JP2613603C - - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a display control device, and more particularly, to a display control device such as a document creation device having a format setting function. [Related Art] With the development of information processing technology in recent years, there has been remarkable spread of a document processing device represented by a word processor or the like. The final purpose of the edited and created document is printout. Therefore, usually, a screen for format setting is displayed, a parameter (a line pitch or the like) is input while looking at the display screen, and finally a key for prompting the start of printing is operated to execute the printing process. However, in the current document processing, the number of parameters related to the format setting is increasing, and a plurality of format setting screens are switched and displayed. Then, when these format settings were completed, the layout was displayed to understand how the layout of each character position was formed. At this time, naturally, a layout not intended by the operator may be displayed. In such a case, it is necessary to display a screen for setting parameters again and to input the parameters again. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the operation while switching the screens to the parameter setting, the layout display, and the parameter setting again only unnecessarily confuses the operator, and there is a problem in the operability. Remains. In particular, for beginners, this operation was a thought and error and was never an easy operation. The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and it is possible to display a group of parameter names and easily know what parameter setting is available,
While it tightens know whether the parameter names in the set is what, is reflected in the display parameters contents thereof set immediately, further parameter name and setting a setting target
It is an object of the present invention to provide a display control device that makes it easy to understand the relationship between the set parameters and the data after the setting contents are reflected . [Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the problems, the display control device of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, storage means for storing data, selection means for selecting a parameter name related to the data, input means for inputting a parameter of the selected parameter name, and parameters for the data and the selected parameter name. On the same display screen, a display control means for displaying the selected parameter name as a display form different from the non-selected parameter name, and when the change of the parameter of the selected parameter name is inputted, provided and the control means of the data on the display screen to change the display on the basis of the parameters, the quality one display mode different from a parameter name that has been selected after the change of the data, and other parameters of the changed parameters It is distinguished and displayed. [Operation] In the display control device of the present invention, when setting a parameter relating to data, a parameter is selected from a group of parameter names being displayed corresponding to the parameter to be set. When a parameter name is selected, the parameter name is displayed in a form different from the unselected parameter name, and a parameter corresponding to the parameter name is displayed. When a parameter is set, the data is changed and displayed according to the set contents, and the parameter name selected after the change
The changed parameter is distinguished from other parameters while displaying different names.
And keep displaying. Embodiment An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. <Description of Schematic Configuration of Apparatus (FIG. 1)> FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a document processing apparatus in the embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU for controlling the entire apparatus, which operates according to a program stored in a program area 2a in the memory 2. It should be noted that the program area 2a stores a program relating to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 4. The document information being edited is expanded in the document area 2b in the memory 2,
The window pattern area 2c stores various window patterns described later. Reference numeral 3 denotes a VRAM. The image data developed here is displayed on a CRT 4 which is one of display devices. Reference numeral 5 denotes a character pattern generator capable of generating a plurality of types of character patterns (Mincho style, oblique characters, and the like), for example, when developing a character pattern corresponding to a character code in the document area 2b in the VRAM 3. Used for etc. Reference numeral 6 denotes a transparent pressure-sensitive touch panel located on the front of the display screen of the CRT 4. Position information touched by an operator's fingertip is taken into the CPU 1.
Reference numeral 7 denotes a keyboard for inputting various information, and 8 denotes an external storage unit (for example, a magnetic disk device) capable of storing a plurality of document information. Reference numeral 9 denotes a facsimile (facsimile) transmission / reception unit, which is connected to a line. Further, a thermal line printer 9a is built in the facsimile transmission / reception section 9, and can print document information based on control of the CPU 1 as well as printing of an image received via a line.
The printing unit 10 is used for normal printing. <Explanation of Document Editing Process (FIGS. 2A and 2B)> First, an outline of the process of the document processing apparatus in the embodiment will be described. The input of various information in the embodiment is selected by designating a surface on the touch panel 6 corresponding to various icons displayed on the display screen of the CRT 4 with a finger or the like in addition to the keyboard 7. The "... button" in the following description is an icon corresponding to various processes displayed on the display screen, and the operation of touching the position of the touch panel 6 corresponding to the button is simply referred to as "touching". Now, when the power is turned on and a menu related to document creation is selected, step S1 is performed.
Thus, the display screen of the CRT 4 secures an area capable of displaying a plurality of lines of documents related to document creation, but also displays various operation buttons. In step S2, it is determined whether or not the editing end button has been touched. If this determination is "YES", the editing process ends, and the process returns to the process before entering this series of flowcharts. If it is determined in step S3 that there is a character input from the keyboard 7, the process proceeds to step S4 to execute processing for incorporating the kana-kanji converted kana-mixed sentence into the editing screen. If the operator touches the character type setting button in step S5, the process proceeds to step S6, where the display mode of the edit screen (the number of lines and the like), the input of Japanese or English, and the size of the character are further determined. Execute the setting process such as If it is determined in step S7 that the character type change button has been touched, the process proceeds to step S8, where the character type is set, a range in the already displayed document is specified, and a character string within the specified range is set. Process to change the character type to If a touch on the edit button is detected in step S9, the process proceeds to step S9.
In step 10, the user selects and executes an editing action such as left alignment, right alignment, or centering of a desired character string. Further, if it is determined in step S11 that the read / save button has been touched, it is determined in step S12 whether the document being edited is to be saved or a new document is to be read, and processing is executed based on the selected contents. . If it is detected in step S13 that the table / picture button has been touched, the process proceeds to step S14, where one of them is selected, and the respective subroutines are read out according to the selected contents, and the dialogue is displayed on the edit screen. Create a table or picture. Further, when the user touches the format / print button in step S15, the process proceeds to step S16, where the format is changed and the layout is displayed based on the format, and printing is performed if necessary. In this manner, various processes are sequentially executed based on information from the keyboard 7 or the touch panel 6. <Description of Display Process of Parameter Input Screen and Layout Display Screen (FIGS. 3 and 4)> Next, the contents of step S16 during the above-described process will be specifically described below. Various conditions relating to the format setting in the embodiment are possible for each page unit, and a display example at the start of the format change is shown in FIG. 3 (a). Before the start of the change, various parameters relating to the print output have already been initialized. In FIG. 3A, reference numeral 30a denotes a frame indicating the layout of the page currently being edited, in which a reduced character string of the document of the first page is displayed as an initial value (at the lower position of the frame 30a). "Page 1" is displayed). A format setting window 31a displays various buttons. Reference numeral 32 denotes a button group designated when inputting the type of each parameter. As shown in the figure, various buttons of "paper, print position, number of characters / line ..., end" (the contents of which will be described later) are provided. Is provided. 3
Reference numeral 3 denotes a button for switching the page of the layout displayed in the frame 30a to the previous page, and reference numeral 34 denotes a button for displaying the layout of the next page.
For example, when the button 34 is touched, the second page (if any) is displayed in the frame 30a.
Will be displayed. Further, as can be seen from the window 31a, "all pages" and "plain paper (intended to be printed by the printing unit 10)" are selected. Is set automatically by the device. FIG. 3 (b) shows a display example when the "paper" button in the button group 32 is touched on the display screen of FIG. 3 (a). As shown, when the "paper" button is touched, the window 31b replaces the window 31a.
Is displayed. The window patterns for the windows 31a and 31b and the various windows for the button group 32 are stored in the window pattern area 2c in the memory 2. Note that the entire pattern (image) may be stored in the window pattern area 2c, but information for forming each pattern (various button patterns and their layout position information for improving memory efficiency) is stored. You may. Now, suppose that the operator touches the button corresponding to "A4 landscape" on the display screen of FIG. 3 (b). At this time, the layout frame is 30b in FIG. 3 (c).
The display is changed as follows (however, the change is confirmed only by touching the "OK" button in the window 31b). As described above, when a parameter related to printing is changed, it is possible to understand at a glance how the layout changes in response to the change. That is,
Even if the type (window) related to the print parameter changes, the layout is always displayed on the right side of the display screen, and the change of the layout with respect to the changed point is displayed in real time, so that the operator is familiar and easy. It will be possible to grasp the change. For example, when the "print position" button in the button group 32 is touched (a corresponding window is displayed) and the upper margin or the like is changed, the changed content is similarly reflected on the layout. As an example for realizing the above-described principle and processing, the CPU 1 shown in FIG.
) To (c). First, in step S40, format setting (button group 32), print format (window 31a), and layout are displayed. That is, the display screen of the CRT 4 is shown in FIG.
). Next, in step S41, it is determined whether or not the "end" button (button group 321) has been touched. When this button is touched, the process moves to step S42 to display an edit screen, and the process before entering this series of processes (step S42 in FIG. 2).
Return to 2). Next, in step S43, it is determined whether or not one of the buttons 32 (excluding the "end" button) is touched. If the result of this determination is "YES", the processing corresponding to the type of each parameter in step S62 and thereafter, which will be described later, is executed. Therefore, the content described below is processing corresponding to the display screen of FIG. If it is determined in step S44 that the "all pages" button has been touched, the process proceeds to step S45, and the contents to be changed thereafter are to be applied to all pages being edited. That is, all pages are changed. Further, when the "specific page" button is touched in step S46, in step S47, the object to be changed thereafter is the page displayed in the layout. If the "plain paper" button is touched in step S48, the process proceeds to step S49.
To set the print medium to "plain paper". That is, the setting is made so that the printing unit 10 prints the entirety. If it is determined in step S50 that the "roll paper" button has been touched, the print medium is set to "roll paper" in step S51. That is, at this time, it is set so that the thermal line printer 9a in the facsimile transmitting / receiving unit 9 prints out the data. When the "FAX transmission" button is touched in step S52, the document information is converted as an image into the facsimile of the other party via the telephone line, and then transmitted as a compressed code. This process is executed after the telephone number of the other party is input or selected. If it is determined in step S540 that the "batch print" button has been touched, in step S541, a setting is made to print out on plain paper in the background. When the "start" button is touched in step S54,
The processing below 55 is executed. First, in step S55, a process of selecting plain paper or roll paper is executed based on the previously set information. In the next step S56, whether or not batch printing is performed is determined.
If it is determined that the printing is other than batch printing, it is printed out in step S57. In the next step S58, it is determined whether or not the printing process has been completed. However, while the printout is continuing, it is determined whether or not the "stop" button has been touched in step S59. here"
If it is determined that the "Cancel" button has not been touched, the process returns to step S58, and the printing process continues thereafter until the printing process ends or the "Cancel" button is touched. If it is determined that batch printing is set in step S60, the process proceeds to step S60, where the print image is transferred to the external storage unit 8 in preparation for background printing, and a print start command is output in step S61. The processing described above is the processing shown in Fig. 3 (a), so that the processing content (Fig. 4 (c)) when it is determined in step S43 that one of the button groups 32 has been selected will be described. First, if it is determined in step S62 that the "paper" button has been touched, then in step S63 a window for selecting the size and direction of the paper is set. (See FIGS. 3 (b) and 3 (c)) and touch a desired button to select it, and it goes without saying that the layout state changes according to the selected content. Further, by touching the "OK" button in the window to finalize the selection, this processing can be ended, and the following step S65
, 67, 69, 71, and 73, since the layout changes in accordance with the changed parameters and the touch of the "OK" button to fix the parameters is common, the processing contents of each are simple. Will be described. When it is detected in step S64 that the "print position" button is touched, a print position setting window is displayed, and the upper, lower, left, and right margin values of the displayed page are set (step S65). If it is determined in step S66 that the "character / line number" button has been touched, a character / line number setting window is displayed, and the displayed line number of one page and the character number of one line are set (step S66). S67). If it is determined in step S68 that the "vertical / horizontal format" button has been touched, a window corresponding to the processing content is displayed, and whether the print character is vertical or horizontal is set (step S69). If it is determined in step S70 that the "with page" button has been touched, a window corresponding to that process is displayed, and the first page number ("0") to be printed out is displayed.
Is set, there is no page number) (step S71). If it is determined in step S72 that the "partial print" button has been touched, a window based on the processing is displayed, and a print start position and an end position during editing are set. When the setting of each parameter is completed in this way, the process returns to step S41, and the user actually touches the "start" button to execute printing, or touches the "end" button to return to the editing screen again. become. As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the parameter setting before the document is printed out, the change in the layout based on the parameter setting can be confirmed on the same screen, so that the burden on the operator is reduced. At the same time, the operability is improved. In the above-described embodiment, various processes are selected or set by touching the touch panel with a finger, but other devices such as a keyboard and a mouse may be used. [Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, a group of parameter names can be displayed to easily know what parameter setting is present, and what the parameter name being set is. The set parameter contents are immediately reflected on the display, and the set target parameter name and set parameter
The relationship between the data and the data after the setting contents are reflected can be easily understood.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment, and FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are flowcharts for explaining the basic processing contents of the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (c) are views showing display screens at the time of inputting parameters relating to print output of the embodiment, and FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (c) are flowcharts for setting parameters relating to print output. is there. In the figure, 1 CPU, 2 memory, 2a program area, 2b document area, 2c window area, 3 VRAM, 4 CRT, 5 character pattern generator, 6 touch panel, 7 keyboard, 8 ... External storage unit, 9 FAX transmission / reception unit, 9a thermal line printer, 10 printing unit, 30a, 30b layout display frame, 31a, 31b window, 32 button group, 34, 35 button.

Claims (1)

Claims: (1) storage means for storing data; selecting means for selecting a parameter name related to the data; input means for inputting a parameter of the selected parameter name; Display control means for displaying the parameter corresponding to the selected parameter name on the same display screen, and displaying the selected parameter name as a display form different from the non-selected parameter name; and changing the parameter of the selected parameter name. Control means for changing and displaying the data on the display screen based on the input parameters when the input is made, wherein the parameter names selected even after the change of the data are displayed in different display forms.
A display control device for displaying the changed parameter separately from other parameters .