JP3243805B2 - Document creation device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document printing apparatus capable of setting a mark on a created document and printing a document using the mark.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in a document creation apparatus such as a word processor, storage capacity and the like have increased due to advances in hardware, and in order to make it possible to efficiently edit long documents such as various research reports and papers. A screen operation function, an editing function, and a printing function with good operability are required.

Conventionally, when printing a created document, there has been a method of designating a page to be printed by designating a page number to be printed in a range.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional technique, when a page to be printed is designated,
The user had to remember in advance how many pages to print. For this reason, it is rare that an accurate page number is normally stored. Therefore, when printing a created document already stored in a floppy disk or the like, the document is temporarily edited and displayed on a screen. It is troublesome to start printing after confirming and recording the page numbers, or to put them in the editing state each time. Therefore, it is actually necessary to print all the pages even if they are some pages of the created document. It was taking such a method. For this reason, when the former method is used, there is a problem that printing procedures are many and operability is poor, and in the latter case, there is a problem that it is uneconomical because paper is consumed more than necessary. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, to enable a user to set a mark in a prepared document in advance on a page deemed necessary, and to use this to print a page by a simple operation. It is possible to provide a document printing apparatus which can specify the number of pages to be printed and does not need to memorize each page number to be printed.

[0006]

The object of the present invention is to store a mark set by the mark setting canceling means as mark information in a storage unit as part of information of a created document, and to store the mark information in a page.
Marking sorting means for sorting in the order of numbers or in the order of marking types consisting of numbers, and displaying, on the display means, a layout display of all the markings covering a plurality or a plurality of pages in the pages sorted by the marking sorting means. Is achieved by

[0007]

The mark setting canceling means adds a mark to the page specified by the user or removes the mark, and the set mark is used as mark information as part of the information of the created document. Stored in the storage unit. Further, since the mark page printing means prints only the marked pages at the time of printing the created document, it is possible to assign a mark in advance to the page to be printed, so that the page number is not specified each time at the time of printing. It is also possible to easily print only the marked page. Further, this makes it possible to save the trouble of storing the number of the page to be printed or recording it on a memo sheet or the like.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a keyboard and mouse input unit for inputting characters, commands, and the like, and 2 denotes a clock unit for holding the current date. Reference numeral 3 denotes a storage unit such as a semiconductor memory or a magnetic storage device. The storage unit 3 includes document data 31 containing information on a document currently being edited, and includes document management data 32 for managing information on the number of pages of the document. Page management data 33 for managing page information such as the number of areas in the page, area management data 34 for managing area information such as the area type and position in the page, and areas that are individual contents of each area There is element data 35.
Also, display page data 36 for storing the page currently displayed in layout, mark target designation data 37 for storing the area number of the mark in the designated state, page number of the page to which the mark in the designated state is attached Designated page data 38 for storing the mark, mark display position calculation data 39 for storing information for displaying the mark so as not to overlap the right end of the page when calculating the mark display position, and mark position for storing the mark display position information. Data 40, mark display condition data 41 for storing the conditions for displaying the mark, display mark data 42 for storing the display level of the mark and the area number of the mark to be displayed, information temporarily stored when the page is cut off and taken out. And a registered document storage buffer 44 for storing registered documents. Next, reference numeral 5 denotes a control unit such as a microprocessor for controlling the above-mentioned units, and an editing control unit 51 for controlling the creation and editing of various documents. A character control unit 52 for controlling; a graphic control unit 53 for controlling input and editing of graphics; a mark editing control unit 54 for controlling input and editing of landmarks; an area editing control for controlling editing of areas such as character areas and graphic areas Part 5
5, a page editing control unit 56 for controlling page editing, a clock control unit 57 for reading current time information from the clock unit 2, a display control unit 58 for controlling the display unit 6, and printing for controlling the printing unit 7. There is a control unit 59. Here, the character control unit 52, the figure control unit 53, the mark edit control unit 54, the area edit control unit 55,
The page editing control unit 56 updates the data of the document data 31. Reference numeral 6 denotes a display unit such as a CRT display for displaying document information such as characters, figures, and marks, and page frames. Reference numeral 7 denotes a printing unit such as a printer that prints the input contents.

Next, an input method using a keyboard and a mouse which are input units in the Japanese word processor of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The keyboard includes a character key 61, a scroll key 62, a cursor key 63, an execution key 64, a cancel key 65, a screen operation key 66 for performing a screen operation, a document at the position of the key cursor, and a character in the document. There are a designation key 67, a release key 68, and the like used for designating and releasing a mark area and the like. Pressing these keys performs corresponding processing. The mouse has two buttons, designated and released, respectively.
By pressing the specification button 69 and the release button 70, respectively, the document, area, etc. at the position of the mouse cursor can be specified and released.

Next, a process of starting a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied, and creating, editing, and printing a document will be described with reference to FIG.

When the Japanese word processor is started, first, the edit control unit 51 is started, and the storage units 3 other than the registered document storage buffer 45 are initialized (step 101).
The initial menu screen (FIG. 28) is displayed (step 10).
2) Wait for an edit instruction from the input unit 1 (step 10)
3). Here, an input instruction from the user is determined (step 104), and when a new document is instructed, a document editing process of the new document is performed (step 105). Step 1
If a document update / print is instructed in 03, a document list screen (FIG. 29) is displayed (step 106), and an input wait state is set (step 107). Here, an input instruction from the user is determined (step 108), and when a document update is instructed, a document editing process of the registered document is performed (step 1).
09). Further, when printing of a document is instructed in step 107, the registered document is printed (step 110). After completing each process for the registered document, the process returns to the document list screen (FIG. 29) again (step 106), and waits for input (step 107). Further, in step 107, a cancel is instructed, or a document editing process of a newly created document (step 105)
Is completed, the process returns to the initial menu screen (FIG. 28) (step 102) and waits for an input (step 10).
3).

Next, the document editing process of a newly created document and a registered document will be described with reference to FIG.

The editing control unit 51 first determines whether the user's instruction is a new creation or a document update, and creates the document data 31 corresponding to each of them (step 121).

Here, the structure of the document data 31 will be described with reference to FIG.

The document data 31 is composed of document management data 32 for managing information in the document and page data 71 which is page-by-page data, and these are managed in the order of page numbers. Each page data 71 is composed of page management data 33 for managing information in the page and area data 72 which is data in units of areas in the page, and these are managed in the order of area numbers. Each area data 72 includes area management data 34 for managing information in an area such as an area number and area element data 35 which is the content of the area.
It consists of. In the present invention, a mark is treated as a kind of area.

Here, the page management data 33 and the area data 7
2, and the mark data that is the area element data 35 when the type is a mark will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the page management data 33 has head area information 73 and tail area information 74, and the number of areas in the page and the area number are managed using the information. Each area has the area data 72 composed of the area management data 34 and the area element data 35 as described above. The area management data 34 includes the position information of the area, the type of data created in the area, For example, information on types such as characters, figures, and markers is managed, and the area element data 35 includes character data 75 and graphic data 7 as elements of each area.
6, landmark data 77 and the like. Here is this landmark data 7
Numeral 7 denotes a mark head page 78 and a mark end page 79 which are the head and tail page numbers of the page range indicated by the mark, a mark type 80 which is the number of the group to which the mark belongs, and a date 8 when the mark is set.
1. Manage the information of the memo information 82 of the landmark.

In step 121, in the case of new creation, document data of only one page is created as initial data as document data 31 to be edited, and in the case of document updating, the document data to be updated is stored in a registered document. It is called from the buffer 45 and is created as the document data 31 to be edited. At this time, the display page data 36 and the display mark data 42, which are data relating to the initial display, are initialized.

When these initial processes are completed, the edit control unit 51 displays the document on the display unit 6 in a layout (step 1).
22) If the updated document has a mark, the mark is displayed (step 123), and the edit mode selection menu (FIG. 3)
0) is displayed (step 124), and an edit instruction from the input unit 1 is waited for (step 125). If there is an input from the user, the content is determined by the edit control unit 51 (step 12).
6) When a character is designated, the character control unit 52 is activated to perform character input and edit processing (step 127). When a figure is designated, the graphic control unit 53 is activated to enter a figure and perform input. An edit process is performed (step 128). When a marker edit is instructed, the marker edit control unit 54 is activated to perform a mark input and edit process (step 129). The section 55 is activated to edit an area such as a character or figure (step 130). When a screen operation is instructed, the display control section 58 is activated to control display by screen operation processing (step 131). When printing is instructed, the print control unit 59 is activated to print the document being edited (step 132). When page editing is instructed, the page editing control unit 56 is activated to perform page-by-page editing processing. (Step 133), and There is instructed, the editing control unit 51 stores document data 31 being edited by starting the registration document storage buffer 45 (step 134). When the mark is designated / released by the key or the input unit 1 of the mouse, the designation / release processing of the mark is performed (step 135). When the processing is completed, the next input wait state is set (step 125). Further, when the designation button of the mouse is continuously pressed twice on the mark (hereinafter, referred to as “continuous twice designation”), the display control unit 58 is activated to perform the screen operation processing, and the designated mark is given. The screen display is switched to the current page (step 13).
1). When the above processes are completed, a layout is displayed (step 122), a mark is displayed (step 123), and an edit mode selection menu (FIG. 30) is displayed (step 124), and an input wait state is set (step 125). .
If the end is instructed in step 125, the created document data is stored in the registered document storage buffer 45, and an editing end process for finishing the editing of the document is performed (step 136).

Here, the layout display processing for displaying page frames, characters, graphic areas, and marks on the display unit 6 will be described with reference to FIG. 11 (step 122).

First, the display page number is obtained from the display page data 36 (step 141), the page frame of the page is displayed (step 142), and the number of areas in the display page is obtained from the page management data 33 (step 142). Step 143). Next, an area within the page frame is displayed. First, data is obtained for an area in the display page (step 145). If the type of the area is other than a mark (step 146), display of the area, for example, if a character area, display of characters is performed. If it is an area, a graphic is displayed (step 147). This is performed for all areas in the displayed page (step 144), and layout display processing is performed.

Next, a mark editing process (step 129) for performing processing such as attaching or removing a mark to a page, grouping a mark, and adding a memo to the mark will be described with reference to FIG. Will be explained.

When mark editing is designated in the editing mode selection menu (FIG. 30), a mark editing menu screen (FIG. 31)
Is displayed (step 201), and an input wait state is set (step 202). If there is an input from the user, the content is determined by the edit control unit 51 (step 203), and when the paste of the mark is instructed, the mark is pasted and edited (step 204), and the removal of the mark is instructed. Then, a marker removal editing process is performed (step 205). When a marker removal is instructed, a marker removal editing process is performed (step 206).
A mark memo / type change process is performed (step 207). When a screen operation is instructed, a screen operation process is performed (step 208). When the user instructs designation / release of a mark (step 202), the user performs mark designation / release processing (step 209), and waits for the next input (step 202). When each process is completed, a landmark edit menu screen (FIG. 31) is displayed (step 20).
1), and enters an input waiting state (step 202). Also,
When cancellation is instructed in step 202, the mark editing process ends.

Next, the processing content of each function specified on the mark edit menu screen (FIG. 31) will be described.

First, the mark attaching process (step 204) for attaching a mark to the displayed page will be described with reference to FIG. When the user instructs to paste a mark, a mark type / memo setting screen (FIG. 32) is displayed (step 21).
1), and enters an input waiting state (step 212). By setting the range of the page indicated by the mark on the mark type / memo setting screen (FIG. 32) in the mark range of FIG. 32, only the page to which the mark is added is displayed or a certain page range is set. Can be specified. FIG. 32
By setting the type of the mark, the mark can be classified into groups, and by setting the mark memo in FIG. 32, memo information can be added to the mark (step 214). When the execution is instructed after the setting of each item of FIG. 32 (step 212), the input instruction is determined (step 213), the display page data 36 is obtained (step 215), and the area management is performed in the corresponding page. The data 34 and the area element data 35 are created. Here, the contents of the area element data 35 are stored in the mark head page 78, mark end page 79, mark type 80 and mark memo 82 of the mark data 77 based on the information set in FIG. In 81, the current date is stored by the clock control unit 57 from the clock unit 2 as the date when the mark is pasted (step 216). Then, the display mark data 42 is updated (step 217), and the mark is displayed (step 218), whereby the mark is pasted on the displayed page. Further, when the cancellation is instructed in step 212, the mark pasting process ends.

Here, the display mark data 42, which is information for displaying the mark, will be described with reference to FIG.

The display mark data 42 includes "marker not displayed" in which no mark is displayed, "marker simplified display" in which only the mark, the page having the mark, and the date of the mark are displayed.
"Detailed landmark display" that displays a landmark and all the information of the landmark
Of these, a mark display level 93 indicating which level is to be displayed, a display mark number 94 indicating the number of marks to be displayed, and a mark number 95 indicating an area number of the mark are stored.
Therefore, at the time of updating the display mark data 42 at the time of pasting the mark (step 217), the number of display marks 94 is increased by one, and the area number of the pasted mark is added to the one of the mark numbers 95. .

Next, the display of a mark on the layout screen based on the mark display level 93 of the display mark data 42 (step 218) will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the mark display level 93 is "no display".
In the case of, the mark display ends without performing anything (step 1).
51). If the mark display level 93 is other than "no display", an initial process of setting 0 to the mark display count is performed (step 152), and the following processes are displayed by the number of the display marks 94 (step 153). First, when the mark display level 93 is "simplified display", the display position of the mark is calculated so that the mark is displayed on the right end of the page without overlapping the marks (step 154), and the mark is calculated in step 154. A mark frame is displayed at the position indicated by the mark position data 40 (step 155). Next, the mark data 77 is obtained (step 156), and the page number is displayed in the mark frame by referring to the mark top page 78 and the mark end page 79 (step 157), and the date is added after the page number in the mark. 81 is displayed (step 15)
8). When the "simplified display" finishes these displays (step 159), one is added to the mark display count (step 16).
2) These processes are performed for the number of display marks 94 (step 153), and the mark display processing ends. When the mark display level 91 is “detailed display”, the above step 1 is performed.
Steps 52 to 159 are performed to display the mark, the page number, and the date at the position indicated by the mark position data 40 obtained in Step 154, and thereafter, after the date in the mark, the mark type 8
0 and (Step 156) the mark memo 82 is displayed (Step 161), and 1 is added to the mark display count (Step 16).
2) These processes are performed for the number of display marks 94 (step 153), and the process ends. Thus, when "no display" is displayed, no mark is displayed, and when "simple display", a mark with only the page and date of the mark is displayed (FIG. 4).
0), at the time of "detailed display", a mark with the page, date, type, and memo of the mark is displayed (FIG. 41).

Next, a mark position calculation process (step 154) for calculating the position where the mark is displayed and storing the calculated position in the mark position data 40 will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, referring to FIG. 6, a description will be given of the mark display position calculation data 39 which is data necessary for displaying a mark at the right end of the page at the time of calculating the mark position and preventing the marks from overlapping.

The mark display position calculation data 39 includes a first mark display position 87, which is position information for displaying the first mark above the right end of the page, and a vertical mark between marks so that the marks do not overlap in the vertical direction. Marker vertical interval 88, which is the interval, marker horizontal interval 89, which is the horizontal interval between the marks so that the marks do not overlap in the horizontal direction, and the maximum number of marks that can be displayed in one column, the maximum number of marks that can be displayed in one column It is composed of Expression 90.

Next, the mark position calculation processing will be described with reference to FIG. First, the column number and the row number of the mark to be displayed are calculated (step 171). This is to obtain the column number and the row number of the landmark to be displayed by using the landmark display count initially set in step 152 of FIG. 12 and added by one in step 162. The quotient is stored in the landmark column number, and the remainder is stored in the landmark line number, instead of the maximum number in one column display 90. next,
The marker position data 40 is updated based on the marker column number and the marker line number. First, the vertical data includes a mark vertical interval 88.
Mark initial display position 8 multiplied by mark line number
7 plus the ordinate is stored (step 17).
2). In the horizontal direction data, a value obtained by multiplying the mark horizontal interval 89 by the mark row number and adding the horizontal coordinate of the mark initial display position 87 is stored (step 172). As a result, a value calculated so that the mark is not overlapped at the right end of the page is stored in the mark position data 40.

Now, a screen when a mark is set here will be described using an example. For example, as shown in FIG.
When the page is displayed, first, the user instructs to edit the mark in FIG. 30, and instructs to paste the mark in FIG.
When the content of the mark data is set in step (3), a mark is attached to the right end of the first page as shown in FIG. 43, and the information set in FIG. 32 is displayed on the mark. Here, the display of the date is omitted in the drawing. Also, by using this pasting of the mark and the page switching by the screen operation, the mark can be pasted to another page other than the displayed page, and at this time, the mark is displayed without overlapping the original pasted mark. . For example,
When the mark is attached to the first page as shown in FIG. 43, the screen is switched to the third page (FIG. 44), and if the user instructs to attach the mark, a new mark is attached to the third page.
At this time, the mark does not overlap with the mark of the first page which was originally attached by the mark position calculation processing in step 154. Further, a plurality of marks can be attached to one page. This is because a plurality of marks can be pasted on one page as shown in FIG. 46 by instructing the pasting of the mark again while the page with the mark is already displayed (FIG. 43). . In addition, the range of the page indicated by the mark may not only indicate the page to which the mark is attached, but may also indicate a certain range of pages. This is Figure 3
When a plurality of pages are set in the page range of the mark in step 2, marks indicating a plurality of continuous pages can be pasted with one mark (FIG. 47).

Next, the mark removal processing (step 205) for removing the designated mark will be described with reference to FIG. When the removal of the mark is instructed, a mark designation message screen (FIG. 33) is displayed (step 221), and an input wait state for designating the mark to be removed is made (step 222). Here, an input instruction from the user is determined (step 223), and in the case of designation / release of a mark, mark designation / release processing is performed (step 224). If the user wants to switch the page to the page with the mark to be removed and check the contents of the page, the user switches the page by the screen operation processing and confirms it (step 225). At this time, when the mark designation / cancellation processing and the screen operation processing are completed, an input waiting state is set (step 222). Here, execution is instructed in step 222, and if there is a mark in the designated state (step 226),
The designated mark number is acquired from the designated mark designation data 37 (step 227), the area data of the marked area is deleted, and the document data is updated (step 228). If the marked is displayed, the mark is displayed. The display mark number 94 of the mark data 42 is updated, the area number of the mark is deleted from the mark number 95 (step 229), the mark is displayed (step 230), and the mark removing process is completed. Also,
When cancel is instructed in step 222, or when execution is instructed but there is no mark in the designated state (step 2
26) ends the process without doing anything.

Here, the processing when the mark is designated / released (Step 209, and when the mark is removed, Step 224)
Will be described with reference to FIG.

First, when a mark is specified, the position of the cursor at that time is obtained (step 231), the mark number of the mark at that position is obtained (step 232), and the mark target specifying data 37 is updated based on the obtained number. (Step 2
33) The page number of the page with the designated mark is stored in the target designated page data 38 (step 234), and then the designated mark is displayed in the designated mark state (step 235) and processed. Finish.

Here, the mark target designation data 37 and the target designation page data 38 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the mark target designation data 37 stores a target designation mark number 83 indicating the number of the mark in the designated state, and a mark number 84 indicating the area number of the mark. The target designated page data 38 stores a target designated page number 85 indicating the number of marked pages in the designated state, and a page number 86 indicating the number of marked pages. At this time, if the page number to be stored already exists in the target designated page data 38, the page number having the designated mark in the target designated page data 38 is not overlapped. To be stored. Further, when the page range of the designated mark is a plurality of page ranges, all pages in the corresponding range are stored in the target designated page data 38.

That is, every time one is specified, step 2
In 33, the number of target designated landmarks 83 increases by one, and the landmark number 8
In step 23, the area number of the designated mark is added.
In step 4, the first page 78 and the last page 79 of the designated mark are obtained, and the page numbers in the page range are compared with the page number 86 in the target designated page data 38, and the page number 86 is obtained.
If there is no page with the specified mark, the number of pages
The number of target designated pages 85 is increased, and the page number is changed to page number 8
Add to 6.

Next, when the designation of the mark is released, first, the position of the cursor at that time is obtained (step 231).
The landmark number of the landmark at that position is obtained (step 23).
2), the mark number 84 in the mark target designation data 37
If there is a canceled mark in the mark number 84, the number of target designated mark numbers 83 is reduced by one, and the mark number 84
(Step 23)
3). Next, target designation page data 38 is newly created for all the marks (step 234), and the mark for which cancellation is instructed is displayed with no mark designation (step 23).
5) Finish the processing.

Here, the screen when the mark is designated, released, and the mark is removed will be described using an example. For example, when a mark is attached as shown in FIG. 48, the cursor is moved to one mark (FIG. 49), and when the designation key 67 or the designation button 69 of the mouse is pressed there, the mark is set to the designated state. (FIG. 50). Conversely, when one mark is in the designated state (FIG. 50), the cursor is moved to the designated mark (FIG. 51), and when the release key 68 or the mouse release button 70 is pressed there, ,
The mark is released (FIG. 48). When one mark is designated as shown in FIG. 50, if a mark removal is instructed, the one with the designated mark removed is displayed as shown in FIG.

Next, with reference to FIG. 18, a description will be given, with reference to FIG. 18, of a process for removing the mark (step 206) without removing the mark when the attached mark is unnecessary. When the mark removal is instructed, all the area data of the mark type is deleted, and the document data is updated (step 24).
1) Initialize the display mark data 42 (step 24)
2), delete all the displayed marks (step 24)
3).

By using this, unnecessary marks can be removed at once. For example, if two marks are attached as shown in FIG. 48 and the marks are unnecessary, and a batch removal is instructed, all the marks are erased and the state becomes as shown in FIG.

Next, a marker type indicating the page range of the marker and the marker group, and a marker memo for changing the memo information of the marker.
The type change process (step 207) will be described with reference to FIG. When the mark memo / type is designated, a mark designation message screen (FIG. 33) is displayed (step 25).
1) A state of waiting for input for designating a mark for changing a memo, a type, etc. of the mark is entered (step 252). Here, an input instruction from the user is determined (step 25).
3) If it is a designation / release of a mark, a mark designation / release processing is performed (step 254). When the user wants to view a page having a mark whose mark or type is to be changed, the user can view the page by instructing a screen operation and switching the page (step 255). At this time,
When the screen operation processing is completed, the input wait state is set (step 252). Execution is instructed in step 252, and if there is a mark in the specified state (step 256), mark target specification data 37 is obtained (step 257), and mark data 77 of the first mark in the mark target data 37 is obtained (step 258). Based on the data content, a mark type / memo setting screen (Fig. 3
2) is displayed (step 259), and input wait state is entered (step 260). On this mark type / memo setting screen (FIG. 32), the page range of the mark, the mark type, and the mark memo are set (step 262), and when execution is instructed (step 260), the input instruction is determined (step 26).
1) For the mark belonging to the mark number 84 of the mark target designation data 37, the information set in FIG. 32 is stored in the mark head page 78, mark end page 79, mark type 80, and mark memo 82 of the mark data 77, respectively. And at the same time date 81
, The current date is stored by the clock control unit 57 from the clock unit 2 as the date when the mark is pasted (step 26).
3) By displaying the mark again (step 2)
64) Change the memo / type of the mark. When canceling is instructed in step 260, a mark designation message screen is displayed.
(FIG. 33) is displayed (step 251), and an input waiting state is set (step 252). Further, when the cancellation is instructed in step 252 (step 253), or when the execution is instructed, but there is no mark of the designated state (step 25).
6) Finish the process without doing anything.

By using this, it is possible to change the type of the mark, the memo information, or the page range indicated by the mark. For example, one of the landmarks in FIG. 48 is designated (FIG.
0) Then, when a mark memo / type is designated, a screen shown in FIG. 32 is displayed, and by changing the contents on the screen, the information of the mark is changed as shown in FIG.

Next, a screen operation process (step 131) for switching the display of a page or a screen will be described with reference to FIG.

When a screen operation is instructed, it is determined whether or not the screen is designated by the mouse twice (Step 301). If the screen is designated by the mouse twice, switching to the page with the designated mark is performed. (Step 302). Otherwise, the screen operation menu screen (FIG. 34) is displayed (step 303), and an input wait state is set (step 3).
04). If there is an input from the user, the content is determined by the editing control unit 51 (step 305), and when the previous mark is instructed, the pre-mark processing is performed (step 306), and when the next mark is instructed, Next mark processing is performed (step 307).
When no mark display, simple mark display, and detailed mark display are instructed, the respective levels are stored in the mark display level 93 in the display mark data 42 (steps 308 to 310), and when the mark sort display is instructed. Then, a mark sort display process is performed (step 311). When a mark select display is instructed, a mark select display process is performed (step 311).
312) When the display of the landmark list is instructed, the landmark list editing process is performed (step 314). When other screen operations such as the previous page and the next page are instructed, the screen operation process corresponding to the operation is performed (step 314). 314). When the above processes are completed, layout display is performed (step 315), and a mark is displayed based on the display mark data 42 (step 31).
6) End the screen operation processing.

Here, the page switching process (step 302) by designating the mark twice consecutively with the mouse will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the position of the mouse cursor at the time of continuous twice designation is obtained (step 321), the number of the mark present there (step 322), and the page number having the mark are obtained (step 323). Is stored in the display page data 36 (step 324), and subsequently, by executing step 315, the page layout is displayed again and the page is switched.

When this is used, for example, when the cursor is moved to one of the marks in FIG. 48 (FIG. 49) and designation is performed twice in succession (FIG. 51), the designated mark as shown in FIG. The added third page is displayed.

Next, the processing content of each function specified on the screen operation menu screen (FIG. 34) will be described.

First, the pre-marking process (step 306) will be described with reference to FIG. When the front landmark is indicated,
The display page data 36 and the display mark data 42 (step 331) are obtained (step 332). If the displayed page has a display mark (step 333), the mark is displayed with the mark number 95 of the display mark data 42. A search is performed to obtain a landmark number (previous landmark) before the landmark (step 33).
4). If there is a previous landmark (step 335),
The page number assigned to the mark is stored in the display page data 36 (step 336), and the process is terminated. If there is no previous mark (step 335), the process ends without doing anything. If there is no display mark on the displayed page (step 333), the display mark data 42 is checked to see if there is a display mark on a page before the displayed page number, and if there is a display mark (step 333). 33
7) Among the marks before the displayed page number, the mark with the highest page number is obtained as the previous mark (step 338).
The page with the previous mark is stored in the display page data (step 33).
6), this process ends. If there is no display mark on the page before the displayed page number (step 337),
End this process without doing anything.

By using this, when the displayed page is marked, the displayed mark can be switched to the page with the previous mark. For example, in the case where the third page is displayed as shown in FIG. 53, when the previous mark is designated, the mark is attached to the page before the third page, and the displayed page is the closest page among the first page. Is switched (FIG. 54). If there is no mark on the displayed page, it is possible to switch to the page with the closest display mark among the pages ahead of the displayed page.

Next, the next mark processing (step 306) will be described with reference to FIG. When the next landmark is indicated,
The display page data 36 and the display mark data 42 (step 331) are obtained (step 332). If the displayed page has a display mark (step 333), the mark is displayed with the mark number 95 of the display mark data 42. Search and obtain the mark number (next mark) after the mark (step 33)
4). If there is a next landmark (step 335),
The page number assigned to the mark is stored in the display page data 36 (step 336), and the process is terminated. If there is no next landmark (step 335), the process ends without doing anything. If there is no display mark on the displayed page (step 333), the display mark data 42 is checked to see if there is a display mark on a page subsequent to the displayed page number, and if there is a display mark (step 333). 33
7) Among the marks after the displayed page number, the mark with the highest page number is acquired as the next mark (step 338).
The page with the next mark is stored in the display page data (step 33).
6), this process ends. If there is no display mark on a page subsequent to the displayed page number (step 337),
End this process without doing anything.

By using this, when a mark is attached to the displayed page, the displayed mark can be switched to the next marked page. For example, when the first page is displayed as shown in FIG. 54, when the next mark is designated, the mark is attached to the page after the first page, and the displayed page is the third page which is the closest page. Is switched (FIG. 54). If there is no mark on the displayed page, it is possible to switch to the page with the closest display mark among the pages behind the displayed page.

Next, a mark sort display process (step 311) for displaying marks in a specific order based on the mark type 80 and the date 81 will be described with reference to FIG. When the landmark sort display is instructed, the landmark sort screen (FIG. 3)
5) is displayed (step 351), and an input waiting state is set (step 352). At this time, the following sort order can be selected on the landmark sort screen. If you select the placemark type ascending order,
For each mark in the display mark data 42, the sort is performed in ascending order using the mark type 80 as a key, and if the mark type is selected in descending order, the above mark is sorted in descending order using the mark type 80 as a key. When the above-mentioned landmarks are sorted in order from the oldest one using the date 81 as a key, and when the date is newly selected, the above-mentioned landmarks are sorted in the order from the newest one using the date 81 as a key. Sort. After selecting one of these (step 354), the landmark sort screen (FIG. 35) is displayed again (step 351),
An input wait state is entered (step 352). Here, the input instruction from the user is determined (step 353), and when execution is instructed, the mark display condition data 41 is updated (step 335). As shown in FIG. 7, the mark display condition data 41 includes a sort condition 91 for storing the sort order when sorting, and a mark type 80 to be selected for selection.
Are stored in the mark condition 92.

Therefore, in step 355, sorting condition 9
1 is updated, and the current display mark data is first obtained (step 356), and the display mark data 42 is
Are sorted (step 357), the new display mark data 42 is stored (step 358), and this process ends. If cancellation is instructed in step 352,
The process ends without doing anything.

When this is used, the order of the marks can be changed according to the type of the mark in addition to the normal page order, or the sort order of the marks can be changed according to the date of creation. For example, in the case where there are five marks as shown in FIG. 55 and each of the mark types has a mark type, the user instructs the sort display of the mark, and selects the sort condition on the mark sort screen (FIG. 35). Can be displayed as a landmark.

Next, a mark select display for displaying only a mark of a specific mark type 80 will be described with reference to FIG. When a mark select display is instructed, a mark select screen (FIG. 36) is displayed (step 361), and an input waiting state is set (step 362). On this landmark selection screen (FIG. 36), it is possible to select and finally specify the landmark type 80 to be left (step 364), and after that, the landmark selection screen (FIG. 36) is displayed again (step 36). 361), and enters an input waiting state (step 362). Here, the input instruction from the user is determined (step 363), and when the execution is instructed, the mark selection screen is displayed in the selection condition 92 of the mark display condition data 41 (FIG. 36).
Is stored (step 365). On this occasion,
If the select information is not set, information for displaying all the marks is stored in the select condition 92 regardless of the mark type. After that, the number of all areas is acquired from the document data 31 (step 366), each area data 72 is acquired (step 368), and the type of the area is indicated by a mark (step 36).
9) If the selection condition 92 is met (step 3)
70), and store it in the display mark data 42 (step 37).
1). By performing this for all areas (step 367), the selected result is stored in the display mark data 43, and the result is subjected to a sort process based on the sort condition 91 (step 372). Update is performed (step 373), and the process ends. If cancellation is instructed in step 336, the process ends without doing anything.

By utilizing this, a mark can be selected by the mark type 80. For example, when there are five marks as shown in FIG. 55 and there is a mark type, a mark select display is instructed, and the select condition is set on the mark select screen (FIG. 36).
The mark selected as shown in FIG. 7 can be displayed.

Next, a marker list editing for displaying and editing a marker list (FIG. 37) in which items relating to markers are listed will be described with reference to FIG. When the mark list is instructed, the display mark data 42 is obtained (step 381), and the mark list (step 38)
2), and display of a landmark list menu for instructing the editing function for it (step 383, FIG. 37), and waits for input (step 384). Here, the mark list table (FIG. 37) displays a list of mark page numbers, mark types, dates, and contents of mark memos for each mark. Also,
The list is specified and released in units of each mark (in units of rows of the list) by the mark list specification / release processing (step 38).
6) When it is completed, wait for input (step 384)
become. Here, when a list printing is instructed in step 384, a list printing process for printing the list is performed (step 387). If the user instructs to edit the mark, a mark edit menu screen for a list (FIG. 38) is displayed, the mark is removed, and a mark edit process capable of changing the mark type and memo is performed (step 388). When a screen operation is instructed here, a screen operation menu screen for a list (FIG. 39) is displayed, and screen operation processing capable of processing of layout display, select display of landmarks, and sort display is performed (step 389). . At this time, if the marker editing process is completed or if a display other than the layout display is selected in the screen operation process (step 390), the marker list (step 38)
2) and the landmark list menu is displayed again (step 383), and an input waiting state is set (step 384). If cancellation is instructed in step 384 or layout display is selected in the screen operation processing (step 39)
0), the marker list editing is completed, and the display returns to the layout display.

Here, designation and cancellation of a mark in the mark list will be described with reference to FIG.

First, a case where the user designates a mark line in the mark list will be described. First, the position of the cursor at that time is obtained (step 391), and the mark number corresponding to the line where the cursor is located is obtained (step 391). Step 392), and stores it in the mark target designation data 37 (Step 39).
3) If the page number with the mark is not in the target designation page data 38, the page number is set to the target designation page data 38.
(Step 394), the line with the mark designated to be designated is displayed in the designated state (step 395), and the process is terminated.

Next, the case where the user has canceled the line of the mark in the mark list will be described. First, the position of the cursor at that time is obtained (step 391), and the mark number corresponding to the line where the cursor is located is obtained. (Step 392) If the mark is specified, mark target specification data 3
7 is deleted (step 393), and the target designation page data 38 is created again (step 39).
4) The designated state of the line with the mark that has been designated and instructed to be released is released and displayed (step 395), and the process ends.

By utilizing this, it is possible to designate / cancel the mark using the mark list. For example, if the second and fourth landmarks are specified as shown in FIG. 37, and the screen returns to the layout screen in the layout display of the screen operation, the landmarks on the third page and the seventh to eighth pages are displayed as shown in FIG. The mark becomes the designated state.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
The mark editing control unit 54 adds a mark to the page specified by the user, removes the added mark, and sets the set mark as document information as part of information of the created document as mark information. 31 and the mark is displayed on the screen together with the created document by the display control unit 58. Therefore, it is possible to clearly indicate a place that the user wants to pay attention to, such as a correction place or a caution place in the document. It becomes possible.

Further, when the user designates the mark displayed on the screen, the currently displayed page is switched to the page to which the designated mark is attached. If a mark is given to a necessary page in advance, the displayed page can be easily switched to a page to which the mark is given when necessary, and the mark can be used as a bookmark.

Also, a memo can be entered for the mark set when setting the mark, and the mark is displayed on the screen in a form including the contents of the memo, so that the mark can be used as a memo paper. .

If the contents of the mark are filled in according to the purpose of each user, for example, the heading of each chapter in the created document, the mark can be used in the form of an index. Becomes

In addition, when a mark is removed, there is a mode in which an unnecessary mark is specified and removed from the set marks, and a mode in which all the marks are removed in a lump, so that the creation of the document is completed and the mark is unnecessary. In such a case, it is possible to easily remove them collectively by a simple operation.

Further, since the marks can be classified into several groups, for example, when a mark is added to a revised page in a specification revision or the like, the mark can be classified and classified for each version of the revision. When you look at a landmark later, you can easily understand when it is the mark for the revision.

Further, since the date of the mark set at the time of setting the mark is given to the mark, when the mark is viewed later, it is easy to understand when the mark is set. Can be.

Since the mark is displayed at the end of the page being displayed by the mark display means so as not to disturb the editing, displaying the mark does not hinder the editing.

Further, since the landmarks are displayed in a list like a general index, the landmarks can be used without discomfort with an image close to the feeling normally used by the user.

Further, since the page number of the mark is also displayed in the mark, even in the case of page switching by numerical designation such as page call, the page required by referring to the page number displayed in the mark is referred to. You can easily find out how many numbers are.

In addition, since the contents of the mark can be selectively switched to stop displaying the mark, simply display the mark, or display all the marks, the contents of the mark can be described in detail. Can be used according to the purpose of the user, for example, when the user wants to know only the presence of a mark.

Further, when a large number of landmarks are provided, the landmarks to be displayed are selected according to the type information, and the landmarks are limitedly displayed according to the selected information. You can find it.

Further, the user selects whether to display the marks in page order, sort and display according to type information, or sort and display according to date and time information, and select the mark according to the selected information. Can be rearranged, so that the user can easily find necessary landmarks.

When switching the pages displayed on the screen, it is possible to sequentially refer to only the marked page by the next mark and the previous mark, whereby the marks are sorted and displayed in advance according to the type information. By doing so, it is possible to successively refer only to pages to which only specific types of marks are attached.

Further, only the assigned marks can be referred to in the form of a list, which is convenient when the contents of the assigned marks are to be particularly focused on. Furthermore, when the user wants to refer to the contents of a page on which a certain mark is set when the mark list is displayed, the screen display can be easily switched to the page to which the mark specified by the user is added.

Next, referring to FIGS. 59 to 74, a description will be given of a document editing process using a mark.

First, the page editing process will be described with reference to FIG. When page editing is designated, first, a page editing menu screen for the user to select a page editing function is displayed (step 401). FIG. 63 shows an example of the page edit menu screen. Next, it waits for an editing instruction from the user (step 402). Subsequently, if there is an input from the user, the content is determined (step 403), and if any of page deletion, page movement, page copying, page cutting, and page extraction is designated, the page editing execution processing is performed. Perform (step 404), and if page registration is specified, perform page registration processing (step 40).
5) When other page editing processing such as insertion or addition of a page is designated, other page editing processing is performed (step 4).
06) Then, display the page edit menu (step 40)
Return to 1). If the end is instructed in step 402, the page editing process is not performed, and the process exits.

Next, the page editing execution processing shown in step 404 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In the page editing execution processing, first, it is determined whether or not page extraction is designated (step
421) If the page extraction is not specified, a target designation page screen for designating a target page is displayed (step 42).
3). FIG. 64 shows a display example of the page target designation screen. next,
It waits for an editing instruction from the user (step 424). Subsequently, if there is an input from the user, the content is determined (step 425). If the input information is the designation / release of a mark or the designation / release of a page number, specify the target page or cancel the specification of the page specified as the target, A page designation / cancellation process for deciding a page is performed (step 426). Here, the page designation / release processing will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, it is determined whether designation or cancellation of a mark using a mouse or the like or designation or cancellation of a page number using a numeric keypad or the like (step 411). If the mark is designated / released with a mouse or the like, the mark is designated / released (step 413). In this processing, the target is designated in order to reflect the information of the newly designated / released page. Target designation page data 3 that holds page number information
Then, the update processing of step 8 is performed, and the designated mark is displayed as designated, or the designated mark is displayed without designation. Next, with reference to the target designation page data 38, display processing of the page number of the page designated as the target in the target designation page display area at the bottom of the screen is performed (step 415). Thereby, when the mark is specified by a mouse or the like, a display indicating that the target has been specified is performed on the specified mark, and in conjunction with that, the page number of the page where the specified mark exists is displayed.
It can be displayed in the target designation page display area at the bottom of the screen. FIG. 65 shows a display example after the target of the mark on pages 1, 3, and 5 is designated using a mouse or the like. If it is determined in step 411 that a page number such as a numeric keypad has been designated, it is first determined whether or not the designated page has a mark (step 412). If there is a mark, specify the mark
Release processing (step 413) is performed, and if there is no mark, target specified page data updating processing for setting the specified page number in the target specified page data 38 is performed (step 4).
14). Thereafter, referring to the target designation page data 38,
The display process of the page number of the page specified as the target is performed in the target specified page display area at the bottom of the screen (step 415). With this, when a target page is designated by inputting a number directly with the numeric keypad or the like in the target designated page display area, if the target designated page has a mark, the target designated display is displayed. It can be performed. 1 with a numeric keypad etc.
FIG. 65 shows a display example after target designation for pages 3 and 5. The page designation / cancellation processing has been described above. After this processing,
It returns to input waiting (step 424). When the screen operation is designated, the screen operation is performed (step 427),
The user can confirm the contents of the page to be operated by switching the page displayed on the screen. After the screen operation processing, the process returns to input waiting (step 424). If cancellation is specified, the process exits as it is.
When execution is designated, first, a function is determined (step 428). If the page is moved or copied, an instruction screen for the operation destination page is displayed (step 429). FIG. 66 shows an example of the operation destination page instruction screen display. Then, input is waited for (step 430), and if there is an input from the user, the content is determined (step 431). If the input information is designation / release of a mark or designation / release of a page number, page designation / release processing for determining a page to be operated by performing designation / release of a page is performed (step 4).
32). At this time, as in the case of specifying the target page, it is possible to specify the mark by using a mouse or the like and to specify the number by using a numeric keypad. The mark and the target specified page display area are displayed in conjunction with each other. As an example, FIG. 67 shows a state in which the page to be operated is specified as 11 pages. After the page designation / cancellation processing, the process returns to input waiting (step 430). Step 43
If the screen operation is designated at 0, the screen operation is performed (step 433), and the user can confirm the contents of the page to be operated by switching pages. After the screen operation processing, the process returns to input waiting (step 430). If cancellation is specified, the process exits as it is. When execution is designated, the document data 31 is updated with reference to the target designated page data 38 (step 434). In the process of updating the document data 31 (step 434), the information of the page designated as the target is deleted from the document data when deleting the page, and the information in the document data is deleted when the page is moved. Moves the page specified as the target before the page specified as the operation destination, copies the page specified as the target in the document data before the page specified as the operation destination when copying pages, and relays the page when extracting pages. A data fetching process is performed to merge the data fetched from the data buffer into the document data before the page designated as the operation destination. In the case of page deletion or page cutout in the determination of step 428, it is determined whether or not it is page cutout (step 43).
5) If the page is to be deleted, the document data 31 is updated (step 434), and the process exits. When cutting pages,
With reference to the target designation page data 38, a process of cutting the information of the page to be cut into the relay buffer 44 is performed (step 436), and the process exits. If it is determined in step 421 that page extraction is specified, a process of extracting document data from the relay buffer 44 is performed (step 422).
Thereafter, the process proceeds to a process of designating the operation destination page.

An example of use of page editing by this page editing execution processing will be described below. First, when a page deletion is instructed in a document as shown in FIG. 64 and pages 1, 3, and 5 are designated, a screen shown in FIG.
5, and when execution is instructed, the created document is as shown in FIG. Also, when page movement is instructed in a document as shown in FIG. 64 and pages 1, 3, and 5 are designated as objects, the screen becomes as shown in FIG. 65. When execution is instructed there, the screen becomes as shown in FIG. Next, when page 11 is designated as the page to be operated, the screen becomes as shown in FIG. 67, and when execution is instructed, the created document becomes as shown in FIG.
Also, page copy is instructed in a document as shown in FIG.
When pages 1, 3, and 5 are specified, the screen becomes as shown in FIG. 65. When execution is instructed, the screen becomes as shown in FIG. 66. Next, when page 11 is specified as a page to be operated, The screen is as shown in FIG. 67, and when execution is further instructed, the created document is as shown in FIG. When page cutout is instructed in a document as shown in FIG. 64 and pages 1, 3, and 5 are targeted, the screen becomes as shown in FIG. 65. When execution is instructed there, the contents of the relay buffer 44 become as shown in FIG. become that way. Further, when a page is cut out and stored in the relay buffer 44 as shown in FIG. 72, when a document as shown in FIG. 73 is instructed to take out a page and instructed to execute one page as an operation destination page. Figure 7 shows the retrieved document.
It looks like 4. Next, referring to FIG.
5 will be described in detail. In the page registration processing, first, a target designation page screen for designating a registration page is displayed (step 441). FIG. 64 shows a display example of the target designation page screen. Next, it waits for an editing instruction from the user (step 442). Subsequently, if there is an input from the user, the content is determined (step 443). If the information entered is the designation / release of a mark or the designation / release of a page number, specify the target page or cancel the designation of the page specified as the target, and A page designation / cancellation process for determining a page to be executed is performed (step 444). The method of specifying a page is the same as in the case of other page editing. After the page designation / release processing, the process returns to the input wait state (step 442). When the screen operation is designated, the screen operation is performed (step 445), and the user can confirm the content of the page to be operated by switching the page displayed on the screen. Waiting for input after screen operation processing (step 44
Return to 2). If cancellation is specified in step 442, the process exits as it is. If execution is designated, a registration screen is displayed to specify the name of the document to be registered and the registration destination (step 446). FIG. 68 shows an example of the registration screen. Then, it waits for an input from the user (step 447), and if there is an input from the user, judges the content (step 448). If the input information is text, a document name creation process for the document to be registered is performed (step 449), and the registration screen is displayed (step 44).
Returning to 6), the name of the document to be registered is displayed. When the registration destination is designated, a registration destination designation process is performed to set the registration destination of the document to the location designated by the user (step 45).
0), the display returns to the registration screen display (step 446), and the registration destination is displayed. If the execution is designated, a process of registering the information of the page to be registered in the registered document storage buffer 45 with reference to the target designated page data 38 (step 4).
51) If the cancellation is designated, the process exits as it is. FIG. 72 shows the contents of the registered document after registering pages 1, 3, and 5 in FIG.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, page editing such as moving, copying, deleting, etc. is performed on pages to which a mark is attached at a time.
It is also possible to perform page-at-a-time editing on discrete pages. Also, when editing in page units, the page to be edited is specified by specifying the mark, so that it is not necessary to store the number of the page to be edited each time.

When a user wants to register some pages in the created document as another document, the user can easily extract and register only the desired page simply by adding a mark to the desired page. Further, since the page can be edited by specifying the target even for the non-consecutive pages, the page can be edited by specifying the target of the page efficiently. According to the present embodiment, in page editing such as deleting, moving, copying, cutting, and registering a page, a page designated as a mark is deleted,
Since the user can move, copy, cut, and register, the user can edit the page to be edited while recognizing the contents of the page by checking the page number, memo, type and date of the displayed mark. The page can be edited collectively by specifying. For this reason, when the page to be edited can be recognized by looking at the mark, the trouble of switching the page on the layout screen and confirming the target page can be omitted. As for page editing such as moving, copying and retrieving pages, when specifying the pages to be moved, copied and retrieved, it is necessary to search for or specify the page to be operated while looking at the mark. Page editing can be performed efficiently. Furthermore, if a type is provided for a mark, a mark of the same type can be specified collectively immediately, so that the target designation of a page in page editing can be performed more easily and efficiently.

As an example of use according to the present embodiment, for example, if a memo of the contents of the format is created with a mark on each page of a document in which various formats are created for each page, the page of the format to be used can be used. When copying to another document, the user can easily copy the page to another document by cutting and extracting the page while looking at the memo of the mark.

When a part of a document is modified,
You can add a note with a note, such as "Revised," to make the revised information easier to understand. Unnecessary pages can be deleted based on the landmarks created in this way,
Only the page specified by the mark can be copied to another document by cutting and extracting the page, or the page can be registered as another document. Further, the same operation can be performed based on the creation date displayed on the mark, which is convenient.

Further, if a type of mark is set for each revised version on a page in the document, the page can be edited for each version desired by the user.

As described above, by adding the mark, the target of the page can be easily specified, the page can be edited efficiently, and the operability is improved.

Next, a printing process of a document using a mark will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the processing flow of document printing will be described with reference to FIG. First, when a print instruction is issued, an initial process is performed (step 501), and a print condition setting screen (FIG. 80) is displayed (step 502). When the print condition setting screen is displayed, it waits for an input instruction from the user (step 503). If print conditions are specified, the number of copies, print range, print page, mark, mark type, and print contents are specified. Do. Here, each item of the print condition setting screen will be described with reference to FIG. In the column of the number of prints, the number of copies of the printed document, in the column of the print range, the range of pages, and in the column of the print page, whether to print all the pages specified by the print range, or to print only the marked pages. When a page with a mark is designated in this print page field, a mark designation, mark type, and mark content designation fields below the designated page can be input. In the mark designation field, select whether to mark all the marks in the target range or to display a list to specify the mark. If the mark type is designated, enter the mark in the mark type field below. In the field of the mark contents, it is designated whether to print only the document of the target page (mark) specified above, a document with a mark with the contents of the mark at the lower right of the document, or only the contents of the mark. Before displaying the printing condition setting screen, it is also possible to designate a mark of the page to be printed on the editing screen with a mouse (designated mark). In this case, when a print instruction is given after designation on the edit screen, a print condition setting screen is displayed, and the items that can be input on the print condition setting screen are the number of print copies and the print content. In addition, if there is no designation and there is no designated item other than designation of a print page on the print condition setting screen as a page with a mark, all the marks of the corresponding document are to be printed. The above items are set or canceled on the condition setting screen (step 512). If the cancel key is pressed, the process is terminated. If the execute key is pressed (step 504), it is determined whether or not the print is designated by a mark. (Step 50
5). If all of the above ranges are selected in the print page field of the print condition setting screen, all pages in the print range are acquired as pages to be printed and stored in the document designation page data 38 (step 5).
06). If a page with a mark has been specified, it is determined whether or not list specification has been selected in the mark specification field of the document printing condition setting screen (step 507). If a list has been specified, mark list specification processing is performed (step 507). Step 508). After designating the target landmark in the landmark list, input determination is performed (step 50).
9) If it is an execution key, the process of the next step 510 is performed. If a cancel key is input, the process returns to the printing condition setting screen (step 502). If the list designation is not selected in the mark designation field, the process of the next step 510 is performed without performing steps 508 and 509. Then step 51
In the process of 0, the page number to be printed is obtained (step 5).
10) Finally, print processing is performed (step 511), and the document print processing ends. Details of the list designating process, the page number acquiring process for printing, and the printing process will be described below.

Referring to FIG. 76, the processing flow of the list specification processing will be described in detail. When the list specification is selected on the printing condition setting screen, a mark list screen is displayed (step 5).
13, FIG. 81). The mark list screen is a list of all the marks of the target document. There are two ways to enter a number in the column, and the designated mark is displayed in black and white reversed.
When the landmark list screen is displayed, an input request state is set (step 514), and an input determination is performed (step 51).
5) A mark list designation / cancellation process is performed by inputting a number or using a mouse (step 516, FIG. 27). At step 394 in FIG. 27, the target designation page data 38 is updated. After step 516, the state is changed to the input request state. If the execution key or the cancel key is depressed in the input determination in step 515, the list specification process is terminated.

Next, the processing flow of the print target page number acquisition processing will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, when all the landmarks are selected in the mark specification field of the printing condition setting screen, or when a valid mark type number is input in the mark type input field, the page pointer to be referenced is set to the first of the specified print range. Is set (step 518), and the mark data 77 of the page is searched (step 520). Next, it is determined whether or not the page has the mark data 77 (step 521).
If there is 7, it is determined whether the print target is all the landmarks or the designation by the landmark type (step 522). If all landmarks are targets, the page is stored in the target designation page data 38 (step 523). If not all landmarks, that is, in the case of designation by mark type, it is designated by referring to the mark type 86. If the type is a mark type, it is stored in the target designated page data 38, otherwise, the process of the next step 524 is performed without storing (step 524). If the mark data 77 does not exist on the page in step 520, the process proceeds to step 524. Next, the page pointer to be referred to is increased by one to refer to the area data of the next page (step 525), and step 51 is executed.
If the page pointer referred to in step 8 becomes larger than the last page of the designated print range, the process ends. If it is determined in step 516 that the page is a designated mark, a page with the mark is searched for, stored in the target designated page data 38 (step 526), and the process ends. The designated mark is an operation of designating a mark to be printed on the editing screen and then giving a print instruction.

Next, the print processing flow will be described in detail with reference to FIG. When the printing process starts, an initial process is performed (step 527), and then a page pointer to be referred to is set to the first page of the designated printing range (step 528). Next, it is determined with reference to the target designation page data 38 whether or not the page is a print target page (step 530). If so, first, the document image of the page is developed (step 531).
Then, it is determined whether or not a document with a mark is selected in the print content field of the print condition setting screen (step 53).
2). If it is a document with a mark, the contents of the mark are developed at the lower right of the page of the document image (step 533). If a document is selected instead of the document with a mark, printing is performed without performing step 533 (step 534). ). Step 530
If the page is not printed in step 5
The following processing is performed without performing steps 31 to 534. Next, the reference page pointer is increased by one (step 535), and the process returns to step 529. In step 529, if the page pointer to be referred to is larger than the last page of the designated print range, the process ends.

Referring to FIG. 79, the processing flow of list printing will be described. The list printing is a function of designating printing of the function 1 displayed below the mark list image screen in FIG. 37 and printing a list of marks. When the printing of the list is instructed, an initial process is performed (step 536), and the pointer to be referred is set to the head of the mark number 84 of the mark target designation data 37 (step 537). Then, the landmark data of the corresponding landmark number is developed (step 539), the landmark number pointer to be referenced is increased by one (step 540), and the next landmark number is referenced. If the reference pointer is larger than the number of landmarks 83 in step 538, a list of the contents of the developed landmarks is printed (step 541), and the process is terminated.

FIG. 82 shows the respective print results when a document is specified in the print content field of the print condition setting screen (FIG. 80) and when a mark-added print is specified. When the page displayed as the upper left of the figure on the screen being edited is specified and printed, the print result is as shown in the upper right,
When printing is performed by specifying printing with a mark, a result of printing the contents of the mark on the lower right of the page as shown in the lower left of the figure is obtained.

FIG. 83 shows a print target when a valid mark type number is entered in the mark type column of the print condition setting screen (FIG. 80) and printing is performed. As shown in the figure, when the mark type 2 is designated and the printing is performed when the mark type of the target document is 1 to 3, only the pages with the mark type 2 out of the pages in the print range are to be printed.

FIG. 84 shows a print result when the contents of the mark are selected in the print contents column of the print condition setting screen (FIG. 80). When the contents of the mark are selected, the contents of the mark to be printed specified in the print designation field or the mark type field are developed and printed in the table shown in FIG. 87 as described in step 631 of FIG.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, printing of a marked page prints only the marked page when the created document is printed.
By providing the mark in advance, it is possible to easily print only the page with the mark without having to specify the page number at the time of printing. Further, this makes it possible to save the trouble of storing the number of the page to be printed or recording it on a memo sheet or the like.

Further, the marks can be classified into several groups by setting the mark type, and a mark having specific type information to be printed at the time of printing can be selected. Furthermore, since only the pages to which the mark having the selected type information is added among the classified marks can be printed, therefore, for example, in the specification revision, the classification is performed for each version of the revision. If a mark is given to the revised page, an operation of printing only a specific revised page can be easily performed.

Also, by displaying the mark list, the marks of the corresponding document are displayed in a list form, the page to be printed is specified by specifying the mark on the list, and only the pages to which the specified mark is attached are designated. Is printed, it is possible to perform an operation of printing only a page to which a specific mark is added in a document to which many marks are added.

Further, by specifying a mark during editing of a document, a page to be printed can be specified, and only the page to which the specified mark is added is printed. If you want to print only the pages with a specific placemark, check the contents of the document
Further, it is possible to print only a specific page without inputting a page number each time when printing.

In addition, a memo can be entered for a mark set at the time of setting a mark, and a mark is added to a page to be printed, and when a memo is written in the mark, the memo is entered. Is also printed in the page. This means, for example, that you write down what you noticed while creating the document as a memo in the landmark, and if you want to know the contents of the memo when printing the document, print it together Becomes possible.

Further, since the set mark information is printed in the form of a list, it is possible to easily print something like a revision history table by writing the contents of correction etc. as a memo in the mark in advance. .

[0109]

As described above, in the document creating apparatus of the present invention, the mark setting canceling means adds a mark to the page specified by the user, removes the added mark, The set mark is held in the storage unit as part of the created document as mark information, and the mark page printing means prints only the marked page when printing the created document. Thus, by providing the mark in advance, it is possible to easily print only the page with the mark without specifying the page number at the time of printing. Further, this makes it possible to save the trouble of storing the number of the page to be printed or recording it on a memo sheet or the like.

The marks can be classified into several groups by the mark setting means, and a mark having specific type information to be printed can be selected by the print mark selecting means at the time of printing. Further, since the mark page printing means can print only the page to which the mark having the type information selected by the print mark selection means is added, out of the classified mark, therefore, for example, the specification sheet If, for example, a revision is made and a mark is given to the revised page after being classified for each revision, an operation such as printing only a specific revision of the page can be easily performed.

The mark list display means displays the assigned marks in a list format, and the print mark designation means designates the page to be printed by designating the mark on the list, and the mark page Since the printing unit prints only the page to which the designated mark is attached, it is also possible to perform an operation such as printing only the page to which a specific mark is added among the documents to which many marks are attached.

The mark designation canceling means can designate a page to be printed by designating a mark while editing the document, and the mark page printing means can specify the mark designated by the mark designation canceling means. Since only the assigned pages are printed, when printing only the pages with specific markers among the documents with many markers, check the contents of the document and check each page when printing. Only a specific page can be printed without entering a number.

In the mark setting canceling means, a memo can be added to a mark set at the time of setting the mark, and the document printing means adds a mark to a page to be printed, and If a memo is written in the page, the content of the memo is also printed on the page. This means, for example, that you write down what you noticed while creating the document as a memo in the landmark, and if you want to know the contents of the memo when printing the document, print it together Becomes possible.

Further, since the mark list printing means prints the mark information set by the mark setting canceling means in a list form, if the contents of the correction or the like are previously written in the mark as a memo, the revision history table is written. Can be easily printed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an input unit of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of document data according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a relationship between page management data for managing pages and area data, particularly, mark data according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing mark target designation data and target designation page data for storing information of the mark when the mark is designated in the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing mark display position calculation data referred to when calculating the display position of a mark in the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing mark display condition data for storing conditions for sorting and selecting and displaying marks in the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing display mark data for storing information of a mark to be displayed in the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a document initial menu selection according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for creating and editing a document according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a layout editing of a region in a page according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a display flowchart of a mark according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for calculating a display position of a mark according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of editing a mark in the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart for sticking a mark in the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart for removing a mark in the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart for designating / releasing a mark in the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart for removing marks in a lump according to the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart for changing the memo, type, and page range of a mark according to the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of screen control processing for selecting a page switching or display level in the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of a page switching process by designating a mark twice consecutively in the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart of page switching of a page with a front mark according to the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of page switching of a page having a next mark according to the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a landmark sort flowchart for displaying landmarks in a specific order in the present invention.

FIG. 25 is a mark select display flowchart for displaying only a specific mark in the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart of a marker list editing process for displaying and editing marker information in a list according to the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart of a mark list designation / cancellation for designating / cancelling a line of each mark in the mark list according to the present invention.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an initial menu screen for selecting between document creation and update / print in the present invention.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a document list screen for specifying a document to be edited when update / print is selected in the present invention.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an edit mode selection screen when editing a document in a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a landmark editing function selection screen at the time of landmark editing in the present invention.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a page range, type, and memo setting screen of a mark in the present invention.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a mark designation message screen when a mark is designated at the time of editing a mark in the present invention.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a selection screen of a screen operation editing function according to the present invention.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a mark sort order selection screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 36 is a diagram showing a mark selection condition setting screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 37 is a view showing a designation screen of a landmark line on the landmark list screen and a selection screen of a list screen editing function according to the present invention.

FIG. 38 is a diagram showing a landmark edit menu screen when a landmark edit is designated from the landmark list screen in the present invention.

FIG. 39 is a diagram showing a screen operation menu screen when a screen operation is designated from a mark list screen in the present invention.

FIG. 40 is a diagram showing a mark when simplified display is performed in the present invention.

FIG. 41 is a diagram showing a mark when detailed display is performed in the present invention.

FIG. 42 is a diagram illustrating an example when no mark is attached to a page.

FIG. 43 is a diagram illustrating an example when a mark is attached to a displayed page.

FIG. 44 is a diagram illustrating an example when switching to a page other than the page to which the mark is attached.

FIG. 45 is a diagram illustrating an example when a mark is attached to a plurality of pages.

FIG. 46 is a diagram showing an example when a plurality of marks are attached to one page.

FIG. 47 is a diagram illustrating an example when marks indicating a plurality of pages are attached.

FIG. 48 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the first page is displayed, and the first and third pages are marked.

FIG. 49 is a diagram illustrating an example when a cursor is positioned over a mark on the third page.

FIG. 50 is a diagram illustrating an example when a mark on the third page is designated.

FIG. 51 is a diagram illustrating an example when a designated third page mark is designated twice consecutively.

FIG. 52 is a diagram illustrating an example of a case where the mark type and the memo of the mark on the third page are changed.

FIG. 53 is a diagram showing an example in which a third page on which a mark is displayed is displayed, and the previous mark is the first page.

FIG. 54 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a first page on which a mark is displayed is displayed and a next mark is a third page.

FIG. 55 is a diagram showing an example when respective marks on the first to fifth pages are displayed.

FIG. 56 is a diagram showing an example in which the types are rearranged in ascending order of the landmark types.

FIG. 57 is a diagram illustrating an example in a case where mark types of 1 and 3 or more are selected.

FIG. 58 is a diagram illustrating an example when layout display is performed after designation in a landmark list;

FIG. 59 is a flowchart for editing a page in the present invention.

FIG. 60 is a flowchart of a page designation / release processing according to the present invention.

FIG. 61 is a flowchart of a page editing execution process according to the present invention.

FIG. 62 is a flowchart of a page registration process according to the present invention.

FIG. 63 is displayed after a page editing instruction in the present invention.
It is a figure showing a page edit menu screen.

FIG. 64 is a diagram showing a page target designation screen in a state where a target is not designated in the present invention.

FIG. 65 is a diagram showing a page target designation screen in a state where a mark on pages 1, 3, and 5 is designated in the present invention.

FIG. 66 is a diagram showing a page operation destination designation screen in a state where an operation destination is not specified in the present invention.

FIG. 67 is a diagram showing a page operation destination designation screen in a state where a mark of 11 pages is designated as an operation destination in the present invention.

FIG. 68 is a diagram showing a registration screen displayed after a registration instruction in the present invention.

FIG. 69 is a diagram illustrating a screen example of a document after page deletion in page editing according to the present invention.

FIG. 70 is a diagram illustrating a screen example of a document after a page is moved in page editing according to the present invention.

FIG. 71 is a diagram illustrating a screen example of a document after page copying in page editing according to the present invention.

FIG. 72 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents of a relay box after page cutting and an example of the contents of a document after page registration in page editing according to the present invention.

FIG. 73 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen of a document before page retrieval in page editing according to the present invention.

FIG. 74 is a diagram showing a screen example of a document after page retrieval in page editing according to the present invention.

FIG. 75 is a document printing flowchart according to the present invention.

FIG. 76 is a flowchart for designating a list in the present invention.

FIG. 77 is a flowchart showing a print target page number acquisition flow according to the present invention.

FIG. 78 is a flowchart of a printing process according to the present invention.

FIG. 79 is a flowchart of a list printing process according to the present invention.

FIG. 80 is a diagram showing a print condition setting screen displayed after a print instruction in the present invention.

FIG. 81 is a diagram showing a mark list screen displayed when a list is designated in print condition setting in the present invention.

FIG. 82 is a diagram illustrating a print example of normal printing and printing with a mark when printing is performed in the present invention.

FIG. 83 is a diagram illustrating a print example in a case where printing is performed by specifying a mark type in the present invention.

FIG. 84 is a diagram illustrating a print example when a mark list print is performed in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Input part, 2 ... Clock part, 3 ... Storage part, 5 ... Control part, 6
... Display unit, 7 ... Printing unit, 31 ... Document data, 32 ... Document management data, 33 ... Page management data, 34 ... Area management data, 35 ... Area element data, 36 ... Display page data, 37
... marker target designation data, 38 ... target designation page data, 39
… Marker display position calculation data, 40… marker position data, 4
1 ... mark display condition data, 42 ... display mark data, 43
... Relay buffer, 44 ... Registered document storage buffer, 51
... Edit control unit, 52 ... Character control unit, 53 ... Graphic control unit
54 ... landmark edit control unit, 55 ... area edit control unit, 56 ...
Page edit control unit, 57: clock control unit, 58: display control unit,
Reference numeral 59: print control unit, 61: character key, 62: scroll key, 63: cursor key, 64: execution key, 65: cancel key, 66: screen operation key, 67: designation key, 68 ...
Release key, 69 ... designation button, 70 ... release button, 71
... page data, 72 ... area data, 73 ... top area information,
74: end area information, 75: character data, 76: graphic data, 77: mark data, 78: mark top page, 79: mark end page, 80: mark type, 81: date, 82: memo information, 83: target Number of designated marks, 84: Number of mark, 85: Number of designated pages, 86: Page number, 87: Position of the first mark,
88: vertical distance of the mark, 89: horizontal distance of the mark, 90: maximum number of marks to be displayed in one line, 91: sorting condition, 92: selection condition,
93: mark display level, 94: number of display marks, 95: mark number.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Tetsuro Tozaki 1-1-1, Higashitaga-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture Inside the Taga Plant of Hitachi, Ltd. No. 1 Inside the Taga Plant of Hitachi, Ltd. (56) References JP-A-1-270167 (JP, A) JP-A-3-41559 (JP, A) JP-A-59-36867 (JP, A) JP-A Sho 61-51238 (JP, A) JP-A-64-32335 (JP, A) JP-A-3-37758 (JP, A) JP-A-62-37354 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 17/21

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] An input unit for inputting a description element such as a character or a figure to be described in a document; a storage unit for storing the input data; and a display unit for displaying the data stored in the storage unit. , A document creation device provided with a mark setting canceling means for giving a mark for clearly indicating a place that the user wants to pay attention to, such as a correction place or a caution place in the document, and removing the added mark. The mark set by the mark setting canceling means is stored as mark information in the storage unit as part of information of the created document, and the mark information is sorted in the order of page numbers or in the order of mark types consisting of numbers. A document that has a mark sorting means for performing the above operation, and displays, in the display means, a layout display of all the marks relating to a plurality or a plurality of pages in the pages sorted by the mark sorting means. Forming apparatus. 2. An input unit for inputting a description element such as a character or a figure described in a document, a storage unit for storing the input data, and a display unit for displaying the data stored in the storage unit. , A document creation device provided with a mark setting canceling means for giving a mark for clearly indicating a place that the user wants to pay attention to, such as a correction place or a caution place in the document, and removing the added mark. In the above, the mark set by the mark setting canceling means is held as mark information in the storage unit as a part of information of the created document, and the mark information is designated and selected from a plurality of mark types consisting of numbers. Document having a mark selecting means for displaying a plurality of marks or a plurality of marks in a page selected by the mark selecting means on the display means in a layout display. Forming apparatus. 3. An input unit for inputting a description element such as a character or a figure described in a document, a storage unit for storing the input data, and a display unit for displaying the data stored in the storage unit. , To add a mark to clearly indicate the places that the user wants to pay attention to, such as correction points and caution points in the document, remove the added mark, and further set the mark when setting the mark A mark setting canceling means for writing a memo in the same area as the mark; and a mark or memo set by the mark setting canceling means as mark information as part of information of the created document. And store the mark information in the order of page numbers or
Marking sort means for sorting in the order of mark type , wherein all the marks related to a plurality or a plurality of pages are displayed in a layout display on the display means in the pages sorted by the mark sort means. Document creation device. 4. An input means for inputting a description element such as a character or a graphic to be described in a document, a storage means for storing the input data, and a display means for displaying the data stored in the storage means. , To add a mark to clearly indicate the places that the user wants to pay attention to, such as correction points and caution points in the document, remove the added mark, and further set the mark when setting the mark A mark setting canceling means for writing a memo in the same area as the mark; and a mark or memo set by the mark setting canceling means as mark information as part of information of the created document. And a plurality of the landmark information from a landmark type consisting of a number.
Document creation characterized by having a mark selection means for designating and selecting, and displaying, in the display means, a layout display of all marks relating to a plurality or a plurality of pages in the page selected by the mark selection means. apparatus.