JP3528249B2 - Document processing device - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus for copying data. 2. Description of the Related Art In a document processing device such as a word processor, an area copying function has been considered in order to enable efficient creation of a document. By utilizing this area copying function, substantially the same document can be copied. When the document is arranged at a plurality of locations, the entire document can be efficiently finished. That is, after copying the document data in the area designated as the copy source area to each of the plurality of copy destination areas, the entire document can be finished only by correcting a part of the document data for each copy destination. [0005] By the way, in setting unique format information for each document layout area specified in advance, the format information of the copy source area or any one copy destination area is corrected. In this case, it is necessary to separately perform the operation of similarly correcting the format information of each area in the relationship of the copy source / copy destination for each area in view of the balance of the entire document. Performing the work of correcting the format of all the areas having the relationship of the copy source / copy destination separately requires a lot of time and effort, and has a drawback that there is a possibility of a correction error. . SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to correct format information set for each data arrangement area by simply correcting the format of any one of the areas having a copy source / copy destination relationship. The purpose of this is to make it possible to collectively correct the formats of all other areas in the source / copy destination relationship. [0004] The means of the present invention are as follows. A document processing device in which data areas to which respective data contents and respective formats are assigned are assigned to a plurality of positions in a document, and a copy operation of an arbitrary data area in the document causes any data in the document to be copied. Setting means for copying and generating a data area of the same format with the same data content at the position, and setting the same group identification information for each of the data areas of the copy source and the copy destination; and When a data content correction operation is performed on an arbitrary data area, a first correction unit that corrects the data content of the data area according to the correction content, and a format correction operation on an arbitrary data area in the document are performed. When performed, the format of the data area is modified according to the content of the modification, and the same as the group identification information set for the data area. A second correction unit that searches the document for another data area in which the group identification information is set, and corrects the format of each searched data area to a format that matches the correction content. Therefore, when a data area to which a data content and a format are assigned is assigned to a plurality of positions in a document, when a data content correction operation is performed on an arbitrary data area, a part of the data area in the document is changed. If the data contents of the data area can be modified and the format of any data area in the document is modified, the format of the data area is modified according to the modified contents and the group set for the data area is modified. The format of each other data area in which the same group identification information as the identification information is set can be collectively corrected to a format according to the correction content. An embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the word processor. The input unit 1 is a key input device for inputting various function commands in addition to inputting document data, format information, and the like. A key operation signal output from the input unit 1 corresponding to an operation key is input to an input control unit 2. Given to. The input control unit 2 converts an input key operation signal into a key code and holds the key code. The CPU 3 sequentially accesses and takes in the key codes stored in the input control unit 2. The CPU 3 controls the operation of the entire word processor according to various programs in the program memory 4. When document data is input from the input unit 1, the CPU 3 fetches the input document data and gives it to the display control unit 5. , Or output from the text screen of the display unit 6 or stored in the text memory 7-1 in the RAM 7. The RAM 7 has a configuration including a text memory 7-1 and a work memory 7-2.
Stores area position data and actual data (format data and document data) for each document arrangement area on the text screen.
Here, in a state where two document arrangement areas as shown in FIG. 2A are displayed and output on the text screen, the area position data and the actual data have the data contents as shown in FIG. 2B. ing. The region position data is composed of a region number, an upper left X coordinate, an upper left Y coordinate, a lower right X coordinate, a lower right Y coordinate, a real data address, and a group number. The region number is a sequential number starting from a numerical value “0”. It is. Group No. is used to group the areas that have a copy source / copy destination relationship.
Is the group number as it is. The actual data is stored at an address position in the text memory 7-1 specified by the actual data address in the area position data.
From the beginning, the format data that constitutes the actual data includes the number of character points, the number of digits, the typeface (0: Mincho, 1: Round Gothic ...), prohibition (0: Yes, 1: No), and other formats Consists of data. Further, since the document data constituting the actual data is variable length data, the number of bytes of the document data is set at the head thereof, and subsequently, character data, line feed code, etc. are set for each character. . As described above, in this embodiment, for each document arrangement area, format data unique to the area is set as actual data together with the document data. The area copy program in the program memory 3 is started when an area copy is instructed from the input unit 1, and the CPU 3 executes the contents (actual data) of the document arrangement area designated as the copy source. ) Is copied directly to the copy destination. At this time, new area position data is created for each copy destination.
Is the area number of the copy source. In other words, the area number previously assigned to the copy source area is set as a group number in association with each copy destination area, whereby the copy source area and each copy destination are grouped. The format correction program in the program memory 4 is started when a correction command is input from the input unit 1 to correct the area format, and the CPU 3 inputs the format data of the specified area as usual. In addition to the correction according to the data, in the present embodiment, the format data of the other areas belonging to the group of the area are similarly corrected collectively according to the format correction program. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation executed in accordance with the area copying program when an area copying command is input from the input unit 1, and FIG. 4 is an example of a display screen which changes according to the processing process. Now, it is assumed that two regions are displayed on the text screen based on the region position data and the actual data in the text memory 7-1 as shown in FIG. 2 (see FIG. 2A). Here, when an area copy command is given, the area copy processing is started according to the flowchart of FIG. First, as shown in FIG. 4A, a guide display indicating that a copy source area should be specified is performed (step A1). In this state, the cursor (+ in the figure) is moved to the upper left position of the copy source area (FIG. 4B).
When the execution key is pressed (step A2), FIG.
As shown in (C), the entire area selected as the copy source area is highlighted (step A3). Next, as shown in FIG. 4D, a guide display indicating that a copy destination should be specified is displayed (step A4).
Here, when the cursor is moved and the upper left position of the copy destination is designated and the execution key is operated (step A5), the area No. is updated (step A6). In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, since the last area number in the text memory 7-1 is "1", the area number is updated to "2" to specify the next area number. Next, area position data of the copy destination area is created (step A7). That is, the area No. updated in step A5 is set at the head of the area position data, and then the upper left X coordinate and upper left Y coordinate specified as the upper left position of the copy destination are set. Then, the upper left XY coordinates and the lower right XY coordinates are read from the area position data of the copy source, and the X-direction size and the Y-direction size of the copy source area are obtained from these coordinate values. That is, the value (absolute value) obtained by subtracting the upper left X coordinate from the lower right X coordinate becomes the X size, and the value (absolute value) obtained by subtracting the upper left Y coordinate from the lower right Y coordinate becomes the Y size. The X size and Y size obtained in this way are added to the upper left XY coordinate of the copy destination to obtain the lower right X coordinate and lower right Y of the copy destination.
Find coordinates and set each one. Next, the text memory 7-1 is accessed, a real data address for storing the real data of the copy destination is obtained and set, and a group No. is read from the copy source area position data, and this is set as a copy destination group No. set. As a result, the area position data for the area No. “2” as shown in FIG. 5 is created. When the copy destination area position data is created in this manner, the copy destination actual data is created based on the copy source format data and the document data, and the text memory 7-
1 (step A8). That is, the actual data of the copy source is copied as it is to the actual data address position of the copy destination in the text memory 7-1. Next, as shown in FIG. 4E, a guide display as to whether to end the area copying is performed (step A9). Here, if the "YES" key is operated, the area copying process is terminated. However, if the "NO" key is operated, steps A10 to A4 are performed.
Then, the same processing as described above is performed for the next copy destination. 4 (F), (G), (H) and (I) show the processing steps when the same copy source area is repeatedly copied. In this case, the copy source area remains highlighted, and FIG. 4 (F) shows the display screen when the “NO” key is operated, and FIG. 4 (G) moves the cursor to the next copy destination position. FIG. 4H shows a display screen when the execution key is operated, and FIG. 4I shows a display screen when the “YES” key is operated. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, in the text memory 7-1, the area No. "2" and "3" are repeatedly copied twice using the area No. "1" as a copy source.
Is stored as a copy destination area. In this case, the group No. is “1” for each of the area Nos. “1”, “2”, and “3”, indicating that each area belongs to the same group having a copy source / copy destination relationship. I have. After copying the copy source area at two places in the same screen in this manner, the document data in each copy destination area is corrected to complete the entire document. Here, FIG.
FIG. 6A shows the display screen before the correction, and FIG. 6B shows the display screen after the correction. The document data “high educational background” in the copy destination area of the area No. “2” is corrected to “high income”, and the area No. “ When the document data "high educational background" in the copy destination area of "3" is corrected to "high height",
The document data in the text memory 7-1 is as shown in FIG. Next, the operation for correcting the area format will be described with reference to FIGS. Now, when a correction command is input from the input unit 1 to correct the format data of a certain area, the CPU 3 activates a format correction program to execute the area format correction processing. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the area format correction processing, and FIG. 9 is a display screen that changes according to the processing. Here, it is assumed that the contents shown in FIG. 5 are stored in the text memory 7-1. First, as shown in FIG. 9A, a guide display indicating that an area whose format is to be corrected is to be designated is performed (step B1). Here, the cursor is moved to the upper left position of the area, and the execution key is operated (step B2). FIG.
(B) shows a case where the copy source is specified as a format correction area. Then, the CPU 3 fetches the format data of the selected area from the text memory 7-1 (step B3),
As shown in FIG. 9 (C), the "format correction input screen" is displayed in a window, and the selected area and another area having the same group number as the selected area are displayed in a shaded manner to distinguish them (step B4). . Since the copy source is selected as the format correction area, the area position data in the text memory 7-1 is searched for the group No. “1”, and the area No. “2” having the same group No.
Each copy destination area of "3" is shaded and displayed together with the copy source area. Next, an arbitrary format item is designated on the input screen to correct the format, the format data is corrected, and the execution key is operated (step B5). FIG. 9D shows a case where "font" is selected and designated as a format item to be modified, and FIG. 9E shows a case where the font is modified from "Mincho" to "Maru Gothic". As a result, the format data of the copy source area of the area No. “1” is modified from Mincho type to “01 (round gothic type)” as shown in FIG. In this way, the format data of the selected area is set to 1
When the correction is completed for the items, the process proceeds to the next step B6, and the process moves to the process of collectively correcting the format data of other areas belonging to the same group as the selected area in the same manner (step B6). FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the batch correction process in step B6 in detail. First, the CPU 3 fetches the group number of the area whose format has been corrected from the text memory 7-1 (step C1). In this case, the group number “1” of the copy source area is fetched. Next, the text memory 7
In order to sequentially designate the area position data within -1 from the beginning, "0" is set to an area No pointer (not shown) (step C2). Then, the group number of the format correction area
And the group number of the specified area specified by the area No pointer
(Step C3). In this case, first, the first designated area is the area of the area No. “0”, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 0, the group number for the area is “0”,
Therefore, a mismatch with the group number “1” of the format correction area is detected in step C4. Then, the designated area is updated by adding "1" to the area No pointer (step C6). As a result, on condition that the specified area is not the last area (step C7), the process returns to the processing of comparing the group number of the format correction area with the group number of the specified area again (step C3). Here, the designated area is a format correction area of area No. "1", and a match of the group number is naturally detected. However, in step C4, another area having the same group number as the format correction area is deleted. The matching is detected, and the matching of the group number is detected on the premise that the designated area number and the format correction area number are different. Therefore, in this case, the process moves from step C4 to step C6 to specify the next area.
Next, when the copy destination area of the area No. "2" is designated, since this designated area is another area having the same group number as the format correction area, a match of the group number is detected in step C4. In step C5, the contents of the correction format item are copied to the corresponding format item in the designated area. As a result,
As shown in FIG. 10, of the format data of the area No. “2”,
The content of the typeface item is corrected to “round Gothic type” in the same manner as the typeface item of the copy source. Then, when the next area No. "3" is designated, the contents of the typeface item of this copy destination area are also modified to "circle gothic" in accordance with the copy source, as in the case described above. . When such batch correction processing is completed, the process proceeds to step B7 in FIG. 7, and a guide display as to whether or not to correct the format is displayed (see FIG. 9F). Here, when the contents of other format items are to be continuously corrected, the "NO" key is operated. Then, the process returns to step B4, and the format of the designated item is corrected in the same manner as described above. However, to end the format correction, the "YES" key is operated. FIG. 9G shows a display screen after operating the “YES” key. In addition, on the display screens of FIGS.
For each area in which "high income" and "high height" are entered, the typeface is changed from Mincho to round Gothic. As described above, in this embodiment, each time an area copy is performed, the copy source area and the copy destination area are grouped in association with each other, and the format data of the copy source area is corrected later. Then, the format data of each copy destination area is collectively corrected to the same format as the copy source. This is the same when the format data of a certain copy destination area is corrected, and the format data of the area source and other copy destination areas are collectively corrected based on this format correction. In other words, by grouping the areas having a copy source / copy destination relationship, if the format data of any of the areas belonging to the group is corrected later, all of the other areas belonging to the same group are modified. Batch correction of the format data is performed for the area of. In the above-described embodiment, the case where the contents of the copy source area are copied to two places is taken as an example. However, after partially modifying the document contents of a certain copy destination area, this area is copied to the copy source area. May be copied to another area.
That is, even if area copying is performed hierarchically, the same group number is added to all areas, so that each area copied hierarchically can be handled as the same group. In the above embodiment, the copy source and the copy destination are automatically grouped each time the area copy is performed.
When correcting the area format, the correction target areas may be designated by using a keyboard or the like and grouped. According to the present invention, in a data area in which data contents and formats are assigned to a plurality of positions in a document, an operation of correcting the data contents of an arbitrary data area is performed. In this case, the data content of a part of the data area in the document can be corrected, and when the format of any data area in the document is corrected, the format of the data area is corrected in accordance with the corrected content. At the same time, the format of each of the other data areas in which the same group identification information as the group identification information set for the data area is set can be collectively corrected to a format according to the content of the correction. It is possible to easily correct the data content of a set and to correct the format of a plurality of data areas specified as a group.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a word processor according to an embodiment. FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams for explaining a data format of area position data and actual data in a text memory 7-1, wherein FIG. 2A is a display screen displayed according to the contents of a text memory, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram specifically showing area position data and actual data in a memory. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when performing area copying. FIG. 4 is a diagram specifically showing a display screen that changes according to a process of area copying. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing area position data and actual data in a text memory 7-1 after area copying. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display screen and actual data in a text memory 7-1 when a part of a document in each copy destination area is corrected after area copy. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation when correcting an area format. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing step A6 (format batch correction processing) of FIG. 7 in detail. FIG. 9 is a diagram specifically showing a display screen which changes in a process of correcting an area format. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing area position data and actual data in a text memory 7-1 when an area format is collectively corrected. [Description of Signs] 1 Input unit 2 Input control unit 3 CPU 4 Program memory 7 RAM 7-1 Text memory

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(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] Each data content and each format are
The allocated data area is assigned to multiple locations in the document.
A document processing apparatus, wherein a data area of the same format with the same data content is copied and generated at an arbitrary position in the document by a copy operation of an arbitrary data area in the document, and the copy source and the copy source are copied. Setting means for setting the same group identification information for each of the target data areas; and modification of data contents for an arbitrary data area in the document.
When a correct operation is performed, the data
First correcting means for correcting the data content of the data area, and when a format correcting operation is performed on an arbitrary data area in the document, the format of the data area is corrected according to the corrected content, and the data Another data area in which the same group identification information as the group identification information set for the area is set is searched from the document, and the format of each searched data area is changed to a format according to the correction content. A document processing apparatus , comprising: a second correction unit that corrects a document .