JP6083453B2 - Information processing apparatus, processing method thereof, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that outputs a document including a plurality of parts, a processing method thereof, and a program.

Conventionally, in DTP software, when displaying a character string in a part arranged in an original design, there is a mechanism for narrowing the width of the character (hereinafter referred to as lengthening) and storing the character string in the part.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-228561 describes a technique for reducing the character width to make it longer when the number of characters in the component is large, and storing the character string within the width of the component.

JP-A-5-307255

  However, in the system of Patent Document 1, since the entire character string is lengthened, when the character string includes a narrow character such as a decimal point (hereinafter referred to as a narrow character), the decimal point is narrow. There is a problem that becomes too difficult to see. In addition to decimal point, period, punctuation mark, i (lowercase letter A), l (lowercase letter L), number 1,! For narrow characters such as (exclamation mark), it becomes difficult to read if they are long.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for outputting a character string that is easy for a user to identify by changing a character width reduction rate or an output format in outputting a character string.

  An information processing apparatus capable of outputting a document including a plurality of parts, the character data obtaining means for obtaining character data to be output in the parts, and the number of characters of the character data obtained by the character data obtaining means A first reduction ratio management means for managing a first reduction ratio for reducing and outputting character data in association with the number of characters of the character data to be output in the component, A first reduction rate acquisition unit that acquires a first reduction rate according to the number of characters acquired by the character number acquisition unit, and a character data output that outputs the character data acquired by the character data acquisition unit from the reduction rate management unit Means for determining whether or not the character included in the character data is a character to which the first reduction ratio is applied, and the character data output means is based on the determination means. If the character is determined to be a character to which the first reduction ratio is applied, the character width is reduced using the first reduction ratio acquired by the first reduction ratio acquisition means, and the character is output. An information processing apparatus that outputs a character using the second reduction rate when it is determined that the character is not a character to which the reduction rate is applied.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the mechanism which outputs the character string which is easy for a user to identify can be provided by changing the reduction rate or output format of a character width in the output of a character string.

The figure which shows an example of a structure of the information processing system of this invention The figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the information processing apparatus 101 The block diagram which shows an example of a function structure of the information processing apparatus 101 Diagram showing an example of the original design edit screen and print preview screen The figure which shows an example of the length ratio definition screen Figure showing an example of the parts edit screen A flowchart showing an example of a document printing process Flow chart showing an example of article data output processing in a component The figure which shows an example of the components edit screen which concerns on 2nd Embodiment The flowchart which shows an example of the article data output process in a part which concerns on 2nd Embodiment The flowchart which shows an example of the lengthening process which concerns on 2nd Embodiment

An information processing apparatus capable of outputting a document including a plurality of parts, the character data obtaining means for obtaining character data to be output in the parts, and the number of characters of the character data obtained by the character data obtaining means A first reduction ratio determining means for determining a first reduction ratio for reducing and outputting character data in association with the number of characters of character data to be output in the component; and A first reduction rate acquisition unit that acquires a first reduction rate associated with the number of characters acquired by the character number acquisition unit from a reduction rate determination unit; and a character included in the character data is a first reduction rate. When the determination unit determines whether the character is a predetermined character to which the first reduction rate is applied, the determination unit that determines whether the character is a predetermined character that does not apply the first reduction rate acquisition unit. If the character width is reduced using the reduction ratio and the character is output in the part, and it is determined that the character is a predetermined character to which the first reduction ratio is not applied, than when the first reduction ratio is used Character data output means for outputting the predetermined character in the component so as to increase , and the determination means performs the first reduction when the character width of the character included in the character data is larger than a predetermined value. An information processing apparatus that determines a character to which a rate is applied and determines that the character is a predetermined character to which the first reduction rate is not applied when the character is smaller than a predetermined value .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which an information processing apparatus 101 and a news distribution server 102 are connected to be communicable via a network 103.

The information processing apparatus 101 has a newspaper or magazine document creation tool installed therein, and is a terminal that creates a page based on article data distributed from the news distribution server 102.
Hereinafter, an example of a hardware configuration applicable to the information processing apparatus 101 illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a CPU that comprehensively controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 204. Further, the ROM 203 or the external memory 211 is necessary to realize a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) or an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as an OS), which is a control program of the CPU 201, or a function executed by each server or each PC. Various programs are stored.

  A RAM 202 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201. The CPU 201 implements various operations by loading a program necessary for execution of processing from the ROM 203 or the external memory 211 into the RAM 202 and executing the loaded program.

  An input controller 205 controls input from the input device 209 or the like. A video controller 206 controls display on a display device 210 such as a liquid crystal display. The display device is not limited to a liquid crystal display, and may be a CRT display or the like. These are used by clients as needed.

  A memory controller 207 is connected to the hard disk (HD), flexible disk (FD), or PCMCIA card slot for storing a boot program, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, etc. via an adapter. The access to the external memory 211 such as a compact flash (registered trademark) memory is controlled.

  A communication I / F controller 208 is connected to and communicates with an external device via the network 103, and executes communication control processing on the network. For example, communication using TCP / IP is possible.

  Note that the CPU 201 enables display on the display device 210 by executing outline font rasterization processing on a display information area in the RAM 202, for example. Further, the CPU 201 enables a user instruction with a mouse cursor (not shown) on the display device 210.

Various programs that operate on the hardware are recorded in the external memory 211 and are executed by the CPU 201 by being loaded into the RAM 202 as necessary.
It should be noted that not all devices have these configurations, and it is only necessary to provide necessary devices.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 101.
The component width acquisition unit 301 is a functional unit that acquires the width of a component.
The character data acquisition unit 302 is a functional unit that acquires character data to be output in the component.
The character data output unit 303 is a functional unit that outputs the character data acquired by the character data acquisition unit 302 so as to be within the width of the component acquired by the component width acquisition unit 301.
The determination unit 304 is a functional unit that determines whether a character included in the character data is a character to which the first reduction ratio is applied.

When the determination unit 304 determines that the character data output unit 303 is a character to which the first reduction rate is applied, the character data output unit 303 outputs the character by reducing the character width using the first reduction rate. When it is determined that the character is not the character to which the reduction ratio is applied, the function unit outputs the character using the second reduction ratio.
The character number acquisition unit 305 is a functional unit that acquires the number of characters of the character data acquired by the character data acquisition unit 302.

The first reduction rate management unit 306 is a functional unit that manages a first reduction rate for reducing and outputting character data in association with the number of characters of character data to be output in the component.
The character data output unit 303 is a functional unit that outputs the character width of the character without reducing it when it is determined that the character does not apply the first reduction ratio.
When the character width of the character is larger than a predetermined value, the determination unit 304 determines that the character is a character to which the first reduction ratio is applied, and when the character width of the character is smaller than the predetermined value, the first reduction is performed. It is a functional unit that determines that the character is not a character to which the rate is applied.

The character data output unit 303 sets the relaxed second reduction rate compared to the first reduction rate so that characters included in the character data have a character width smaller than a predetermined value are not reduced too much. It is a functional unit that outputs the character after reducing the character width.
The character width lower limit management unit 307 is a functional unit that manages the lower limit value of the character width.
The character data output unit 303 is a functional unit that outputs the character width so that it does not become smaller than the lower limit value managed by the character width lower limit value management unit 307.
The second reduction rate management unit 308 is a functional unit that manages a reduction rate for reducing and outputting character data in association with the character width.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document design editing screen 400 in the document creation tool installed in the information processing apparatus 101.
On the manuscript design editing screen 400, manuscript design is edited, and the manuscript is created by outputting article data 401 to the part 402 in the manuscript design. The print preview screen of the original is 403 in FIG.
Further, enlarged views of the “volume” column in the print preview screen 403 are 405 and 406 in FIG. 4.

  405 in FIG. 4 is an enlarged view in which the character width is reduced by applying a uniform reduction ratio to all the character strings of the article data displayed in the “volume” column. In this case, since the width of the decimal point, which is a narrow character, is also reduced, it is difficult for the user to see the decimal point.

  Reference numeral 406 in FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the character string of the article data displayed in the “volume” column that is output without applying the reduction ratio to the decimal point (that is, without reducing it). In this case, since the number width is reduced and the decimal point width is not reduced, a character string that is easy to identify for the user can be output without losing the layout. Hereinafter, a mechanism for realizing 406 in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the document printing process. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a long body setting screen, and FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a component editing screen. The value of each item set in FIG. 6 is stored in the external memory 211 in association with each item. The flowchart of FIG. 7 will be described with reference to FIGS.
7 and 8 are all performed by the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 101.

In the following description, the term “long body ratio” is used. As a general “long body ratio”, reducing the character width by 20% is described as 80% long body ratio. In this embodiment, the length ratio is 20%, that is, the “length ratio” in this embodiment means the same as the “reduction ratio”.
In step S <b> 701, the document design designated by the user is opened, and the document design editing screen 400 is displayed on the display device 210.

In step S702, article data corresponding to the opened document design is acquired. Specifically, the article data is text data such as a CSV file, and a character string to be displayed is described in each part of the manuscript design. The part in which the character string of the article data is displayed can be determined by linking the serial number of the part and the order of the character string.
In step S703, steps S704 to S706 are repeated for the number of parts in the opened document design.

  In step S <b> 704, the component information of the component is acquired from the document design and stored in the RAM 202. Specifically, the position of the part, the name of the part, the size of the part, the font size / font typeface of the article data to be displayed in the part, the long body application range, the reduction rate calculation setting, etc. are acquired and stored in the RAM 202.

  In this embodiment, the position of the “volume” part 402 is obtained from coordinates of the original design, the part name 601 (FIG. 6) = “volume”, the font size 602 of article data displayed in the part = 6 points, Font typeface 603 = New Gothic R, long body application range radio button 604 = “Set decimal point length to 0%” is acquired.

  The long body application range radio button 604 can select one of “set the length ratio of the decimal point to 0%”, “set another length ratio for the decimal point”, and “do not adjust the length ratio for the decimal point”.

  In this embodiment, the length application range is limited to whether the target character is “decimal point” or not. However, as with “decimal point”, narrow characters such as a period, punctuation mark, i (English Lowercase eye), l (lowercase letter L), number 1,! (Exclamation mark) or the like becomes difficult to see when it is made longer, so it is not limited to “decimal point” and may be replaced with “narrow character (narrow character)”. As described above, even in a character string with a long character, it can be set so that narrow characters are not lengthened, so that it is easy for the user to see.

As for a method of determining whether or not the character is “narrow character”, the user may define “narrow character” in the long range coverage radio button 604, or information before outputting the character. The processing apparatus 101 may acquire the character width of the character and determine a character having a character width smaller than a predetermined value as a “narrow character”.
As described above, the wording “decimal point” in FIG. 6 is read as “narrow character”.

A setting value of the long body application range radio button 604 will be described.
The first “decrease decimal point length ratio to 0%” means that narrow characters are not lengthened (no reduction, no reduction ratio is applied, reduction ratio = 0% is applied). .
The second “set another length ratio at the decimal point” means that a narrowing rate different from the shrinking rate applied to other character strings is applied to narrow characters. For example, when a reduction rate of 40% is applied to characters other than narrow characters, the width of the narrow characters can be reduced by applying another reduction rate to narrow characters, here 10% (605 in FIG. 6). Used to prevent it from becoming too small. Therefore, a value that reduces the reduction should be input as the reduction ratio 605 in FIG. 6 than the reduction ratio 502 in FIG. That is, it is better to provide an input restriction in the reduction ratio 605 such that the reduction ratio 605 <the reduction ratio 502. As described above, even in a character string with a long character, it is possible to reduce the length of a narrow character so that it can be easily viewed by the user.

  The third “do not adjust the fractional length ratio” means to apply the reduction ratio applied to other character strings to narrow characters. That is, in this case, the character string displayed in the component means that the same reduction ratio is applied to all characters regardless of whether or not the characters are narrow characters. When this setting is used, the problem of the present invention that “it becomes difficult to read narrow characters when they become long” cannot be solved, but importance is placed on the balance of the entire character string rather than ease of character identification. In this case, for example, this setting is used when the user does not want to lose the balance of the entire character string because narrow characters are not lengthened.

The reduction rate calculation setting 606 can select “automatic” or “manual”. In the case of “automatic”, the width of the character string in the article data is reduced so that the article width w falls within the component width W. “Manual” can apply the length ratio corresponding to the number of characters of the article data by selecting the length ratio definition set in advance in FIG. 5 at 607 in FIG. 6.
Here, the long body ratio definition screen in FIG. 5 will be described.
In this screen, a combination of length ratios according to the number of characters can be defined.

  For the long body name 501 “morning paper_stock price_value right 4”, the reduction ratio 502 can be set according to the number of digits of the character string displayed in the part to which this long body definition is applied. “Number of digits” is the number of characters in the character string displayed in the component. That is, the long body rate definition screen in FIG. 5 is an example of a means for managing the first reduction rate for reducing and outputting character data in association with the number of characters of character data to be output in the component.

  For example, when the character string has one digit, the reduction ratio 502 = 31% and the (general) length ratio 503 = 69%. That is, when a one-digit character string is displayed in a part to which this long definition is applied, the width of each character is reduced by 31%, in other words, the character width is reduced to 69% of the original width of each character. That's what it means.

  Similarly, when the character string has 15 digits, the reduction ratio 502 = 70% and the (general) length ratio 503 = 30%. That is, when a 15-digit character string is displayed in a part to which this long definition is applied, the width of each character is reduced by 70%, in other words, the character width is reduced to 30% of the original width of each character. That's what it means.

When the update button 504 or the end button 505 is pressed on this screen, the definition of the reduction ratio 502 corresponding to the number of characters in the long name 501 is stored in the external memory 211.
The description of the long body ratio definition screen in FIG. 5 and the component editing screen in FIG. 6 is completed, and the description returns to FIG.

  In step S705, article data to be displayed in the component is specified, and a character string of the specified article data is stored in the RAM 202. That is, step S705 is a step showing an example of processing for acquiring character data to be output in the component. Specifically, since the “volume” part 402 is the sixth from the top of the “volume” column, the article data to be output in the part is the sixth “1076.2” from the volume list.

In step S706, the article data specified in step S705 is displayed in the part using the part information acquired in step S704. Details of this processing will be described with reference to FIG.
In step S707, the article data output on the document design is printed.
This is the end of the description of the document printing process in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the in-part article data output process.
In step S801, the component width W is acquired from the component information of the component stored in the RAM 202 in step S704. That is, step S801 is a step showing an example of processing for acquiring the width of a component. In this example, the width W of the “finished” part 402 (FIG. 4) is 20 points.

In step S802, the component font size F is acquired from the component information of the component stored in the RAM 202 in step S704. In this embodiment, the font size F of the “finished” part 402 is 6 points.
In step S803, article data to be displayed in the part stored in the RAM 202 in step S705 is acquired, and the number of characters n of the article data is acquired.

  In step S804, the reduction rate calculation setting 606 for the part stored in the RAM 202 in step S704 is acquired, and “automatic” or “manual” is determined for the value of the reduction rate calculation setting 606. If it is determined as “automatic”, the process proceeds to step S805. If it is determined as “manual”, the process proceeds to step S808.

  In step S805, in order to determine whether or not it is necessary to reduce the width of the character displayed in the part, the article data displayed in the part acquired in step S803 is converted into the font typeface 603, the part font. The article width w when displayed in size F is calculated. This calculation is performed by virtually drawing on the VRAM using the font data stored in the external memory 211 without displaying the article data on the display device 210.

  For example, article data is drawn with a font typeface 603 and a part font size F in a virtual display area on the VRAM, the drawn result is handled as one image, and the width of the image is detected. Specifically, the character type “1076.2” is drawn on the VRAM with the font type 603 = new Gothic R and the font size F = 6 points of the “volume” part 402, and the width of the drawn character string image is described in the article. Calculated as the width w. Here, it is assumed that the image width of the character string “1076.2”, that is, the article width w = 19 points is calculated.

  In step S806, the part width W of the part acquired in step S801 is compared with the article width w calculated in step S805. If W ≧ w, the character width of the article data need not be reduced. Since it indicates that it is within the part, the process proceeds to step S828, and article data is output. If W <w, it indicates that it is necessary to reduce the character width of the article data. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S807, and the reduction ratio of the character width is calculated in steps S809 to S827.

  In step S807, P = 0% is substituted as a temporary reduction ratio. Here, P is a reduction ratio for reducing the width of characters displayed in the part. A reduction rate of 0% means that the character width is not reduced. In other words, the information processing apparatus 101 automatically calculates the article width w in steps S809 to S823 without reducing the character width, and the information processing apparatus 101 automatically calculates the reduction ratio to fit the component width W in step S826 or step S827.

  In step S808, since the reduction ratio calculation setting 606 = “manual”, the reduction ratio P (long body ratio 503) corresponding to the number of characters n acquired in step S803 is acquired from the external memory 211. That is, step S808 is a step showing an example of a process for acquiring the first reduction ratio according to the acquired number of characters.

  Specifically, since the “volume” part 402 is the sixth from the top of the “volume” column, the article data to be output in the part is the sixth “1076.2” from the volume list. Since “1076.2” is a 6-digit character string, it can be seen from the reduction ratio 502 of the length ratio definition screen 500 that the reduction ratio P = 56%.

In step S809, the long article width w = 0, the narrow character width total w ′ = 0, and the character serial number i = 1 in the article data character string are substituted and stored in the RAM 202.
In step S810, steps S811 to S823 are repeated for the number n of characters acquired in step S803.

  In step S811, the character width w [i] of the i-th character drawn with the font size F acquired in step S802 is calculated. This calculation method is the same as that in step S805.

  Specifically, when i = 1, the font type 603 of the “volume” part 402 = new Gothic R, the character when the first character “1” of “1076.2” is drawn with the font size F = 6 points The width w [i] is calculated. Here, it is assumed that the character width w [1] = 2 points is calculated for the first character “1”. Similarly, it is assumed that w [2] = 4 points, w [3] = 4 points, w [4] = 4 points, w [5] = 1 point, and w [6] = 4 points.

  In step S812, the value of the long body application range radio button 604 stored in the RAM 202 is acquired and determined. If the value of the long body application range radio button 604 is “do not adjust the long body ratio to the decimal point”, it means “apply the same reduction ratio to all characters”, and the process proceeds to step S813. If the value of the long body application range radio button 604 is “set another length ratio to the decimal point”, it means “use another reduction ratio for narrow characters”, and the process proceeds to step S815. . If the value of the long body application range radio button 604 is “set the length ratio of the decimal point to 0%”, it means “no reduction ratio is applied to narrow characters”, and the process proceeds to step S818. In this embodiment, it is assumed that “Set the decimal length ratio to 0%” is set in the long range application radio button 604.

  In step S813, in order to apply the same reduction ratio to all characters, the reduction ratio p [i] = P is set for the i-th character. Here, P is 0% from step S807 when the reduction ratio calculation setting 606 = “automatic”, and the value acquired at step S808 when the reduction ratio calculation setting 606 = “manual”. That is, step S813 is a step showing an example of a process for reducing the character width using the first reduction ratio when it is determined that the character applies the first reduction ratio.

In step S814, the character width w [i] of the i-th character obtained by reducing the width using the reduction ratio p [i] is acquired. That is, step S814 is a step showing an example of a process of outputting the character using the second reduction ratio when it is determined that the character is not to which the first reduction ratio is applied. The method for acquiring the character width is the same as in step S805. Note that the width of the character string image is obtained by multiplying the width of the character string image by (1−reduction ratio p [i]).
In step S815, the reduction ratio p (605 in FIG. 6) for narrow characters is acquired.

  In step S816, it is determined whether or not the i-th character is a narrow character. Whether the character is a narrow character is determined by whether the character width is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. If it is determined that the character is a narrow character, the process proceeds to step S817. The process proceeds to step S813. That is, step S816 is a step showing an example of processing for determining whether or not the character included in the character data is a character to which the first reduction ratio is applied.

  For example, if the predetermined value is 2 points, the character width of the first digit “1” of “1076.2” = 2 points, the character width of the second digit “0” = 4 points, and the third digit “7”. Character width = 4 points, character width of 4th digit "6" = 4 points, character width of 5th digit "." = 1 point, character width of 6th digit "2" = 4 points, narrower The characters are two characters, the first digit “1” and the fifth digit “.”. That is, step S816 determines that the character to which the first reduction ratio is applied when the character width of the character is larger than a predetermined value, and the first reduction when the character width of the character is smaller than the predetermined value. It is a step which shows an example of the process which determines that it is not the character which applies a rate.

  Here, the predetermined value is 2 points, but this value may be a value set in advance in the system, or may be set by the user on the setting screen of the system. Further, it may be set for each part on the part editing screen 600. By making this predetermined value settable by the user, it becomes possible to increase or decrease the range of lengthening more flexibly and easily.

  In step S817, in order to apply another reduction ratio to narrow characters, the reduction ratio p [i] = p is set for the i-th character. Here, p is the reduction ratio p (605 in FIG. 6) for narrow characters acquired in step S815. That is, step S817 is a step showing an example of a process of outputting the character using the second reduction ratio when it is determined that the character is not the first reduction ratio. Step S817 is an example of processing for reducing the character width using the relaxed second reduction ratio as compared with the first reduction ratio so that characters having a character width smaller than a predetermined value are not reduced too much. It is a step which shows.

  In step S818, it is determined whether the i-th character is a narrow character. The method for determining whether or not the character is narrow is the same as in step S816. If it is determined that the character is a narrow character, the process proceeds to step S819. If it is determined that the character is not a narrow character, the process proceeds to step S813. That is, step S818 is a step showing an example of processing for determining whether or not the character included in the character data is a character to which the first reduction ratio is applied.

  In step S819, since the reduction ratio is not applied to narrow characters, the reduction ratio p [i] of the i-th character is set to 0%. In other words, narrow characters are not lengthened or reduced. That is, step S819 is a step showing an example of a process of outputting the character width of the character without reducing it when it is determined that the character does not apply the first reduction ratio.

  In step S820, the character width w [i] of the i-th character obtained by reducing the width using the reduction ratio p [i] is acquired. The method for acquiring the character width is the same as in step S814.

  In step S821, w '+ w [i] is calculated and substituted for the total width w' of narrow character widths. Note that the total width w ′ of the narrow character width is used for processing (step S826 or step S827) for calculating a new reduction ratio to fit in the component width W when the character width of the article data needs to be reduced.

  In step S822, w + w [i] is calculated and substituted for the lengthened article width w. Note that the article width w is included in the component width W when it is necessary to reduce the character width of the article data (step S824) in which it is determined whether the character string of the article data is contained within the component. This is used for the processing (step S826 or step S827) for calculating a new reduction ratio for the purpose.

  In step S823, the processing proceeds to the next character by calculating and substituting i + 1 for the serial number i of the character in the article data character string. Steps S811 to S823 are repeated until i = n.

  In step S824, the part width W of the part acquired in step S801 is compared with the elongated article width w calculated in steps S811 to S823. If W ≧ w, the part width W is within the part. In step S828, article data is output. If W <w, it indicates that it is necessary to further reduce the character width of the article data. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S825, and the reduction ratio of the character width is calculated in step S826 or step S827.

  In step S825, the value of the long body application range radio button 604 stored in the RAM 202 is acquired and determined. When the value of the long body application range radio button 604 is “Do not adjust the body length ratio to the decimal point”, it means “Apply the same reduction ratio to all characters”, and the process proceeds to step S826. If the value of the long body application range radio button 604 is “set another length ratio to the decimal point” or “set the decimal length ratio to 0%”, the process advances to step S827.

  In step S826, 1-W (1-P) / w is calculated and substituted for the new reduction ratio P. Although the details of this calculation formula are omitted, since the component width W <the article width w, the reduction ratio for further narrowing the article width is calculated by multiplying the body ratio by W / w. Yes.

  In step S827, 1− (W−w ′) (1−P) / (w−w ′) is calculated and substituted for the new reduction ratio P. Although details of this calculation formula are omitted, since component width W <article width w, it is desired to derive a reduction ratio for further narrowing the article width, but the total w ′ of narrow character widths is reduced. Therefore, the reduction ratio is calculated using a number obtained by subtracting w ′ from the component width W and the article width w.

After calculating a new reduction ratio P in step S826 or step S827, the process returns to step S809, and the article character string is lengthened using the new reduction ratio P. Thereby, when narrow characters are not lengthened, the problem that the character string does not fit in the component width can be cleared.
In step S828, the character serial number i = 1 in the article data character string is substituted and stored in the RAM 202.
In step S829, steps S830 to S831 are repeated for the number n of characters acquired in step S803.

  In step S830, the character width of the i-th character drawn with the font size F acquired in step S802 is reduced by the reduction ratio p [i], and the position (coordinates) of the component stored in the RAM 202 in step S704. Output to. That is, step S830 is a step showing an example of a process for outputting the acquired character data so as to be within the width of the acquired component.

In step S831, the process proceeds to the next character by calculating and substituting i + 1 for the serial number i of the character in the article data character string. Steps S830 to S831 are repeated until i = n.
This is the end of the description of the in-part article data output process of FIG.

  As described above, by changing the reduction ratio of the character width in the output of the character string, it is possible to solve the problem that it becomes difficult to read if the length of the narrow character is lengthened, and the character string that is easy for the user to output is output. Can be provided.

  In this embodiment, a newspaper manuscript has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to a newspaper, and as long as a manuscript is created, a manuscript may be created such as a magazine, a Web page, or an electronic book.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a component editing screen according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the in-part article data output process according to the second embodiment. The value of each item set in FIG. 9 is stored in the external memory 211 in association with each item. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the lengthening process according to the second embodiment.
In the second embodiment, 901 to 910 in FIG. 9 are added to the component editing screen in FIG. 6 in the first embodiment.
FIG. 9 will be briefly described.

When “Set another length ratio to the decimal point” is selected from the long range application radio buttons 604, “Constant length ratio radio button 901” “Change the length ratio according to the character width” One of the radio buttons 902 "can be set to ON. Note that when the “radio button 902 for changing the length ratio according to the character width” is set to ON, a dialog (not shown) for setting the length ratio according to the character width is displayed, and according to the user input. Thus, a table such as “length ratio setting 911 according to character width” (FIG. 9) can be stored in the external memory 211.
That is, the “length ratio setting 911 according to the character width” is an example of a unit that manages a reduction ratio for reducing and outputting character data in association with the character width.

  When “Do not adjust the body length ratio to the decimal point” is selected from the long range application radio button 604, “Bold check box 904”, “Use another font check box 905”, “Change to another character” The replacement check box 907 "can be set to ON / OFF.

Further, the flowchart of FIG. 8 in the first embodiment is replaced with FIG. 10, and the same process as the step of the first embodiment is given the same step number and the description is omitted. Note that the following processing is all performed by the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 101.

  Referring to FIG. The flowcharts of FIGS. 10 and 11 will be described. 10 and 11 are all performed by the CPU 201 of the information processing apparatus 101.

  In step S1001 in FIG. 10, the lengthening process (FIG. 11) is performed according to the font size 602 of the article data to be displayed in the part, the length coverage radio button 604, and the values 901 to 910 in FIG.

  In step S1101 of FIG. 11, the value of the long body application range radio button 604 stored in the RAM 202 is acquired and determined. If the value of the long body application range radio button 604 is “Do not adjust the body length ratio to the decimal point”, it means “Apply the same reduction ratio to all characters”, and the process proceeds to step S1102. If the value of the long body application range radio button 604 is “set another long body rate to the decimal point”, it means “use another reduction rate for narrow characters”, and the process proceeds to step S1114. . If the value of the long body application range radio button 604 is “set the length ratio of the decimal point to 0%”, it means “no reduction ratio is applied to narrow characters”, and the process proceeds to step S1112. In this embodiment, it is assumed that “Set the decimal length ratio to 0%” is set in the long range application radio button 604.

  In step S1102, it is determined whether or not the i-th character is a narrow character. The method for determining whether or not the character is narrow is the same as in step S816. If it is determined that the character is a narrow character, the process proceeds to step S1103. If it is determined that the character is not a narrow character, the process proceeds to step S1113. That is, step S1102 is a step showing an example of processing for determining whether or not the character included in the character data is a character to which the first reduction ratio is applied.

  In step S1103, it is determined whether the value of the “bold check box 904” stored in the RAM 202 is ON or OFF. If it is determined to be ON, the process proceeds to step S1104. If it is determined to be OFF, the process proceeds to step S1105.

  In step S1104, the i-th character is bolded. That is, step S1104 is a step showing an example of a process of outputting using a format different from that of the character to which the first reduction ratio is applied when it is determined that the character is not to be applied with the first reduction ratio. As described above, even in a long character string, narrow characters are displayed in bold, making it easier for the user to see.

In step S1105, it is determined whether the value of the “check box 905 using another font” stored in the RAM 202 is ON or OFF. If it is determined to be ON, the process proceeds to step S1106. If it is determined to be OFF, the process proceeds to step S1108.
In step S1106, the value of “another font text box 906” stored in the RAM 202 is acquired.

  In step S1107, the i-th character uses the font indicated by the value of “another font text box 906” acquired in step S1106 (a font that is easy to see even if it is lengthened). That is, step S1107 is a step showing an example of a process of outputting using a format different from that of the character to which the first reduction ratio is applied when it is determined that the character is not to be applied with the first reduction ratio. As described above, even in a character string with a long character, a narrow character is displayed in a font that is easy to see even if it is made long, so that it is easy for the user to see.

In step S1108, it is determined whether the value of the “replace with another character check box 907” stored in the RAM 202 is ON or OFF. If it is determined to be ON, the process proceeds to step S1109. If it is determined to be OFF, the process proceeds to step S1113.
In step S 1109, the value of “another character text box 908” stored in the RAM 202 is acquired.

  In step S1110, the character indicated by the value of “another character text box 908” acquired in step S1109 (a substitute character that is easy to see even if it is lengthened) is used as the i-th character. That is, step S1110 is a step showing an example of a process of outputting using a format different from the character to which the first reduction ratio is applied when it is determined that the character is not the first reduction ratio. As described above, even in a character string with a long character, a narrow character is displayed with a substitute character that is easy to see even if it is made long, so that it is easy for the user to see.

  In step S1111, the reduction ratio p [i] = P is set for the i-th character in order to apply the same reduction ratio to all characters. Here, P is 0% from step S807 when the reduction ratio calculation setting 606 = “automatic”, and the value acquired at step S808 when the reduction ratio calculation setting 606 = “manual”. That is, step S1111 is a step showing an example of a process for reducing the character width using the first reduction ratio when it is determined that the character applies the first reduction ratio.

  In step S1112, it is determined whether or not the i-th character is a narrow character. The method for determining whether or not the character is narrow is the same as in step S816. If it is determined that the character is a narrow character, the process proceeds to step S1113. If it is determined that the character is not a narrow character, the process proceeds to step S1111. That is, step S1112 is a step showing an example of processing for determining whether or not the character included in the character data is a character to which the first reduction ratio is applied.

In step S1113, since the reduction ratio is not applied to narrow characters, the reduction ratio p [i] of the i-th character is set to 0%. In other words, narrow characters are not lengthened or reduced. That is, step S1113 is a step showing an example of processing for reducing the character width of the character when it is determined that the character does not apply the first reduction ratio.
In step S1114, the reduction ratio p (605 in FIG. 6) for narrow characters is acquired.

  In step S1115, it is determined whether or not the i-th character is a narrow character. The method for determining whether or not the character is narrow is the same as in step S816. If it is determined that the character is a narrow character, the process proceeds to step S1116. If it is determined that the character is not a narrow character, the process proceeds to step S1111. That is, step S1115 is a step showing an example of processing for determining whether or not the character included in the character data is a character to which the first reduction ratio is applied.

  In step S <b> 1116, it is determined which one of the “constant length ratio radio button 901” and “radio button 902 that changes the length ratio according to the character width” stored in the RAM 202 is ON. If it is determined that the “fixed length ratio radio button 901” is ON, the process proceeds to step S1117. If it is determined that “the radio button 902 that changes the length ratio according to the character width” is ON, the process proceeds to step S1119.

  In step S1117, in order to apply another reduction ratio to narrow characters, the reduction ratio p [i] = p is set for the i-th character. Here, p is the reduction ratio p (605 in FIG. 6) for narrow characters acquired in step S815. That is, step S1117 is a step showing an example of a process for outputting the character using the second reduction ratio when it is determined that the character is not to be applied with the first reduction ratio. Step S1117 is an example of a process for reducing the character width using the relaxed second reduction ratio as compared with the first reduction ratio so that characters having a character width smaller than a predetermined value are not reduced too much. It is a step which shows.

  In step S1118, a reduction rate p ′ corresponding to the character width w [i] of the i-th character before reduction calculated in step S811 is acquired. Specifically, the reduction rate p ′ corresponding to the character width w [i] is acquired from the “length ratio setting 911 corresponding to the character width” stored in the external memory 211. For example, when the i-th character is a narrow character such as a decimal point and the character width is 2 pt, the reduction rate p ′ = 10 from the “length ratio setting 911 according to the character width” stored in the external memory 211. Get%.

  In step S1119, the reduction ratio p [i] = p ′ of the i-th character is set. That is, step S1119 is a step showing an example of a process of outputting the character using the second reduction ratio when it is determined that the character is not the first reduction ratio. Step S1119 is a step showing an example of processing using a reduction ratio managed in association with the character width.

In step S1120, the width is reduced using the respective reduction ratios (not reduced in the case of step S1113), and the character width w [i] of the i-th character is acquired. The method for acquiring the character width is the same as in step S814.
In step S1121, the character width w [i] of the i-th character acquired in step S1120 is the character width lower limit 910 stored in the RAM 202.

If it is smaller than the character width lower limit value 910, the process proceeds to step S1122, and if it is greater than or equal to the character width lower limit value 910, the process proceeds to step S1123. That is, the “character width lower limit value 910” is an example of means for managing the lower limit value of the character width.

  In step S1122, the character width is reduced so that the character width w [i] of the i-th character = character width lower limit value 910. That is, step S1122 is a step showing an example of a process of outputting so that the character width does not become smaller than the lower limit value.

In step S1123, w + w [i] is calculated and substituted for the lengthened article width w. Note that the article width w is included in the component width W when it is necessary to reduce the character width of the article data (step S824) in which it is determined whether the character string of the article data is contained within the component. This is used for the processing (step S826 or step S827) for calculating a new reduction ratio for the purpose.
The description of the in-part article data output process according to the second embodiment in FIG. 10 and the lengthening process according to the second embodiment in FIG.

  As described above, in character string output, the character width reduction rate or output format can be changed to solve the problem that it becomes difficult to read when a narrow character is lengthened. A mechanism for outputting a column can be provided.

In this embodiment, a newspaper manuscript has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to a newspaper, and as long as a manuscript is created, a manuscript may be created such as a magazine, a Web page, or an electronic book.
This is the end of the description of the second embodiment.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by reading and executing.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium recording the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  The present invention may be applied to a system constituted by a plurality of devices or an apparatus constituted by a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, by reading a recording medium storing a program for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  The form of the program may be in the form of object code, program code executed by an interpreter, script data supplied to an OS (operating system), and the like.

  Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network using a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention. In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

101 Information processing apparatus 102 News distribution server 103 Network

Claims (9)

An information processing apparatus capable of outputting a document including a plurality of parts,
Character data acquisition means for acquiring character data to be output in the component;
A character number obtaining unit for obtaining the number of characters of the character data obtained by the character data obtaining unit;
First reduction rate determining means for determining a first reduction rate for reducing and outputting character data in association with the number of characters of character data to be output in the component;
A first reduction rate acquisition unit that acquires a first reduction rate associated with the number of characters acquired by the character number acquisition unit from the first reduction rate determination unit;
Determining means for determining whether or not a character included in the character data is a predetermined character to which the first reduction rate is not applied;
If the determination unit determines that the character is to be applied with the first reduction rate, the character width is reduced using the first reduction rate acquired by the first reduction rate acquisition unit, and the character is If it is determined that the character is a predetermined character that is output in the part and does not apply the first reduction ratio, the predetermined character is output in the part so as to be larger than when the first reduction ratio is used. Character data output means ,
The determination means includes
When the character width of the character included in the character data is larger than a predetermined value, the character is determined to be a character to which the first reduction ratio is applied. When the character width is smaller than the predetermined value, the first reduction ratio is not applied. An information processing apparatus characterized by being determined to be a character. The reduction is to lengthen a character,
The character data output means includes
When the determination means determines that the character does not apply the first reduction ratio, the predetermined character is placed in the component so that the character width is larger than when the first reduction ratio is used to make the character longer. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus outputs the information to the inside. The character data output means includes
When it is determined by the determination means that the character does not apply the first reduction ratio, the second that is relaxed compared to the first reduction ratio so that a character whose character width is smaller than a predetermined value is not reduced too much. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the character width is reduced and the character is output by using the reduction ratio. A second reduction rate management means for managing the second reduction rate in association with the character width;
The character data output means includes
When the determination unit determines that the character does not apply the first reduction rate, the second reduction rate corresponding to the character width of the character managed by the second reduction rate management unit is used. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the character width is reduced and the character is output. It further comprises component width acquisition means for acquiring the width of the component,
The first reduction rate acquisition means includes:
When automatically calculating the first reduction rate, the first width determined in accordance with the width of the component acquired by the component width acquisition means and the width of the character data drawn with the font size set for the component. the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that to obtain the reduction ratio. A character width lower limit value managing means for managing the lower limit value of the character width;
The character data output means includes
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 characters width and outputting the characters not less than the lower limit value managed by the character width lower limit management means. Predetermined characters that do not apply the first reduction ratio are decimal point, period, punctuation mark, i (lowercase letter A), l (lowercase letter E), number 1,! (Exclamation mark) The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it comprises at least one of. A processing method in an information processing apparatus capable of outputting a document including a plurality of parts,
The information processing apparatus is
A character data acquisition step of acquiring character data to be output in the component;
A character number obtaining step for obtaining the number of characters of the character data obtained by the character data obtaining step;
A first reduction rate determination step for determining a first reduction rate for reducing and outputting character data in association with the number of characters of character data to be output in the component;
A first reduction rate acquisition step of acquiring a first reduction rate associated with the number of characters acquired by the character number acquisition step from the first reduction rate determination step;
A determination step of determining whether or not a character included in the character data is a predetermined character to which the first reduction rate is not applied;
When the determination step determines that the character is a character to which the first reduction ratio is applied, the character width is reduced using the first reduction ratio acquired by the first reduction ratio acquisition step, and the character is If it is determined that the character is a predetermined character that is output in the part and does not apply the first reduction ratio, the predetermined character is output in the part so as to be larger than when the first reduction ratio is used. Execute the character data output step ,
The determination step includes
When the character width of the character included in the character data is larger than a predetermined value, the character is determined to be a character to which the first reduction ratio is applied. When the character width is smaller than the predetermined value, the first reduction ratio is not applied. A processing method characterized by determining that the character is a character. A program executable by an information processing apparatus capable of outputting a document including a plurality of parts,
The information processing apparatus;
Character data acquisition means for acquiring character data to be output in the component;
A character number obtaining unit for obtaining the number of characters of the character data obtained by the character data obtaining unit;
First reduction rate determining means for determining a first reduction rate for reducing and outputting character data in association with the number of characters of character data to be output in the component;
A first reduction rate acquisition unit that acquires a first reduction rate associated with the number of characters acquired by the character number acquisition unit from the first reduction rate determination unit;
Determining means for determining whether or not a character included in the character data is a predetermined character to which the first reduction rate is not applied;
If the determination unit determines that the character is to be applied with the first reduction rate, the character width is reduced using the first reduction rate acquired by the first reduction rate acquisition unit, and the character is If it is determined that the character is a predetermined character that is output in the part and does not apply the first reduction ratio, the predetermined character is output in the part so as to be larger than when the first reduction ratio is used. Function as character data output means ,
The determination means includes
When the character width of the character included in the character data is larger than a predetermined value, the character is determined to be a character to which the first reduction ratio is applied. When the character width is smaller than the predetermined value, the first reduction ratio is not applied. A program characterized by determining that it is a character.

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