JP2728871B2 - Document processing device - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a sentence for inputting and editing document information such as a document and an image.
Document processing devices, especially based on typesetting rules
Page numbers, columns, etc.
And a document processing apparatus for formatting a document. [Prior Art] Recently, word processors have become widespread and document input
It is being machined and streamlined, but Kana-Kanji conversion, Rome
It is limited to rationalization of character string input such as character-kanji conversion.
Therefore, high-quality documents, that is, beautiful documents that are easy to read
There are no high-resolution output devices for printing or displaying
An array of characters called typesetting rules in the so-called printing world
There are no features such as ingenuity. Therefore, it was difficult to create a document of a certain level or higher. On the other hand, in the printing world, enormous typesetting know-how is specialized.
Stored as the knowledge of the gate family, how to pack characters, style in columns
Etc. rely on their manual work, and creating high-quality documents is
It requires complicated steps and is expensive. In particular, create and
Documents that have not been output in the form of galley
Calibration can be performed, and long steps can be repeated
Had the problem of being returned. For example, drawing a ruled line around a heading can be done manually or
Separate work by plotter etc. after character development
Therefore, it was a troublesome work that required a lot of time. Ma
Also, since it is performed independently of the expansion of image character data,
Heading position is moved by changing text data or image data
Need to redraw the ruled line around the heading
Was. [Purpose] The present invention, in view of the prior art, the definition of format parameters,
Headings, page numbers, pillars, etc.
The arrangement method and its print format are displayed on the display.
Using a keyboard, pointing device
To provide a flexible document processing device.
Output in a format that differs from the overall format of the
Document information to be set with simple operations and displayed on the display screen.
By showing, it is possible to efficiently arrange the appearance of the document.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing device capable of performing such processing. EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be further described with reference to the drawings. The book
An image in the invention is a text, a photograph, a picture, or
Means information including figures. FIG. 1-1 shows an image processing system according to the present invention.
FIG. The system need not be limited to this.
However, even if a single device is used, some parts of the system
However, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied. 31
Are microcomputers for system control, RAM, R
Internal memory consisting of OM etc., floppy disk
Or fixed magnetic disk (also called hard disk)
Control unit (workstation) with an external memory
This is referred to as the "action"). 32 is the input section of the digital copier
The document information of the original placed on the platen
A document reader that converts it to an electrical signal by
The output of the printer is
High-speed pre-recording an image on a recording material based on the encoded information
It is. 34 is an optical disk or magneto-optical disk
And storage and storage of large amounts of image information
This is an image file that can be output. 35 is a microfilm
Micro file search unit and micro searched by file
The image information on the film is converted into an electrical signal by the image sensor.
A microfilm reader unit. 37 is pudding
Printer device such as a laser beam printer similar to
However, it is smaller and slower than the printer 33,
Will be installed. 38 is a digital copier and microfi
Image read by Lum's input scanner (reader) photoelectrically
CRT device that displays image information or system control information
A display unit for performing the document and image processing of the present invention.
39 is to connect each input device with each other by the signal from the control unit 31
It is a switching device for switching. 40 to 48 are input devices
It is a cable that electrically connects between them. 50 is control
A keyboard provided in the unit 31;
By operating 50, an operation command of the system is issued.
Reference numeral 61 denotes a point for instructing image information processing on the CRT 38.
Cursor on the CRT38 in the X and Y directions
Arbitrarily move the command image on the command menu
Select and give the instruction. 51 is a digital copier operation
This is an operation pulse for issuing a command.
Copy key 55 for setting keys such as rate, copy start 55
It has a numerical display and the like. 52 starts the digital copier
The copier or the control unit
Mode switching switches, 53 and 54 are mode switching switches.
Switches 53 and 54 are in the mode selection state of the mode switching switch 52.
A display consisting of light emitting diodes (LEDs)
You. FIG. 1-2 is a block diagram of the image editing apparatus. Application
In this document, image editing is also referred to as document editing. What
The same parts as those in FIG. 1-1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. H4
Indicates the data to be displayed on the display unit 38 in VRAM on the bitmap.
Has been deployed to. For example, if it is character data,
The character pattern corresponding to the password is expanded on VRAM,
Cursor is issued directly to the display area of VRAM by software control
Live display is possible. H7, H8 and H9 are data file disks, for example
H8 is a hard disk (HD), H7 is 5 inch
Floppy Disk (FD). H5 is BMU (Bit Manipulation Unit)
Video RAM H4, main memory, disk, etc.
Work between input / output devices such as chairs (H7, H8, H9) and printers
(Direct Memory) that transfers data in units of memory without passing through the MPU
Access Controller). Next, H6 is a MPU (Miocro Processor Unit) unit. Ma
The MPU has HD / FD-IF (interface).
Disk H7, H8, H9, and PMEM and IMEM
Control of the process. H10 and H13 in Fig. 1-2 are
Printers with different pixel densities, H12 reads originals
The leader to take. H11 and H14 are printers respectively.
Provided corresponding to H10, printer H13 and reader H12
It is an interface. H16 and H16 are the program memory (PMEM).
The flow charts shown in FIGS. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13-1 are used.
For editing processing such as control programs in accordance with charts
Select and execute a program from the hard disk H8 as appropriate
I do. Also, data entered from the keyboard 50 is
Code information is stored in main memory, which is also the
Stored. In addition, data stored in main memory
Data stored on disk and disk, read from reader
The data is stored as bit data in the image memory IMEM.
And expand it, and furthermore, to the data stored in PMEM
The same is true for the DMAC, XY via the BMU described above.
Conversion magnification and the like are possible. In PMEM, H15 or H16
A simple memory map is shown in FIG. P-1 is
In the document data text part, the text data is stored as code information.
Have been. P-2 is a document data format part, which will be described later with reference to FIG.
In the description, for example, the text, heading, page number, pillar
Character type, line pitch, character pitch, etc.
I will. P-3 is a line information table, on a memory and display
Position, for example, (X11, X12, X1
..., Y) Data is stored. Note that P-3
May be included in P-2. Next, in the system configured as above,
Print format prepared in advance by the document editing device in the invention
Functions related to formatting, such as column formatting, and calls to the text
Will be described. The following functions are available for formatting.
Have (1) Registration of form, (2) Partial modification of registered form
Correct, (3) Document formatting, (4) Part of document format
Correction First, before describing (1) to (4) above,
The data will be described. FIG. 2 shows the day shown in FIG. 1-2.
Of data stored in the disk device H-8 or H-7.
It is explanatory drawing which shows a part. 9 is a format file table
Format file 10 to determine which file to select.
It is a table to do. Document file 11 contains the actual text
Sentence part 12 where the document data is stored, corresponding to the sentence
Is the format part 13 that stores the formatted data.
Select the format of the document file using the file table 14.
Decide what to do. Next, it is stored in the format file 10 shown in FIG.
The format data will be described. This data is
It does not need to be stored in the IME, as shown in Figure 1-3.
M, may be stored in PMEM. The format definition is the following three records
Consists of code. In other words, << a >> format definition header record
Section, << b >> one body definition record section, << c >> multiple
This is an edge definition record section. << a >> manages the number of format definitions
, But details are omitted. << c >> is non
Bull (page number) definition, pillar (margin heading) definition, etc.
However, details are omitted here. << b >> is the text definition
It has the text and the definition of the columns.
ing. Fig. 4 shows parameters (terms) related to the format.
FIG. Fig. 4 shows a table such as the CRT shown in Fig. 1.
Input and edit the document etc. on the paper displayed on the display unit 38.
Position of the stencil, which is the place where
If you leave it, I, II, III, VI will be "heaven (the blank at the top of the page)
Minute), throat (blank space on the margin), and
(The blank area on the opposite side of the page margin) ","
Blank)), and the position of plate 16 in paper 15
To decide. The number of columns in FIG. 3 indicates the number of columns.
FIG. 4 shows two stages. Column alignment is clear from the figure
As you can see, aligning the bottom of the column system. Also,
The line length indicates the line length of the column, which is indicated by IV, and the number of lines is 1
Indicates the number of rows in the column. In addition, between the steps,
Indicates the interval (v) between the two stages.
It is. The data related to the column definition shown in FIG.
For the definition of a sentence, refer to the typeface, number of dots, size,
Contains data such as character spacing, paragraph indentation, color information, etc.
ing. Next, the functions related to the format described above are explained in detail.
I do. (1) Registration of format Fig. 5 shows the registration flowchart. Register form
Command, the display 38 and keyboard
Various features of WS (workstation) consisting of 50
Enter the registration routine among the functions. And the steps in FIG.
In Step 1, the size of the paper, the orientation of the paper,
Enter information such as horizontal writing. Next, in step 2, the
Input about the form shown in Fig. 4
For example, the display is performed according to the display flow shown in FIG. That is, FIG.
Pointing the printing plate 16 in the paper 15 as shown in (1)
Using the device (PD) 61, for example, input two points marked X
Determined by the thing. Then, in (2), the number of stages
(2 rows in the figure), and enter the keyboard
Or, for example, specify the X mark by PD and specify the step width and step
Set. After the column definition as described above, (4)
Japanese fonts such as typeface, dot, size, etc.
Do righteousness. Therefore, by looking at (4) in FIG.
You can intuitively understand the approximate number of rows and layout. Next, FIG.
In step 3 of this section, the page number (page number)
Define pillars (margin headings) and headings. This behavior
Can be input intuitively while looking at the WS image.
Format can be set efficiently. With the above
The specified format is registered in step 4 of FIG.
Are stored in A, B, C,... Of the format file 10 shown.
You. Multiple forms can be registered by the above means
You. Note that the image that shows the format set as
To display numerical data indicating the format.
No. (2) Partial correction of the registered form The document registered by the procedure explained in (1)
A case where an expression is called and corrected will be described. Registered
Display the format menu for calling the specified format on the screen
The drawing (hereinafter referred to as the window) displayed in a part of
Shown in the figure. Partial correction of the format file registered in Fig. 8
Shows a flow chart. First, in Step 1
And a menu as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. An example
For example, (B) is “article” for A4 (paper size), 10 points (characters)
), And one stage (the number of stages). Next, go to step 2.
And move the cursor (arrow 17 in Fig. 7) by PD61.
The PD format in the desired format, for example, the report in (A).
Is turned on, the book in the form file A in Fig. 2
The formula is selected in the format file table 9 and shown in FIG.
In the CRT display section 38, the information is displayed as shown in FIG. So
Then, in step 3, FIG.
For the column length parameter described in
Transform images numerically or intuitively by input or PD
To correct. Figure 2 shows the modified form
Rewrite the form file 10 shown in
What is necessary is just to write and register. (3) Formatting the document Next, input a command to format the document from WS.
When pressed, the figure shown in FIG. 7 as in the case of (2)
Is displayed. This screen is currently processing a document on the screen
Is superimposed on it and displayed. Therefore the document
Point the square at the bottom right of Fig. 7 with the cursor ↑ for easy viewing.
To zoom the window as the cursor moves.
Can be. Also, replace the “format file” part of the title
If you move by pointing, you can move the whole window
it can. Therefore, if the text screen is not displayed,
It is empty on the text screen even if the text screen is displayed
Move or scale the window shown in Fig. 7
Display the desired format in the window according to the text screen
Can be easily selected. Figure 9 shows the format of the document
The attached flow chart is shown. Now, as shown in Fig. 2 on the screen
The document of the data n1 of the document section 12 is displayed. And
In step 1 of FIG. 9, the key input from WS
The window of the list of format files shown in Fig. 7 is displayed on the screen.
Call at any position. And the PD and cursor 17 mentioned above
Selects a desired format, for example, (A). Then the
The format file A in FIG. 2 is selected, and the format A is
In step 2, n1 of the format part 13 in the format file 11 of FIG.
Is copied to the portion of a corresponding to. As a result,
The format of the document being processed is deleted. And typesetting the document
Power formats sentences according to the new format in the document
The sentence being processed by the above operation
The book is output in a completely new format. (4) Partial change of document format Next, (3) Formatting the document
To modify a part of the format of the added document.
Will be explained. First, let's start with the case where a document is called on the display screen.
I will tell. Figure 10 shows the flow for changing the document format partially
Indicates a chart. In step 1, the book shown in FIG.
The document file 11 consisting of the formula part 13 and the text part 12 is
File data 14 and read it out on the display
Display the document in a form. Next, in step 2 in FIG.
Modify the format parameters such as number, line length, column spacing,
In step 3, if you want to register,
The document file 11 may be newly or re-registered. Next, registration and correction on the file of the above format and
Using features such as formatting and partially modifying documents,
The input / edit work will be described in detail. Say here
Typesetting is the process of converting document data including image data into format data.
Memory for screen display or printout based on data
For example, the document data shown in FIG.
Data stored in the document text part P-1 into a document data format part.
In the process of expanding to image memory while referring to P-2
is there. FIG. 11-1 shows an image processing having the above configuration functions.
Control flow of the system, especially document image processing and typesetting
Yat. The document mentioned here includes image data
Words. Also, for simplicity of explanation, key control
The description of the device is omitted, and it is assumed that all are managed by the MPU.
doing. In step S1, the MPU connects the keyboard 50 or P
Waiting for input from D61 etc. If input, sentence
Judge whether the command is for writing or image call (step
Step S2), in the case of NO, since it is not directly related to the present invention,
Here, it is omitted. If YES, proceed to step S3
There is no document data on MEM or PMEM,
It is determined whether or not it is in the state.
Retrieve document data from memory, etc. to memory (Step S
4), typesetting processing is performed in step S26, and step S5 and
Go to S6. If YES in step S3, the document is stored in the memory
Exists, so go directly to steps S26, S5 and S6.
Typesetting and editing of document data expanded on VRAM
Display the collection menu on CRT38. In this displayed state
An example is shown in Figure 11-2. Next, in step S7, the key
Or wait for input from PD61. The input described in step S1
The force can be measured, for example, by using the PD61 in the menu section on the screen.
Move the cursor to the leader, cabinet, manuscript paper, etc.
By specifying an icon (pictogram) indicating
(101 in Figure 11-2)
The input in step S7 is the same as in step S1 or on the screen
By moving the cursor over the document 101 displayed in
The position in the document is determined by the line information table P3 in FIG.
The input is determined as follows. In step S7
When the cursor movement is instructed, the cursor CR
In S9, it moves as a position cursor. But PD
And a character string or image data
When you specify the start and end points of an area,
Is determined. "Range designation" in the keyboard or menu section
Cursor CR is set to range cursor
It is. (Step S10, Step S11) Next, in step S12, the menu section (10 in FIG. 11-2) is used.
At 0), input an editing command such as alignment.
And execute each editing command in step S13.
You. Also, in step S18, insert the format command
Input in step S19, the format command
Execute the insertion, and add, for example,
And code data such as "end of heading".
When a layout command is input, steps S20 and S20 are executed.
At 21, a layout command is executed. Flint
Instruction, for example, the printer icon is indicated by the PD 61
Then, the process proceeds to the print processing of steps S22, S28, and S23.
The specified document is printed by the printer according to the format.
Output. In step S24 and step S25, other
For example, a document is updated as a case. For example,
Step S2 when the mode to create a new table is specified
5 Newly store documents on disk H8
Or update the document, and return to b after the end.
Steps S14 to S17 execute each command.
Modify part according to the state of the modified part after
When displaying in the display, or when correcting and displaying the front
Is a step of the display control. The system configuration and image (document) processing described above
In addition, the formatting process is described in detail below.
I will tell. Document data sentence part P shown in FIG. 1-3
-1 indicates “headline”, “fingle”, “pillar”, “text
Command to refer to a format such as "right" and the command
From the code data including the character string to be inserted.
You. The typesetting process is the document data format shown in Fig. 1-3.
In the section P-2 (described later in FIG. 12-4),
The character of the above P-1 while referring to the data related to
Expand code data into actual bit image data
This is the process that goes on. Hereinafter, the typesetting processing will be further described with reference to the drawings.
First, put on the screen the document data that does not contain any formatting commands
Display and insert formatting commands into this to format the document
An example will be described. Figure 12-1 shows the code of a sentence without any formatting commands
The data is the disk memory H8, PMEM H15, and H1 shown in Fig. 1-2.
It is stored in 6. Typesetting on this data
(Fig. 11-1 S26) all character strings (sentences)
Is considered a sentence. Figure 12-4 is the document data book of Figure 1-3
It is a detailed view of the expression part, but the character string regarded as the above text is
Refer to the text definition PI in FIG. 12-4, and define
Information on character type, character spacing, line spacing, etc.
The data is displayed on the screen and displayed on the screen as shown in Fig. 12-2.
(S11 in FIG. 11-1). Here, everything is considered
There is no "heading" because it is done. Then this character
Pointing device PD or keyboard
And operate the range cursor (CR) to specify the range in the document.
Select and instruct "Here is the heading." (No.
11-10 (S10, S11) and the above range finger as shown in Fig. 12-3.
The black and white or diagonal lines are applied to the specified area,
The display screen shows that the user has been touched. Next, it is displayed at the bottom of the screen shown in Fig. 12-2.
Microcomputer showing the command of "Big heading"
By pointing (picture) with arrow AR, the above character string
Recognized as having the attribute of "major heading", Fig. 11-1 S1
As shown in Fig. 12-5,
As shown on the court data, the document data
, And "End of main heading" format commands are inserted.
Then, the typesetting process is performed based on the data shown in Fig. 12-5.
(Fig. 11-1 S27) shows the format definition shown in Fig. 12-4.
Sentence that is defined separately from the main text
The character string of "Heading" according to the information such as character type, character spacing, and line spacing
Is actually developed on a memory (for example, IMEM). Fig. 12-6
Is a character type of "big heading" by the above steps
Image when characters larger than "Body definition" are set
It is a figure showing the example of display of a field. Heading, Ruled Line Further, “heading” will be described in detail. First,
"Heading" processing is one of the functions of the "typesetting processing" described above.
Until the “heading” process is executed using FIG. 13-1.
explain. Fig. 13-1 H8 data file in step S1
Document data read from the document data pointer
The character code is checked in step S5.
Identifies whether it is data or a format command.
In the case of a command, a command that instructs further processing
Is checked for any
At step S8, a "heading" process is executed. Before this time
Form registration, correction, etc. of the statements (1), (2), (3), (4)
According to the procedure described in FIG.
The heading definition must be registered in the expression section.
No. An example of a "heading" definition is shown in Figure 12-4. Look here
Font type, size, character spacing,
Line gaps, heading characters when the text is multi-columned
Numbers etc. are defined. Details of the flag column in this
Is shown in FIG. 12-7. The heading character string is always stored here
Whether to do a page break to expand to the top of the body page
F1 indicating whether to perform end-of-stage prohibition processing
F2 to indicate a page break when the text is multi-column
Indicates whether to align columns when a column header appears
Flag F3, a ruled line around the heading (hereinafter this ruled line
A flag that indicates whether to draw a "headline"
F4 etc. are defined. These headings are shown in Figure 12-8.
Example of the relationship between headings and definition items developed by
Illustrated. Note that these "heading definition" items are images
Unnecessary items were deleted due to the nature of the processing system
It is safe to add new necessary items.
Of course. Next, the flow of the "heading process" will be described with reference to Fig. 13-2.
Will be explained. First, in step S1, the “heading” shown in FIG.
Adjust the "Page change instruction" flag F1 in the
If the page change is instructed, the current
If the position is not at the beginning of the page, process the page break in step S2.
Then, move the development position to the top of the next page. Page change finger
If there is no indication and there are multiple columns,
Check the "Number of columns" in "Heading definition" in Fig. 12-4.
Above, and the "column alignment processing finger"
Check flag F3, and if there is a row alignment, go to step S4.
Column alignment of data just before the heading format command
Perform An example of the alignment process is shown in FIG. 13-3. Fig. 13-3
(A) is a two-column body at the point a which is being developed.
Indicates that a "heading" format command was detected. Alignment process
In the first stage, 502 in FIG. 13-3 (a) is
Move to 503 at the upper right of (b) and 501 at the upper right of (a)
However, in the figure (b), it is moved to the lower right 504,
The lower end of the second stage is aligned, and below this is the view of the second stage of 505
The output string is expanded. Next, trial filling in step S6
First, calculate the size of the heading area. Heading area length
In the example shown in Fig. 12-8,
Size, line spacing, character spacing, the "Start heading" command and
Determined by the length of the character string between the end commands
) The height of the heading character string "
You. Next, in step S7, the flag defined in FIG.
Examine the "end-of-stage prohibition instruction" flag F2 in the row and perform end-of-stage prohibition
If yes, define "Heading" in Figure 12-4
The length required to expand the body of the number of prohibited lines
To the length of the heading area. Next, at step S9
There is room to expand the heading of the calculated area length at the location.
Check if there is a break, or break or page up to a position where it can be expanded
Perform Next, in step S13, as shown in FIG.
Character size, character spacing, line spacing, etc. specified in the "out" definition part
According to the heading character string at the position determined so far.
Open. Next, in step S14, define "heading" in Fig. 12-7.
Check the “Filing rule drawing instruction” flag F4 in the
If it is instructed that there is a drawing rule drawing process, step S1
In step 5, refer to the “Heading rule definition” in Fig. 12-8,
Finger on the front, back, left, and right sides of the row (see Figure 12-9 for details)
According to the specified ruled line type, ruled line thickness,
The headline is drawn based on the distance and the distance from the printing plate.
FIG. 13-4 shows an example in which a headline is drawn. here
a ₁ and d are left and right, respectively.
Indicates the distance at. f and g are before and after
And the distance between the front and rear ruled lines. i, j, k, l are the respective ruled lines
And e, h, b, and c indicate the thickness of each ruled line. Previous examples
Has been described in horizontal composition, but naturally it can also be processed in vertical composition
In this embodiment, “horizontal” in horizontal composition is read as “up / down”.
I just need to change it. Also, in FIG. 13-4, one type of ruled line (thick
Ruled line combining two different straight lines) on all four sides
In this example, the presence or absence of ruled lines on four sides, ruled line type, etc. are independent.
As shown in Fig. 13-5, it is possible to specify
It is possible to draw headings of various patterns. example
In the case of (a), different types of ruled lines are placed at the front (upper) and rear (lower)
(B) shows one type of ruled line as the front (upper)
An example in which only the left side is specified.
This is an example in which drawing is specified only in the upper part. After that, every time the “Start Heading” command is detected,
Repeat the process, but the conventional word processor and typesetting
Unlike the printer, once the “Document data format” in Fig. 1-3 P-2
If you register the “heading” definition in “Department”,
3 Figure P-3 “Document Data Text Section”
Insert the heading format command with the part and heading string instructions
If you insert it in the entry process, set the “Heading” definition item again.
No need to specify, the same headline is automatically displayed throughout the document
Will be expanded. Also, here is one type of heading
The explanations have been given by giving examples.
"," Subheading "or" Level 1 Heading "," Level
Multiple format definitions and format commands
If you prepare, more fine-grained headline types
Can be created. [Effect] As described above, according to the present invention, document information is input.
And set the format of headings etc. different from the format of the whole document
Yes, after you have set a different format,
Display, so you can take into account the overall balance
Easier document formatting and document creation efficiency
Is greatly improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1-1 is an external connection diagram of an image processing system to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 1-2 is a block diagram of an image editing device, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a simple memory map, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a part of data stored in a disk device H8, and FIG. 3 is format data stored in a format file 10 shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of terms relating to a format, FIG. 5 is a flowchart of format registration, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flow of display in a column format input, and FIG. Illustration of the menu display, Fig. 8 is a flowchart for partially modifying the registered format file, Fig. 9 is a flowchart for formatting the document, and Fig. 10 is a partial change to the document format. FIG. 11-1 is a document processing in an image processing system. Control flow chart including typesetting processing, Fig. 11-2 shows an example of the display of document data and editing menu, and Fig. 12-1 shows the sentence code data which does not include any format command. FIG. 12-2 is a diagram showing an image display example of information developed into bit image data, FIG. 12-3 is a diagram showing a state of specifying a range on a screen, FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing data related to the typesetting process on the PMEM, FIG. 12-5 is a diagram showing a state where sentence code data including a format command is stored in a memory, and FIG. Figure that actually output an image on the screen based on the format command by the formatting process. Figure 12-7 is an explanatory diagram of the flag string of the heading definition. Figure 12-8 is the format file or PMEM. Figure 12-9 shows the data related to the heading rule processing. Fig. 1 is a flow chart of typesetting processing including headings, Fig. 13-2 is a flow chart showing heading processing, Fig. 13-3 is a view showing an example of performing column alignment, Fig. 13-4. Is a diagram showing the relationship between a heading including a heading rule and a definition item. FIG. 13-5 is a diagram showing an example of a heading rule pattern. H5 ... BMU, H6 ... MPU, 38 ... CRT, H17, H18 …… IMEM,
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Continuation of front page    (72) Inventor Hiroshi Takakura               3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo               Inside Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Yukari Taniguchi               3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo               Inside Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Takahiro Kato               3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo               Inside Canon Inc.                (56) References JP-A-60-527 (JP, A)                 JP-A-58-16341 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] Document storage means for storing document information; first format storage means for storing first format information; second format storage means for storing second format information different from the first format information; A display control unit that displays document information stored in the document storage unit on a display screen of a display unit based on the first format information; and a part of the displayed document information, Specifying means for specifying on a display screen; relation setting means for setting a relation between the specified part of the document information and the second format information; and a part setting part based on the second format information. The document information is displayed on the display screen, and based on the first format information, the document information subsequent to the partial document information displayed on the same line as the partial document information is replaced with the partial Document information is displayed based on the second format information. Document processing apparatus characterized by having a re-displaying means for displaying the next line of rows. 2. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein ruled lines are output on four sides of the partial document information based on ruled line information included in the second format information. 3. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the ruled line information includes types of ruled lines set on four sides of the partial document information.