JP2576856B2 - Writing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a text creating apparatus for creating a document by inputting a character string.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, as this type of text creation device, there has been proposed an image editing device (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-15465) which sets a sheet as a plurality of rectangular areas and inserts text and graphics as image data. . In this image editing apparatus, the image is automatically enlarged or reduced according to the size of the set rectangular area and inserted.

As a device for changing the format such as line spacing and character spacing, there has been proposed a document display device (JP-A-60-263987) which changes the line spacing and character spacing of a part of a sentence in units of lines.
In this document display device, a plurality of character sizes,
When editing the text by specifying the character pitch,
Change the format by specifying the line to change the line spacing and character spacing.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in an image editing apparatus that inserts a sentence as an image into a rectangular area, if it is desired to add the contents of the sentence or to delete the contents, the image data before the image data to be cut out is output. There is a problem that it is necessary to add or delete a sentence, which cannot be performed after the image data has been converted.

Also, in a document display device that changes the format such as line spacing and character spacing on a line-by-line basis, only the format of a sentence in one sentence can be changed on a line-by-line basis, and another sentence is inserted into one sentence.
There was a problem that the format could not be set for other sentences.

In order to solve these problems, the text creating apparatus of the present invention employs the following configuration.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The sentence preparation device of the present invention can set or change at least one of the number of lines, the number of digits, the space between lines, the space between characters, and the size of characters included in the format of a sentence. A text creating apparatus, comprising: a rectangular area setting means for setting at least one rectangular area as another text area in the entire text area; and a format in the rectangular area, and a text area outside the rectangular area. An in-region format setting unit that is independently set; and when a change of a format of a text region outside the rectangular region is instructed, the change of the change is performed based on the format in the rectangular region set by the in-region format setting unit. The gist of the present invention is to provide a change permission / prohibition determining means for determining permission / prohibition, and a warning generating means for issuing a warning based on a result of the determination by the change permission / prohibition means.

[Operation] With the configuration described above, in the text creating apparatus of the present invention, the rectangular area setting means sets at least one rectangular area as another text area in the entire text area, and the in-area format setting means sets the The format in the rectangular area is set independently of the text area outside the rectangular area. When the change of the format of the text area outside the rectangular area is instructed, the change availability determination means determines whether the change is possible based on the format in the rectangular area set by the in-area format setting means. The warning generating means generates a warning based on the determination result.

Example Here, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

First, a hardware configuration of a text creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an outline of a hardware configuration of a text creating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the text creating apparatus of the embodiment includes the following units connected to each other by a bus 45 around a CPU 31. CPU 31 and bus 45
Will be briefly described.

FPU32: Numerical operation processor that operates as a coprocessor of CPU31 ROM33: Mask memory for storing monitor programs, etc.RAM34: Readable and writable memory that constitutes main memory Keyboard interface 36: Interface for controlling key input from keyboard 35 FDC38 : Flexible disk controller that controls flexible disk drive (FDD) 37 CRTC40: CRT controller that stores necessary data etc. in VRAM41 and controls signal output to CRT39 that can be displayed in color Printer interface 43: Printer 42 Interface for controlling output of data In addition to these components, an expansion slot 44 is connected to the bus 45 in preparation for future expansion.

With the hardware configured in this way, inputting, editing, printing, setting of frames, and the like are performed. That is, the text input from the keyboard 35 or the FDD 37 is stored as document data in a predetermined area of the RAM 34,
The format such as the paper size, the number of lines, and the number of digits input from 5 is stored as format data at a predetermined address of the RAM 34. When the frame is set, the position and size of the frame are stored together with the format in the frame as frame data at a predetermined address in the RAM 34, the document area in the frame is set in the RAM 34, and text input is accepted. The document data stored in the RAM 34 is sent to the CRTC 40 as necessary together with the format data, frame data, and the document data in the frame, and is written as a bit image in the VRAM 41 based on the format data and frame data.
Is displayed. Since these operations are known, their details are omitted.

Next, functions executed by the hardware configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of functions of the text creating apparatus of the present embodiment.

In the figure, a document data processing control unit 1 is composed of an FPU 32, a ROM 33, a RAM 34 and various interfaces centered on a CPU 31, and data input from a document input unit 2 composed of a keyboard 35, an FDD 37 and the like. The entire text creating apparatus is controlled based on the. In the document input unit 2,
Each document control code and character string are input. The input document control code is processed by the document data processing control unit 1 according to a procedure described in advance in the ROM 33.
The document data is edited into a format set by a document control code or the like by the document data editing unit 3 including the M33, the RAM 34, and the like, and stored in the document data storage unit 4 starting from a predetermined address of the RAM 34 as document data. The document data edited in this way is displayed on the document data display unit 5 composed of the CRT 40, VRAM 41, and CRT 39.

Before creating a document, the document format is determined by the document format input unit 7 composed of the keyboard 35, the paper size to be used, whether to use portrait or landscape, whether to write vertically or horizontally, and the number of lines and columns to be put on one page. The number and the width of each of the left, right, top and bottom non-printing areas are input. When these data are input, CPU31, ROM3
3. The document format developing unit 8 composed of the RAM 34 determines a character range and a line spacing range for one character and a character range and a line spacing range for one line based on these data, and uses a predetermined address of the RAM 34 as format data. It is stored in the document format storage unit 9 and sent to the document data editing unit 3. Thereafter, the document data editing unit 3 calculates the number of pages, the number of lines, and the number of digits corresponding to the storage position of the input character string based on the format data, and stores it in the document data storage unit 4 at the position. .

When a request for changing the document format is issued, that is, when data for changing the format is input from the document format changing unit 10 including the keyboard 35, the format data is expanded based on the data. The above items are recalculated and changed by the unit 8, stored in the document format storage unit 9, and sent to the document data editing unit 3. With this format data, the document data in the document data storage unit 4 is reorganized based on the format.

When creating a document, the frame format must be
In the frame information input unit 11 composed of the following, a M1 line Q1 digit to an M2 line Q2 digit is input as a rectangular area to be secured as a frame, and further, the number of lines L and the number of digits N to be put in the frame are input. When these data are input, the frame format developing unit 13 constituted by the CPU 31, the ROM 33, and the RAM 34, based on these data, independently of the format outside the frame, the character range for one character, the range between digits, and
Determine the character range and line spacing range for the line, and use RA
It is stored in the frame format storage unit 14 constituted by the predetermined address of M34. Along with this operation, the frame data is sent to the document data editing unit 3, and the document data editing unit 3 secures a frame area in the document data storage unit 4. Thereafter, based on the frame data, the document data editing unit 3 calculates, based on the frame data, where the storage position of the character string corresponds to the position in the frame, and stores it in the document data storage unit 4 at that position. Store. When the frame area is secured and the character string is stored in the document data storage unit 4, the frame area is secured at the corresponding address of the VRAM 41 by the CRTC 40, and the character string is written as a bit image. Displayed on CRT39.

Also, when a request to change the frame format occurs,
When data for changing the format of the frame is input from the frame format changing unit 12 constituted by the keyboard 35, the frame data is recalculated by the frame format developing unit 13 based on these data in the same manner as described above, After being changed, it is registered in the frame format storage unit 14 and sent to the document data editing unit 3. The document data editing unit 3 enlarges / reduces an area for storing data inside the frame of the document data storage unit 4 based on the frame data, and the data in the area is affected outside the frame based on the frame format. Reorganized without giving.

FIG. 2 is an example of a document to which the text creating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied. According to this example, the document is A4
Vertical paper is used for horizontal writing. In this case, the maximum number of characters of one page that can be printed is 85 lines × 60 columns, and 33 lines × 25 columns (the original document 20 in FIG. 2). These formatting settings are
From the document format input unit 7, use A4 paper size as portrait,
By inputting horizontal writing, 33 lines, and 25 digits, the document format developing unit 8 determines line spacing and character spacing as format data based on the input data, and the character data editing unit 3 The calculation is performed by calculating the storage position of the character string based on the calculated position and storing the calculated position in the document data storage unit 4 as the position.

Since this setting is not the maximum possible range, there is a margin between characters and between lines per character.

Here, the frame is a 7-line × 13-digit rectangle with 22 lines and 11 columns of the original document 20 as the upper left base point. The setting of the frame is performed by inputting 22 rows and 11 digits as the base point at the upper left and 7 rows × 13 digits as the rectangular area from the frame information input unit 11 so that the frame format developing unit 13 generates the frame data based on the input data. The line spacing and the character spacing in the frame are calculated, the frame data is stored in the frame format storage unit 14, and the document data editing unit 3 calculates the storage position of the character string in the frame based on the frame data. This is performed by storing in the document data storage unit 4. In the set rectangular area 21, if a margin between lines between characters is narrowed, an area of 18 lines × 31 columns can be obtained in this case. Therefore,
The format inside the rectangle can be set and changed within a maximum of 18 lines x 31 columns. This format change is performed in the frame format change section.
By inputting the data to be changed to 12, recalculation is performed in the same manner as the frame setting procedure.

In addition, if the format of the original document is changed, the range of the frame is also affected.Therefore, when the format of the original document is changed, it is checked that the format of the frame is a physically securable area. If there is, the format of the original document can be changed, and if an area cannot be physically secured, an instruction to prohibit the format change of the original document is issued.
That is, when data for changing the format of the original document is input from the document format change 10, the document data processing control unit 1 calculates the maximum settable / changeable range of the format in the frame after the format change, and The compatibility of the format change of the original document is checked by determining whether the document data in the frame stored in the storage unit 4 falls within the range, and a warning is issued if the format change is not appropriate. In this way, the contents in the frame are devised so as not to be destroyed. For example, a rectangular area 21 shown in FIG. 2 (the rectangular area is set to an area of 7 rows × 13 columns of the original document 20)
The format of the original document 20 when it is set to 18 lines x 31 columns, which is the maximum range that can be set in the format of (with a maximum of 85 lines x 60 columns)
Is changed from 33 lines x 25 columns to 30 lines x 20 columns, the maximum settable range of the format in the rectangular area 21 becomes large.
The change of the format of the original document 20 is determined to be compatible, and the format of the original document 20 is changed. However, the format of the original document 20 was changed to 33
When changing from line x 25 lines to 85 lines x 60 columns, the maximum settable range of the format in the rectangular area 21 is smaller than the currently set 18 lines x 31 columns. The change is determined to be incompatible and a warning is issued to that effect.

According to the document creation device of the embodiment described above, a part of a document is surrounded by a rectangular frame by means for declaring a rectangular area, and the inside of the rectangle is prevented from being affected by an editing operation outside the rectangle. It is possible to input and edit text inside the rectangle without affecting it. Then, assuming that the rectangle is an externally independent document, the means for changing the format inside the rectangle reduces the input amount of characters up to the range of line columns that can be inserted into the preset printing area. It is possible to freely increase or decrease the layout of sentences as a set of rectangular documents.

Further, according to the text creating apparatus of the embodiment, it is possible to secure a rectangular area in the document where an independent text can be inputted without being influenced by other things and which is not influenced by the other, and the already-input text is represented by this rectangle. By surrounding, it can be defined as a similar area. Thus, when laying out a document, it can be defined as a set of rectangular areas, and a document can be created in a format that does not disrupt the document layout as much as possible.

Note that, in the rectangular area defined here, the maximum and minimum values of the number of lines and the number of digits in the
Since the character area can be enlarged or reduced in line units within this range since it is calculated in advance at the time of declaration of the rectangular area, if you want to input more than the originally planned number of characters inside the rectangular frame after securing the area, or If the number of characters becomes smaller than expected due to internal editing, and you want to adjust the appearance, you can change the number of lines and columns inside the rectangular area and adjust the appearance inside the frame without affecting the outside document. it can.

For these reasons, if you create a table using a ruled line frame in a document, especially if you want to enter more characters inside the table, enclosing the rectangular part with a frame will have no effect. You can enter characters without giving or breaking existing ruled lines.

In addition, when changing the format of the original document after setting the frame, check the suitability of the format change of the original document depending on whether the document data in the frame fits in the frame after the format change, and warn if it is inappropriate Is issued, it is possible to prevent the contents in the frame from being destroyed due to the format change of the original document.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the text preparation device of the present invention, a rectangular area that can be independently formatted can be set as another text area in the entire text area, and various texts can be generated. .
Also, when an instruction to change the format of the document area outside the rectangular area is issued, the change availability determination means determines whether the change is possible based on the format within the rectangular area set by the area area format setting means, and issues a warning. Since the generating means generates a warning based on this determination result, it is possible to inform the operator that this format change has an adverse effect on the rectangular area.
Therefore, the operator can take a desired action in response to this warning.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an outline of a text creating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example in a case where a document is created by the text creating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an outline of a hardware configuration of a text creating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. 20: Original document 21: Rectangular area

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] The number of lines, the number of digits, the space between lines,
What is claimed is: 1. A text creating apparatus capable of setting or changing at least one of a digit interval and a character size, comprising: a rectangular area setting means for setting at least one rectangular area as another text area in an entire text area; An in-area format setting means for setting a format in the rectangular area independently of a text area outside the rectangular area; and when the format of the text area outside the rectangular area is instructed, A text preparation comprising: a change permission / prohibition determination means for determining whether or not the change is possible based on the format in the rectangular area set by the setting means; and a warning generation means for issuing a warning based on the determination result by the change permission / prohibition means. apparatus.