JP3352180B2 - Document editing method and document editing 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 editing method and a document editing apparatus which secure a frame of a text editing area and allocate and edit text information in the frame.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, when a document is created by a document creation device, not only character strings can be simply arranged but also various information such as figures, tables, graphs, and other documents are contained in one document. Various document editing methods have been proposed so that documents can be created.

In a recent document creation apparatus, a space is defined by using a designated area in a document sheet as a frame, and the above-described figures, tables, graphs, and character strings of another document can be input into the empty area. It is configured as follows.

When such a frame editing is performed, the data to be displayed in the previously vacated area may become larger than the frame area due to the editing operation. There is also proposed a configuration in which data in a frame can be displayed.

Hereinafter, a conventional frame editing processing operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG.

FIGS. 9 and 10 are views for explaining the frame editing processing operation in the conventional document processing apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 9, in a conventional document creation apparatus, a method of automatically expanding a framed area is a method in which the expansion direction is always advancing to a line formed by a character string when a text is created. Was only.

[0008]

For this reason, when another frame already exists in the direction in which the frame is automatically extended, or when the frame is extended to the end of the sheet by the automatic extension of the frame,
No further expansion was possible. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, there has been a problem that a situation occurs in which all data in the frame cannot be displayed.

When such a situation occurs, in order to display all the data in the frame,
This results in imposing an operation burden on the user, such as changing the display position of the frame or changing the size of the frame by manual operation, and there has been a problem that frame editing cannot be performed efficiently.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. By storing and managing the expandable frame information of the frames and the priority of the expansion direction for each frame to be created, the input sentence can be obtained. Even if the data exceeds the frame size, a document editing method that automatically expands the frame size in the direction of higher priority so that the input text data can be included in the frame .
And a document editing device .

[0011]

[MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] The document editing method according to the present invention provides an expandable frame for a text editing area.
The size and the priority of the extension direction are stored in the storage unit for each frame, and it is determined whether or not the text data can be edited without overflowing the frame by comparing the size of the input text data with the frame size, When it is determined that the text data overflows from the inside of the frame, the expansion of the frame stored in the storage means is performed.
It is to determine the frame size that can ensure the sentence data based on the direction of extension priority Zhang possible frame size to fit in the frame.

[0012] In addition, it is determined whether it is possible to edit the text data without overflowing it in the frame of the post-expansion by comparing the size of the frame size and text data that has been secured, the sentence data is after the expansion frame If it is determined that it overflows from within ,
The frame after expansion of the text data based on the expandable frame size of the frame stored in the storage means and the priority order of the expansion direction.
It is intended to re-determine the frame size to fit within.

The document editing apparatus according to the present invention has a
Expandable frame size and expansion direction of the frame created for
Storage means for storing ranks for each frame, and input sentence data
The size of the data and the size of the frame
To determine whether or not the sentence data can be edited
Determining means for determining the sentence data by the first determining means;
Is determined to overflow from the frame,
Expandable frame size and expansion direction priority of the frame stored in the column
Make sure that the sentence data is included in the frame based on the ranking.
First determining means for determining a frame size that can be held
Things.

Further , the secured frame size and text data
Compared with the size, without overflowing in the frame after expansion
Second determination method for determining whether text data can be edited
And the sentence data is determined by the second determination means.
If it is determined that overflow occurs from within the expanded frame,
Expandable frame size and expansion direction of the frame stored in the means
Put the sentence data in the frame after expansion based on the priority order
Second determining means for redetermining the frame size for
Things.

[0015]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a document processing apparatus to which a document editing method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be applied.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a memory, for example, a RAM
The document information input from the input device 3 composed of Reference numeral 2 denotes a CPU (control device) which performs document editing based on a document processing program (including a frame expansion editing program shown in a flowchart described later) stored in the memory 1. An output device 4 includes, for example, a display device and a printer device.

FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of a frame extension direction setting screen displayed on the output device 4 shown in FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes an area for setting the maximum size when the frame is expanded, and the vertical and horizontal sizes are input from the input device 3 in units of mm, for example. Reference numeral 22 denotes an area for setting the priority of the direction in which the frame is expanded. Note that “0” specifies extension prohibition.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining the frame information secured in the memory 1 shown in FIG.

In the figure, reference numerals 31 and 32 denote division information related to a frame, and the maximum frame size (height, height,
Width ) , priority in the frame expansion direction (up, down, left and right) and the like, and the information input on the screen shown in FIG. 2 is stored for each frame. Although two are shown in this embodiment, more than two may be used.

In the document processing apparatus thus configured, the extension frame size and the priority in the extension direction for the frame created in the text editing area are individually stored in the storage means (memory 1), and the CPU 2 inputs the priority. It is determined whether the text data can be edited without overflowing the frame by comparing the size of the sentence data and the frame size, and when it is determined that the text data overflows from the frame,
Based on the extension frame size stored in the storage unit and the priority order of the extension direction, an extension frame size that can be secured to fit the text data in the frame is determined according to a flowchart described later.

Further, the CPU 2 compares the secured expansion frame size with the size of the text data to determine whether or not the text data can be edited without overflowing into the expansion frame. When it is determined that the text data overflows, the expansion frame size for the text data to be included in the expansion frame is re-determined based on the expansion frame size stored in the storage unit and the priority order of the expansion direction in accordance with a flowchart described later. .

Hereinafter, the frame expansion processing operation in document editing according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a data arrangement processing within a frame in a document editing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Note that (1) to (7) indicate each step.

First, initialization of each device including the memory 1 and initialization of a work parameter i used to indicate the priority of the expansion direction of the frame are performed (1). However, the work parameter i = 0 means that expansion of the frame in the set direction is prohibited.

Next, the size of the current frame (height (H),
Width (W)) is obtained (2). The size to be obtained is obtained from the memory 1. Next, the size (height (h), width (w)) of the data displayed in the frame is obtained (3). The method of obtaining the data size differs depending on the data displayed in the frame.

Next, it is determined whether or not to perform the frame expansion processing.
The size of the acquired frame is compared with the size of the data, that is, w ≦ W and h ≦ H are determined (4). In this determination, if both the height and the width of the data to be displayed in the frame are smaller than or equal to the height and the width of the frame, the process ends because there is no need to perform the expansion process of the frame.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (4) is NO, a frame expansion process is required, and based on the priority (i) of the expansion direction, the expansion direction (k) having the next highest priority is determined. It is determined according to the procedure of a flowchart shown in FIG. 5 described later (5).

Next, when the direction of expansion is obtained, it is determined whether or not the expansion direction has been found (6). If NO, the process is terminated. If YES, the frame size expansion process is executed, and the size of the frame (high (H), width (W)) and data size (height (h), width (w)) are updated according to the procedure of a flowchart shown in FIG. 7 described later (7), and the process returns to step (4). It is determined whether or not the frame is to be extended.

Thus, the frame can be automatically extended in the direction based on the priority.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the priority acquisition procedure shown in FIG. In addition, (1)-
(12) shows each step.

First, from the memory 1 shown in FIG.
Is acquired (1), and the working parameters j and k are initialized (2). Note that the work parameters j and k indicate the direction in which the work is expanded. k = 0 means that the extension direction was not found, j, k = 1 indicates that the extension direction was upward,
j, k = 2 indicates that the expansion direction is downward , j, k = 3 indicates that the expansion direction is left, and j, k = 4 indicates that the expansion direction is right.

Next, it is determined whether or not there is still a direction in which the priority order is determined based on whether or not the work parameter j = 5 (3). The work parameter j = 5 means that the priority order in all the extension directions has been determined.

If there is still a direction in which the priority order is determined in this determination, i for the direction j is obtained from the memory 1 shown in FIG. 1 and it is determined whether or not f [j]> i holds. (4). Note that f [j] represents the priority of the extension direction with respect to the direction j.

If it is determined that f [j] has a higher priority than i, preparation for the next extension direction is made (5), and the process returns to step (3).

On the other hand, if the determination in step (4) is YES, it is determined whether or not the replacement work is the first time based on whether the work parameter k = 0 (6), and if YES, the first replacement is performed. , The extension direction j is substituted for the work parameter k, and the determination for the next extension direction is prepared (7), and the process returns to step (3).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step (6) that the processing is not the first replacement processing, the priority order of the extension direction j and the extension direction k is compared (f [j] <f [k]). Perform (8).

In this determination, the priority order f in the extension direction j
If it is determined that [j] is lower than the priority order f [k] in the extension direction k, the process proceeds to step (10) and thereafter, and the priority order f [j] in the extension direction j is changed to the priority order in the extension direction k. f
If it is determined that it is higher than [k], j is substituted for the work parameter k (9), the determination preparation for the next extension direction is made (10), and the process returns to step (3).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step (3) that there are no more directions to be determined, a direction k having the next highest priority f [k] after i is obtained (11). However, when k = 0, it means that there is no extension direction having the next priority.

Next, the newly determined priority order i is returned in the direction k, the value is stored in the memory 1 shown in FIG. 1 (12), and the process is terminated.

Hereinafter, a method of calculating a frame expansion size in the document editing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram for explaining a frame expansion size calculation processing operation in the document editing method according to the present invention.
(A) shows a frame, (b) shows a data size,
(C) shows the case where the frame is expanded in the horizontal direction, and (d) shows the case where the frame is expanded in the vertical direction.

As shown in this figure, the rectangular area of the frame 51 is ABCD (height H, width W). Also, a rectangular area required to display the data size 52 inside the frame is AEF
G (height h, width w). At this time, assuming that the length of temporarily extending the frame is L, the case is broadly divided into a case where the frame is expanded in the horizontal direction and a case where the frame is expanded in the vertical direction. [In the case of expanding the frame in the horizontal direction] The area where the rectangular ABCD is extended in the horizontal direction and has the same area as the rectangular AEFG is defined as a rectangular ABQR. The length L to be obtained is the length of the DR.

When the rectangular area ABCD and the vertex A of the rectangular area AEFG are overlapped with each other, the area overflowing without being displayed is
The rectangle BEFGDC of the area 53 is obtained. A square having the same area as the region 53 is referred to as DCQR.

Now, the rectangular DCPG shown in FIG. 6C is common to the area BEFGDC and the quadrangle DCQR.
Should be made equal in area.

Therefore, the area of the square BEFP is w × (h
−H), the length of GR is {w × (h−H)} /
H. Therefore, the length L to be obtained is L = (w−W) +
{W × (h−H)} / H. [In the case of extending the frame in the vertical direction] As shown in FIG. 6D, the rectangular ABCD is extended in the vertical direction to form a rectangular AEFG.
The area having the same area as is defined as a square AQRD. The length L to be obtained is the length of the line segment BQ.

When the rectangular area ABCD and the rectangular area AEFG are overlapped with the vertex A, the area overflowing without being displayed is the rectangular BEFGDC shown in FIG. 6D. A square having the same area as the region 54 is referred to as BQRC.

Since the rectangular BEPC shown in FIG. 6D is common to the area BEFGDC and the rectangular BQRC, the area can be expanded by making the areas of the square DPFG and the square EQRP equal.

Therefore, the area of the square DPFG is h ×
(W−W), the length of the line segment EQ is Δh × (w−
W)｝ / W. Therefore, the length L to be obtained is L = (h
−H) + {h × (w−W)} / W.

Hereinafter, the frame expansion processing operation in the document editing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the procedure for expanding the frame size shown in FIG. In addition, (1)-
(23) shows each step.

In this embodiment, the height of the frame is H, the width of the frame is W, the height required for displaying data is h, and the width is w.
The information is obtained from the memory 1 shown in FIG.

First, the height of the frame is set to H, the width of the frame is set to W, the height required for displaying data is set to h, and the width is set to H ', W', h ', w'. Set (1). Next, the maximum expansion size of the frame is obtained from the memory 1 (2). The height at this time is Hmax, and the width is Wmax. This value is a value set for the frame on the frame information setting screen in FIG.

Next, it is determined whether the extension direction of the frame is vertical or horizontal (3). If it is horizontal, the length L is set to L =
Calculate based on (w−W) + {w × (h−H)} / H (4), and calculate the width W of the expanded frame as W = W (frame width before expansion)
Operation is performed from + L (5). Next, it is determined whether or not the calculated width W of the frame does not exceed the maximum expansion size Wmax of the frame (6). If not, it is determined that the width w for displaying data is the width W of the frame. Assume (7). Next, assuming that the display width of the data is w, the height h required to display the data is calculated (8). The calculation method is
Details will be omitted because it depends on data.

Next, the height h calculated in step (8) is compared with the height H of the frame (h ≦ H) (9). If h is larger than H (NO), , Based on the values of W, w, and h replaced in the above processing, return to step (4) and repeat the processing.

On the other hand, in the judgment in step (9), h is H
If it is smaller or equal (in the case of YES), the height h for displaying the data obtained in the above calculation process and the height h ′ stored in the memory 1 in step (1) are calculated. A comparison is made to determine whether or not both are equal (h = h ') (12).
In the case of ES, since the above expansion processing is completely meaningless, the size of the frame and the size of the data are replaced with the values H ', W', h ', w' at the start of this processing (13), and the processing is performed. finish. On the other hand, if it is determined in step (6) that the width W of the m-frame exceeds the maximum expanded size Wmax of the frame, both the width W of the frame and the display width w of the data are set to the maximum expanded size Wmax. Replacement (10), the height required to display the data when the display width of the data is assumed to be w is calculated (11), and the processing of step (12) and thereafter is executed.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step (3) that the extension direction of the frame is the vertical direction, the extension length L is calculated by the above equation L = (h−H) +） h × ( w-W)｝ / W
(14). Next, the height of the frame to be expanded is calculated from the equation H = H + L (15), and it is determined whether the calculated frame height H does not exceed the maximum expanded size Hmax, that is, whether H> Hmax is satisfied. Judge (16),
If the height H of the frame does not exceed the maximum extension size Hmax, it is assumed that the height h for displaying data is the height H of the frame (17).

Next, when it is assumed that the height at which the data is displayed is h, the width w required to display the data is calculated (18). Since the calculation method differs depending on the data, the details are omitted.

Next, the calculated width w is compared with the width W of the frame, and it is determined whether or not w ≦ W is satisfied (19). If w is smaller than or equal to W, step (22) and thereafter are performed. Proceeding to NO, return to step (14) if NO. On the other hand, if it is determined in step (16) that the height H of the frame exceeds the maximum expansion size Hmax of the frame, both the height H of the frame and the height h for displaying data are replaced with Hmax (20). ),
Assuming that the height at which the data is displayed is h, the width w required to display the data is calculated (21). Next, the width w for displaying the data obtained in the above calculation process and the w ′ stored in the memory 1 in step (1).
It is determined whether or not w and w are equal (22). If they are not equal, the processing is terminated as it is. If they are equal, the above expansion processing has no meaning.
Replace the size of the frame and the size of the data with the values H ', W', h ', w' at the beginning of this process (23),
The process ends.

Accordingly, the height H and width W of the obtained frame are the sizes of the automatically expanded frame. In accordance with this, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, when the initially set frame size is smaller than the size of the text data, the frame size is automatically extended in the direction of higher priority to overflow the text data. You can enter without

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the frame is extended and displayed on the display device as the output device 4. However, the output device 4 is connected to a printer (eg, a page printer such as a laser beam printer, or a serial printer such as an ink jet printer). Printer, etc.).

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where both the background document and the document in the frame are horizontally written is described as an example. However, both the background document and the document in the frame may be vertically written text. The present invention can be applied to editing of a combination sentence of writing and horizontal writing.

Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of one device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus.

In the above embodiment, the description has been made with a focus on the extended editing of the frame. However, the text data outside the frame edited according to the extended frame may not be automatically changed while avoiding the extended frame. Needless to say.

[0065]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Compare the size of the input sentence data with the frame size before
When it is determined that the inscription data overflows from the above frame
The frame size that can be secured to fit the document data in the frame is automatically determined based on the expandable frame size of the frame stored in advance for each frame and the priority in the expansion direction. It is possible to reduce the burden of complicated frame parameter changing operation for storing the sentence data in the frame.

Also, the secured frame size and text data
Compared with the size, without overflowing in the frame after expansion
Determine whether the text data can be edited, and
If it is determined that the data overflows from the expanded frame,
The frame size for storing the text data in the expanded frame is sequentially re-determined based on the pre-stored expandable frame size of the frame and the priority of the expansion direction. Even when the sentence data cannot be accommodated, it is possible to extend the frame in another direction and to fit the input sentence data in the frame.

Therefore, when a frame is created and data in the frame is edited, the size of the frame can be automatically expanded and displayed even if there is a restriction on the expansion direction of the frame. It works.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a document processing apparatus to which a document editing method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a frame extension direction setting screen displayed on the output device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating frame information secured in a memory shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an in-frame data arrangement processing procedure in a document editing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a priority acquisition processing procedure illustrated in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a frame expansion size calculation processing operation in the document editing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a frame size extension processing procedure illustrated in FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a frame expansion editing state according to the document editing method of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a frame editing processing operation in a conventional document processing apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a frame editing processing operation in a conventional document processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 memory 2 CPU 3 input device 4 output device

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. Expansion of a frame created for a text editing area
The possible frame size and the priority of the extension direction are stored in the storage unit for each frame, and the size of the text data to be input is compared with the frame size to compare the text data without overflowing the frame. determine whether editable, when said document data is determined to overflowing from within the frame, the frame and the sentence data based on the priority direction of extension expandable frame size of the stored in the storage unit frame A document editing method characterized by determining a frame size that can be secured to fit in a document. Wherein determining whether editable said sentence data without overflowing it in a frame after expansion by comparing the size of the reserved frame size and text data, the text data after the expansion frame Expandable frame of the frame stored in the storage means when it is determined that the frame overflows from the inside
The sentence data based on the size and the priority of the extension direction
2. The document editing method according to claim 1, further comprising re-determining a frame size for storing the image in the expanded frame . (3) Expansion of the frame created for the text editing area
Record the possible frame size and the priority of the expansion direction for each frame.
Storage means, Compare the size of the input sentence data with the frame size before
Whether the text data can be edited without overflowing into the frame
First determining means for determining whether Whether the sentence data is within the frame by the first determination means
If it is determined that the data overflows,
Based on the expandable frame size and priority of the expanded direction
Frame data that can be secured to fit the text data in the frame
First determining means for determining the size; A document editing device comprising: (4) Secured frame size and text data size
The sentence without overflowing in the frame after expansion
Second determination means for determining whether data can be edited
When, The text data is expanded after the expansion by the second determination means.
If it is determined that the data overflows from the frame of
Expanded frame size and expansion direction of the stored frame Priority
In order to fit the sentence data in the frame after expansion based on
Second determining means for re-determining the frame size of 4. The document editing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein:
Place.