JP3041883B2 - Document creation support method and apparatus - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a document creation system having an editing and creation support function.

[Prior art]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a system for creating a document, such as a word processor, an input document may have an input error or a grammatical error. For this reason, various methods and devices for proofreading and elaborating them have been proposed,
By using this, it is possible to create a sentence without any mistake. However, as a means of transmitting information as a document, it is not enough that the text is correct and correct without errors. The layout, design, etc. will also have a significant effect. However, it is very difficult for a general user to create a document having a design suitable for his / her purpose, unless he is also a document design expert. In order to support this, some typical layouts are given as examples, and there are some that the user can select from among them, but the selection criteria are not clear and some of the document design It is not enough in terms of covering only the elements, and also because ordinary users create documents with designs suitable for their purposes.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described drawbacks of the related art, and has as its object to provide a system for assisting a user to easily obtain a document suitable for a desired purpose and impression. Aim.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

For this reason, the document creation support method according to the present invention has document control information in which information indicating a document creation policy and information on a document design suitable for the policy are associated with each other. Enter the words that describe the document and its scale, or information that indicates the document's policy, including the words and the scale that indicate the function of the document, such as the readability and understandability of the document. Document design information corresponding to the information to be represented is retrieved from the control information, and the document is edited and processed in accordance with the retrieved document design information. In addition, the document creation support device according to the present invention provides a word and its scale representing an impression of a document such as eye-catching and memorable, or a word and its scale representing a function of the document such as readability and understandability of the document. Input means (FIG. 1) for inputting information indicating a document creation policy, including:
Storage means (3) for associating information indicating a document creation policy such as the purpose and impression of the document with document design information suitable for the policy, and information indicating the document creation policy specified by the input means And a document control unit (2) for retrieving document design information corresponding to the document from the storage unit and editing and processing the document in accordance with the document design information obtained by the search.

[Action]

The user inputs to the document control means by the input means together with the separately input document and information indicating a desired document creation policy as to what purpose and impression to give the document. The document control unit searches for information stored in the storage unit according to the instruction information input from the input unit,
Acquire desired document design information for determining the structure and design of the document. Then, based on the acquired document design information, the input document is edited and processed, and a document is generated in accordance with the specified document creation policy. According to the present invention, a user can easily obtain a document having a desired configuration / design simply by instructing a document creation policy for a document to be created without requiring complicated operation.

【Example】

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the document creation support system of the present invention. This document creation support system inputs a source document to be edited and processed, and a document input / edit instructing unit 1 for inputting instruction information indicating a document creation policy such as the purpose and impression of the document in a menu format. In addition to storing the original document input by the document input / edit instruction unit 1 and instruction information for instructing a document creation policy, the configuration and design of the document are determined based on the instruction information and the document control information. Document control that generates documents according to the specified document creation policy
The storage unit 2, information indicating the policy of document creation, and the structure of the document
Document control information database unit 3 that holds document control information indicating a relationship with attribute information of a document that determines a design or the like
And a document display unit 4 for displaying necessary information such as an original document, a generated document, and a menu for inputting an instruction. The document control / storage unit 2 generates an original document storage unit 21 that stores the input original document, an instruction information storage unit 22 that stores the input instruction information, and generates search information based on the instruction information. To the document control information database unit 3,
An instruction information decoding unit 23 which extracts information necessary for editing an editing part and the like in the instruction information and gives it to a document editing / processing unit 24, and the document control information and the editing part instruction information retrieved from the document control information database 3 It comprises a document editing / processing unit 24 for editing and processing the original document, and a processed document storage unit 25 for storing the generated document. The document control information database unit 3 stores data representing the relationship between words and scales representing the purpose and impression of the document obtained from the sensory evaluation and the like and the structure of the document. As an example, look at the relationship between the number of colors and the color scheme of a scale that represents the "function" of a document, such as the readability and understandability of the document, and a scale that represents "conspicuousness", such as eye-catching and memorable. . Although the document of Sample 1 shown in FIG. 2 is a printed document having a pattern including a graph, all documents are reproduced in black. On the other hand, the document of Sample 2 shown in FIG. 3 uses blue for the graph and the heading of Sample 1. Further, the sample 3 in FIG. 4 is configured by further increasing the number of colors. The impression of these samples in the above two axes is shown in FIG. This is a result showing a psychological score of each sample obtained from a sensory evaluation performed using a sample in which a plurality of factors are changed in addition to the color. By adding a color from sample 1 to samples 2 and 3, the "conspicuousness" is greatly increased. However, there is not much difference between Samples 2 and 3.
(Note that the samples shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 are abbreviated images of pages 43 of Nikkei Byte magazine, March 1988, published by Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.). From the viewpoint of “function”, it is quantitatively understood that the functionality increases little by little as the number of colors increases. As described above, the document control information database unit 3 is a database that holds, as data, a result obtained by scaling a relationship between factors constituting various documents and a scale indicating an impression. Next, the operation of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described. The document input according to the instruction of the document input / edit instruction unit 1 is stored in the original document storage unit 21 of the document control / storage unit 2 as an ISO (DIS8613).
In accordance with the structure and the like defined by ODA (Office Document Architecture) of / 1-8), it is held together with symbols indicating attributes such as a text, a headline, and a graph. The original document is displayed on the document display unit 4, and the document creator operates the document edit menu by the document input / edit instruction unit 1 while viewing the original document. The document control information database unit 3 searches the document control information database unit 3 for data of the document control information indicating the relationship between the constituent elements of the document and the purpose / impression according to the editing instruction, and automatically edits and processes the data in the document control / storage unit 2 according to the content. Do. An example of a document edit menu is shown in FIGS. Step (1) First, as shown in the menu of FIG. 6, when "type" of "display content" is selected, the type of the document to be edited is displayed. The operator selects a corresponding document from these. Step (2) Next, as shown in the menu of FIG.
If you select "Edited part" in "Display contents", the part to be edited such as "Whole, headline, body" etc. is displayed, and if you specify a desired item like "Headline" from among them, the "Headline" will be displayed. Is displayed as "whole, color, size, typeface ..." etc.
By selecting this, the edit location and item are determined in detail. Step (3) Next, as shown in the menu of FIG.
If "purpose" of "display contents" is selected, a purpose to be given to the document such as "conspicuous" or "functional" and a scale representing its level are displayed. According to the purpose selected here, knowledge matching the type of document, editing location, and item specified earlier is searched from the database, and editing processing is performed on the target document. If you explain the flow in a little more detail, for example, the type of document is "Technical Report" and the edited part is "Overall" of "Heading"
Select On the other hand, the target “conspicuous” is selected as the highest level “5”. Then, from the data relating to the “headline” of the “technical report” held in the document control information database unit 3, data is searched for how to make it most noticeable. At this time, the editing target is "whole" of "heading", and all items such as color and character size are to be edited, but there are some restrictions because of the "technical report". The data is such that "headings" are processed in a range suitable for "". When this data is retrieved from the document control information database unit 3 and given to the document editing / processing unit 24 as document control information, the document editing / processing unit 24 edits / processes the original document heading based on the information. Is automatically added, and the result is displayed on the document display unit 3. The results displayed here are not always the same, and there are cases where the user finally decides among a plurality of results. Furthermore, it is necessary to edit the automatically edited and processed document or the original document by directly specifying the component values such as the character size as in the conventional document creation system. Is also possible. In this embodiment, an example has been shown of the purpose of the document, the relationship between the impression and the composition of the sentence, and the method of editing and giving instructions.

【The invention's effect】

According to the present invention, a user can easily obtain a document having a desired configuration / design simply by instructing a document creation policy for a document to be created without requiring complicated operation. When the menu method as in the embodiment is used for the instruction of the document creation policy, even a user who is unfamiliar with document design and creation can easily obtain a document of a desired design. In addition, by setting the relationship between the document creation policy and the corresponding document structure and design in a detailed and abundant manner, the database will not be uniform, and even users who have become familiar with document design You can quickly create your own documents from scratch.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. 2 to 4 are diagrams showing sample examples for checking the relationship between the purpose / impression of the document and the structure / design. FIG. 5 is a scale diagram in which the relationship between the purpose / impression and the configuration / design of the document serving as the basis of the data stored in the database is scaled. 6 to 8 are diagrams showing examples of menu display when an editing instruction is given by the input / edit instruction unit. 1 Document input / edit instructing unit 2 Document control / storage unit 21 Original document storage unit 22 Instruction information storage unit 23
... Instruction information decoding unit, 24 ... Document editing / processing unit, 25 ... Processed document storage unit, 3 ... Document control information database unit, 4
... Document display section.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] (1) Words and their scales that express an impression of a document that are eye-catching and memorable, or the readability of the document,
It has information indicating the policy of document creation, including words indicating the function of the document such as ease of understanding and its scale, and document control information that associates information on the document design suitable for that policy. When the information to be represented is inputted as the editing instruction information, document design information corresponding to the information representing the inputted document creation policy is searched from the document control information, and the document design information is obtained in accordance with the obtained document design information. A document creation support method characterized by performing editing processing. 2. A word and its scale that express the impression of the document such as being noticeable and memorable, or the readability of the document,
Input means for inputting information indicating a document creation policy, including words indicating the function of the document such as ease of understanding and its scale, as editing instruction information, and information indicating the document creation policy and a document design suitable for the policy A storage unit for associating and holding information; a document design information corresponding to the information indicating the document creation policy instructed by the input unit; And a document control means for editing the document.