JP4774760B2 - Document processing apparatus, display processing method thereof, and document processing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus, a display processing method thereof, and a document processing program, and more particularly to a document processing apparatus, a display processing method thereof, and a document processing program for manipulating a document file in document handling software.

  Conventionally, as document handling software, an electronic document obtained by reading an actual paper document with a scanner or an electronic document created by a PC [Personal Computer] can be handled by various OS [Operating System]. There is provided software capable of converting to a specific document format, tailoring information on different media or different formats into one document, and performing operations such as page division of documents and page bundling.

  By using this document handling software, it is easy to create materials based on existing documents, and it adds a great advantage to the use of documents in electronic form.

For example, there is an electronic document management apparatus and an electronic document management method that can execute various processes in a binder in which a plurality of electronic documents are bundled and synthesized for each document object (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-84246 A

  However, with recent document handling software, it is possible to operate not only in a unified format but also in other formats. For example, when listing documents with document handling software, it is particularly conscious of differences in document formats. Although it is not necessary to perform a page bundling operation, currently only documents of the same format can be operated, so that the user can easily identify whether the formats are the same, and Sentence manipulation of the same format should be easy.

  Therefore, the present invention changes the display method or display position of the same format document as the selected document at a fixed timing by a user operation, thereby making it easy to identify whether the formats are the same and between the same formats. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing apparatus, a display processing method thereof, and a document processing program that improve the operability of a document.

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides a document processing apparatus that displays a list of electronic documents stored as files and receives and executes processing on the displayed files. Regardless, the screen display means for displaying all electronic documents on the same screen, and when the entire screen is not displayed, the entire screen is displayed when an arbitrary electronic document on the screen is selected. Screen space changing means for changing to a screen space that can be overlooked, and additional display means for additionally displaying information on an electronic document of the same type as the type of the selected electronic document are provided.

Further, the invention of claim 2 displays a list of electronic documents stored as files, and in a document processing program that accepts and executes processing for the displayed files, regardless of the type of the electronic document, Display the same electronic document on the same screen, and when the entire screen is not displayed, when an arbitrary electronic document on the screen is selected, the screen is changed to a screen space where the entire screen can be viewed. The computer is operated to perform a process and a process of adding and displaying information to the electronic document of the same type as the selected electronic document .

  According to the present invention, if necessary, the user can list documents regardless of the format in the single layer mode, can easily recognize the difference in the format in the multi-layer mode, and can target only a document in a specific format. The effect that the operation to perform becomes possible.

  Further, according to the present invention, it becomes easy for a user to recognize a document in a format to be operated on a document display space in which documents of a plurality of formats are mixed, and in particular, documents in many different formats on the document display space. When there is a mixture of documents, it is possible to view documents in the same format side-by-side, which has the effect of improving visibility.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the user can easily find a target document even in a document display space in which different formats are mixed, and the user does not change the display method when the operation is not performed. There is no need to be aware of the difference in format, and by changing the display method only when the operation is actually performed, the cursor can be easily bundled, and the thumbnail contents can be easily viewed and the cursor can be bundled. There is an effect that it is possible to measure both ease of use.

  Further, according to the present invention, the user can collect the selected document and the document having the same format as the document without scattering the document display space, and can easily perform an operation only on the same format document. There is an effect that it becomes possible to perform.

  Embodiments of a document processing apparatus, a display processing method thereof, and a document processing program according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a document management apparatus 1 according to the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the document management apparatus 1 includes an operation reception unit 2, a display control unit 3, a display information creation unit 4, a display information holding unit 5, a file processing unit 6, a system information acquisition unit 7, and a display information processing unit. 8 is configured.

  The operation receiving unit 2 performs a process of receiving a user operation input from the input device 9 such as a mouse.

  The display control unit 3 performs processing for controlling display on a display device 10 such as a display of a document to be managed.

  The display information creation unit 4 performs processing for creating display information related to a document to be managed.

  The display information holding unit 5 holds the display information created by the display information creating unit 4 as a cache.

  The file processing unit 6 accesses the file system 11 and reads or writes a file.

  The system information acquisition unit 7 performs processing for acquiring system information (OS [Operating System] information) stored in the file system 11.

  The display information processing unit 8 writes the display information held in the cache by the display information holding unit 5 as a file to the file system 11 and reads the display information from the file system 11.

  The document management apparatus 1 can be configured as an apparatus that operates on a computer by a program. In this case, the function is the same depending on how the program is assembled, but is not necessarily the same as the configuration shown in FIG. It is not always the case.

  Next, document display by the document management apparatus will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the document management screen 12 displayed on the display device by the document management device.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the document management apparatus displays a document management screen 12 on the display apparatus under the control of the display control unit. The document management screen 12 includes a hierarchical display space 13 for displaying the hierarchical structure of folders managed by the document management apparatus, and a document display space 14 for displaying documents. In the document display space, the files stored in the folder selected by the user among the folders displayed in the hierarchical display space are displayed as thumbnails or icons.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a list showing the format of documents displayed in the document display space.

  From the list shown in FIG. 3, “Format A” is “Document 1”, “Document 4” and “Document 5”, and “Format B” is “Document 2”, “Document 6” and “Document 9”. It can be seen that “Format C” is “Document 3” and “Document 7”, and “Format D” is “Document 8” and “Document 10”. Based on this list, the display control unit checks the format of the document selected by the input device, searches for a document in the same format as the selected document, and easily recognizes the document in the same format as the selected document. Display control processing that can be performed. In the following, these display control processes performed by the display control unit will be described.

  In the first embodiment, an embodiment of a display control process for displaying a screen for each format to enable easy recognition of a document of the same format performed by the display control unit will be described.

  The display control unit creates a screen that displays only documents in the same format for each format, displays a multi-layer mode in which the screens for each created format are superimposed, and a single screen that displays documents in all formats These two modes can be switched at any time by the user, and a function of automatically changing to a mode suitable for the type of operation selected by the user is also provided. The single-layer mode is a display control process that is normally performed by the display control unit, and is the same as that described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of display control processing in the multi-layer mode.

  FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of a display control process for displaying, for each format, a screen that displays only documents in the same format in the multi-layer mode.

  In the multi-layer mode, a screen that displays only documents in the same format is created, and the screens for each created format are displayed so as to overlap in the front / back direction. For example, when the list of documents shown in FIG. 3 is displayed in a plurality of modes, as shown in FIG. 4A, a screen 151 that displays only “format A” documents, and only “format B” documents are displayed. A screen 152, a screen 153 that displays only the “format C” document, and a screen 154 that displays only the “format D” document are displayed in an overlapping manner. The “format A” screen 151 displays the “format A” The documents “Document 1”, “Document 4”, and “Document 5” are displayed. Although not shown, “format B” screen 152 displays “format B” documents “document 2”, “document 6”, and “document 9”, and “format C” screen. In “153”, “Document 3” and “Document 7”, which are “Format C” documents, are displayed. On the “Format D” screen 154, “Document 8” and “Documents”, which are “Format D” documents, are displayed. 10 "is displayed.

  In the multi-layer mode, the operation can be performed only on the top layer screen. That is, in FIG. 4A, only “Document 1”, “Document 4”, and “Document 5” displayed on the “format A” screen 151 can be operated. Further, the brightness of the thumbnail or icon of the document displayed on the lower layer screen may be lowered.

  Furthermore, a means for changing the overlapping order of the screens is provided. For example, the clicked screen may be changed to the top layer screen by clicking the lower layer screen using an input device such as a mouse.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 4B, in the multi-layer mode, it is easy to call another screen by switching a plurality of screens within a single screen for displaying only documents in the same format. It is also possible to apply a configuration that displays in a tab method having the characteristic that

  Next, a display control processing procedure performed by the display control unit according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  An instruction to switch the display mode is accepted (step S501). If the instruction is to switch to the multi-layer mode (YES in step S502), the process proceeds to step S503. If the instruction is to switch to the single-layer mode (NO in step S503), step The process proceeds to S506.

  In the case of an instruction to switch to the multi-layer mode (YES in step S502), the format of all documents is confirmed based on the list (step S503), a screen for each format is created (step S504), and the created screen for each format is displayed. This is displayed (step S505), and the processing procedure is terminated.

  In the case of an instruction to switch to the single layer mode (NO in step S503), a screen displaying all documents is created (step S506), a screen displaying all created documents is displayed (step S507), and the processing procedure is terminated. .

  Therefore, if necessary, the user can list documents regardless of the format in the single layer mode, can easily recognize the difference in the format in the multi-layer mode, and can operate only for a document in a specific format. .

  In the second embodiment, a display control process for changing the display of a document so that the user can clearly recognize a document of the same format as the selected document and a document of a different format on the document management screen, which is performed by the display control unit. Embodiments will be described.

  When the document is selected, the display control unit makes only the document of the same format as the selected document visible, and makes the document of different format invisible. Note that the display method need not be limited to the visible state / invisible state, and a display method such as blinking or translucent is also applicable.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of display control processing when a document is selected.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, thumbnails (or icons) of “Document 1” to “Document 10”, which are the documents shown in FIG. 3, are displayed in the document display space of the document management screen. A cursor that can be operated with an input device such as a mouse for operating these documents is displayed. Here, when the user clicks the cursor 16 on the thumbnail of “Document 1” that is a document of “Format A”, as shown in FIG. 6B, “Document 1” having the same format as “Document 1” is displayed. “4” and “Document 5” are displayed in an aligned state (that is, visible), and a document having a format different from “Document 1” is not displayed (that is, invisible).

  Next, a display control processing procedure performed by the display control unit according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  When a document is selected (step S701), the format of the selected document is confirmed based on the list (step S702), and a document having the same format as the selected document is searched (step S703). The made document is made visible and other documents are made invisible (step S704), and the processing procedure is ended.

  Therefore, it becomes easier for the user to recognize the document in the format to be operated on the document display space in which documents in multiple formats are mixed, especially when there are many different formats in the document display space. In a state where the same format is positioned in a jump, it is difficult to find a document to be operated, but it becomes possible to view documents in the same format side by side, so that visibility is improved.

  In the third embodiment, a display control process for changing the display of a document so that the user can clearly recognize a document in the same format and a document in a different format as the dragged document performed by the display control unit. The embodiment will be described.

  Usually, the bundling operation in the document handling software is realized by an operation of superposing a selected document on a document to be bundled by drag and drop with a cursor. Therefore, the display control unit makes only the document in the same format as the document being dragged visible among the documents displayed in the document display space of the document management screen only during the drag operation of the selected document, Make documents in different formats invisible. Note that the display method need not be limited to the visible state / invisible state, and a display method such as blinking or translucent is also applicable. Alternatively, the display method may be changed only while an arbitrary key or the like is pressed during the drag operation.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of display control processing when a document is dragged.

  As shown in FIG. 8A, thumbnails (or icons) of “Document 1” to “Document 10” which are the documents shown in FIG. 3 are displayed in the document display space of the document management screen. A cursor that can be operated with an input device such as a mouse for operating these documents is displayed. Here, when the user performs a drag operation with the cursor placed on the thumbnail of “Document 1” which is a document of “Format A”, as shown in FIG. 8B, “Document” which has the same format as “Document 1”. 4 ”and“ Document 5 ”are displayed as they are (that is, visible state), and a document having a format different from“ Document 1 ”is not displayed (that is, invisible state).

  Note that the user may navigate the document operation by displaying the visible document in an aligned state.

  Next, a display control processing procedure performed by the display control unit according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the document is dragged (step S901), the format of the dragged document is confirmed based on the list (step S902), and a document having the same format as the dragged document is searched (step S903). ) The searched document is made visible and other documents are made invisible (step S904), and the processing procedure is terminated.

  Therefore, during bundling operation, it is easy to find the target document even in the document display space where different formats are mixed, and the display method is not changed when the operation is not performed, so the user is aware of the difference in format. There is no need. Furthermore, by changing the display method only when the operation is actually performed, the bundling operation with the cursor becomes easy, and both the ease of viewing the thumbnail contents and the bundling operation with the cursor can be achieved.

  In the fourth embodiment, the document display space is set so that the user can clearly recognize a document in the same format and a document in a different format from the document selected by the display control unit (or drag operation). An embodiment of display control processing for changing display will be described.

  When a document is selected (or dragged), the display control unit changes to a document display space in which a document in the same format as the selected document can be viewed (hereinafter referred to as an overhead view). The overall relationship between the document display space in which the document exists, the selected document in the document display space, and the document in the same format as the selected document is displayed in a bird's-eye view. In addition, it is possible to operate the selected document in the bird's-eye view, and additional information such as thumbnails or character strings is displayed in the same format as the document selected according to the operation, or only the same format is displayed. Can be performed (for example, bundling operation).

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the display control process of the overhead view.

  As shown in FIG. 10A, the document display space on the document management screen includes thumbnails of “Document 1”, “Document 3”, “Document 6”, and “Document 10” that are the documents shown in FIG. (Or an icon) is displayed, and a cursor operable with an input device such as a mouse for operating these documents is displayed. However, from the vertical scroll bar 17 displayed on the right side of the document display space and the horizontal scroll bar 18 displayed on the lower side, as shown in FIG. 10B, this document display space is the entire document display space. It can be seen that only the upper left part of is displayed. Here, when the user clicks the cursor on the thumbnail of “Document 1”, which is the document of “Format A”, as shown in FIG. 10C, an overhead view where the entire document display space can be viewed. The texts are displayed in “Document 4” and “Document 5” having the same format as “Document 1” (in the figure, “Document 4” has the text 191 “Document 4” and “Document 5” has “ A text 192) “Document 5” is added and displayed, and no text is added to a document of a different format.

  Next, a display control processing procedure performed by the display control unit according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  When a document is selected (step S1101), the format of the selected document is confirmed based on the list (step S1102), and a document having the same format as the selected document is searched (step S1103). An overhead view in which information such as text is added to the prepared document is created (step S1104), the created overhead view is displayed (step S1105), and the processing procedure ends.

  Accordingly, in a document display space where a plurality of different format documents exist, it is possible to obtain a bird's-eye view of information on a document in the same format as the selected document, and to perform operations and information acquisition between the same formats. be able to.

  In the fifth embodiment, a display control process for changing the display of a document so that the user can clearly recognize a document of the same format as the selected document and a document of a different format on the document management screen, which is performed by the display control unit. Embodiments will be described.

  When a document is selected, the display control unit temporarily gathers and displays a document having the same format as the selected document around the selected document. While the selected document is selected, only the collected document can be operated. When the selected document is deselected, the collected document returns to the original position. Can be prevented.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of display control processing when a document is selected.

  As shown in FIG. 12A, thumbnails (or icons) of “Document 1” to “Document 10” which are the documents shown in FIG. 3 are displayed in the document display space of the document management screen. A cursor that can be operated with an input device such as a mouse for operating these documents is displayed. When the user clicks the cursor on the thumbnail of “Document 1”, which is a document of “Format A”, as shown in FIG. 12B, “Document 4” having the same format as “Document 1” is displayed. ”And“ Document 5 ”are displayed together around“ Document 1 ”. If the selection of “Document 1” is canceled, the screen returns to the document management screen shown in FIG.

  Next, a display control processing procedure performed by the display control unit according to the fifth embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  When a document is selected (step S1301), the format of the selected document is confirmed based on the list (step S1302), and a document having the same format as the selected document is searched (step S1303). A screen in which the selected document is arranged around the selected document is created (step S1304), the created screen is displayed (step S1305), and when the selected document is deselected (step S1306), all the documents are displayed. Is created (step S1307), the created screen is displayed (step S1308), and the processing procedure is terminated.

  Therefore, the user can collect the selected document and a document having the same format as the document without scattering the document display space, and can easily perform an operation only on the same format document.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of a functional structure of the document management apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is the figure which showed the structural example of the document management screen which a document management apparatus displays on a display apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the list which shows the format of the document displayed on the document display space. It is a figure which shows an example of the display control process in multiple layer mode. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a display control processing procedure performed by a display control unit according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display control process when a document is selected. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a display control processing procedure performed by a display control unit according to the second embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display control process when a document is dragged. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a display control processing procedure performed by a display control unit according to the third embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display control process of a bird's-eye view. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a display control processing procedure performed by a display control unit according to a fourth embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display control process when a document is selected. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a display control processing procedure performed by a display control unit according to a fifth embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Document processing apparatus 2 Operation reception part 3 Display control part 4 Display information creation part 5 Display information holding part 6 File processing part 7 System information acquisition part 8 Display information processing part 9 Input device 10 Display apparatus 11 File system 12 Document management screen 13 Hierarchical display space 14 Document display space 151 Screen displaying only “Format A” document 152 Screen displaying only “Format B” document 153 Screen displaying only “Format C” document 154 Document “Format D” 16 Cursor 17 Vertical scroll bar 18 Horizontal scroll bar 191 Text “Document 4” 192 Text “Document 5”

Claims (2)

In a document processing apparatus that displays a list of electronic documents stored as files and receives and executes processing for the displayed files,
Regardless of the type of electronic document, screen display means for displaying all electronic documents on the same screen;
If the entire screen is not displayed, screen space changing means for changing to a screen space where the entire screen can be viewed when an arbitrary electronic document on the screen is selected;
Additional display means for additionally displaying information on an electronic document of the same type as the type of the selected electronic document;
A document processing apparatus comprising: In a document processing program that displays a list of electronic documents stored as a file and receives and executes processing for the displayed file,
Regardless of the type of electronic document, a process for displaying all electronic documents on the same screen;
When the entire screen is not displayed, when an arbitrary electronic document on the screen is selected, a process of changing to a screen space where the entire screen can be viewed,
Processing for adding and displaying information on the same type of electronic document as the selected type of electronic document;
A document processing program for causing a computer to operate.

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