JP2011076432A - Information-processing device, method for controlling the same, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrict column-end inhibition in case that a headline is arranged on a "throat" in layout work to an opened book. <P>SOLUTION: An information-processing device executes, by using a floating frame, layout processing to a document on an opened page. In addition, the device includes a designation means which designates an attribute for restricting column-end prohibition to the floating frame; a first determination means which determines whether a column end is a "throat", when the floating frame to which the attribute for restricting the column-end prohibition is designated by the designation means moves to be arranged at the column end; and an arrangement means which arranges the floating frame at the column end, when the first determination means determines that it is the "throat", and moves the floating frame from the column end and arranges the frame, when in case that the first determination means determines that it is not the "throat". <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for performing a layout work using DTP software.

  In a layout work in DTP (DeskTop Publishing), in a layout work for arranging characters on a plurality of pages such as a book magazine, headlines and texts are mainly arranged.

  In this case, since the position of the headline is moved according to the number of characters in the variable body, when the headline is moved to the end of the page of the spread book, readability is impaired.

  Therefore, the layout operator needs to confirm all the pages and move the heading to the next page when the heading is placed at the end of the page.

  In order to reduce the burden on the operator, conventionally, a method of automatically moving to the next page has been adopted when the heading is moved and arranged at the end of the page. This rule is called the prohibition at the end of the stage.

  For example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose techniques related to the prohibition at the end of a stage.

JP 2001-080020 A JP 2008-129935 A

  However, each of the inventions described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 merely discloses a technique for making the end-of-stage prohibition effective, and does not consider the following problems.

  That is, the page end of the open book is divided into “throat (refers to the binding of the book or a portion close to the binding)” and “small edge (the cut surface of the book; the side on the non-binding side)”. Even if the heading is placed in the “throat”, the readability is not particularly impaired, but this point is not considered at all. For example, in the case of a novel, readability is not impaired even if a heading (= chapter title, etc.) is placed in the “throat”.

  In other words, according to the conventional prohibition at the end of the line, if the heading is arranged at the end of the page (“throat” and “edge”), it is moved to the next page.

  Therefore, in the book layout work where the readability is not lost even if the headline is placed on the “throat”, the layout operator needs to check all the pages and move the headline to the “throat” again. It was.

  The present invention solves the above-described problem. In the layout work of a book that has been spread out, when the heading is arranged at the “throat”, it is possible to limit the prohibition at the end of the stage.

  The present invention is an information processing apparatus that executes a layout process for a spread-page document using a floating frame, the designation means for designating an attribute that restricts the end-of-stage prohibition for the floating frame, and The first determination means for determining whether the stage end is “throat” when the floating frame in which the attribute for restricting the end stage prohibition is specified by the specifying means is moved and arranged at the end of the stage. When the first determining means determines that the throat is “throat”, the floating frame is arranged at the end of the stage, and when it is determined that the throat is not “throat”, the floating frame is moved from the end of the stage. And an arrangement means for moving and arranging.

  According to the present invention, when a heading is arranged at “throat” in the layout work of a spread book, it is possible to limit the prohibition at the end of the stage.

Hardware configuration diagram Flow chart showing overall flow Figure showing a set of files An example of UI for setting environment An example of an article to be edited Flow chart showing details of editing work (1) Diagram for explaining the end-of-stage determination method An example of an article to be edited An example of an article to be edited An example of an article to be edited Flow chart showing details of editing work (2) Example of UI for setting attributes

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

  In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that processing is executed in an information processing apparatus in which DTP software (DTP application) is installed.

  It goes without saying that there are various examples of the configuration of the information processing apparatus depending on applications and purposes.

  For example, DTP software is generally installed in a computer (information processing apparatus) used by a user and processing is executed, but is not limited to a stand-alone computer. For example, when the terminal used by the user is a thin client, the DTP software is installed in a server (information processing apparatus) and processing is executed on the server.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 200.

  The CPU 201 comprehensively controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 204.

  Further, the ROM 202 or the external memory 211 is necessary to realize a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) or an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as an OS), which is a control program of the CPU 201, or a function executed by each server or each PC. Various programs to be described later are stored.

  The RAM 203 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201. The CPU 201 implements various operations by loading a program necessary for execution of processing into the RAM 203 and executing the program.

  An input controller (input C) 205 controls input from a pointing device such as a keyboard 209 or a mouse (not shown).

  A video controller (VC) 206 controls display on a display device such as a CRT display (CRT) 210. The display device may be a liquid crystal display as well as a CRT. These are used by the administrator as needed. The present invention is not directly related.

  The memory controller (MC) 207 is connected via an adapter to a hard disk (HD), FD or PCMCIA card slot for storing boot programs, browser software, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, etc. The access to the external memory 211 such as the CF memory to be controlled is controlled.

  A communication I / F controller (communication I / FC) 208 is connected to and communicates with an external device via a network, and executes communication control processing in the network. For example, Internet communication using TCP / IP is possible.

  Note that the CPU 201 enables display on the CRT 210 by executing outline font rasterization processing on a display information area in the RAM 203, for example. In addition, the CPU 201 enables a user instruction with a mouse cursor (not shown) on the CRT 210.

  A program 212 for realizing the present invention is recorded in the external memory 211 and is executed by the CPU 201 by being loaded into the RAM 203 as necessary. Furthermore, the definition file 213 and various information tables 214 used by the program 212 according to the present invention are stored in the external memory 211, and detailed description thereof will be described later.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing before starting editing work in the DTP software.

  This process is executed by the information processing apparatus in which the DTP software is installed.

  First, in accordance with a user activation instruction, the DTP software is activated and an operation screen is displayed. The user performs operations such as document registration / registration environment setting via the operation screen.

  In step S201, the information processing apparatus creates a new document group. A document group is created when grouping documents, for example, when editing related books. Therefore, when editing a printed matter with a small number of pages, it is not necessary to create a document group.

  In step S202, the information processing apparatus creates a new document. This document is created as a set of books, for example.

  In step S203, the information processing apparatus creates a new article. For example, this article is created in groups of chapters and sections.

  FIG. 3 shows the relationship between document groups, documents, and articles. In this example, “Document Group 1” 301 includes documents “Document 1.1” 310, “Document 1.2” 320, and “Document 1.3” 330, and “Document 1.1” 310 includes “ It is shown that “Article 1” 311, “Article 2” 312, “Article 3” 313, and “Article n” 31 n are included. Each of these is managed as a file.

  In step S204, the information processing apparatus performs environment setting. Here, the environment specified by the user is set. This environment setting is stored in association with a document or article. The environment to be set includes a format setting, a character allocation rule setting, a color definition used for articles, and the like.

  Note that the character allocation rule settings include “binding”, “page spread editing”, “group direction”, and “start page number”. In “binding”, “left binding” or “right binding” is set. In “Double-page spread editing”, “No” or “Yes” is set. In the “set direction”, “horizontal set” or “vertical set” is set. In the “number of start pages”, a start page is input. FIG. 4 shows an example of the setting screen.

  In step S205, the information processing apparatus performs editing work. Details of the editing operation will be described later. In this editing work, the processing of the present embodiment is executed.

  When the editing operation ends, the entire process ends.

  FIG. 5 is an example of an article to be edited. This article 5 is an example of a setting that is disclosed from one page by performing spread spread editing and vertical composition and left binding.

  Prior to editing, the user places a floating frame on a blank page. Then, by setting an attribute for the arranged floating frame, the floating frame can be designated as a text or a heading. FIG. 12 shows an example of an attribute setting designation screen. The attribute is specified by specifying the check box of the frame attribute 1201. Also, from this screen, it is possible to specify “appearance”, “assignment”, “color / layer”, and “table of contents” of the floating frame.

  It should be noted that the prohibition process at the end of the stage can be specified by specifying a check box for the prohibition at the end of stage 1202. Previously, there were two choices: “Yes” or “No” for the prohibition at the end of the stage. For this reason, when “Yes” is designated, the heading moves. When the heading is arranged at “throat” or “small edge”, the heading is moved to the beginning of the next page.

  In FIG. 12, “Except the throat” for realizing the processing in the present embodiment can be selected. By this designation, the end-of-stage prohibition processing can be restricted.

  The user starts the actual editing work by preparing the necessary floating frame. When the text is input in the floating frame, the size of the floating frame changes, and the arrangement position of the floating frame next to the floating frame (in the case of this layout setting, on the left) is the page advance direction. Moving.

  In the present embodiment, in order to describe an example of editing a novel, it is assumed that spread editing is performed, and the setting disclosed from one page is performed in vertical composition and left binding. In this setting, even if a headline is placed at “throat”, the readability is not impaired. Therefore, “exclude throat” is designated as the prohibition at the end of the headline.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing details of step S205.

  In step S601, the information processing apparatus determines whether an instruction to end the editing process has been given. If yes, the process ends. If no, the process proceeds to step S602. For example, when the document / article to be edited is terminated, the editing process is terminated.

  In step S602, the information processing apparatus performs layout editing processing. Specifically, a process of reflecting an instruction input by the user in the layout is performed. For example, when a character is input in a floating frame that is a body, a process for reflecting the input character and displaying it on the display device is performed. When a character is input, the width of the floating frame of the input line is widened, and the floating frame of the heading next to the left is moved, so that the layout of the article is changed. On the other hand, when the character color is changed, the layout is not changed.

  In step S603, the information processing apparatus determines whether the layout has been changed. In the case of Yes, it progresses to step S604, and in No, it returns to step S602.

  In step S604, the information processing apparatus searches for a floating frame of headings arranged on each page in order from one page of the article being edited.

  In step S605, the information processing apparatus determines whether the searched heading floating frame position is at the end of the page (end of page). In the case of Yes, it progresses to step S606, and in No, it progresses to step S609. If no headline is found, the process proceeds to No.

  Here, a method for determining whether the position of the heading is at the end of the stage will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 7, the heading is arranged between the text 1 and the text 2 with the upper right corner of the page as the origin. The text size of the texts 1 and 2 is A.

  Whether the headline is at the end of the column is determined based on whether the X coordinate position at the end of the heading is on the left side from the X coordinate position at the end of all the texts arranged on the same page. Specifically, when “heading end X coordinate> text end X coordinate−character size A” holds, it can be determined that the heading is arranged at the end of the line.

  In the case of FIG. 7, since the X coordinate position of the text 2 is on the left side from the X coordinate position at the end of the headline, it is determined that the headline is not at the end.

  In step S <b> 606, the information processing apparatus determines whether or not an exception process is specified for the stage-end prohibition for the processing target heading. If Yes, the process proceeds to S607, and if No, the process proceeds to S608. Specifically, the determination is made based on whether “exclude throat” is specified on the setting screen shown in FIG. If “Except Throat” is designated, the process proceeds to S607, and if any other is designated, the process proceeds to S608.

  In the setting screen of FIG. 12, since “Yes” and “No” can be selected in addition to “Except throat”, it is necessary to further determine “Yes” and “No” (in this flow). Not shown). As a result of the determination, if “YES” is designated, the process proceeds to S608, but if “NO” is designated, it is necessary to move to S609.

  In step S607, the information processing apparatus determines the oddity of the page on which the heading to be processed is arranged. If it is odd, the process proceeds to S608, and if it is even, the process proceeds to S609. Here, “odd” is determined for odd numbers, and “throat” is determined for even numbers. The article to be edited is edited by double-spreading with default settings, and is disclosed from one page in vertical composition and left stitching. This is because the cover page is the first page, and the opened second page is the right page. That is, with this setting, the spread right page is an even page.

  In step S608, the information processing apparatus moves the heading to be processed to the top of the next page. This is a conventional prohibition process. As a result, the text and heading after this heading are shifted to the left.

  In step S609, the information processing apparatus determines whether the headline that is the processing target is the last headline in all pages. If Yes, the process returns to step S601. If No, the process returns to S604, the next headline is searched, and the process is continued.

  According to the above-described processing, when the heading is arranged at “throat”, the prohibition at the end of the stage can be invalidated, and when prohibited, the prohibition at the end of the stage can be enabled (FIG. 8).

  Next, a second embodiment will be described.

  In the above description, the example of one page and one column has been described, but the layout includes “columns” that are divided into a plurality of columns in the vertical direction for horizontal writing and in the horizontal direction for vertical writing. This column structure has the advantage of reducing the number of characters per line and making it easier to follow sentences.

  Articles in the present embodiment can also be set in columns for the document / article to be edited by the environment setting in S204 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 9 is an example of an article using columns. This article 9 is set to be disclosed from one page by performing spread spread editing, vertical composition, four columns, and left binding. The text and heading are moved from (1) to (8) in order.

  Note that “throat” refers to a binding portion of a book or a portion close to the binding portion, and thus is the left end portion of each of (1) to (4). In addition, the “edge” refers to the cut surface of the book (the side on the side that is not bound), and thus is the left end portion of each of (5) to (8).

  Conventionally, even in the case of a column layout, in consideration of readability, when the heading is arranged at “throat” or “small edge”, the prohibition processing at the end of the stage is performed and the head is moved to the next stage.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 10, in the case of a column layout, a photograph may be arranged on the upper stage of the left page. In this case, since the place where the text and the headline are moved is a place other than the place where the photograph is arranged, as shown in FIG. 10, after (4), it moves to (5).

  Conventionally, the step prohibition process has been performed uniformly in consideration of readability. However, in the example shown in FIG. 10, the step difference between (4) and (5) is different by only one step, so the step end prohibition is always performed. If processing is not performed, readability is not necessarily lost. For example, when a magazine is laid out, even if a heading is placed at the end of (4) shown in FIG. 10, readability is not necessarily lost.

  However, since the readability is lost when the step is large, it is desirable that the range that restricts the step-end prohibition is within a certain range.

  FIG. 11 shows a flowchart for realizing this.

  Since the basic flow is the same as that in the flowchart shown in FIG. 6, steps for performing the same processing are given the same step numbers as in FIG. 6. The end of each column is treated as the end of the column.

  A different point is a case where it is determined by the processing in step S607 that the number of pages on which the headings to be processed are arranged is an even number.

  In step S1101, the information processing apparatus determines whether the position at which the heading to be processed is arranged is at the end of the page. In the case of Yes, it progresses to step S1102, and in No, it progresses to step S1103. In the case of a four-column structure, it is determined whether the column is arranged at the end of the fourth paragraph.

  In step S1102, the information processing apparatus determines whether the difference between the current position of the step and the position of the first step of the next page is within the step range designated by the user. In the case of Yes, it progresses to step S609, and in No, it progresses to step S1103. The specification of the allowable step is specified by inputting the number of steps in the allowable range together with the setting for performing the exception handling of the end-of-step exception for the document / article to be edited in the environment setting of S204. And For example, when two steps are input, the step end prohibition processing is invalidated when the step is two steps or less, and when the step is three steps or more, the step end prohibition processing is enabled.

  In step S1103, the information processing apparatus moves the heading to be processed to the head of the next stage. This is a conventional prohibition process.

  As described above, the second embodiment has been described. With this, it is possible to realize the exception handling of the end-of-stage prohibition processing when the layout is performed in a column.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to limit the step-end prohibition when the heading is arranged in the “throat” in the layout work of the open book.

  It should be noted that the configuration and contents of the various data described above are not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the various data and configurations are configured according to the application and purpose.

  Although one embodiment has been described above, the present invention can take an embodiment as, for example, a system, apparatus, method, program, or recording medium, and specifically includes a plurality of devices. The present invention may be applied to a system including a single device.

200 Information processing apparatus 201 CPU
202 ROM
203 RAM
204 System bus 205 Input controller 206 Video controller 207 Memory controller 208 Communication I / F controller 209 Keyboard 210 Display 211 External memory

Claims (5)

An information processing apparatus that executes a layout process for a spread page document using a floating frame,
A designation means for designating an attribute for restricting a stage-end prohibition for the floating frame;
First determination for determining whether the end of the stage is “throat” when the floating frame in which the attribute restricting the end of the stage is restricted is moved and arranged at the end of the stage. Means,
If it is determined by the first determination means that it is “throat”, the floating frame is placed at the end of the stage, and if it is determined that it is not “throat”, the floating frame is moved from the end of the stage. An information processing apparatus having an arrangement means for arranging the information. The spread page document is composed of a plurality of columns,
The first determining means determines whether the end of the page is the “throat” at the end of the page,
Second determination means for determining whether the movable step of the floating frame of the next page is within a predetermined range when the first determination means determines that the throat is at the end of the page; Have
The arrangement means arranges the floating frame at the end of the stage when the second determination means determines that the floating frame is within a predetermined range, and determines that the floating frame is not within the predetermined range when determined to be within the predetermined range. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is arranged by being moved from the end of the stage. A control method in an information processing apparatus that executes a layout process for a document of a facing page using a floating frame,
A designation step for designating an attribute for restricting the end-of-stage prohibition for the floating frame;
The first determination that determines whether the stage end is “throat” when the floating frame in which the attribute restricting the stage end prohibition is specified by the specifying step is moved and arranged at the end of the stage. Steps,
When the first determination step determines that it is “throat”, the floating frame is arranged at the end of the stage, and when it is determined that it is not “throat”, the floating frame is moved from the end of the stage. And a disposing step of disposing. A program that can be executed in an information processing apparatus that executes a layout process for a document of a facing page using a floating frame,
A designation means for designating an attribute that restricts the prohibition of a stage at the floating frame;
First determination for determining whether the end of the stage is “throat” when the floating frame in which the attribute restricting the end of the stage is restricted is moved and arranged at the end of the stage. means,
If it is determined by the first determination means that it is “throat”, the floating frame is placed at the end of the stage, and if it is determined that it is not “throat”, the floating frame is moved from the end of the stage. A program for causing the information processing apparatus to function as an arrangement means for arranging the information processing apparatus. A recording medium storing the program according to claim 4 in a computer-readable manner.

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