JP2995630B2 - Document data processing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document data processing device such as a word processor or a personal computer, and in particular, an output position of a designated character such as centering or right justification in accordance with a format change. Regarding control.

[Summary of the Invention] A document data processing apparatus according to the present invention stores arrangement information in association with designated characters such as centering and right alignment, and arranges and outputs these designated characters based on the arrangement information. By doing so, even if the format is changed, control is performed so that the arrangement of those designated characters in the document is not lost.

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a document data processing device such as a word processor or a personal computer inputs a character (including a kana, a kanji, an alphanumeric character, a symbol, a ruled line, and a graphic) using a keyboard or the like. Create The created document is stored in the document memory. Further, the information is displayed on a display device or the like in a desired format and printed by a printer or the like. Further, it is stored in an external storage device such as a floppy disk.

By the way, when a document is created by such a document data processing apparatus, as shown in FIG. 9, an arbitrary character may be centered or right-justified in consideration of the arrangement of headings or the like in a page. In such a case, a character or the like for such a special arrangement is designated by a keyboard or the like. Then, according to the specification, the required number of spaces are inserted before the specified character. That is, in addition to the input character, the inserted space is stored in the document memory as a character.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] After a document is created as described above, the format such as the number of characters per line may be changed in order to improve the appearance of the completed document. However, as described above, since the space inserted according to the centering or the like is also stored as a character, as shown in FIG. As shown in Fig. 10, after the format change, it is shifted from the center. Therefore, after the format change, the centering must be designated again for the "title". Moreover, in this case, if the centering designation operation is performed on the "title" at the position shown in FIG. 10, the "title" is moved to the center between the position and the right end of the document display (print) area. There are some models. In such a model, the space inserted before the "title" must be temporarily deleted, and then the center link designation operation must be performed, which is very troublesome.

In addition, if there are a number of characters that specify the character layout in a page, such as not only centering but also right alignment, the layout will be lost due to the format change and restored to the original state. It becomes difficult to do.

Such a cause is that a required number of spaces are inserted before the designated character in accordance with designation of centering, right alignment, and the like, and the inserted space is also stored in the document memory as a character. It is thought that there is.

Then, regardless of the presence or absence of spaces according to the specification of centering, right alignment, etc., if such a specified character is arranged and output by another method, even if the format is changed, It is clear that the arrangement state of the document does not collapse.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method of arranging and outputting characters irrespective of the presence or absence of a space according to designation of centering, right alignment, and the like.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The means of the present invention are as follows.

(1) Output means 1 for outputting a document including a plurality of characters (see the functional block diagram of FIG. 1, the same applies hereinafter).

For example, it is a display unit such as a display device or a printing unit such as a printer. Here, the characters include kana, kanji, alphanumeric characters, symbols, ruled lines, and figures.

(2) Document data storage means 2 for storing document data corresponding to a document to be output by the output means 1.

For example, it is a document memory composed of a RAM or the like. Here, the document data is data including kana, kanji, alphanumeric characters, symbols, ruled lines, and figures.

(3) Format information storage means 3 for storing format information indicating a line width of at least one line of the document in the output means 1.

For example, it is configured as a part of the document memory. Here, the format information is a line width of at least one line of the output device 1, specifically, the number of digits per line or 1
Length per line, etc.

(4) Position specifying means 4 for specifying an output position of an arbitrary character in a document.

For example, a centering key provided on an input unit such as a keyboard, a right alignment key, and the like are provided.

(5) The layout information indicating the relative position in the document of the character whose output position is specified by the position specifying means 4 is written in the document data storage means 2 in association with the stored document data. Arrangement information writing means 5;

For example, a CPU that operates according to a program stored in a ROM. Here, the arrangement information is information indicating a right alignment position, a center position, a relative position between the left end and the right end, and the like.

(6) When the output unit 1 outputs a document corresponding to the document data stored in the document data storage unit 2 in accordance with the format information stored in the format information storage unit 3, the document data is handled based on the arrangement information. Control means 6 for controlling the output position of the designated character to be output.

For example, a CPU that operates according to a program stored in a ROM.

[Operation] The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows.

When the output position is designated by the position designation means 4, arrangement information indicating the relative position of the character in the document is stored in the document data storage means 2 by the arrangement information writing means 5. Is written in association with. The control unit 6 outputs a document corresponding to the document data stored in the document data storage unit 2 by the output unit 1 according to the format information stored in the format information storage unit 3. At this time, the control means 6 controls the output position of the designated character corresponding to the arrangement information.

Therefore, according to the designation of centering, right alignment, etc., the characters are arranged and output irrespective of the presence or absence of spaces, so that even if the format is changed, the arrangement state of the document does not collapse. .

Embodiment An embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 8.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a document data processing device 10 according to the embodiment, and reference numeral 11 denotes a CPU that controls the entire system. Reference numeral 12 denotes an input unit such as a keyboard for performing a character input operation and a designation operation such as centering, and a signal from the input unit 12 is
Output to CPU11. Reference numeral 13 denotes a display unit such as a display device that displays the created document, and reference numeral 14 denotes a printing unit such as a printer that prints the created document.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a ROM that stores a control program executed by the CPU 11, and reference numeral 16 denotes an R that is referred to during kana-kanji conversion or the like.
It is a dictionary memory composed of OM and the like. 17 is RAM,
The RAM 17 has an area used as an input register 17a for temporarily storing data input from the input unit 12, and a display on the display unit 13 which is changed according to an operation of a cursor key (not shown) of the input unit 12. An area used as a cursor register 17b for storing a position of a cursor (not shown) displayed on the screen, and a first character and a last character of a character whose range is designated and operated as a target character for centering or the like. An area used as an area start point register 17c and an area end point register 17d for temporarily storing each digit position on the display, and an area used as a document memory 17e for storing document data corresponding to a created document are configured. ing.

The document memory 17e has a storage structure as shown in FIG. This figure corresponds to the display output example of FIG. That is, the format information of the document, that is, the number of lines 21 and the line width 22 are stored corresponding to the document name 20. In this example, the number of lines is 40, and the line width is 34 columns. Further, following the line number 23 of each line, arrangement information 24 and document data 25 are stored. Here, the arrangement information 24 is composed of attribute data 24a and a character pointer 24b, and null data is set for document data for which no designation such as centering or right alignment is specified.

The attribute data 24a includes "S", "R", and "F". For example, "S" following the line number "12" indicates centering, and the subsequent character pointer 24b indicates what number to which character in the document data of that line is to be centered. That is, in this example, it indicates that the first to fourth characters, that is, "title" are to be centered.

The “R” of the line number “14” indicates right alignment, and the subsequent character pointer 24b indicates which character in the document data of that line is to be right aligned. That is, in this example, it is indicated that only the third to fourth characters, that is, only "Keihin" are right-justified.

The next “F” of the line number “16” indicates “fixed”, and the subsequent character pointer 24b indicates from which character from the beginning of the line the document data of the line should be arranged (initial position),
Indicates the line width (initial line width) as a format when the designation is performed. In other words, in this example, in the format of 34 characters per line, "ABCDE" is arranged from the 11th character. Similarly, the layout information 24 corresponding to the document data "FGHIJ" of the same line number "16" shown in the next line also indicates that in the format of 34 characters per line, those characters are arranged from the 20th character. Is shown.

Hereinafter, the operation of the document data processing apparatus according to the embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

FIG. 4 shows the centering operation. That is, when the centering key (not shown) of the input unit 12 is operated, the CPU 11 immediately precedes the first character and the last character of the character string “Title” to be centered with the range specified by the cursor or the like. Each digit position on the display is RA
Since the characters are temporarily stored in the area start point register 17c and the area end point register 17d of M17, the arrangement information 24 is written to the character in the document memory 17e corresponding to the character indicated by the stored digit position (step S41). That is, attribute data 2
“S” is written as 4a, and character positions “1” and “4” on the document memory 17e of the character whose range is specified as the character pointer 24b are written. Then, the line width 22 and the number of characters are obtained from the written arrangement information 24 and the format information, and the character indicated by the character pointer 24b is displayed at the center of the line (step S42). In this case, the display at the center can be performed by arranging the characters from the position obtained according to the following equation (1). That is, However, decimals are rounded off. Therefore, in the above example, As shown in FIG. 9, "Title" is displayed from the 16th character. Of course, the number of characters
24b can be derived from both figures.

FIG. 5 shows a right justification operation. That is, the input unit 12
When the right alignment key (not shown) is operated, the CPU 11
The position of the first character and the last character of the last character in the character string to be right-justified, `` Keigu '', whose range is specified immediately before, are temporarily stored in the area start register 17c and area end register 17d of the RAM 17. Then, the layout information 24 is written to the character in the document memory 17e corresponding to the character indicated by the stored digit position (step S51). That is,
“R” is written as the attribute data 24a, and “3” and “4” are written as the character pointer 24b. Then, the line width 22 and the number of characters are obtained from the written arrangement information 24 and the format information, and the character indicated by the character pointer 24b is displayed right-justified (step S52). In this case, the right alignment display can be performed by arranging the characters from the position obtained according to the following equation (2). That is, (line width) − (number of characters) +1 (2) Therefore, in the above example, (34) − (2) + 1 = 33, and as shown in FIG. Is done. Of course, the number of characters can be derived from both numbers of the character pointer 24b.

FIG. 6 shows the fixing operation. That is, when a fixed key (not shown) of the input unit 12 is operated, the CPU 11 displays the first character and the last character of the character string “ABCDE” to be fixed immediately before the specified character string. Since each digit position is stored in the area start point register 17c and the area end point register 17d, the start point position in the area start point register 17c for the character in the document memory 17e corresponding to the character indicated by the stored digit position The layout information 24 including “11”, the line width 22 of the format information, and “F” indicating fixed is obtained, and the document memory
Write to 17e (step S61). Then, the head position of the character is determined according to the written arrangement information 24 and the line width 22 of the format information, and the character of the line is displayed from that position (step S62). In this case, the head position of the character is obtained according to the following equation (3). That is, However, decimals are rounded off. (Initial position) is the starting position of the fixed character string at the time of operating the fixed key,
(Initial line width) is the line width of the format set when the fixed key is operated. Therefore, in the above example, As shown in Fig. 9, "ABCDE" starts from the 11th character.
Is displayed.

Similarly, Then, as shown in FIG. 9, "FGHIJ" is displayed from the 20th character.

In this way, even if the centering or the like is designated, the designated character can be arranged and output without inserting a space.

Next, a case where the format is changed in the document data created in this way, for example, a case where the number of characters in the position line is 42 as described above with reference to FIG. 10 will be considered.
When the format is changed in such a manner, the content stored in the RAM 20 is rewritten as shown in FIG. That is, the line width 22 of the format information is rewritten to “42”. At this time, the arrangement information does not change. However, data not specified by the arrangement information (for example, data in the ninth to tenth rows)
Is changed to match the format.

Then, according to the rewritten format information, the display position of the document data of each line is changed by the above equations (1) to (3). That is, from equation (1), As shown in FIG. 8, "Title" is displayed from the 20th character. In addition, (42) − (2) + 1 = 41 is obtained from the expression (2), and “respect” is displayed from the 41st character as shown in Fig. 8. Also, according to the expression (3), As shown in Fig. 8, "ABCDE" starts from the 14th character.
Is displayed.

Similarly, As shown in FIG. 8, "FGHIJ" is displayed from the 25th character.

Note that the line width is represented by the number of digits per line, but may be represented by the length per line (such as millimeters). In this case, in the above equations (1) to (3), the number of characters and the like are also calculated in units of length.

As described above, even if the format is changed, centering and the like are performed not by inserting a space but by calculation, so that the arrangement of designated characters in a document is not disrupted.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, it is possible to store arrangement information according to designation of centering, right alignment, and the like, and to arrange and output characters based on the arrangement information. Therefore, even if the format is changed, the arrangement state of the document does not collapse.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a document data processing apparatus according to one embodiment, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a storage structure of a document memory, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a right-justification operation, FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a fixed operation, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a storage structure of a document memory after a format change, and FIG. FIG. 9 shows a display output example after the format change, FIG. 9 shows a display output example before the format change, and FIG. 10 shows a display output example when the format is changed by the conventional document data processing apparatus. FIG. 1 ... output means, 2 ... document data storage means, 3 ... format information storage means, 4 ... position designation means, 5 ... arrangement information writing means, 6 ... control means.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An output unit that outputs a document including a plurality of characters; a document data storage unit that stores document data corresponding to a document to be output by the output unit; and at least one of the documents in the output unit. Format information storage means for storing format information indicating a digit width per line; position designation means for designating an output position of an arbitrary character in a document; and a document having a character whose output position is designated by the position designation means. Placement information writing means for writing the placement information indicating the relative position in the document data storage means in association with the stored document data; and the document according to the format information stored in the format information storage means. When outputting a document corresponding to the document data stored in the data storage means by the output means, the output position of the designated character corresponding to the arrangement information is determined based on the arrangement information. Document data processing apparatus characterized by comprising a Gosuru control means.