JP3067185B2 - Document editing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing device (word processor),
In particular, the present invention relates to a document editing apparatus capable of setting a format.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a format is set in a document editing apparatus, the size of a sheet, the size of each of upper, lower, left, and right margins, the number of lines, and the number of digits are input. As shown in the figure, the characters were printed so as to be in contact with the margins. That is, the format is set by inputting the positions of the upper, lower, left and right ends of the character outline.

In such a document editing apparatus, for example, when printing on manuscript paper, the length between the outer frame printed on the paper and the edge of the paper is set to the values of the upper, lower, left, and right margins. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the characters were not printed in the center of the cell, the characters on the left side of the paper were printed on the left side, and the characters on the right side of the paper were printed on the right side. Therefore, when printing is to be performed at the center of the cell over the entire surface of the paper, the operator needs to adjust the top, bottom, left, and right margins while watching the printing result, thereby reducing the efficiency of the printing operation. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a document editing apparatus which can print characters in the center of a square of a manuscript paper without any special operation by an operator and can efficiently create a beautifully finished document. And

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an input unit for inputting a document and an instruction, a format input unit for inputting a format of the document, and a document in accordance with the instruction input from the input unit. A document editing unit, a document storage unit for storing a document input from the input unit, a display unit for displaying the document, a format storage unit for storing a format input to the format input unit, and a document. Is provided, and when entering the format,
Let the operator set the size of the top, bottom, left and right margins of the character as the length from the center of the character touching the margin to the edge of the paper,
The value obtained by subtracting half of the character size from the value is stored in the format storage device.

According to the present invention, characters can be printed in the center of a square of a manuscript sheet or the like without an operator performing complicated operations.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a document editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes a format input unit, and a format input by an operator is stored in a format storage unit 103.
The document input from the document input unit 102 is stored in the document storage unit 1.
It is transmitted to 05, read out through the document storage unit 105 according to the instruction of the operator, and transmitted to the display unit 106 and the printing unit 107.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for setting a format in the document editing apparatus of the present invention.

First, the operator inputs the paper size, the size of the top, bottom, left and right margins, the number of lines, the number of digits, and the size of characters to the format setting unit. Next, calculate the half of the character size,
This is subtracted from the upper, lower, left and right margins, respectively, and the resulting margin is stored in the format storage unit.

In this embodiment, the size of the upper, lower, left, and right margins is specified, but instead of the right margin, the distance between the center of the character tangent to the left margin and the center of the character tangent to the right margin is used.
It goes without saying that the same effect can be obtained by using the distance between the center of the character in contact with the upper margin and the center of the character in contact with the lower margin instead of the lower margin.

Effect of the Invention As described above, the document editing apparatus of the present invention can print a character at the center of a square such as a manuscript paper by simply specifying the position of the center of the character in contact with the margin. This is practically useful in that beautiful documents can be created efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document editing apparatus in one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for setting a format in the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a document editing apparatus in the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a view showing a print example when a document is printed on manuscript paper, FIG. 4 is a view showing a print example by a conventional document editing apparatus, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a printing example. 101: Format input unit, 102: Document input unit, 103: Format storage unit, 104: Document editing unit, 105: Document storage unit, 106
... Display unit, 107 ... Print unit.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An input unit for inputting a document and an instruction; a format input unit for inputting a document format; a document editing unit for editing a document in accordance with an instruction input from the input unit; A document storage unit for storing the obtained document;
A display unit that displays a document, a format storage unit that stores the format input to the format input unit, and a printing unit that prints the document according to the format, when the format is input to the format input unit, A document editing apparatus for designating coordinates on a sheet at which a center of a character is to be located.