JP3806948B2 - Document processing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus that generates a compound document by combining a plurality of document elements, and more particularly to a document processing apparatus that controls a composition relationship and a display relationship of document elements.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a document processing apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-124224 has been known for creating a compound document by combining a plurality of document elements composed of electronic data. This document processing apparatus creates a compound document composed of various types of document data such as text, graphs, tables, figures, etc., defines rectangular regions of document elements composed of the same kind of document data, and defines these rectangular regions as A compound document composed of a plurality of document elements is created by arranging them in one virtual plane. In addition to the document data (actual data) of each rectangular area, the storage unit includes a header portion including coordinates of the rectangular area on the virtual plane, an address storing the document data of the rectangular area, and a pointer to the next rectangular area. It is stored so that document data can be handled in units of rectangular areas.
[0003]
Further, as disclosed in JP-A-4-310176, a document processing apparatus that attaches a tag (document element) to a document is also known. This document processing apparatus pastes a sticky note made of image data on a document made of image data, and sticks the sticky note outside the document. In addition, a plurality of documents with sticky notes attached in this way are bundled and displayed on the screen, and the sticky notes attached to lower-layer documents are also displayed with their protruding portions.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Here, with the diversification of information media in recent years, the usage forms of electronic compound documents handled by document processing apparatuses have diversified, and electronic compound documents can be seen as if they are pasted together on paper media. There is a demand for creating a document and electronically handling the created compound document like a paper document.
For example, not only a form in which a plurality of paper documents are pasted together to create one compound document but also a form in which a document element such as a tag or a bookmark is pasted on a document on a paper medium is intended to be realized as an electronic document In other words, it is necessary to create a compound document by superimposing other electronic document elements on an already created electronic document element at any time, as if performing pasting processing on a paper document. is there.
[0005]
In addition, it becomes clear whether a document element can be pasted in a compound document obtained by combining paper documents, but in an electronic compound document, the user clearly understands the relationship of whether or not pasting is possible. I can't.
For example, pasting a document element of a type called a sticky note to an original document element to be pasted is performed on a daily basis, but pasting is not performed in the reverse relationship. However, in the processing of a compound document made up of electronic data, document elements can be pasted freely and are displayed as they are, so that the combined compound document has a different form from a paper document. May end up.
[0006]
In the above-described circumstances, in the conventional document processing apparatus (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-124224), a compound document is arranged in a plane without overlapping document elements on a virtual plane. It was created, and it was not possible to realize a paper medium usage form such as pasting a document element at an arbitrary position later if necessary. Note that the compound document synthesized in this manner is converted to other document elements such as image data that can be displayed and output by the application of the parent document element. Therefore, these other document elements will be described later. There was also an inconvenience that the editing process could not be performed.
[0007]
In addition, in this document processing apparatus, a header portion is provided for actual data so that document data can be handled in units of document elements. This header portion has only position information and a pointer to the next document element. In this way, the document processing apparatus cannot quickly determine and process the role relationship between the document elements.
[0008]
Further, in the above-described conventional document processing apparatus (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-310176), the image data document and the sticky note are simply pasted together. In some cases, pasting processing that is not performed is performed, and a document that is far from a paper document is created.
In addition, in this document processing apparatus, when a document is bundled and displayed in a superimposed manner, a sticky note attached to a lower layer document is always displayed. However, for convenience of document use, it is desired to arbitrarily change the display mode. There was a request.
[0009]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional circumstances. An electronic compound document is created as if a paper document is pasted, and the created compound document can be handled electronically like a paper document. An object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus.
In addition, the present invention provides a document processing apparatus that makes it possible to select a display mode of a compound document by using the characteristics of electronic data and to handle the electronic compound document more conveniently than a paper medium document. The purpose is to do.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  In order to achieve the above object, a document processing apparatus according to claim 1 is provided in a document creation area.Arbitrary size and locationIn a document processing apparatus that creates a composite document by combining and outputting document data of a plurality of document elements, combined with actual data creation means for creating actual data including document data and type information of each document element A relational data creating means for creating relational data for defining a relation between document elements;Specify at least allow or prohibit pasting of document elementsA synthesis condition holding unit that holds a synthesis condition between document elements according to the type of the document element, an editing unit that associates the actual data of the pair of document elements based on the type information and the synthesis condition via the relationship data, It is provided with.
The document processing apparatus according to claim 2 is a document for creating a compound document by combining and outputting document data of a plurality of document elements arranged at an arbitrary position at an arbitrary size in a document creation area. In the processing device, actual data creating means for creating actual data including document data and type information of each document element, relation data creating means for creating relation data for defining a relationship between the document elements to be synthesized, and at least A pair of documents via relation data and a combination condition holding means for holding a combination condition between the document elements that stipulates whether to allow or prohibit pasting by protruding the frame of the document element according to the type of the document element Editing means for associating actual data of elements based on type information and synthesis conditions.
[0011]
  Also,Claim 3The document processing apparatus according to claim 1 is provided.Or claim 2In the document processing apparatus described above, the synthesis condition holding unit can change the synthesis condition based on an input from the outside.
[0012]
  Also,Claim 4The document processing device described inAny one of Claims 1 to 3In the document processing apparatus described in the above, when the composition condition of a pair of document elements to be associated is different, the editing unit selects one of the composition conditions based on a preset condition and performs the association process. Features.
[0013]
  Also,Claim 5The document processing device described in5. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the composite includes an output condition holding unit that holds an output condition of a document element, and actual data associated by relational data based on the output condition. Output means for outputting a document.
[0014]
  Also,Claim 6The document processing device described inClaim 5In the document processing apparatus described above, the output condition holding means can change the output condition based on an external input.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document processing method in which a document processing apparatus synthesizes and outputs document data of a plurality of document elements arranged at an arbitrary position at an arbitrary size in a document creation area. In the document processing method, the actual data creation means included in the document processing apparatus creates actual data including document data and type information of each document element, and the related data creation means included in the document processing apparatus includes: Create relationship data that defines the relationship between the document elements to be combined, and the combining condition holding means provided in the document processing apparatus at least between the document elements that specify that the pasting of the document elements is permitted or prohibited The composition condition is retained according to the type of the document element, and the editing means included in the document processing apparatus converts the actual data of the pair of document elements through the relationship data and the type information and the combination data. Processes associated based on the condition, characterized in that.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document processing method in which a document processing apparatus combines and outputs document data of a plurality of document elements arranged at an arbitrary position in an arbitrary size within a document creation area. In the document processing method, the actual data creation means included in the document processing apparatus creates actual data including document data and type information of each document element, and the related data creation means included in the document processing apparatus includes: Create relationship data that defines the relationship between the document elements to be combined, and specify that the combining condition holding means provided in the document processing apparatus allows or prohibits pasting at least outside the frame of the document element The composition condition between the document elements is held according to the type of the document element, and the editing unit included in the document processing apparatus stores the actual data of the pair of document elements via the relation data. Processes associated on the basis of the different information and synthesis conditions, characterized in that.
[0015]
[Action]
  The document processing apparatus according to claim 1.9. The document processing method of claim 7, the document processing apparatus of claim 2, or the document processing method of claim 8.According to the above, application data dependent on the document creation application, display data independent of the document creation application, and actual data including document element type information are created for each document element by the actual data creation means. . Further, the relation data creation means creates relation data between document elements such as a composition position (superimposition position), whether or not the position can be changed, and whether the document element to be synthesized is a text or a comment. These actual data and related data are stored in the storage means as independent data units.
[0016]
  Here, in the case of performing document processing in which another document element is pasted to a certain document element to change the composition of the compound document, the editing unit associates the actual data of the pair of document elements via the relation data. In this process, the real data type information and the synthesis conditions held in the synthesis condition holding meansInBased on this, whether or not association is possible is determined. Therefore, a process of pasting a document on a sticky note is avoided by setting the synthesis condition.
[0017]
  AndClaim 3In this document processing apparatus, the synthesis condition held in the synthesis condition holding unit can be changed based on an input from the outside, and the user can arbitrarily change the synthesis condition as necessary.
  Also,Claim 4In this document processing apparatus, when the synthesis conditions of a pair of document elements to be associated are different, the editing unit selects one of the synthesis conditions based on a preset condition and performs the association process. For example, when an original document is to be pasted on a sticky note, a composite condition that allows pasting of any document element to the sticky note and a composite condition that prohibits the original document from being pasted on a sticky note If there is an error, the process of pasting the original document on the sticky note by preferentially applying the prohibition condition is not performed.
[0018]
  Also,Claim 5In the document processing apparatus, when another document element is pasted on a certain document element to form a compound document, and this compound document is displayed on a display or the like, it is composed of actual data associated with output means. The compound document is output. At this time, the output condition held in the output condition holding meansInBased on this, the output mode of each document element is determined. Therefore, for example, when a plurality of compound documents are bundled and displayed in a superimposed manner, sticky notes pasted on the lower layer compound documentTheWhether or not to display is selected by setting an output condition.
[0019]
  AndClaim 6In the document processing apparatus, the output condition held in the output condition holding means can be changed based on an external input so that the user or the APL program can arbitrarily change the synthesis condition as necessary. Yes.
[0020]
【Example】
An embodiment of a document processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes an external storage device 1 that holds data relating to a compound document, an editing unit 2 that performs various document processing relating to the compound document, and a function for outputting the compound document. A display unit 3 for processing, a display device 4 for actually displaying and outputting a compound document by display on a screen or printing on a paper medium, and an input unit 5 for inputting various requests from a user are provided. Yes.
[0021]
Several document creation applications 7 are stored in the storage device 1, and various types of document elements such as texts, graphs, tables, and figures are created by these applications 7. Further, the storage device 1 stores document data (application data) 8 of document elements created by the application 7, and further stores data 9 related to the compound document.
The application data 8 is document data that depends on the application used to create the document element, and can be edited later by using the application data 8. The compound document data 9 is data of a compound document formed by superimposing each document element, and includes actual data of each document element and relation data that defines the mutual relationship between the document elements as will be described later. .
[0022]
Further, a parameter ledger 10 is stored in the storage device 1, and as shown in FIG. 6, composition conditions and display conditions corresponding to document element types are stored.
In the example shown in (a) of FIG. 6, the composition condition of the pasting target, the document element, and the pasting target document element is defined in association with the type, and the type of the original document “MP” is defined. A composition condition that allows a document element of the type “sticky note” to stick out and be pasted to the document element is defined, and conversely, a type of “MP” is added to a document element of the type “sticky note”. A composition condition that prohibits pasting of a document element is defined.
[0023]
Furthermore, as a display condition, a document element of the type “sticky” pasted and pasted on a document element of the type “MP” is defined to be displayed at all times. It is defined that when a compound document is bundled and displayed in a superimposed manner, a sticky note pasted on a lower layer compound document is also displayed and output on the display device 4. When the display condition is “surface display”, when a plurality of compound documents are bundled and displayed in a superimposed manner, only the sticky notes pasted on the uppermost (cover) compound document are displayed on the display device 4. It is specified to be displayed.
[0024]
Further, in the example shown in FIG. 6B, the composition condition for the case of being a target to be pasted and the case of being a target for pasting is defined for each type. For example, the type “MP” which is the original document This document element is specified to allow any document element to protrude and be pasted when it is a target to be pasted, and prohibit it from being a target to be pasted. Furthermore, as a display condition, a document element that is pasted and pasted into a document element of the type “MP” is defined as “always displayed”.
[0025]
The parameter ledger 10 storing such synthesis conditions and display conditions can be rewritten by an operation from the input unit 5, and the synthesis conditions and display conditions held in the parameter ledger 10 by the user operating from the input unit 5. Can be changed arbitrarily.
[0026]
The editing unit 2 includes an actual data creation unit 11 that creates actual data of each document element, a relationship data creation unit 12 that creates relationship data between document elements, and document processing such as a configuration change for a compound document. The editing unit 13 used, the data processing unit 14 for inputting / outputting data to / from the storage device 1, the display unit 3, and the input unit 5, and the composition between document elements based on the composition conditions stored in the parameter register 10 And a determination unit 15 that determines whether processing is possible.
[0027]
The display unit 3 performs a process of superimposing actual data of a plurality of document elements on the basis of the related data in the document creation area, and the display device 4 displays and outputs a compound document based on the processing result.
In addition, the display unit 3 includes a determination unit 16 that determines whether or not the document element display output process is possible based on the display conditions stored in the parameter ledger 10, and the display output by the display unit 3 is determined based on the determination result. Processing is controlled.
[0028]
In this embodiment, a compound document 21 as shown in FIG. 2 is created, and further editing processing is performed. Document elements A, B, C, D, and E are superimposed on this compound document 21 and synthesized. Has been.
The document element A is a text document created by a text creation application that constitutes a word processor, and is a document element of the type “MP” that is a source of a compound document, that is, a so-called parent document.
Document elements B, C, and D are so-called child documents superimposed on document element A. Document element B is a graph document created by an application for creating charts, and document elements C and D are graphic creations. A graphic document created by the application. The document element E is a so-called grandchild document superimposed on the document element B, and is a text document created by a text creation application. These document elements B, C, D, and E are document elements whose types are “image”, “tag”, “mark”, and “overwrite”, respectively.
[0029]
As shown in FIG. 3, the actual data of each document element A to E is created as an actual data frame, and the relationship between the document element A and the document element B to D and the relationship between the document element B and the document element E. Each data is created as a related data frame.
The actual data frame has a data string including substantial data and a retained data string including a pointer to the related data frame. The data column includes the creation environment such as the document element creator and creation date, the creation application name used to create the document element, the display data converted from the document element document data into a format independent of the creation application, and the creation application. Application data as document data, document element type information, and the like. In addition, a plurality of pointers can be included in the retained data string, and the data is associated with related data frames of other document elements that are superimposed via the pointers.
[0030]
The display data is obtained by converting the document data into display data in a unified format such as PostScript (registered trademark) using the print function of the creation application, and can be displayed without using the creation application. Data can be displayed and printed. In this embodiment, this display data is bitmap data, and output of document elements can be realized, but editing of document elements cannot be realized.
On the other hand, the application data is document data that depends on the creation application. By starting the creation application, editing of document elements can be realized using the application data.
[0031]
The relation data frame also has a data string including substantial data and a retained data string including a pointer to the document element. The data string includes the pasting position of the document element, the pasting size, the pasting role of the document element in the compound document, the overlapping order when the document elements are superimposed, and the like. In addition, the retained data string includes a single pointer, and is associated with the actual data frame of the corresponding document element via this pointer.
[0032]
FIG. 4 shows the structure of the compound document 21 of this embodiment and the relationship between the actual data frame and the related data frame.
Conceptually, the document elements A to E are formed on the virtual document creation area 22, and the compound document 21 is created by superimposing the document elements A to E by superimposing these document creation areas 22. Yes. The actual data frame 23 of the parent document element A is associated with the actual data frames 24 to 26 of the child document elements B to D via the relationship data frames 27 to 29, respectively, and is superimposed on the document element B. The actual data frame 30 of the document element E is associated with the actual data frame 24 of the document element B via the relation data frame 31.
[0033]
The above-described actual data frame and the related data frame are associated with each other by a pointer, and by tracing the pointer from a certain actual data frame, it is possible to access another actual data frame superimposed via the related data frame. it can. The actual data frame and the related data frame associated with the pointer constitute the composite document data 9 as a whole, and each of the actual data frame and the related data frame is stored in the storage device 1 as an independent data unit associated with the pointer. It is stored and can be read and written for each data unit.
[0034]
As shown in FIG. 5, in the actual data frames 23 to 26 and 30 of the document elements A to E, the creation application name used for creating the document element is “text”, along with the creation environment, display data, and application data. It is included as “Chart”, “Figure”, “Figure”, and “Text”. Further, the actual data frames 23 to 26 and 30 include the type information of each document element A to E as “MP”, “image”, “tag”, “approval”, and “overwrite”.
In addition, the relationship data frames 27 to 29 between the actual data frame 23 and the actual data frames 24 to 26 and the relationship data frame 31 between the actual data frame 24 and the actual data frame 30 have a pasting position and a pasting size. The pasting role is included along with the overlapping order.
[0035]
In other words, the document element B is pasted in the relation data frame 27 in the second overlapping order on the document element A, and it is prohibited to move the pasting position of the document element B later. Contains data to the effect that the text is formed. Further, in the relational data frame 28, the document element C is pasted on the document element A in the first overlapping order, and the document element C includes data indicating that the compound document 21 is commented. In addition, in the relation data frame 29, the document element D is pasted on the document element A with the first overlapping order of 0, and it is prohibited to change the contents of the document element D later. Data indicating that 21 texts are included. Further, in the relational data frame 31, the document element E is pasted on the document element B with the first overlapping order being 0th, and it is prohibited to move the pasting position of the document element E backward. Data indicating the text of the document 21 is included.
[0036]
It should be noted that the text in the above-mentioned pasting role means a document element that is essential for the structure forming the text of the compound document 21 and is a document element that is necessarily displayed in the compound document 21. The comment is not an essential document element for the compound document 21 itself, such as a tag attached to the compound document, but a document element that is selectively displayed in the compound document 21 according to an instruction from the user. It means that there is.
[0037]
Next, a process of creating the compound document data 9 by the document processing apparatus having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, the actual data creation unit 11 reads the application data 8 of the document element A, starts the document creation application 7 that created the document element A, and uses the printing function of the application 7 to display display data from the application data 8. create. Then, the actual data creation unit 11 prepares an actual data frame, and the application data 8 and the display data are created together with the creation environment and the created application name “text”, and the type information “MP” of the document element A. To create an actual data frame 23 of the document element A.
[0038]
Next, in the same manner for the document element D, the actual data creation unit 11 creates display data for the document element D, and creates application data 8 and display data for the document element D as the creation environment and created application name “figure”. Is added to the actual data frame prepared together with the type information “mark” of the document element D to create the actual data frame 26 of the document element D.
Next, the relational data creation unit 12 prepares a relational data frame, and adds a superposition relation (paste position, sticking size, sticking role, etc.) based on a user instruction from the input part 5 to the relational data frame. Further, the editing unit 12 connects the relationship data frame to the actual data frames 23 and 26 with a pointer to create a relationship data frame 29 between the document element A and the document element D.
As a result, the document element D is superimposed and synthesized on the document element A as a document having a position and size defined in the related data frame 29 and a body whose content is prohibited to be changed.
[0039]
Next, a process of displaying and outputting the compound document 21 by the document processing apparatus having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, when a display instruction is input from the input unit 5, the data processing unit 14 reads the compound document data 9 from the storage device 1 and transfers it to the display unit 3. The display unit 3 extracts the lowermost actual data frame 23 in the data frame related system from the compound document data 9, extracts the display data from the actual data frame 23, and displays the document element A on the display device 4. (Step S1).
[0040]
Next, the display unit 3 sets a variable K representing the number of related data frames to an initial value “1” (step S2), traces the pointer from the actual data frame 23, and is included in the received compound document data 9. The number of related data frames is compared with the variable K (step S3).
As a result, when the variable K exceeds the number of received related data frames, the processing is terminated because there is no data frame to be processed. On the other hand, when the variable K is equal to or less than the number of related data frames, the display is performed. Part 3 extracts relation information from the K-th relation data frame (step S4), specifies that the role of comment is described in the relation information, and specifies that the comment document is not displayed from the input part 5 It is determined whether there is any (step S5).
[0041]
As a result, when there is a comment role or a non-display designation, the variable K is incremented by one and the above-described processing after step S3 is repeated (step S6), while there is no comment role and is not displayed. If there is no designation, the display unit 3 creates an area for displaying the document element in the document creation area 22 with the position, size, transparent state of drawing, etc. based on the relationship information (step S7).
Next, the display unit 3 traces the pointer from the related data frame to extract the corresponding actual data frame (step S8), extracts the display data from the actual data frame, and causes the display device 4 to display the document element (step S9). .
[0042]
In other words, the document element A is first displayed by the above processing, and subsequently the document elements B to E are sequentially displayed based on the respective relation information. At the time of this display, if the role as a comment is described in the related data frame, it is determined whether or not the corresponding document element is displayed according to a user instruction from the input unit 5.
[0043]
Next, processing for changing the contents of the document elements A to E in the document processing apparatus having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, when a document element is specified and an instruction to change the contents is input from the input unit 5, the editing unit 13 examines the related data frame of the specified document element from the compound document data 9, and the contents It is determined whether or not prohibition of change is set (step S10). As a result, when the change is prohibited, the processing is terminated as it is. When the change is not prohibited, the editing unit 13 follows the pointer to extract the actual data frame corresponding to the related data frame from the compound document data 9 and execute the actual data frame. The data is transferred to the data creation unit 11 (step S11).
[0044]
The actual data creation unit 11 retrieves the application name that created the corresponding document element from the actual data frame (step S12), and retrieves the corresponding document creation application 7 from the storage device 1 using this application name (step S13). In this case, if the corresponding document creation application cannot be found from the application name, the processing is terminated as it is (step S14).
Next, the actual data creation unit 11 extracts application data from the actual data frame (step S15), starts the document creation application 7 by giving this application data (step S16), and based on the user input from the input unit 5 The application data is changed by rewriting or editing.
[0045]
When the document creation application ends and the application data is changed (step S17), the actual data creation unit 11 creates display data from the application data using the print function of the document creation application (step S18). The actual data frame is updated with the data and the display data (step S19), and the actual data frame is stored in the storage device 1 with the original association by the pointer.
That is, the contents of the document elements A, B, C, and E can be arbitrarily changed by the above processing. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, since the content change prohibition is set in the relational data frame 29 for the document element D, the content is not changed in the above processing.
[0046]
Therefore, by setting the content data prohibition setting in the related data frame, it can be specified that the corresponding document element has a role that cannot be arbitrarily changed in the compound document. A handling such as a document part written with a writing tool (for example, a pencil) that can be rewritten by a paper medium document or a writing tool (for example, a fountain pen) that cannot be rewritten is realized electronically.
[0047]
Next, processing for changing the positions and sizes of the document elements A to E in the document processing apparatus having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, when an instruction to specify a document element and to change the document element is input from the input unit 5, whether the instruction input by the editing unit 13 relates to a position change of the document element (step S20) or the document element It is determined whether it relates to the size change (step S21).
Next, the editing unit 13 checks the related data frame of the designated document element from the compound document data 9, and if it is a position change instruction, determines whether movement prohibition is set (step S22). If it is a size change instruction, it is determined whether size change prohibition is set (step S23).
[0048]
As a result, even if there is a request instruction from the user, if prohibition is set in the related data frame, the processing is ended as it is. On the other hand, if the setting for prohibiting the position change instruction is not made, the relational data creating unit 12 changes the pasting position information of the relational data frame based on the user input from the input unit 5 (step S24). If the setting for prohibiting the size change instruction is not made, the related data creation unit 12 changes the pasting size information of the related data frame based on the user input from the input unit 5 (step S24).
[0049]
That is, the size of the document elements B to E in the compound document 21 can be arbitrarily changed by the user by the above processing. Further, the position of the document elements C and D in the compound document 21 can be arbitrarily changed by the user, but the movement prohibition is set in the related data frames 27 and 31 for the document elements B and E. The position cannot be changed. Since these change processes can be performed by changing only the related data frame without analyzing the actual data frame, it is easily and quickly performed.
[0050]
In addition, by setting the related data frame to prohibit changes in position and size as described above, it is possible to specify that the corresponding document element has a role that cannot be arbitrarily changed in the compound document. By not having this setting, it is possible to electronically handle a document part that cannot be peeled off because it is glued on a paper document or a document part that can be easily peeled off, such as sticky notes. The
[0051]
Next, processing for changing the configuration of the compound document composed of the document elements A to E by the document processing apparatus having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 5, and 10. FIG. The case where the actual data frame 27 of the document element B is separated from the actual data frame 23 of the document element A and replaced with the actual data frame 25 of the document element C that maintains the relationship with the document elements A and E will be described as an example. To do.
First, when an instruction to replace the document element B to be changed with the document element C is input from the input unit 5, the editing unit 13 checks the relation data frame 27 of the document element B from the compound document data 9 ( Step S30), it is determined whether or not the relationship change prohibition is set (step S31).
[0052]
As a result, if it is prohibited for the document element B to change the superimposition relationship with the current document element A, the processing is ended as it is. On the other hand, if the change is not prohibited, the editing unit 13 removes the pointer from the actual data frame 23 of the document element A to the related data frame 27 (step S32), and the actual data frame 25 of the document element C which is a new overlapping partner. A pointer area is provided in the holding frame sequence (step S33).
Next, the editing unit 13 sets a pointer from the actual data frame 25 to the relation data frame 27 of the document element B (step S34), updates this superposition relation to the compound document data 9, and ends the process.
[0053]
That is, by the above processing, the document elements B and E pasted on the document element A are pasted on the document element C, and the configuration of the compound document 21 is changed. Since this change process can be performed by changing only the related data frame without analyzing the actual data frame, it is easily and quickly performed.
In addition, by the above configuration change, it is electronically realized that the document portions are arbitrarily pasted together as if the document is a paper medium.
[0054]
Next, a case where a document element C having a type as a tag is pasted (synthesized) on a document element A that is a source of a compound document of type “MP” will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 11 to 16. To do.
When the pasting process is started based on an instruction from the input unit 5, the actual data frame process on the pasting side (document element C) (step S41) and the actual data frame process on the pasting side (document element A) (step S42). ), A process of combining these paired document elements A and C (step S43) is sequentially performed.
[0055]
In the pasting-side actual data frame processing (step S41), as shown in FIG. 12, the judging unit 15 judges whether or not the document element (C) on the pasting side has been instructed from the input unit 5 (step S51). The section 13 specifies the actual data frame of the document element selected and designated from the compound document data 9 (step S52), and attaches a reference symbol (F1) to the actual data frame (step S53). That is, the actual data frame of the document element C that is instructed to be selected as the pasting side is specified for the actual data frame in the compound document data 9.
[0056]
In addition, in the pasted actual data frame process (step S42), as shown in FIG. 13, the judging unit 15 judges whether or not the document element (A) to be pasted is selected from the input unit 5 (step S42). In step S61, the editing unit 13 identifies the actual data frame of the document element selected and designated from the compound document data 9 (step S62), and adds a reference symbol (F2) to the actual data frame (step S63). That is, the actual data frame of the document element A instructed to be selected as the pasting side is specified for the actual data frame in the compound document data 9.
[0057]
Further, the combining process (step S43) is performed as shown in FIG. 14, and the determining unit 15 determines whether an instruction for combining the pasted document element C with the pasted document element A is given from the input unit 5. However, if a compositing instruction is given, the editing unit 13 reads out and acquires the actual data frames indicated by the reference symbols F1 and F2 from the compound document data 9 (steps S72 and S73).
Then, the determination unit 15 associates the actual data frame with the document element A based on the type information stored in the actual data frame and the composition condition stored in the parameter register 10. Processing for determining whether or not pasting is permitted is performed (step S74).
[0058]
As a result of the synthesis determination process, when the document element C is permitted to be pasted on the document element A in a manner designated by the user (step S75), the relation data creation unit 12 determines according to the position designated by the user. A relational data frame is created (step S76), and the editing unit 13 associates and connects the actual data frames indicated by reference symbols F1 and F2 via the relational data frame (step S77).
Then, the display process described with reference to FIG. 7 is performed based on the data thus associated, and the composite document in which the sticky document element C is pasted from the display device 4 to the document element A is displayed and output. (Step S78).
[0059]
Here, in the case where the sticky note document element C protrudes and is pasted on the document element A as described above, the determination unit 15 determines whether or not the composition is possible based on the type information and the composition condition (step S74), and protrudes. In the display process (step S78), the determination unit 16 determines how the pasted sticky note document element C is displayed and output based on display conditions.
[0060]
In the combination determination process (step S74), as shown in FIG. 15, the combination condition stored in the parameter register 10 is searched with the type information of the actual data frames of the reference symbols F1 and F2, and a tag is added to the document element A. It is determined whether or not the document element C is allowed to stick out and pasted, and in what manner it is permitted (steps S81 and S82).
[0061]
That is, for the sticky note document element C, for example, the sticky note document element C is not pasted on the document element A and the sticky note document element C is pasted on the document element A according to the set synthesis condition. It is determined that the frame of the document element A cannot be pasted out, the sticky note document element C can be pasted even if the frame extends beyond the document element A, and so on.
As for the document element A, for example, the sticky document element C cannot be pasted on the document element A according to the set synthesis condition, but the sticky document element C can be pasted on the document element A. It is judged that the A frame is not allowed to protrude, the tag document element C is pasted on the document element A even if it extends beyond the frame, and so on.
[0062]
Then, according to the above determination result, the above-described combination processing (steps S76 and S77) is performed. When the determination results for each document element are contradictory, the editing unit 13 arbitrates these determination results (step S83). ), And a synthesis process is executed according to one of the synthesis conditions.
For example, the determination result for the sticky note document element C is “pasted even if the frame extends beyond the document element A”, and the determination result for the document element A is “the sticky note document element C on the document element A is In the case of “cannot be pasted”, the editing unit 13 selects the prohibition condition side and prohibits the process of pasting the tag document element C onto the document element A in the composition process.
In addition, although the reference | standard at the time of this arbitration is preset in the edit part 13, what is necessary is just to set various references | standards as needed not only giving priority to a prohibition condition but giving priority to a permission condition.
[0063]
The determination process in the display process (step S78) is performed when a plurality of compound documents P1 to P3 are bundled and displayed in an overlapping manner as shown in FIG. 17A, and the sticky note document element F protrudes. When the pasted compound document P1 is turned into a lower layer, the sticky note F is displayed as shown in (b) of the figure, or the sticky note F is displayed as shown in (c) of the figure. The determination unit 16 determines whether or not to do so.
[0064]
That is, in this determination process, as shown in FIG. 16, it is determined whether or not an instruction for bundling a plurality of compound documents is displayed from the input unit 5 (step S91), and a plurality of compound documents are bundled. When an instruction for displaying the thickness to be superimposed is given, the display unit 3 draws the frame of each compound document by shifting it, draws its contents in the uppermost document frame, and it is as if a plurality of documents are displayed. Display is output on the display device 4 as if they are overlapped (step S92).
[0065]
Whether or not the sticky note document element F is to be displayed is determined based on the display condition of the parameter ledger 10 for the stack of compound documents displayed in a superimposed manner (step S93). As shown in FIG. 17B, the tag F pasted to the lower layer compound document is also displayed and output on the display device 4 (step S94). ), The sticky note F pasted on the lower layer compound document is not displayed on the display device 4 (step S95).
In addition to the above, various conditions can be set as necessary, such as not displaying the sticky note F and not displaying only the protruding portion of the sticky note F.
[0066]
【The invention's effect】
  As described above in detail, the document processing apparatus of the present inventionAnd document processing methodsAccording to the above, it is possible to create an electronic compound document as if a paper document was pasted together, handle the created compound document electronically like a paper document, and use the characteristics of electronic data. Thus, the display mode of the compound document can be selected, and the electronic compound document can be handled more conveniently than the paper document.
[0067]
  That is, the document processing apparatus according to claim 19. The document processing method of claim 7, the document processing apparatus of claim 2, or the document processing method of claim 8.According to the relationship data, the actual data of a pair of document elements is type information and composition conditionsInSince the association process is performed based on this, it is determined whether or not the association is possible in the association process, and an unrealistic process in which a document is pasted on a sticky note is avoided, and a composite document process like a paper document is realized. can do.
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  Also,Claim 3According to the document processing apparatus, since the user can arbitrarily change the composition condition, it is possible to configure a compound document having a mode as required.
  Also,Claim 4According to the document processing apparatus, the document elementsofWhen the synthesis conditions are different, they are adjusted to select one of the synthesis conditions and perform the association process.Therefore, even if the individual synthesis conditions are set independently, the optimum synthesis condition is selected. Association processing is performed below, and the setting operation of the synthesis condition can be freely performed.
[0069]
  Also,Claim 5According to the document processing apparatus, since the compound document composed of the actual data associated by the relational data is output based on the output condition, various display modes of the compound document are set using the characteristics of the electronic data. be able to.
  Also,Claim 6According to the document processing apparatus, since the user can arbitrarily change the output condition, it is possible to display and output the compound document in a manner as required.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a compound document.
FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration of an actual data frame and a related data frame.
FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a relationship between a document element and a data frame.
FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the structure of a compound document in a data frame.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents stored in a parameter ledger.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart relating to a composite document display output process;
FIG. 8 is a flowchart according to document element content change processing;
FIG. 9 is a flowchart relating to processing for changing the position and size of a document element.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart according to a composition change process of a compound document.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart relating to document element pasting processing;
FIG. 12 is a flowchart according to pasting side actual data frame processing;
FIG. 13 is a flowchart relating to a pasted side actual data frame process;
FIG. 14 is a flowchart according to a composition process.
FIG. 15 is a flowchart according to a composition determination process.
FIG. 16 is a flowchart according to display determination processing;
FIG. 17 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a display mode of an attached sticky note.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 ... Compound document editing section, 3 ... Display section, 5 ... Input section,
10 ... parameter ledger, 11 ... actual data creation unit,
12 ... related data creation unit, 13 ... editing unit,
15 ... Synthesis condition determination unit, 16 ... Display condition determination unit,

Claims (8)

In a document processing apparatus that creates a compound document by combining and outputting document data of a plurality of document elements arranged at arbitrary positions in an arbitrary size within a document creation area,
Actual data creation means for creating actual data including document data and type information of each document element;
A relational data creating means for creating relational data for defining a relation between document elements to be synthesized;
Synthesis condition holding means for holding a synthesis condition between document elements that specifies at least allowing or prohibiting pasting of a document element according to the type of the document element;
Editing means for associating actual data of a pair of document elements via the relationship data based on the type information and the synthesis condition;
A document processing apparatus comprising: In a document processing apparatus that creates a compound document by combining and outputting document data of a plurality of document elements arranged at arbitrary positions in an arbitrary size within a document creation area,
  Actual data creation means for creating actual data including document data and type information of each document element;
  A relational data creating means for creating relational data for defining a relation between document elements to be synthesized;
  A synthesis condition holding means for holding a synthesis condition between document elements that defines that at least the document element frame is allowed to be pasted out or pasted according to the type of the document element;
  Editing means for associating actual data of a pair of document elements via the relationship data based on the type information and the synthesis condition;
  A document processing apparatus comprising: In the document processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 ,
The document processing apparatus characterized in that the synthesis condition holding means can change the synthesis condition based on an external input. The document processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
A document processing apparatus characterized in that, when the synthesis conditions of a pair of document elements to be associated are different, the editing means selects one of the synthesis conditions based on a preset condition and performs the association process. The document processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
  Output condition holding means for holding the output condition of the document element;
  An output means for outputting a compound document composed of actual data associated with relational data based on output conditions;
  A document processing apparatus comprising: The document processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,
The document processing apparatus, wherein the output condition holding means can change the output condition based on an external input. In a document processing method in which a document processing apparatus creates a composite document by combining and outputting document data of a plurality of document elements arranged at an arbitrary position in an arbitrary size within a document creation area.
  The actual data creation means provided in the document processing device creates actual data including document data and type information of each document element,
  The relation data creating means provided in the document processing apparatus creates relation data defining the relation between the document elements to be synthesized,
  The synthesis condition holding unit provided in the document processing apparatus holds at least a synthesis condition between document elements that specifies that the pasting of the document element is permitted or prohibited according to the type of the document element,
  The editing means included in the document processing apparatus is a real data of a pair of document elements via relational data. Are associated with each other based on the type information and the synthesis condition.
  A document processing method. In a document processing method in which a document processing apparatus creates a composite document by combining and outputting document data of a plurality of document elements arranged at an arbitrary position in an arbitrary size within a document creation area.
  The actual data creation means provided in the document processing device creates actual data including document data and type information of each document element,
  The relation data creating means provided in the document processing apparatus creates relation data defining the relation between the document elements to be synthesized,
  The synthesis condition holding means provided in the document processing apparatus holds a synthesis condition between document elements that defines that at least the document element frame is allowed to be pasted out or permitted according to the type of the document element.
  The editing means included in the document processing apparatus associates the actual data of the pair of document elements via the relationship data based on the type information and the synthesis condition.
  A document processing method.

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