JP3101285B2 - Document processing method and apparatus - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing method and apparatus, and more particularly, to a document processing method and apparatus capable of outputting document information in a desired manner according to set format information. It is about.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as a method of formatting, editing, and outputting a document by an advanced document processing apparatus, a method of having format information of the document separately from the data of the document and changing the output format of the document only by changing the format information section is known. there were. In some devices, a plurality of the format information is stored as a library, and there is a device for visually estimating and selecting the contents of the plurality of format information (Japanese Patent Application No. 59-243918). No color information was included.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, even if the format information including the color information is considered in the above-described conventional example, it cannot be visually confirmed when setting the content of the format information portion, and the state after the format change is not understood. It was not easy to select one of a plurality of format information and output a document.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, a document processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises:
Format information storage means for storing format information comprising a plurality of format elements having color information, and display control for displaying the format information and a diagram showing an output mode of the format information in association with a display screen of the display means Means, color specifying means for specifying color information of the format element of the format information displayed on the display screen, and a color based on the color information specified by the color specifying means, the format element of the format information And a color display means for displaying an area for displaying the color information and a corresponding part of the diagram showing the output mode of the format information.

Further, the document processing method of the present invention stores format information including a plurality of format elements having color information in a format information storage unit, and displays the format information and a diagram showing an output mode of the format information. Displayed in association with a display screen, the color information of the format element of the format information displayed on the display screen is specified by color specifying means, and the color based on the color information specified by the color specifying means, An area for displaying the color information of the format element of the format information and a corresponding part of the diagram showing the output mode of the format information are displayed.

Embodiment 1 A preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a first block diagram showing the configuration of the document processing apparatus of this embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU that controls the operation of the entire apparatus according to a program on PMEM2 described later. PMEM2 is a PMEM (program memory) for storing a program as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, and 3 is a communication I / F (interface) for enabling a transmission / reception procedure such as RS232C. 4 is a keyboard, 5 is a pointing device, 6 is a keyboard and pointing device.
Indicates the KEY I / F (keyboard interface) that allows connection of devices. Reference numeral 7 denotes a system bus for transmitting address signals, data, and control signals inside the apparatus. Reference numeral 8 denotes a color CRT, and 9 denotes a VRAM (color video RAM) for developing a color screen of, for example, 4 bits per pixel into a color CRT.
Is shown. 10 is a floppy disk drive, 11 is a hard disk drive, 12 is a floppy disk drive or hard disk drive on the system bus 7
Shows a DISK I / F (disk interface) that can be connected. Reference numeral 13 denotes an IMEM (color image memory) for storing color image data corresponding to, for example, 4 bits per pixel and a resolution of 400 dpi for developing a color image to be output to a printer 14 to be described later. Reference numeral 14 denotes a color printer having a resolution of, for example, 400 dpi.

FIG. 2 shows the structure between the system bus 7 and the color CRT 8 shown in FIG. 1 in more detail. In FIG.
Reference numeral 9 denotes a VRAM (video RAM) for storing, for example, color image data of 4 bits per pixel, reference numeral 21 denotes a color pallet for selecting, for example, 16 colors from 4096 colors, and reference numeral 22 denotes each color of R (red), G (green), and B (blue). DAC (digital-to-analog converter) for converting 4-bit digital image signals to analog image signals; 23 is a synchronizing signal superimposing for superimposing horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals (HSYNC, VSYNC) for CRT8 on green image signals 1 shows a circuit. The 24 CRTC (CRT controller) controls the VRAM 9, controls rewriting of the color palette 21, and controls the synchronizing signal superimposing circuit 23.

FIG. 3 shows the system bus 7 and the color printer of FIG.
14 shows the configuration between 14 in more detail. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 13 denotes an IMEM (color image memory) for storing, for example, color image data corresponding to a resolution of 400 dpi per pixel of 4 bits, and reference numeral 31 denotes a color pallet for selecting, for example, 16 colors from 4096 colors. Reference numeral 32 denotes a printer I / F (interface) for connecting the color printer 14. The control circuit 33 controls the IMEM 13, controls rewriting of the color palette 31, and sends a printer control signal to the printer I / F32.

[Configuration Diagram of Printer 14] Next, an outline of the color printer 14 shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 will be described with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 778 denotes a pulse width modulation circuit which converts a multi-valued digital image signal from the printer I / F 32 shown in FIG. Forming a modulated signal. Then, this pulse width modulation signal is applied to the subsequent laser output unit 711,
This is for forming a gradation image by modulating the laser on / off. Reference numeral 711 denotes a scanner, a laser output unit for converting an image signal from (PWM778) into an optical signal, a polygon mirror 712 of a polyhedron (for example, octahedron), a motor (not shown) for rotating the mirror 712, and f / θ. It has a lens (imaging lens) 713 and the like. 714 is a reflection mirror for changing the optical path of the laser light, and 715 is a photosensitive drum. The laser beam emitted from the laser output unit is reflected by the polygon mirror 712, passes through the lens 713 and the mirror 714, scans the surface of the photosensitive drum 715 linearly (raster scan), and forms a latent image corresponding to the original image. .

Also, 717 is a primary charger, 718 is an overall exposure lamp, 723
Is a cleaner section for collecting the residual toner not transferred,
724 is a pre-transfer charger, and these members are the photosensitive drum 7
It is located around 15.

A developing unit 726 develops an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum 715 by laser exposure.
1Y, 731M, 731C, 731Bk are a developing sleeve for directly developing in contact with the photosensitive drum 715, 730Y, 730M, 730C, 730Bk are toner hoppers for holding spare toner, and 732 is a screw for transferring developer. , These sleeves 731Y ~
731Bk, Toner Hopper 730Y-730Bk and SCREEN 73
2, a developing unit 726 is formed, and these members are arranged around the rotation axis P of the developing unit. For example, when a yellow toner image is formed, yellow toner development is performed at the position shown in the figure, and when a magenta toner image is formed, the developing unit 726 is rotated about the axis P in the figure to make the photosensitive member. The developing sleeve 731M in the magenta developing device is arranged at a position in contact with the 715. The development of cyan and black operates similarly.

Reference numeral 716 denotes a transfer drum that transfers the toner image formed on the photosensitive drum 715 to paper, and 719 denotes a transfer drum 716.
An actuator plate 720 for detecting the movement position of the actuator, a position sensor 720 for detecting that the transfer drum 716 has moved to the home position by approaching the actuator plate 719, a transfer drum cleaner 725, a transfer drum cleaner 727
Is a paper pressing roller, 728 is a static eliminator, and 729 is a transfer charger. These members 719, 720, 725, 727, 729 are transfer rollers 7
It is located around 16.

On the other hand, 735,736 is a paper feed cassette for storing paper (sheets), 737,738 is a paper feed roller for feeding paper from the cassette 735,736, and 739,740,741 are timing rollers for timing of paper feed and conveyance, and via these. The paper fed and conveyed is guided by a paper guide 749 and wrapped around the transfer drum 716 while the leading end is held by a gripper described later,
The process proceeds to the image forming process.

A drum rotation motor 550 rotates the photosensitive drum 715 and the transfer drum 716 synchronously. Reference numeral 750 denotes a peeling claw that removes the paper from the transfer drum 716 after the image forming process is completed, 742 denotes a transport belt that transports the removed paper, and 743 denotes an image fixing unit that fixes the paper transported by the transport belt 742. The image fixing unit 743 includes a pair of heat pressure rollers 744 and 74.
With 5.

Next, the overall flow of the processing of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of the CPU 1. First, in a document processing apparatus in which an existing document and a new document paper icon are displayed on the CRT 8 to specify a document, an icon to be worked is clicked using the pointing device 5 to specify the document ( S1). The specified document is read once from the floppy disk 10 or hard disk 11 into PMEM2, and the specified document is
Displayed on RT8 (S2), input and change documents (S
3). Next, when the input of the format information section read from the FD10 or the HD11 of the designated document into the PMEM2 is performed (S4), the format information section is displayed as shown in FIG. 5 (S5), and the guidance of the operation and confirmation of the operation are confirmed. Therefore, a corresponding diagram showing the output mode of the format information as shown in FIG. 6 is also displayed on the same screen (S6). The user inputs the format information other than the color using the keyboard 4 and the pointing device 5 (S7). Format information is text, major heading, middle heading, subheading 1, subheading 2, subheading 3, pillar 1, pillar
The size, line spacing, typeface, and color of 2, heading 3, page number, etc. (these are called format elements. However, the number of subheadings and headings may be singular, plural, or arbitrary). When the format information is input, the display of the format information section on the CRT 8 is updated (S8), and the display of the output form of the format information is also updated (S9). If no color is specified in the format information section in advance,
Format elements for which no color is specified are displayed in a single color, for example, black. Here, when the display portion of the character color of the format information section is clicked using the pointing device 5, a palette is displayed as shown in FIG. 8 (S11). The color number is indicated on the character color display section of the format information section (S12), and the color portion of the format information is designated (S13). Then, the color portion of the format information displayed on the CRT 8 is updated to the content of the designated color information (S14), and at the same time, the color of the output mode of the format information displayed on the CRT 8 is also updated (S15). Here, the contents of the format information section are registered or updated in the FD 10 or HD 11 (S16). Based on the information in the format information section registered in this way, the document data is specifically developed in the VRAM 9 including the color information and output to the CRT 8 (S17). This process will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2. First, the CPU 1 expands, for example, 4-bit color image data per pixel into the VRAM 9 by the CPU 1 described above. The color image data on VRAM9 is read out by CRTC24 in synchronization with the display timing of CRT8,
CRT via color pallet 21, DAC 22, synchronization signal superimposition circuit 23
Applied to 8 and displayed. Since the CRT 8 can hold an image only for the afterimage time of the phosphor on the display surface, for example, 60
The image data of the VRAM 9 is read out at the rate of application, applied to the CRT 8, and always refreshed. The VRAM 9 is composed of, for example, a dual port memory having a random access port and a serial access port, and can display, for example, 1024 dots.times.768 lines, and can display 16 colors with 4 bits per pixel. The image data read from the VRAM 9 is converted into a serial signal according to the display order of the CRT 8 and applied to the color pallet 21. The color pallet 21 is constituted by a look-up table, for example, R, G, B
16 colors are selected from 4096 colors represented by 4 bits for each color to make one pallet. By changing the color pallet 21 via the CRTC 24, the selection of 16 colors can be switched. The image signal converted by the color pallet 21 is converted into a digital image signal of 4 bits for each of R, G, and B by a DAC 22.
And converted to an analog image signal. The DAC 22 is composed of three circuits of a ladder resistance type digital / analog converter and converts, for example, a digital image signal of 4 bits for each of R, G, B into an analog image signal of 16 gradations for each of R, G, B. The analog image signal converted by the DAC 22 is applied to the synchronizing signal superimposing circuit 23. The CRTC 25 generates, for example, a 50 kHz horizontal synchronization signal and a 60 Hz vertical synchronization signal as synchronization signals for controlling the display timing of the CRT 8, and applies them to the synchronization signal superimposing circuit 23. The synchronizing signal superimposing circuit 23 superimposes the horizontal synchronizing signal and the vertical synchronizing signal on the G (green) image signal among the three colors R, G, and B and applies the superimposed signal to the CRT 8. CRT8 is G
(Green) Separates the synchronization signal superimposed on the image signal,
The display timing is synchronized with the horizontal synchronizing signal and the vertical synchronizing signal, and a color image is displayed by the RGB image signal.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 4, the color document image displayed on the CRT 8 is checked (S18). If the color is not OK, the contents of the format information part of the document are stored in the CRT 8 in FIG. The character color is clicked by using the pointing device 5 as shown in FIG. 6, and the palette is displayed as shown in FIG. 8, and the character color is selected again. In FIG. 5, the part other than the character color designation part is a part of the format information necessary for a normal black-and-white document.

According to a part of this format information, the height of the printing plate is the step height, and the width is (step width × number of steps) + interval × (number of steps−1). The attributes of the characters are the format elements body, major heading, middle heading,
The heading size and line spacing can be set differently for subheading 1, subheading 2, subheading 3, pillar 1, pillar 2, pillar 3, and foliage. Line formatting can also be set for left-sided, right-sided, centered, and adjusted groups. You can select and set one of them. In addition, the number of lines that can be displayed on the printing plate is step height ÷ (converted to mm in character size + mm converted between lines) rounded down.

Now, the contents of the format information part of the document are displayed on the CRT 8 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, and at the same time, a color palette for displaying the character color is displayed as shown in FIG. If the character color to be changed is in this palette, the color portion is indicated by the pointing device 5 and clicked. If not, the previous palette indicator 401 or the later palette indicator 4
Click 02 to turn over the palette and search for the desired color suitable for the text. If found, the color part is indicated by the pointing device 5 and clicked. The clicked character color information is set as a portlet number 251 and a color number 252 in the character color information section of FIG. At this time, the sixth display is also changed. With this new text color information
The character color information section in the format information section of FIG. 7 in FD10 or HD11 and the character color information section in the format information section on PMEM2 are updated (S16), and the document is once again color-CRT-displayed with the new character colors.
8 is displayed (S19). This process is repeated until the adjustment of the character color is completed.

If the text color displayed on CRT8 becomes appropriate (S1
8) Output to the color printer 14 (S19). The output of the color printer will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
The CPU 1 develops, for example, 4-bit color image data per pixel into the IMEM 13. The color image data on the IMEM 13 is read out by the control circuit 33 in synchronization with the print timing of the color printer 14, and the color pallets 31,
It is applied to the color printer 14 via the print I / F 32 and printed. The IMEM 13 is composed of, for example, 4692 dots.times.6614 lines.times.4 bits, and can develop 16 color images on A3 paper at a resolution of 400 dpi. The image data read from the IMEM 13 is converted into a serial signal in accordance with the printing order of the color printer 14 and applied to the color pallet 31. The color pallet is constituted by a look-up table, and selects 16 colors from 4096 colors represented by, for example, 4 bits for each RGB color. Via the control circuit 33,
By changing the color palette 31, 16 selected colors can be switched. The image signal converted by the color pallet 13 is applied to the printer I / F 32 as a 4-bit digital image signal for each color of RGB. The printer I / F 32 sends the above-described RGB image signal and the printer control signal from the control circuit 33 to the color printer 14. Color printer 14
Is a color printer capable of reproducing 4096 colors, for example, and various types of color printers such as a color LBP (color laser beam printer), a thermal transfer type color printer, and an ink jet type color printer can be used. The color printer 14 prints an actual print by combining three primary colors of Y (yellow), M (magenta), and C (cyan). Therefore, after a color image signal input as an RGB additive color image signal is converted into a YMC subtractive color image signal, printing is performed.

 The above is the printer output process.

Next, it is checked whether the character color output to the color printer 14 is appropriate (S20). If the character color is not appropriate, the process returns to S4 for correction. When the adjustment of the printer output character color is completed (S2
0), if there is another document to be input (S21), the process returns to S1 to perform processing. In the FD 10 or HD 11, document data and its format information section are stored as shown in FIG. That is, the document data starts from the address indicated by the head position of the document data in the header for each document. In the document data, for example, first, in FIG. 7, there is a major heading instruction command indicating that major heading data follows, followed by the main body of the major heading data. Next, there is a subheading instruction command indicating that the subheading data continues, followed by the main body of the subheading data. Next, there is a body instruction command indicating that the body data follows, followed by the body data.

The format information section starts from the address indicated by the format information head position in the header of each document. For example, in FIG. 7, the format information section includes the format information shown in FIG. 5, namely, top information, throat information, step number information, step width information, step height information, step information, and text, major heading, middle heading, and subheading 1. The subheading 2, the subheading 3, the pillar 1, the pillar 2, the pillar 3, the size of the character for each page, the line spacing information, and information such as a palette number 251 and a color number 252 are stored as character color information.

Further, the color information as a part of the format information may include the color information of the background color described in the third embodiment.

Embodiment 2 Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows the configuration between the system bus 7 and the color CRT 8 in more detail in FIG. 1 and the system bus in FIG. FIG. 3 shows the configuration between the color printer 7 and the color printer 14 in more detail, but since it has been described in detail in the first embodiment, it will not be described here.

Next, the overall flow of the processing of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 10A is a flowchart for explaining the overall operation of the CPU 1 when registering a format library. First, the existing document or the new document paper ion displayed on the CRT 8 is clicked using the pointing device 5 (S5).
1) Yes. The contents of the format information section as shown in FIG. 5 are displayed (S52). If you enter anything other than the text color in the format information section (S
53), the character color on the CRT 8 is clicked with the pointing device 5 to display a palette as shown in FIG. 8 (S54),
An appropriate color is designated (S55), and the character color of the format information section is set (S56). When the setting of the format information section is completed, a format library index name for registering the contents of the format information section in the format library is added (S57), and the contents of the format information section are registered in the format library (S58). Here, it is confirmed whether the registration is completed (S59). If not completed, the process returns to S52 and repeats until the completion.

To select a character color from the pallet, if the character color to be changed is within this pallet, the color portion is indicated by the pointing device 5 and clicked. If not, the part of the palette instructing unit 401 before or after the palette instructing unit 402 is clicked to turn over the palette and search for a desired color suitable for the character. If found, the color portion is indicated by the pointing device 5 and clicked. The clicked character color information is stored in the character color information section of FIG.
1. Set as color number 252.

Next, FIG. 10 (b) is a flowchart illustrating the overall operation of the CPU 1 when calling the format library.
This will be described in detail.

First, an existing document and a new document paper icon are displayed on the CRT 8 to specify the document, and the icon to be worked on is clicked using the pointing device 5 to specify the document (S60). The designated document is temporarily read into the PMEM 2 from the floppy disk 10 or the hard disk 11, and the document is input / changed (S61). Here, in accordance with the instruction to display the format library, a plurality of formats of the library are collectively displayed in the icon format based on the color information and the format element as shown in FIG. 11 (S62). Here, the color information such as the text and the headline of the format information in FIG. 5 is displayed together with other format elements as much as possible. End instruction here (S63)
If there is no, the process proceeds to a format instruction, and an icon corresponding to a specific format is clicked using the pointing device 5 to specify the format (S64).

The format instructed in this way is registered in the format information section of the document specified in S60, and based on this, the document data is specifically developed in the VRAM 9 including the color information and output to the CRT 8 (S6).
Five).

Here, if it is not OK (S66), the process returns to S62 and repeats from the call of the format library until it becomes appropriate. Alternatively, the format once called from the library may be partially modified. Then, it may be registered according to the flowchart of FIG. 10 (a). If OK (S66), S67
And output to the color printer 14 (S67).

Next, if OK (S68), it is checked whether there is another format to be called (S69). If there is another format to be called, the process returns to S60 and repeats.

Document data and its format information are stored in the FD 10 or HD 11 as shown in FIG.

The color information that is a part of the format information section may include the color information of the background color described in the third embodiment.

Embodiment 3 A preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows the configuration between the system bus 7 and the color CRT 8 in more detail in FIG. 1 and the system bus in FIG. FIG. 3 shows the configuration between the color printer 7 and the color printer 14 in more detail, but since it has been described in detail in the first embodiment, it will not be described here.

 An overall flow of the processing of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of the CPU 1. First, in a document processing apparatus in which an existing document and a new document paper icon are displayed on the CRT 8 to specify a document, an icon to be worked is clicked using the pointing device 5 to specify the document ( S71).
The designated document is once read into the PMEM 2 from the floppy disk 10 or the hard disk 11, and the document is input and changed (S72). From specified document FD10 or HD11 to PMEM2
An input other than the color of the format element related to the paper of the format information section read in (1) is performed (S73). The format elements relating to the paper in the format information section are displayed as shown in FIG. 13, and the paper size, paper direction, print format, and background color can be specified. Here, when the display portion of the background color is clicked using the pointing device 5, the palette is displayed as shown in FIG. 8 (S74).
When the pointing device 5 is clicked on the selected color, the color number is displayed on the background color display section of FIG. 13 (S7).
5) The background color of the paper in the format information is specified (S76).

Next, the information about the character set in the format information section is displayed as shown in Fig. 14, and the main text, major heading, middle heading, subheading 1, subheading 2, subheading 3, pillar 1, pillar 2, pillar 3, page number, etc. Is referred to as a format element. However, the number of subheadings and pillars may be singular, plural or any number.), Line spacing, font and color can be designated (S77). Unspecified format elements are displayed in a single color, for example, black. Here, when the text color display portion of the format information section is clicked using the pointing device 5, a palette is displayed as shown in FIG. 8 (S78), and when the pointing device 5 is clicked on the color to be selected. The color number is indicated on the character color display section of the format information section (S79), and the color portion of the format information is designated (S80). Here, the entire format information section is FD10 or HD1
Register or update to 1 (S81). Based on the information in the format information section registered in this way, the document data is specifically developed in the VRAM 9 including the color information and output to the CRT 8 (S82).

The color document image displayed on the CRT 8 is checked (S83). If the color is not OK, the contents of the format information section of the document are displayed on the CRT 8 as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, and the background color or the character is displayed. The color is clicked using the pointing device 5 to display the palette as shown in FIG. 8, and the character color is selected again. In FIG. 14, the part other than the character color designation part is part of the format information necessary for a normal black-and-white document.

According to a part of this format information, the height of the printing plate is the step height, and the width is (step width × number of steps) + interval × (number of steps−1). The attributes of the characters are the format elements body, major heading, middle heading,
The heading size and line spacing can be set differently for subheading 1, subheading 2, subheading 3, pillar 1, pillar 2, pillar 3, and foliage. Line formatting can also be set for left-sided, right-sided, centered, and adjusted groups. You can select and set one of them. In addition, the number of lines that can be displayed on the printing plate is step height ÷ (converted to mm in character size + mm converted between lines) rounded down.

Now, the contents of the format information part of the document are displayed on the CRT 8 as shown in FIG. 13 or FIG. 14, and at the same time, the color palette for displaying the background color or the character color is displayed as shown in FIG. The operation will be described in more detail. If the background color or the character color to be changed is in this palette, the color portion is indicated by the pointing device 5 and clicked. If not, the part of the palette instructing unit 401 before or after the palette instructing unit 402 is clicked to turn over the palette and search for a desired color suitable for the character. If found, the color part is indicated by the pointing device 5 and clicked. The clicked character color information is stored in the background color information in FIG. 13 or the pallet number 25 in the character color information section in FIG.
1. Set as color number 252. With this new background color information and character color information that has been set, the 15th in FD10 or HD11
Background color information, character color information section in the format information section of the figure, and
The background color information and the character color information section in the format information section on PMEM2 are updated (S81), and the document is again colored C with the new character color.
Display on RT8 (S82). This process is repeated until the adjustment of the character color is completed.

If the character color displayed on CRT8 becomes appropriate (S8
3) Output to the color printer 14 (S84).

Next, it is checked whether the character color output to the color printer 14 is appropriate (S85). If the character color is not appropriate, the process returns to S73 and corrects. After adjusting the printer output character color (S8
5) If there is another document to be input, return to S71 and perform the processing.
In FD10 or HD11, document data and its format information
It is stored as shown in Figure 15. That is, the document data starts from the address indicated by the document data head position in the header of each document. In the document data, for example, first in FIG. 15, there is a major heading instruction command indicating that major heading data follows, followed by the main body of the major heading data. Next, there is a subheading instruction command indicating that the subheading data continues, followed by the main body of the subheading data. Next, there is a body instruction command indicating that the body data follows, followed by the body data.

The format information section starts from the address indicated by the format information head position in the header of each document. For example, in FIG. 15, the format information portion includes information on the paper size, paper orientation, print format, and background color shown in FIG. 14, and the format information shown in FIG. 15, ie, top information, throat information, number of steps information, step width information, It has column height information, column height information, and text, major heading, middle heading, subheading 1, subheading 2, subheading 3, pillar 1, pillar 2, pillar 3, character size for each fomb, line spacing and line type information. Information such as a palette number 251 and a color number 252 is stored as color information.

1. As described above, the contents of the format information section consisting of color information and format elements are easily guided and displayed visually, while confirming changes in the mode accompanying changes in format information including color information. The effect is that format information can be set.

2. As described above, the contents of the format information section composed of color information and format elements are easily guided and displayed visually, while confirming the change in the mode due to the change of the format information including the color information. The effect is that format information can be set.

3. As described above, the text color of a document can be easily displayed by visually displaying and selecting the content of one or a plurality of format information including the color information including the color information. There is an effect that can be changed collectively.

4. As described above, the text color of the document can be easily displayed by visually displaying and selecting the content of one or more format information including the color information including the color information. There is an effect that can be changed collectively.

[Effect of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, by specifying the color information of the format element included in the format information, the area for displaying the color information of the format element and the output mode of the format information are shown. By displaying the corresponding part of the figure with the color based on the designated color information, the color on the format information and the color on the figure showing the output mode are matched while ensuring the operability. Good color instructions can be given.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document processing apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a more detailed block diagram of a color CRT portion of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram of a color printer portion of FIG. Fig. 4 is a flow chart showing the character color change process. Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the display of the document format information section on the CRT. FIG. 7 is a first exemplary view of a disk file format of a document, FIG. 8 is an exemplary view of a color palette displayed on a CRT, FIG. 9 is a configuration view of a color printer, and FIG. ) Is a flowchart showing a format library registration process. FIG. 10 (b) is a flowchart showing a format library display / setting process. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a format library icon display on a CRT. Indicates the background color and text color change processing. Fig. 13 is an example of the display of elements related to paper in the document format information section on the CRT, Fig. 14 is an example of display of elements related to the character set of the document format information section on the CRT, and Fig. 15 is the document disk. -It is the 2nd illustration figure of a file format.

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(57) [Claims] 1. A format information storage unit for storing format information including a plurality of format elements having color information, and the format information and a diagram showing an output mode of the format information are associated with a display screen of a display unit. Display control means for displaying color information of a format element of the format information displayed on the display screen, and a color based on the color information specified by the color specification means. A document processing apparatus comprising: an area for displaying color information of a format element of information; and color display means for displaying a corresponding part of a diagram showing an output mode of the format information. 2. A registration unit for registering a plurality of format information in the format information storage unit, and a batch display for displaying the plurality of format information registered by the registration unit in a layout state on the display screen collectively. Means, and selecting means for selecting one layout from the plurality of layouts displayed on the display screen, wherein the display control means comprises: format information corresponding to the layout selected by the selecting means; 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a diagram showing an output mode of the format information is displayed on the display screen. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the format element includes background color information. 4. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the format element is one of a text, a headline, a head, and a page. 5. Format information comprising a plurality of format elements having color information is stored in format information storage means, and the format information and a diagram showing an output mode of the format information are associated with a display screen of a display means. The color information of the format element of the format information displayed on the display screen is designated by a color designating means, and the format of the format information in a color based on the color information designated by the color designating means. A document processing method characterized by displaying an area for displaying color information of an element and a corresponding part of a diagram showing an output mode of the format information. 6. A plurality of format information is registered in the format information storage means, and the registered plurality of format information is collectively displayed on the display screen in a layout state, and is displayed on the display screen. 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein one layout is selected from a plurality of layouts, and format information corresponding to the selected layout and a diagram showing an output mode of the format information are displayed on the display screen. Document processing method. 7. The document processing method according to claim 5, wherein the format element includes color information of a background. 8. The document processing method according to claim 5, wherein the format element is one of a text, a headline, a head, and a page.