JPH01121970A - Document preparing/editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To read out and to display only the area of an edit object by providing an edit type deciding part to decide the type of an inputted edit command and display only a character area in a document edit and only a picture area in a picture edit. CONSTITUTION:An operator inputs the edit command specified beforehand, for example, an 'M' to show a character edit start from a character input part 1 when the character edit is executed and in the same way, a 'G' to show a picture edit start when the picture edit is executed. Next, an edit type deciding part 3 analyzes the edit command inputted from the input part 1, when the edit command is the 'M', it is decided to be the character edit and when it is the 'G', it is decided to be the picture edit. Next, when it is decided to be the character edit, the contents of the character area are read out of a character area storage part 5 and displayed on a displaying part. When it is decided to be the picture edit, the contents of the picture area are read out of a picture area storage part 7 and displayed on the displaying part 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of use in sedentary work] The present invention relates to a document creation/editing device that is capable of mixing single characters and image data.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional document creation/editing device. 17 is an image input unit for inputting image data, 4 is a character editing unit that performs processing such as character string editing, which is included in a general Japanese word processor, etc., and 5 is a character string and a character area containing the character string. A character area storage section 6 stores information such as position and size, an image editing section 6 performs image editing processing such as enlarging and reducing image data once, and 7 a character area storage section 7 that stores image data. An image area storage unit 8 stores the position, size information, etc. of the included image area; 8 is a character editing unit 41 that stores data input from the character input unit 1 or image input unit 2;
This figure shows a display section for displaying a document 1 image created and edited in .

Next, the operation will be explained.

Generally, when creating a document, first, an area for storing character strings, that is, a document, and an area for storing graphics 9 images, etc. are set. This setting is performed by specifying the upper left corner of each region as the region start point and the lower right corner as the region end point by row and column positions, and further giving the region attribute, that is, whether it is a character region or a single image region.

Next, in order to create a document, position the cursor at the area you want to input, and if it is a character area, input characters sequentially from the character input section 1, and use the character editing section 4 using functions such as kana-kanji conversion become

Further, when the cursor position is in an image area, necessary image data is input from the image input section 2, and the image editing section 6 processes the image data 1 & near 10.

The character area storage unit 5 and the image area storage unit 7 store information such as the position and size of the area, and attribute information for each area when the above-mentioned two areas are set. Part 4,
The editing result of the image editing department B, that is, the text 1 image data money luck next is stored.

Therefore, the character editing section 4 and the image editing section 6 edit the input data, and also store the editing results in the character area storage section 5.
, stored in the image area storage 7 and displayed on the display section 8.

One document is completed by performing the same operations on all areas using the above procedure.

Next, position the cursor where you want to edit,
If editing a character string, an editing command for characters is inputted from the character input section 1, and if editing image data, an editing command for image data is inputted from the character input section 1, the desired editing is performed, and the sentence '4I is extracted.

Note that a document creation/editing device similar to the above-described document creation/editing device is disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 165134/1983.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Conventional document creation/editing devices are as described above, so in order to display all areas when editing a document, it is necessary to read out and display non-target areas other than the originally required areas from the storage unit. However, there is a problem in that the waiting time for starting editing, which includes processing time and display time, becomes long, making it impossible to edit efficiently.

The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation/editing device that can shorten the waiting time for starting editing and perform efficient editing.

[Means for solving problems]

The document creation/editing device according to the present invention determines the type of editing command input from the character input section, and displays only the character area on the display section in the case of document editing, and only the image area in the case of image editing. A type determination section is provided.

[Effect]

The document creation/editing device according to the present invention reads out the content sound of the corresponding character area storage section or image data area storage section and displays it on the display section by determining the editing command input from the character input section in the editing type determination section. do.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The entire drawings of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 3 denotes an editing type determination unit, which determines the type of editing command input from the character input unit 1, reads out the content from the character or image area storage unit 5 or 7 of the corresponding attribute, and displays it on the display unit. 8.

FIG. 2 is a display screen diagram showing an example of a document in which a text area and an image area are mixed. In the figure, 11 is a first text area, 12 is a first image area, 13 is a second text area, 14
indicates the second image area.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation,
In the figure, each step is shown in ST1 to ST7.

Next, the operation will be explained.

Note that since one document is created using the same procedure as described in the conventional example, the complete explanation will be omitted, and the editing procedure will be explained.

When updating or aggregating an already created document, that is, changing the contents of the document, the operator uses a predetermined editing command, for example, when editing characters, this means starting character editing from character input section 1. When editing one image with M'', similarly input 'G'' which means the start of all image editing.

As indicated by the arrow, the editing type determining section 6 analyzes the editing command input from the character input section 1, and if the editing command is M'', it is determined to be character editing, and if it is 'G', it is determined to be image editing (step 5T1 ).

Next, when character editing is determined in step ST1, the content sound of the first character area 11 is read from the character area storage section 5 (step ST2), and the content is displayed on the display section 8 (step ST2).
Step 5T3).

Similar operations are repeated until all character areas in the one character area storage section 5 are displayed (step 5T4).

In this way, when the editing command "M" is input from the character input section 1 to the document shown in FIG. 2, the screen display state of the display section 8 becomes the state shown in FIG. 4.

Further, if it is determined that image editing is performed in step ST1 described above,
The entire image area is displayed on the display unit 8 using the same procedure as when editing characters (step ST4 to step 5T7).

At this time, the screen display state of the display unit 8 is as shown in FIG. 5.

After performing the above processing and displaying the area to be edited,
Perform editing work in the text or image editing section 4 or 6,
Edit the document.

In the embodiment described above, an edit type determining section 3 is provided after the character input section 1, and by determining the editing command, only the area corresponding to the editing work is stored in the character area storage section 5 or the image area recording section 1 section 5. 7 and displayed on the display section 8. However, even if the keyboard is provided with a key dedicated to character area display 2 image area display instead of the editing command, and the corresponding key is operated before editing, the same result as in the above embodiment will be obtained. effect can be obtained.

Further, the image input section 2 may be a figure input section (geometric data), in which case the image editing section 6 becomes the figure editing section 1 and the image area storage section 7 becomes the figure area storage section, producing the same effect. .

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, all types of editing commands input from the single character input section are determined, and only the character area is displayed on the display section in the case of document editing, and only the image area is displayed in the case of image collection. Since the editing type determination unit is provided, only the area to be edited can be read out and displayed on the display unit, which has the effect of shortening the waiting time for starting editing and allowing efficient editing.

[Brief Description of the Drawings] Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation/editing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a display screen diagram showing an example of a document in which a text area and an image area are mixed. , FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation, FIGS. 4 and 5 are display screen diagrams showing examples of editing type screens, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional document creation/editing device. It is. In the figure, 1 is a character input section, 2 is an image input section, 3 is an editing type determination section, 4 is a character editing section, 5 is a character area storage section,
Reference numeral 6 indicates an image editing section, 7 an image area storage section, and 8 a display section. In addition, in the figures, the same reference numerals indicate the same or equivalent parts. Patent applicant Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - [.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A character input section for inputting characters or editing commands, an image input section for inputting image data, and characters for moving, deleting, copying, etc. for documenting the character string input from the character input section. It has a character editing section having a column editing function, a character area storage section that stores a character area made up of the characters, and an image editing function such as enlarging, reducing, and rotating the image data input from the image input section. Document creation and editing comprising an image editing section, an image area storage section for storing an image area made up of the image data, and a display section for displaying the character area storage section and the image area storage section. The apparatus is characterized by being provided with an editing type determining unit that determines the type of the editing command and displays only the character area in the case of document editing and only the image area in the case of image editing on the display unit. Document creation/editing device.