an image frame on the paper surface on which image data is arranged.

  At least one level (level 1 to level n (n: 1, 2,...)) Is arranged in the character frame. Text data is arranged in each stage. The stage is a fixed area where the position on the character frame does not change in principle. The step width of each step is W1 to Wn, and the height is H1 to Hn. Further, the coordinates of the upper left vertex of each stage are (Xc1, Yc1), (Xc2, Yc2),..., (Xcn, Ycn).

  A floating frame can be placed in the character frame. The floating frame is a floating region in which the arrangement position on the character frame moves when the number of characters increases or decreases by creating or editing text data. The width of the floating frame is Wf, the height is Hf, and the coordinates of the upper left vertex are (Xf, Yf). In the example shown in the figure, the floating frame straddles the steps 2 and 3, but the present invention is not limited to this. The floating frame may be arranged on one step or across three or more steps. Good.

  In FIG. 3A, the character frame information includes the character frame height (H) and the character frame width (W) as “size”, and the number of steps in the character frame (Col: this embodiment) as “number of steps”. Col = n), “step width” as the width of each step (Wc: W1, W2,..., Wn), “inter-step width” as the distance between steps (Ws), and “link” as the next character It consists of a link (pNext) to the frame. The link indicates a link destination of a plurality of character frames.

  In FIG. 3B, the stage information is composed of the stage height (Hn) and the stage width (Wn) as “size”, and the coordinates (Xcn, Ycn) of the top left vertex of the stage as “position”. .

  In FIG. 3C, a paragraph is a so-called paragraph composed of characters, unlike a stage. One or more paragraphs are arranged according to the number of line breaks in the text data. The paragraph information includes the paragraph height (Hp) and paragraph width (Wp) as the “size” of the paragraph, the coordinates (Xp, Yp) of the top left corner of the paragraph as the “position”, and the line as the “line position”. The coordinates of the upper left vertex (Lx11, Ly11) and the coordinates of the lower right vertex (Lx12, Ly12), the number of lines in the paragraph (L) as the “number of lines”, and the character code list as the “character code list” (CH), “attribute information” includes font, character color, size, etc. (AT).

  In FIG. 3D, the floating frame information includes the floating frame height (Hf) and floating frame width (Wf) as the “size” of the floating frame, and the coordinates (Xf) of the upper left vertex of the floating frame as the “position”. Yf), the coordinates of the upper left vertex (Lxf1, Lyf1) and the coordinates of the lower right vertex (Lxf2, Lyf2) as the “line position”, and the number of lines in the floating frame as the “number of lines” ( Lf), character code list (CHf) as “character code list”, font, character color, size, etc. (ATf) as “attribute information”, and number of steps (Col) where floating frame spans steps as “number of steps” Consists of.

  Next, a character arrangement process executed by the document creation apparatus 101 in FIG. 1 will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of character arrangement processing executed by the document creation apparatus 101 of FIG. This process is a process executed by the CPU 201 based on a program read from the HDD 204 or the like.

  In FIG. 4, in step S101, the CPU 201 arranges input text data in a character frame (character arrangement processing). At this time, the CPU 201 creates management data as shown in FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (c). Details of the character arrangement processing in step S101 will be described later.

  Next, in step S102, the CPU 201 sets a floating frame in the area on the character frame designated by the user (floating frame setting process), and corresponds to the floating frame as shown in FIG. Create management data (floating frame information). Details of the floating frame setting process in step S102 will be described later.

  Next, in step S103, the CPU 201 arranges the floating frame in the character frame based on the floating frame management data created in step S102 (floating frame arrangement processing). Details of the floating frame arrangement processing in step S103 will be described later. Note that step S102 is a process executed when an instruction to set a floating frame is received from the user, and this need not be executed when the instruction is not received. Step S103 is a process executed when a floating frame is arranged in the character frame. If a floating frame is not arranged in the character frame, this step need not be executed.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing details of the character arrangement processing in step S101 of FIG.

  In FIG. 5, in step S201, the CPU 201 detects a line break in the input text data, and divides the text data for each detected line break (for each paragraph). Next, in step S202, the CPU 201 extracts one line of text data in one paragraph from the text data divided for each paragraph and arranges it in a character frame. At this time, it is assumed that the character frame has been previously set by the editor.

  Next, in step S203, the CPU 201 executes a so-called prohibition process on one line of text data arranged in the character frame. Specifically, when a punctuation mark or parenthesis comes at the beginning of a line, the character is moved to an appropriate position and adjusted.

  Next, in step S204, the CPU 201 determines the position of the line by placing text data for one line in the character frame. That is, the coordinate position of the line arranged in the character frame is determined and stored in the HDD 204 or the like as management data.

  Next, in step S205, the CPU 201 arranges the text data line by line in the character frame and determines that the arrangement of the text data for one paragraph in the character frame has not ended (NO in step S205). Then, the processing after step S202 is performed, and the text data is arranged line by line in the character frame. On the other hand, when the CPU 201 determines that the arrangement of the text data for one paragraph in the character frame has been completed (YES in step S205), the CPU 201 proceeds to step S206.

  Next, in step S206, the CPU 201 determines whether there is a next paragraph, that is, whether there is a paragraph in which text data is not arranged in the character frame. As a result, if there is a paragraph in which the text data is not arranged in the character frame (YES in step S206), the CPU 201 moves to the next paragraph, that is, moves to the paragraph in which the text data is not arranged in the character frame (step S207), the process after step S202 is performed. On the other hand, when the text data of all the paragraphs are arranged in the character frame (NO in step S206), the process returns.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing details of the floating frame setting process in step S102 of FIG.

  In FIG. 6, in step S301, when the CPU 201 receives an instruction from the user to set a floating frame for text data arranged in a character frame (YES in step S301), the process proceeds to step 302.

  In step S302, the CPU 201 generates a floating frame based on the management data of the paragraph corresponding to the instructed text data (character). Specifically, the CPU 201 first generates floating frame management data. Next, from the management data of the paragraph corresponding to the character instructed to be set to the floating frame, the coordinates of the upper left vertex of the first line of the paragraph (Lx11, Ly11), the coordinates of the lower right vertex of the last line of the paragraph ( Lx12, Ly12), the step width (Wc) of the stage where the paragraph is located, the coordinates (Xf, Yf) of the upper left vertex of the floating frame are set to (Lx11, Ly11), the width (Wf) of the floating frame is set to Wc, The height (Hf) of the floating frame is set to Ly12-Ly11.

  Next, in step S303, the CPU 201 displays a floating frame setting dialog as shown in FIG. The user can set the floating frame on the displayed floating frame setting dialog.

  In FIG. 15, when the “automatic expansion” setting is set to “Yes”, the process of step S <b> 508 in FIG. 8 described later is executed. Further, when the “step prohibition” setting is set to “yes”, the floating frame step prohibition processing of FIG. 10 described later is executed. It is also possible to set “size” of “number of stages” and “line feed direction”. The number of stages set here is the number of stages that the floating frame spans.

  When the “Preview” button is pressed, a page layout preview screen is displayed on the display device 210. When the “re-evaluation” button is pressed, the number of lines arranged in the character frame and the number of characters arranged in one line are calculated from the size of the frame. When the “spec registration” button is pressed, information set in the dialog is stored in the RAM 202 as data that can be set in another character frame. When the “OK” button is pressed, the set contents are registered in the management data, and when the “Cancel” button is pressed, the setting of the floating frame is canceled. That is, when the “OK” button is pressed, the CPU 201 registers the “stage number” set in the floating frame setting dialog as the number of stages (Colf) in the floating frame information.

  Next, when the “cancel” button is pressed on the floating frame setting dialog (YES in step S304), the CPU 201 deletes the floating frame generated in step S302 (step S310). Specifically, the CPU 201 deletes the management data of the floating frame.

  On the other hand, if the cancel button is not pressed on the floating frame setting dialog (NO in step S304) and the “OK” button is pressed (YES in step 305), the setting made by the user on the floating frame setting dialog is floated. The contents are reflected in the frame, and the contents are registered or updated as management data (step S306).

  Next, in step S307, the CPU 201 acquires a character code list (management data) of a paragraph corresponding to the character instructed by the user, and arranges the character in the floating frame. Specifically, first, the character code list and the attribute information are copied from the management data of the paragraph to the management data of the floating frame. Next, the management data of the paragraph is deleted.

  In step 308, the CPU 201 determines whether or not the set floating frame is positioned at the head of the character frame based on the order of the paragraphs cut out for placement in the floating frame. to decide. Specifically, it is determined whether the paragraph is the first paragraph in the character frame. Here, the order of paragraphs within the character frame can be determined by the number of line breaks detected when the text data is divided into paragraphs in step S201.

  As a result of the determination in step S308, if the CPU 201 determines that the set floating frame is positioned at the head of the character frame (YES in step S308), the CPU 201 moves to the paragraph immediately after the floating frame positioned at the head of the character frame. A pointer to the floating frame and identification data indicating the first paragraph are set (step S309). On the other hand, if the CPU 201 determines that the set floating frame is not positioned at the beginning of the character frame (NO in step S308), the CPU 201 sets a pointer to the floating frame in the paragraph immediately before the set floating frame. (Step S311). Here, the pointer is a so-called pointer, which is data indicating the location of the next data, and is data for referring to the information stored in the RAM 202.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing details of the floating frame arrangement processing in step S103 of FIG.

  In FIG. 7, the CPU 201 searches the character frame for the identification data set for the paragraph in step S309 of FIG. 6, and determines whether the identification data is detected (step S401). If the CPU 201 fails to detect the identification data, the process proceeds to step S408. If the identification data is detected, the set floating frame is at the head of the character frame, so the arrangement of the floating frames in steps S402 to S407 is performed. The process proceeds to step S402 without performing the process.

  Next, in step S402, the CPU 201 searches for a paragraph in which the pointer to the floating frame is set in step S309 or step S311 of FIG. In step S403, the CPU 201 executes a floating frame size changing process for changing the width (Wf) and height (Hf) of the floating frame in accordance with the characters arranged in the floating frame. Details of the change processing of the floating frame size in step S403 will be described later.

  Next, in step S404, the CPU 201 executes a floating frame arrangement position adjustment process. Details of the arrangement position adjustment processing will be described later. Next, in step S405, the CPU 201 determines whether or not the step end prohibition is set to “Yes” on the floating frame setting dialog in FIG. 15. If it is set to “Yes”, the step end prohibition is set. Execute the process. Details of the step prohibition processing will be described later. Next, in step S406, the CPU 201 executes a floating frame arrangement position adjustment process that equalizes the space between the floating frame and the character lines arranged above and below the floating frame. Details of the floating frame arrangement position adjustment processing will be described later.

  Next, in step S407, the CPU 201 determines whether or not all the floating frames set with the pointers to the floating frames have been arranged. When all the floating frames have not been arranged (NO in step S407), the CPU 201 and subsequent steps. Repeat the process. On the other hand, when all the pages are arranged (YES in step S407), the page layout screen is displayed on the display device 210 based on the management data updated in steps S404 to S406 (step S408).

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing details of the floating frame size changing process in step S403 of FIG.

  In FIG. 8, in step S <b> 501, the CPU 201 acquires the number of steps (Colf) that the floating frame spans from the management data. Next, in step S502, the CPU 201 acquires, from the management data, the number of steps (Col) in the character frame having the paragraph set with the pointer to the floating frame, searched in step S402 in FIG. Here, the number of stages (Col) is the number of stages n (n = 1, 2,..., N) set in one character frame, as shown in FIG.

  Next, in step S503, the CPU 201 compares the number of steps (Col) in the character frame acquired in step S502 with the number of steps (Col) straddled by the floating frame acquired in step S501, and the number of steps (Col) in the character frame. It is determined whether or not the number of steps (Colf) that the floating frame spans is larger. As a result of this determination, when the number of steps (Col) that the floating frame spans is larger than the number of columns (Col) of the character frame (YES in step S503), the CPU 201 changes the number of steps that the floating frame straddles to the number of characters frame (step). S504). At this time, the CPU 201 updates the number of steps (Colf) in the management data.

  Next, in step S505, the CPU 201 acquires, from the management data, the step width (Wc) of the step in which the paragraph in which the pointer to the floating frame is set. Next, in step S506, the CPU 201 has the number of steps that the floating frame spans (Col) × the step width (Wc) acquired in step S505 + the width between steps (Ws) × (the number of steps that the floating frame straddles (Colf) −1). The width (Wf) of the floating frame is calculated. The inter-stage width (Ws) is the inter-stage width across the floating frame, and the CPU 201 acquires from the management data at any timing of steps S501 to S506.

  Next, in step S507, the CPU 201 calculates the arrangement of text data (characters) within the floating frame. That is, the coordinates (Xf, Yf) of the upper left vertex of the floating frame when the text data is arranged in the floating frame and the right of the last line of the character arranged in the floating frame are calculated in step S506. The coordinates of the lower vertex (Lxf2, Lyf2) are calculated and stored or updated as management data. In step S508, the CPU 201 determines from the calculation result in step S507 that the coordinates of the lower right vertex (Lxf2, Lyf2) and the coordinates of the upper left vertex of the floating frame (Xf) , Yf) is obtained from the management data, and the height (Hf) of the floating frame is calculated by the distance (Lyf2-Yf) between the upper end of the floating frame and the lower end of the last line of the character arranged in the floating frame. At this time, the CPU 201 updates the height (Hf) of the floating frame in the management data. With the above processing, the floating frame is appropriately resized according to the characters arranged in the floating frame.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the arrangement position adjustment processing in step S404 of FIG. This process is executed when the arrangement position of the floating frame is changed or when the height of the floating frame is changed.

  In FIG. 9, the CPU 201 determines whether or not the floating frame extends over a plurality of stages (step S602). If the result of this determination is that it does not straddle a plurality of stages (NO in step S602), the floating frame is moved to the moving position and the process returns. On the other hand, when it straddles a plurality of stages (YES in step S602), the height from the upper end of each stage across the floating frame to the upper end of the floating frame is calculated and summed (step S603).

  Next, the CPU 201 calculates the total height in step S603 / the height of one line of characters / the number of steps over which the floating frame straddles, and the height of the steps arranged in front of the floating frame (the number of rows in which characters are arranged). ) Is calculated (step S604). When floating frames are arranged across multiple levels, the height of the multiple levels up to the floating frame is equalized according to the height of all lines of characters placed in the level. The height of each step is calculated. In step S605, the CPU 201 moves the floating frame according to the calculated step height and returns.

  Through the above processing, the arrangement position of the floating frame when the floating frame is resized and the stage disposed in front of the floating frame can be automatically finely adjusted.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of the step-end prohibition process in step S405 of FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the page layout when the floating frame placement position is moved by the end-of-stage prohibition process. FIG. 14A is a page layout when the floating frame is moved to the rear of the stage 1 by additional input of characters. , (B) shows the page layout when the floating frame is moved to the top of stage 2 by the stage end prohibition process.

  In FIG. 10, in step S <b> 701, the CPU 201 determines whether or not a line of characters can be placed behind the floating frame that has been moved by increasing or decreasing the number of characters arranged in the character frame or in the stage. As a result of this determination, for example, as shown in FIG. 14A, when one line of characters can be arranged behind the floating frame (NO in step S701), the process returns as it is, while one line behind the floating frame. If the character cannot be placed (YES in step S701), the process proceeds to step S702.

  In step S701, the CPU 201 determines whether or not a line of characters can be placed behind the floating frame. If a heading is placed in the floating frame, even if a line of characters can be placed behind the floating frame. May not serve as a headline. Therefore, it may be determined whether or not the number of lines arranged behind the floating frame is equal to or less than a predetermined number. The predetermined number of rows can be arbitrarily set by the user as a determination value. In step S701, it is determined whether or not the floating frame is arranged behind (at the rear of) the predetermined position of the character frame or step by increasing or decreasing the number of characters arranged in the character frame or step. Also good. In step S701, it may be determined whether or not the floating frame has moved to the lower end of the character frame or step by increasing or decreasing the number of characters arranged in the character frame or step.

  In step S702, the CPU 201 determines whether or not there is a step on the right side of the floating frame (step S702). Here, the CPU 201 determines that the coordinates (Xcn, Ycn) of the upper left vertex of the last stage n in the character frame and the coordinates (Xf + Wf, Yf + Hf) of the lower right vertex of the floating frame are (Xf + Wf) ≦ (Xcn−Ws). ), It is determined that there is a step on the right side of the floating frame. In step S702, it may be determined whether there is another level connected to the level where the floating frame is straddled in the character frame where the level is where the floating frame is straddled. Further, the destination stage may be connected to the stage (link destination) before the movement.

  When the CPU 201 determines that there is a stage (other stage) on the right side of the moved floating frame (YES in step S702), the floating frame is moved to the right by one stage (step S703). Here, the management data is changed so that the floating frame Xf becomes Xf = Xf + Wc + Ws. When the floating frame extends over a plurality of steps, the step width Wc refers to the step width on the coordinates of the vertex on the right side of the floating frame. For example, in the case of FIG. 2, Xf = Xf + W2 + Ws.

  Next, in step S704, the CPU 201 determines whether or not the floating frame extends over a plurality of stages (Col> 1). As a result of this determination, when it is determined that the frame does not straddle a plurality of stages (NO in step S704), the floating frame is moved to the top of the next stage and arranged (step S705). Here, the next stage means the destination stage moved in step S703. Further, the top of the stage indicates the front part of the stage, and it is not necessary that the floating frame is moved and arranged at the upper end of the stage. In this way, when the floating frame moved by increasing or decreasing the number of characters arranged in the character frame or in the row matches the preset condition, the floating frame is connected to the character frame or the other row. Because it moves to the front of the character frame or other stage, for example, even when a floating frame is used as a heading, the floating frame of the heading does not move to the bottom line of the page by increasing or decreasing text data, The appearance as a headline can be maintained.

  Next, the CPU 201 performs a character rearrangement process for the entire character frame after moving the floating frame to the top (step S706), and returns. On the other hand, when the CPU 201 determines in step S704 that the floating frame is straddling a plurality of stages (YES in step S704), the CPU 201 performs the rearrangement processing of characters in the entire character frame including the floating frame moved in step S703. (Step S707), the process returns to Step S401 in FIG.

  As a result of the determination in step S702, when the CPU 201 determines that there is no step on the right side of the floating frame (NO in step S702), whether there is a next character frame, that is, whether there is a linked character frame. Is determined (step S708). As a result of this determination, when the CPU 201 determines that there is a next character frame (YES in step S708), the floating frame is moved to the linked character frame as shown in FIG. 14B (step S709). ), The process returns to step S401 in FIG. On the other hand, when there is no next character frame (NO in step S708), the process returns.

  With the above processing, for example, when a floating frame is used as a headline, even if the floating frame moves to the lower row as the text data placed before the floating frame increases, it is placed on the bottom row of the page. Therefore, the original purpose as a headline can be secured.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing details of the floating frame arrangement position adjustment in step S406 of FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an outline of the floating frame arrangement position adjustment processing of FIG.

  In FIG. 11, in step S801, the CPU 201 calculates a distance Du between the upper end of the floating frame and the lower end of the row immediately in front of the floating frame as shown in FIG. 12 (Du = Yf−Ly12). Next, in step S802, as shown in FIG. 12, the CPU 201 calculates a distance Dd between the lower end of the floating frame and the upper end of the row immediately behind the floating frame (Dd = Ly21− (Yf + Hf)). In step S803, the CPU 201 moves the floating frame up and down so that Du = Dd and returns.

  Through the above processing, the space between the floating frame and the character lines arranged above and below the floating frame can be equalized, and the appearance of the page layout can be adjusted.

  According to the above embodiment, when text data is arranged in a stage set in a character frame and a floating frame that can move on the character frame or the stage, it is based on the number and size of the steps that the floating frame spans. Since the size of the floating frame is changed, the page layout can be easily created or edited without losing the appearance of the entire page even if the text data increases or decreases on the page using the floating frame. . In addition, when laying out a document page, it is not necessary to first determine the overall position of the document by using the floating frame, and then convert the floating frame to a fixed frame, simplifying the page layout process of the document. Can be

  In the above embodiment, the floating frame arrangement processing at the time of creating a document has been described. However, as another embodiment, the present invention can be applied even at the time of editing a created document. For example, FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of a floating frame arrangement process during document editing.

  In FIG. 13, in step S1301, when the management data is updated by editing the created document (YES in step S1301), the CPU 201 performs a character frame extraction process based on the updated management data. The management data of the selected character frame is extracted (step S1302). Here, when an editing operation is performed on the floating frame, management data of the character frame in which the floating frame is arranged is extracted. Next, the CPU 201 performs the above-described character placement processing in step S101 and floating frame placement processing in step S103. With the above processing, the floating frame arrangement processing can be easily performed not only at the time of document creation but also after creation of the document.

  In the above embodiment, the case of creating a horizontally written document has been described. However, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the case of creating a vertically written document. That is, in the case of a vertically written document, the “top” described in this embodiment is “right end”, “bottom end” is “left end”, “bottom row” is “following row”, This can be implemented by interpreting “upper line” as “previous line”.

  The object of the present invention is achieved by executing the following processing. That is, a storage medium that records a program code of software that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or apparatus is stored in the storage medium. This is the process of reading the code. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the program code and the storage medium storing the program code constitute the present invention.

  Moreover, the following can be used as a storage medium for supplying the program code. For example, floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD + RW, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM or the like. Alternatively, the program code may be downloaded via a network.

  Further, the present invention includes a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by executing the program code read by the computer. In addition, an OS (operating system) running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing based on an instruction of the program code, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing. Is also included.

  Furthermore, a case where the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized by the following processing is also included in the present invention. That is, the program code read from the storage medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer. Thereafter, based on the instruction of the program code, the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing.

  Further, the present invention includes a case where the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by executing the program code read by the computer. In addition, there is a case where the OS running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing based on the instruction of the program code, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing. In this case, the program is supplied by downloading directly from a storage medium storing the program or from another computer or database (not shown) connected to the Internet, a commercial network, a local area network, or the like.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the document preparation apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a page layout of a document created or edited by the document creation apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the outline of the management data for managing the page layout of a document, (a) is character frame information, (b) is column information, (c) is paragraph information, (d) is floating frame information. . 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of character arrangement processing executed by the document creation apparatus 101 in FIG. 1. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the character arrangement | positioning process in FIG.4 S101. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the floating frame setting process of step S102 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the floating frame arrangement | positioning process of step S103 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the floating frame size change process of step S403 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the arrangement position adjustment process of step S404 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the step prohibition process of step S405 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the floating frame arrangement position adjustment of step S406 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the floating frame arrangement position adjustment process of FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating another example of character arrangement processing executed by the document creation device in FIG. 1. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the page layout when the floating frame placement position is moved by the end-of-stage prohibition process of FIG. (B) shows the page layout when the floating frame is moved to the head of the linked character frame by the end-of-stage prohibition process. It is a figure which shows an example of a floating frame setting dialog. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a page layout when a floating frame arrangement position is moved, where (a) is a page layout before editing, and (b) is a page layout in which the floating frame arrangement position is moved by additional input of characters. FIG.

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101 Document creation device 201 CPU
202 RAM
203 ROM
204 HDD
210 Display device

Claims (9)

A character placement step for placing text data in a character region, a floating region setting step for setting a floating region movable on the character region, and creating management data corresponding to the set floating region, and the created A document creation method comprising: a floating area arrangement step of arranging the floating area on the character area based on management data,
In the floating area arranging step, when the text data is arranged in the fixed area set in the character area and the floating area movable in the fixed area in the character arranging step, the floating area straddles. A document creation method comprising: a floating area size changing step of changing a size of the floating area based on the number and size of the fixed areas.   In the floating area size changing step, when the number of the fixed areas straddling the floating area is larger than the number of the fixed areas set in the character area, the number of the fixed areas straddling the floating area is set to the character area. The document creation method according to claim 1, further comprising a step number changing step of changing to the number of the fixed areas set in the document. The floating area size changing step calculates the width of the floating area based on the number of the fixed areas that the floating area straddles,
3. The floating frame area calculating step for calculating the height of the floating area when text data is arranged in the floating area having the width calculated in the floating area width calculating step. Document creation method.   The floating area placement step connects the floating area to the fixed area when the floating area moved by increasing or decreasing the number of characters arranged in the character area or the fixed area matches a preset condition. The document creation method according to claim 1, wherein the document creation method moves to a front portion of another fixed area.   The floating area arrangement step connects the floating area to the character area when the floating area moved by increasing or decreasing the number of characters arranged in the character area or the fixed area matches a preset condition. The document creation method according to claim 1, wherein the document creation method moves to the front of another character area.   In the floating area arranging step, when the arrangement or size of the floating area is changed, the arrangement position of the floating area is determined based on the position of the character line arranged at least one of the front and rear of the floating area. The document creation method according to claim 1, further comprising a floating area arrangement position adjustment step for adjustment.   The floating area arrangement position adjusting step includes the distance between the upper end of the floating area and the lower end of a character line arranged in front of the floating area, and the characters arranged at the lower end of the floating area and behind the floating area. 7. The document creation method according to claim 6, wherein the arrangement position of the floating area is adjusted so that the distance from the upper end of the line is the same. Character placement means for placing text data in a character area, floating area setting means for setting a floating area movable on the character area, and creating management data corresponding to the set floating area, and the created A document creation device comprising: floating area arrangement means for arranging the floating area on the character area based on management data;
When the text data is arranged in a fixed area set in the character area and a floating area movable on the fixed area by the character arrangement means, the floating area arrangement means straddles the floating area. A document creation apparatus comprising: a floating area size changing unit that changes the size of the floating area based on the number and size of the fixed areas.   A computer-readable program for causing a computer to execute the document creation method according to claim 1.

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