JP2013097587A - Document processing device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the reduction of work efficiency due to operator's additional work of moving pages, deleting unnecessary chapters, generating chapters, and so on after movement or duplication of partial data of document data.SOLUTION: A pasting position in a document structure as a duplication or movement destination is specified in accordance with a cursor position on a UI after duplication or movement of partial data of document data, to determine a pasting method, and a method of setting an attribute of pasted document data is determined in accordance with the pasting method determined by pasting method determination means, and pasting processing is automatically switched.

Description

  The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus and method. In particular, the present invention relates to a document processing method and apparatus for collecting output data generated by various applications as one document and providing an editing function for the document.

  Conventionally, various application programs for generating a document for each data type such as a character, a table, and a graphic are provided. However, since the document desired by the user is generally a compound document composed of a plurality of types of data, the user prints data for each application using the print function provided by various applications. And the prints had to be combined in the desired order. Therefore, in order to reduce such time and effort, it is necessary to combine a plurality of documents created by various applications into one document and edit the print settings and the page order.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a document processing method for managing a group of pages with specific print settings as a chapter and moving or copying the chapter or page unit in order to combine a plurality of documents into one document as an editing operation. Is disclosed. This document processing method determines whether to reflect the print settings of the move destination or copy destination or to maintain the print settings of the move source or copy source, and determines the target multi-page page. Set the print settings for each.

JP 2003-162519 JP

  However, in the document processing method disclosed in Patent Document 1, when moving or copying partial data of document data, document processing steps such as merging with existing chapters at the transfer destination or copy destination of the document data are considered. There wasn't. In such a document processing method that does not take into account the document processing process, a new chapter that is different from the structure of the existing chapter is always generated when moving or copying document data in units of chapters. On the other hand, when page data is selected at the move source or the copy source, the page data is always inserted into the chapter of the move destination or the copy destination. Therefore, after moving or duplicating, move pages from a new chapter into an existing chapter to delete empty chapters that are no longer needed, or create new chapters and move pages from existing chapters. It is necessary to carry out further operations such as doing this, and the work efficiency is reduced.

  In view of this, an object of the present invention is to reduce the manual operation of the operator and improve the work efficiency in consideration of the process of merging with an existing chapter in the movement or duplication of partial data of document data.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention specifies a paste position when copying or moving document data to copy destination document data, and determines a paste method based on the specified paste position, and a paste method Attribute setting method determination means for determining the attribute data attribute setting method according to the paste method determined by the paste method determination means, and according to the determination results of the paste method determination means and the attribute setting method determination means. A document processing apparatus having switching means for automatically switching between a paste method and an attribute setting method is provided.

  According to the present invention, in the case of merging with an existing chapter by automatically switching between a paste process, that is, a paste method related to a document structure and an attribute setting method, according to the cursor position in moving or copying partial data of document data. Unnecessary chapter creation becomes unnecessary. As a result, work efficiency can be improved.

The hardware block diagram of the document processing apparatus as one form of an Example. 1 is a block diagram of a functional configuration of a document processing apparatus as one embodiment. FIG. The schematic diagram which shows an example of the structure of document data, and the content of attribute information. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing of the document processing apparatus according to the first exemplary embodiment. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a paste method determination process according to the first embodiment. 5 is a flowchart illustrating attribute setting method determination processing according to the first embodiment. 6 is a flowchart showing details of first and second paste processing in the first embodiment. 9 is a flowchart showing details of third paste processing according to the first embodiment. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a paste method determination process according to the second embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating attribute setting method determination processing according to the second embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating attribute setting method determination processing according to the third embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating chapter division processing according to the third embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a document processing process according to the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a document processing process according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a document processing process according to the third embodiment.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[Example 1]
FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram for executing document processing control according to the present embodiment. An input device such as a pointing device such as a keyboard 132 and a mouse 133 is connected to the computer module 101 via an I / O interface 143, and a display device 144 is also connected. The network interface 138 can connect the computer module 101 to another computer device via the network connection 107. A typical network connection 107 is a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN).

  As a typical configuration, the computer module 101 includes a processor unit (CPU) 135, a memory unit 136 including a random access memory (RAM) and a read only memory (ROM). The computer module 101 also includes an I / O interface including a video interface 137, an I / O interface 143 for the keyboard 132 and mouse 133, and a storage device 139. The storage device 139 is typically a hard disk drive (HDD) 140, but may be a device such as a magnetic tape drive.

  The computer module 101 has a CD / DVD-ROM drive 142. The CD / DVD-ROM drive 142 reads programs and data stored in a CD / DVD-ROM which is a non-illustrated non-volatile computer-readable storage medium. The computer module 101 also has an interconnection bus 134. The CPU 135 uses an I / O interface 143 that performs communication via the interconnection bus 134.

  A software program for realizing a procedure shown in a flowchart (described later) described in the present embodiment is stored in the storage device 139, for example. The software program is loaded from the storage device 139 to the memory unit 136 and executed by the CPU 135, thereby realizing the processing of this flowchart. Alternatively, the software program stored in the CD / DVD-ROM may be read by the CD / DVD-ROM drive 142 and executed by the CPU 135 to realize the processing of the flowchart (described later) of this embodiment.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a functional configuration of the document processing apparatus according to the present exemplary embodiment realized by the CPU 135 executing a software program for realizing each function of the document processing apparatus stored in the storage device 139. This document processing apparatus has a software module for executing each process described later. Hereinafter, the computer module 101 in which the above-described software program is executed by the CPU 135 is referred to as a document processing apparatus 101.

  The document processing apparatus 101 includes software modules 202 to 207 including a document processing control unit 201. The document processing control unit 201 controls processing and data flow of each software module.

  The UI unit 202 processes input and output from the operator. The cursor management unit 203 performs cursor position extraction, determination, and cursor shape management. The document operation management unit 204 processes selection detection of a part of a document, detection of a drag and drop operation on a document with a mouse, and the like. The paste method determination unit 205 identifies the paste position in the document structure of the copy destination, and determines the document data paste method according to the paste position. The attribute setting method determination unit 206 determines the attribute data setting method according to the paste method. A document data management unit 207 performs processing such as duplication, movement, division, and deletion of document data, and management of document data attributes.

  FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of the structure of document data and the contents of attribute information. FIG. 3A shows the document structure as a three-layer tree structure of documents, chapters, and pages. One document has a whole document attribute and a chapter list, and the chapter list holds links to a plurality of chapter information. Each chapter information has a chapter ID, a chapter attribute, and a page list, and the page list holds links to a plurality of page information. Each page information has a page ID and a page data link, and the page data link holds a link to the actual data of the page data.

  FIGS. 3B and 3C are lists showing examples of the entire document attribute and the chapter attribute. Parameters set in the entire document attribute are valid throughout the entire document. On the other hand, the parameters set in the chapter attributes are valid only for the corresponding chapter, and the chapter attributes are given priority even when they overlap with the entire document attributes. If the chapter attribute has a chapter-specific attribute, the chapter-specific setting flag is set to ON, and a chapter-specific parameter is set to each setting item. If there is no chapter-specific attribute in the chapter attribute, the chapter-specific setting flag is set to OFF and each setting item is set to NULL.

  Hereinafter, the processing of the document processing apparatus 101 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. Each processing flow of the present embodiment is realized by the CPU 135 executing a software program stored in the storage device 139 and the CPU 135 functioning as each software module. The software program may be stored in the memory unit 136, and the program of this embodiment may be executed by the CPU 135 executing the program. Note that this embodiment is an explanation of copying partial data in a document to another document, and the flow described later is the same when moving partial data in a document to another document. Description of data movement is omitted.

  First, a processing flow from detection of partial data selection in a document to partial data paste and attribute setting will be described with reference to FIG. First, in S401, the document operation management unit 204 determines whether or not a part of the document is selected and dragged with the mouse while the partial data is selected. If the document operation management unit 204 detects document partial selection and drag processing in S401, the paste method determination unit 205 determines how to paste the partial data into the copy destination document data (S402). ). Details of the paste method determination process (S402) will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In S401, if the document operation management unit 204 does not detect document partial selection or drag processing, the document processing control unit 201 does not perform the processing from S402 onward.

  Next, the attribute setting method determination unit 206 determines how to set the attribute of the partial data after copying according to the paste method selected in S402 (S403). Details of the attribute setting method determination process (S403) will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  Next, the document processing control unit 201 determines how the paste method and the attribute setting method are determined in S402 and S403 (S404). If it is determined in S404 that “create new chapter” is selected as the paste method and “reflect chapter specific attributes of the copy source chapter” is selected as the attribute setting method, the document processing control unit 201 Executes the first paste process (S405). Details of the first paste process (S405) will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  If it is determined in S404 that “create new chapter” is selected as the paste method and “no chapter-specific attribute” is selected as the attribute setting method, the document processing control unit 201 determines that the second A paste process (S406) is executed. Details of the second paste process (S406) will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  If it is determined in step S404 that “Merge into existing chapter” is selected as the paste method and “Do not change chapter attributes of existing chapter” is selected as the attribute setting method, the document processing control unit 201 sets the first 3 paste processing (S407) is executed. Details of the third paste process (S407) will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

<Details of Paste Method Determination Process (S402)>
Details of the paste method determination process (S402) for determining how to paste according to the paste position in the document structure of the document data will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, the document operation management unit 204 detects a mouse operation and determines whether or not the detected mouse operation is a drop process (S501). If it is determined in S501 that the mouse operation detected by the document operation management unit 204 is not a drop process, the document operation management unit 204 performs a cancel instruction detection process (S502). In S502, if the document operation management unit 204 does not detect a cancel instruction, the document operation management unit 204 continues to detect a mouse operation and determine whether or not it is a drop process. If the document operation management unit 204 detects a cancel instruction in S502, the document processing control unit 201 proceeds to (1) in FIG. 4 and ends.

  If it is determined in S501 that the mouse operation detected by the document operation management unit 204 is a drop process, the cursor management unit 203 extracts the dropped cursor position (S503). Next, the cursor management unit 203 checks the cursor position extracted in S503 and determines whether the cursor position is within the chapter determination area, the page determination area, or outside the paste area (S504). . FIG. 13 shows an example of area setting in this embodiment. In this example, the chapter determination area is defined as 1303, the page determination area as 1304, and the other areas outside the paste area.

  If the cursor management unit 203 determines in S504 that the cursor (1305 in FIG. 13) is within the chapter determination area, the paste method determination unit 205 identifies the paste position in the document structure of the copy destination (S505). The specification of the paste position in the document structure of the copy destination means the specification of the chapter to be pasted and the specification of the previous and subsequent pages.

  Next, the UI unit 202 displays paste method options, receives an operator input, and registers the received information in the storage device 139 (S506). The input of this information is realized by the UI unit 202 displaying a dialog like 1306 in FIG.

  Next, the paste method determination unit 205 reads the acquired input information from the storage device 139 (S507), and determines the paste method for pasting the partial data into the copy destination document (S508). In this embodiment, the paste method “create new chapter” means that a new chapter is created at the copy destination, and the selected partial data is used as page data of the new chapter. The paste method “merge into existing chapter” means that the partial data selected at the copy source is merged with the page data of the existing chapter at the copy destination.

  If the paste method determination unit 205 determines to create a new chapter in S508, the document processing control unit 201 registers the selection “create new chapter” in the storage device 139 as the paste method (S509). In S508, when the paste method determination unit 205 determines not to create a new chapter, the document processing control unit 201 registers, in the storage device 139, the selection “merge into existing chapter” as the paste method (S511). ).

  If the cursor management unit 203 determines in step S504 that the cursor is within the page determination area, the paste method determination unit 205 specifies a paste position in the document structure of the copy destination (S510). Then, the document processing control unit 201 registers the selection “merge into existing chapter” in the storage device 139 as the paste method (S511). If the cursor management unit 203 determines in step S504 that the cursor is outside the paste area, the document processing control unit 201 determines that the paste process itself has been canceled, and the process proceeds to (1) in FIG. To finish.

<Details of attribute setting method determination process (S403)>
Details of the attribute setting method determination process (S403) for determining how to set the copy destination chapter attribute according to the selected paste method will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, the document processing control unit 201 reads the selected paste method from the storage device 139, and determines whether or not the paste method “create new chapter” is selected (S601). If it is determined in S601 that the paste method “create new chapter” is selected, the document data management unit 207 determines whether the partial data selected at the copy source is a chapter or a page in the copy source document structure. Is determined (S602).

  If it is determined in S602 that the partial data selected at the copy source is a chapter in the document structure of the copy source, the document data management unit 207 acquires the chapter unique setting flag of the chapter attribute, and whether there is a chapter unique setting. Is determined (S603). If it is determined in S603 that the chapter at the copy source has chapter-specific settings, the UI unit 202 displays attribute setting method options, receives input from the operator, and registers the received information in the storage device 139. (S604). The input of this information is realized by the UI unit 202 displaying a dialog like 1307 in FIG.

  Next, the attribute setting method determination unit 206 reads the acquired input information from the storage device 139 (S605), and determines a sentence attribute setting method according to the paste method (S606). If the attribute setting method determination unit 206 determines in S606 that the chapter-specific setting of the source chapter is maintained as the attribute setting method, the source-specific chapter setting is transferred when creating a new chapter. become. Therefore, the document processing control unit 201 registers, in the storage device 139, the selection of “reflect the chapter unique attribute of the source chapter” as the attribute setting method (S607).

  In S606, if the attribute setting method determination unit 206 determines that the chapter-specific setting of the source chapter is not maintained as the attribute setting method, the source-specific chapter-specific setting is determined when the new chapter is created. Only the page data is copied without being transferred. Therefore, the document processing control unit 201 registers the selection “no chapter specific attribute” in the storage device 139 as the attribute setting method (S608).

  If it is determined in S603 that there is no chapter-specific setting in the copy source chapter, when creating a new chapter, only the page data is copied without transferring the copy-source chapter specific setting. Therefore, the document processing control unit 201 registers the selection “no chapter specific attribute” in the storage device 139 as the attribute setting method (S608).

  If it is determined in S602 that the partial data selected at the copy source is not a chapter in the document structure of the copy source, that is, even if a page is selected, the page data of the copy source belongs when creating a new chapter. Only the page data is copied, without transferring the attributes of the chapters that had been used. Therefore, the document processing control unit 201 registers the selection “no chapter specific attribute” in the storage device 139 as the attribute setting method (S608).

  If it is determined in S601 that the paste method "Create new chapter" is not selected, this means that the paste method "Merge to existing chapter" is selected. Merge the data into the existing chapter as page data. Therefore, the document processing control unit 201 registers the selection “do not change chapter attributes of existing chapters” in the storage device 139 as the attribute setting method (S609).

<Details of First Paste Processing (S405)>
Details of the first paste process (S405) are shown in FIG. In this process, first, the paste position determined by the paste method determination unit 205 in the paste method determination process (FIG. 5), the document data management unit 207 determines the position to add a new chapter in the chapter list of the copy destination document data. (S7001).

  Next, the document data management unit 207 creates chapter information of a new chapter with an empty chapter attribute or page list, and adds it to the position determined in S7001 (S7002). Next, the document data management unit 207 extracts all page data belonging to the chapter selected at the copy source (S7003), and adds the page information of the extracted page data to the page list of the chapter information of the new chapter (S7003). S7004). Here, the page information of the extracted page data means a page data link and page ID that are link information to the extracted page data.

  Next, the document data management unit 207 transfers the chapter attribute of the original chapter to the chapter attribute of the new chapter (S7005), and sets the chapter unique setting flag of the chapter attribute of the new chapter to ON (with chapter unique setting). (S7006). As a result, it is pasted as a new chapter reflecting the chapter unique attribute of the source chapter (1308 in FIG. 13).

<Details of Second Paste Processing (S406)>
Details of the second paste process (S406) are shown in FIG. In this process, first, the paste position determined by the paste method determination unit (205) in the paste method determination process (FIG. 5), and the document data management unit 207 adds the new chapter in the chapter list of the copy destination document data. (S7101).

  Next, the document data management unit 207 creates chapter information of a new chapter with an empty chapter attribute or page list, and adds it to the position determined in S7101 (S7102). Next, the document data management unit 207 determines whether the partial data selected at the copy source is a chapter or a page in the copy source document structure (S7103). If it is determined in S7103 that the partial data selected at the copy source is a chapter in the copy source document structure, the document data management unit 207 extracts all page data belonging to the chapter (S7104). If it is determined in S7103 that the partial data selected at the copy source is not a chapter in the copy source document structure, the document data management unit 207 extracts the selected page data (S7105).

  Next, the document data management unit 207 adds the page information of the extracted page data, that is, the page data link that is link information to the extracted page data and the page ID to the page list of the chapter information of the new chapter (S7106). ). Next, the document data management unit 207 sets NULL to each setting item of the chapter attribute of the new chapter (S7107), and turns OFF the chapter unique setting flag of the chapter attribute of the new chapter (S7108 is not set). ). As a result, it is pasted as a new chapter that does not reflect the chapter-specific attributes of the source chapter (1309 in FIG. 13).

<Details of Third Paste Processing (S407)>
Details of the third paste process (S407) are shown in FIG. In this process, first, the document data management unit 207 sets the paste position specified by the paste method determination unit 205 in the paste method determination process (FIG. 5) as the page data insertion position (S801). That is, the document data management unit 207 determines a chapter to be merged from existing chapters existing in the chapter list of the copy destination document data, and further inserts page data in the page list of the chapter information of the merge destination Determine the position.

  Next, the document data management unit 207 determines whether the partial data selected at the copy source is a chapter or a page in the copy source document structure (S802). If it is determined in S802 that the partial data selected at the copy source is a chapter in the document structure of the copy source, the document data management unit 207 extracts all page data belonging to the chapter (S803). If it is determined in S802 that the partial data selected at the copy source is not a chapter in the copy source document structure, the document data management unit 207 extracts the selected page data (S804).

  Next, the document data management unit 207 adds the page information of the extracted page data to the page list of the chapter information of the existing chapter determined in S801 (S805). Here, the page information of the extracted page data means a page data link and page ID that are link information to the extracted page data. As a result, the partial data selected at the copy source is merged with the page data of the existing chapter at the copy destination (1310 in FIG. 13).

  Through the above processing, it is possible to automatically switch between pasting processing, that is, the pasting method and attribute setting method related to the document structure, according to the cursor position when moving or copying partial data of document data, thereby improving work efficiency. Is possible.

[Example 2]
In the first embodiment, each time a part of a document is selected and dragging and dropping with the mouse while the partial data is selected, the paste method options and the attribute setting method options are displayed, and the operator's input is received. showed that. In the second embodiment, an example in which an input of a paste method and an attribute setting method by an operator is received in advance and registered in the storage device 139 before a drag and drop operation is shown. In the present embodiment, an example in which a paste method and an attribute setting method are separately displayed when copying or moving partial data of document data is shown. Since the description here is substantially the same as that of FIG. 4 of the first embodiment, only different parts will be described.

  The difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment lies in the paste method determination process in S402 and the attribute setting method determination process in S403, and this portion will be described with reference to the flowcharts in FIGS. Each processing flow in this embodiment is realized by loading a software program stored in the storage device 139 into the memory unit 136 and executing it by the CPU 135. Unless otherwise specified, the document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment.

<Details of Paste Method Determination Process (S402) in Example 2>
First, details of the paste method determination process (S402) in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  As in the first embodiment, if the document operation management unit 204 detects document partial selection and drag processing in S401, the document operation management unit 204 detects a mouse operation and uses the mouse while maintaining the selected state. It is determined whether or not the drag movement is stopped (S901). If it is determined in S901 that the mouse operation detected by the document operation management unit 204 is not a drag movement stop, the document operation management unit 204 performs a cancel instruction detection process (S902). If the document operation management unit 204 does not detect a cancel instruction in step S902, the document operation management unit 204 continues to detect a mouse operation and determine whether to stop dragging. If the document operation management unit 204 detects a cancel instruction, the document processing control unit 201 proceeds to (1) in FIG. 4 and ends.

  If it is determined in S901 that the mouse operation detected by the document operation management unit 204 is the stop of the drag movement, the cursor management unit 203 extracts the stopped cursor position (S903). Next, the cursor management unit 203 checks the cursor position extracted in S903 and determines whether the cursor position is within the chapter determination area, the page determination area, or outside the paste area (S904). . In this example, the chapter determination area, the page determination area, and the area outside the paste area are determined in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

  If the cursor management unit 203 determines in S904 that the cursor is in the chapter determination area (1404 in FIG. 14), the paste method determination unit 205 specifies the paste position in the document structure of the copy destination (S905). The paste position in the document structure of the copy destination means specification of the target chapter and specification of the previous and subsequent pages.

  Next, the paste method determination unit 205 reads the paste method selection information acquired in advance from the storage device 139 (S906), and determines the paste method used when pasting the partial data into the copy destination document (S907). . The pasting methods “create new chapter” and “merge into existing chapter” in this embodiment have the same meaning as in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  Since the processing from S908 to S910 is the same as the processing from S509 to S511 in the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted. In addition, since the process performed when the cursor management unit 203 determines in step S904 that the cursor is outside the paste area is the same as that in the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.

<Details of Attribute Setting Method Determination Process (S403) in Embodiment 2>
Details of the attribute setting method determination processing (S403) in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that the processing from S1001 to S1003 and the processing from S1012 to S1014 are the same as the processing from S601 to S603 and S607 to S609 in the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  After the processing of S1003, the attribute setting method determination unit 206 reads the attribute setting method selection information acquired in advance from the storage device 139 (S1004), and determines the sentence attribute setting method according to the paste method ( S1005). In S1005, when the attribute setting method determination unit 206 determines that the chapter-specific setting of the source chapter is maintained as the attribute setting method, the source-specific chapter setting is transferred when a new chapter is created. Therefore, the cursor management unit 203 changes the display of the cursor shape to cursor A (1407 in FIG. 14) (S1006). Then, the document operation management unit 204 detects a mouse operation and determines whether or not the detected mouse operation is a drop process (S1007). If it is determined in S1007 that the mouse operation detected by the document operation management unit 204 is a drop process, the process proceeds to S1012.

  In S1005, if the attribute setting method determination unit 206 determines that the chapter-specific setting of the source chapter is not maintained as the attribute setting method, the chapter-specific setting of the source is copied when the new chapter is created. Instead, only the page data is duplicated. Therefore, the cursor management unit 203 changes the display of the cursor shape to the cursor B (1405 in FIG. 14) (S1008).

  If it is determined in S1003 that there is no chapter unique setting in the copy source chapter, the copy source chapter unique setting is not transferred when creating a new chapter, and only the page data is copied. Therefore, the cursor management unit 203 changes the display of the cursor shape to the cursor B (1405 in FIG. 14) (S1008). Then, the document operation management unit 204 detects a mouse operation and determines whether or not the detected mouse operation is a drop process (S1009). If it is determined in S1009 that the mouse operation detected by the document operation management unit 204 is a drop process, the process proceeds to S1013.

  If the paste method “Create new chapter” is not selected in S1001, this means that the paste method “Merge to existing chapter” is selected, so the partial data selected at the copy source is the existing chapter. Merge as page data. Therefore, the cursor management unit 203 changes the cursor shape display to the cursor C (1409 in FIG. 14). (S1010). Then, the document operation management unit 204 detects a mouse operation and determines whether or not the detected mouse operation is a drop process (S1011). If it is determined in S1011 that the mouse operation detected by the document operation management unit 204 is a drop process, the process proceeds to S1014.

  If it is determined in S1007, S1009, and S1011 that the mouse operation detected by the document operation management unit 204 is not a drop process, the cursor management unit 203 changes the display of the cursor shape to the initial state (1411 in FIG. 14). (S1015). Next, the document operation management unit 204 performs a cancel instruction detection process (S1016). In step S1016, if the document operation management unit 204 does not detect a cancel instruction, the document processing control unit 201 advances the processing to (2) in FIG. 9, and detects and drags the mouse operation by the document operation management unit (204). The process returns to the movement stop determination process (S901). If the document operation management unit 204 detects a cancel instruction in step S1016, the document processing control unit 201 advances the processing to (1) in FIG. 4 and ends.

  With the above processing, even if the operator has previously selected the paste method and attribute setting method before copying or moving the partial data of the document data, the paste processing is automatically performed according to the cursor position. It is possible to switch. In addition, when the operator selects the paste position on the UI, the pasting method and attribute setting method for copying and moving partial data in the document data are displayed in a distinguishable manner by the cursor shape, reducing operator error. It becomes.

[Example 3]
In the first and second embodiments, an example has been shown in which the chapter placement determination area is set as the chapter boundary position in the document structure in the cursor position determination. Therefore, when creating and pasting a new chapter, there was no change in the document structure of the existing chapter. In the third embodiment, an example of dividing an existing chapter and creating and pasting a new chapter between the divided chapters in the cursor position determination will be described. About FIG. 4 of Example 1, and FIG. 9 of Example 2, since it is substantially the same, only a different part is demonstrated.

  The difference between the third embodiment and the second embodiment resides in the attribute setting method determination processing in S403, and this portion will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. Each processing flow in this embodiment is realized by loading a software program stored in the storage device 139 into the memory unit 136 and executing it by the CPU 135. Unless otherwise specified, the document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the second embodiment.

<Details of Attribute Setting Method Determination Process (S403) in Embodiment 3>
First, details of the attribute setting method determination process (S403) in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Differences from the second embodiment are S1108 to S1109 and S1112 to S1113. The other processes are the same as the process of FIG.

  If it is determined in step S1107 that the mouse operation detected by the document operation management unit 204 is a drop process, the document processing control unit 201 determines in step S904 in FIG. 9 whether the existing chapter needs to be divided. Determination is made using the paste position (S1108). Similarly, when it is determined in S1111 that the mouse operation detected by the document operation management unit 204 is a drop process, the document processing control unit 201 determines whether the existing chapter needs to be divided or not in S904 of FIG. Judgment is made using the paste position specified in (S1112).

  FIG. 15 shows an example of area setting in the present embodiment. In this example, the chapter determination area is set to 1503, the page determination area is set to 1505, and the other areas are determined to be outside the paste area 1504. For example, in the case of the cursor position 1506 in FIG. 15, in FIG. 9, the paste method determination result is “create new chapter”, the paste position is the end of the chapter, that is, the first page of the chapter (301 in FIG. 3) and the chapter. Is determined to be inside the last page (302 in FIG. 3). As a result, the document processing control unit 201 determines that chapter division is necessary. For example, in the case of the cursor position 1508 in FIG. 15, the paste method determination result is “create new chapter” in FIG. 9, and the paste position is the end of the chapter, that is, the first page of the chapter (301 in FIG. 3). Or the last page of the chapter (302 in FIG. 3). As a result, the document processing control unit 201 determines that chapter division is unnecessary. Further, for example, in the case of the cursor position 1510 in FIG. 15, the paste method determination result is determined as “merge into existing chapter” in FIG. 9. As a result, the document processing control unit 201 does not perform the determination because the determination of the division of the existing chapter is unnecessary.

  If it is determined in S1108 that the existing chapter needs to be divided, existing chapter division processing is performed (S1109). Similarly, when it is determined in S1112 that the existing chapter needs to be divided, the existing chapter division processing is performed similarly (S1113). Details of the existing chapter division processing (S1109 and S1113) will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

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Details of the existing chapter division processing (S1109 and S1113) in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, the document data management unit 207 temporarily saves the setting information of the existing chapter from the existing chapter of the copy destination to be divided into the storage device 139 (S1201). Next, the document data management unit 207 creates a divided chapter A (1513 in FIG. 15) in which a group from the first page of the existing chapter (1512 in FIG. 15) to the division target to the page before the paste position is formed. Form (S1202). Next, the document data management unit 207 forms a divided chapter B (1515 in FIG. 15) that groups from the next page to the last page of the paste position of the existing chapter of the copy destination to be divided (S1203). .

  Next, the document data management unit 207 acquires the chapter unique setting flag of the chapter attribute of the existing chapter of the copy destination to be divided, and determines whether or not there is a chapter unique setting (S1204). If it is determined in S1204 that there is no chapter-specific setting in the existing chapter of the copy destination to be divided, the document data management unit 207 sets NULL for each setting item of the chapter attributes of divided chapter A and divided chapter B. (S1205). Then, the chapter unique setting flag of each chapter attribute is set to OFF (no chapter unique setting) (S1206). If it is determined in S1204 that there is a chapter-specific setting, the document data management unit 207 transfers the chapter attributes of the existing chapters to the divided chapters A and B (S1207), and the chapter attributes of each divided chapter. The chapter unique setting flag is set to ON (chapter unique setting exists) (S1208). After the processes of S1206 and S1208, the document data management unit 207 deletes the existing chapter setting information temporarily saved in the storage device 139 (S1209).

  With the above processing, it is possible to change the chapter determination area, split an existing chapter, create a new chapter between the divided chapters, and paste it in the cursor position determination. The method can be selected, and the work efficiency can be further improved.

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The present invention is also realized by executing the following processing. That is, software (program) that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus via a network or various storage media, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, or the like) of the system or apparatus reads the program. It is a process to be executed.

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  A paste method determining means for specifying a paste position when copying or moving document data to a copy destination document data, and determining a paste method based on the specified paste position, and an attribute setting method for the pasted document data. Attribute setting method determining means for determining according to the paste method determined by the method determining means, and automatically switching between the paste method and the attribute setting method according to the determination results of the paste method determining means and the attribute setting method determining means A document processing apparatus comprising switching means.   2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the paste method determination unit and the attribute setting method determination unit make a determination based on a preset option, the method of copying or moving the attribute of the document data is distinguished. Document processing apparatus described in 1.   According to whether or not a new chapter has been created and the paste position, a determination unit that determines whether the existing chapter needs to be divided and a chapter division unit that divides the existing chapter and merges the partial data of the document data. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:   A step of specifying a paste position when copying or moving the document data to the copy destination document data, determining a paste method based on the specified paste position, and a method of setting attributes of the pasted document data, the determined paste method And a step of automatically switching between the paste method and the attribute setting method according to the determination results of the paste method and the attribute setting method.   The program for functioning a computer as each means of the document processing apparatus of any one of Claims 1-3.   A storage medium for storing the program according to claim 5.

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