JPH01190478A - Document forming machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To fit the printing position of the final line of each page by automatically correcting the position of a printing line, by independently storing a line position and line feed quantity in a memory means at the point of time when the alteration of line feed quantity is indicated and utilizing the same in the correction of the position of the line. CONSTITUTION:The value stored in the first line position memory means 20 is set to A1 and the value stored in the first line feed quantity memory means 22 is set to B1. At first the values A1, B1 are initially set. The printing position of the first line of a page is given to the value A1 and standard line feed quantity is given to the value B1. When a control means 10 receives input data from an input means 12, the line data of one line is formed at first to insert a line partitioning mark. When there is no alteration of line feed quantity or return indication, the formed line data and the value A1 are stored in a memory means 16. The value B1 is added to the present value A1 to calculate the new value. That is, the value A1 is renewed to show the printing position of the second line. Next, the presence of input data is judged and this operation is further repeated when there is the input data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a document production machine, and more particularly to a document production machine characterized by the printing style of documents.

[Prior Art] FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a conventional document creation machine. In this document creation machine, a procedure for creating a document that involves changing the spacing between lines, that is, the amount of line feed will be described. The control means 110 receives input data from the input means 112, sends it to the display means 114 for display, and when it receives the batting force data, inserts a separator indicating a line break into the data, Rough line position control means 1
20, the receiver inserts the retrieved in-page position information (value of q) into the data, and stores the edited line data in the storage means 116.
Store it in. When an instruction to change the line leading amount (change from h to i in FIG. 4 (a)) is found in the input data during document creation, the control means 110 uses the changed value (value of i) to control the line position. A notification is sent to the means 120, and from then on, the line position is set using the changed line feed amount.

When the line data stored in the storage means 116 in this manner is printed by the printing means 118, it will have a format as shown in FIG. 4(a). Note that this figure shows an example in which the first page is printed with only the standard line feed ih, and the line feed amount is changed to i in a part of the second page.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As is clear from FIG. 4(a), for example, if the line feed amount is partially changed on a certain page, the printing position of the last line of that page will be changed from that of other pages. This results in a shift from the printing position of the last line (in this figure, it is shifted by the value of j).

) It becomes very unsightly. In order to avoid this, if you try to correct the printing misalignment by slightly correcting the amount of line feed in the middle, the operator of the document creation machine will have to repeat trial and error, which will require a lot of effort and time. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation machine that can solve the above problems and automatically correct the print line position to match the print position of the last line of each page.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The configuration of the present invention will be explained based on FIG. 1. The document creation machine of the present invention includes an input means 12, an output means 14.18,
A device comprising a storage means 16 for storing edited data, a line position control means for controlling the printing position of each line within a page, and a control means 10 for controlling each of the means and editing and proofreading the data. , the line position control means includes a first line position storage means 20 for storing the current line position of the edited data, a first line spacing storage means 22 for storing the current line spacing, and a line spacing storage first means 22 for storing the current line spacing. A second line position memory means 24 stores the line position at that time when a change is instructed, and a second line position memory means 24 stores the line position before the change.
The line position of the edited data is determined based on the 8 values stored in the means 26, the first line position storage means 20, the second line position storage means 24, and the second line feed amount storage means 26, respectively. It is characterized by having a line position correction means 28 for correction.

When printing is continued at the standard line feed amount, the print line position can be controlled using the first line position storage means 20 and the first line feed amount storage means 22, as in the conventional case. That is,
The standard line leading amount is stored in the first line leading amount storage means 22, and the printing position of the current line data is stored in the first line position storing means 22.
It is updated within the means 20. That is, the value stored in the first line position storage means 20 (print position of the previous line)
The current line position is obtained by adding the standard line feed amount to , and this value is added to the line data information as the print position for that line data. In this way, the printing position of each line data is determined one after another (.

When changing the line leading amount, the contents of the first line storing means are changed from the standard value to another value.

This is also the same as before. However, the present invention is characterized in that the value before being changed, for example, the standard line spacing, is stored in the second line spacing storage means. Furthermore, the line position of the line data immediately before the line feed amount is changed is also stored in the second line position storage means.

The position of the last line of a page where the line leading amount has been changed midway through will be shifted from the position of the last line of a page where the leading edge remains at the standard value, but the line By performing a predetermined calculation in the line position correction means by using the values stored in the second position storage means and the second line feed amount storage means, it is possible to determine the positional shift of the last line between pages. can automatically correct this deviation.

[Example] Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is an equipment configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

This document creation machine has a CPU30 as a computer part.
．． ROM32, RAM34, input/output interface 3
6, and this input/output interface 36 has a keyboard 38 . CRT display 40, printer 42, external memory i! ! The device @44 is connected. Such a configuration itself is well known as a document creation machine. In this figure, the keyboard 38, CRT display 40, printer 42,
The external storage device 44 is connected to the input means 12 of FIG.
, the display means 14, the printing means 18, and the storage means 16. In addition, the control means 10, line position storage first means 20, line feed amount storage first means 22, line position storage second means 24, line feed maximum storage second means 26, and line position correction means 28 shown in FIG.
is achieved by the computer section of FIG.

An operating program for this document creation machine is written in the ROM 32, and the procedure of the program will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3(a), the value stored in the first line position storage means 20 is defined as A1, and the value stored in the first line position storage means 20 is defined as A1.
The value stored in 2 is defined as 81. First, A1 and 81 are initialized (steps 46 and 48). A1 is given the print position of the first line of the page, and B1 is given the standard line feed. When the control means 10 receives input data from the input means 12 (step 50), it first creates line data for one line and inserts a line delimiter mark (step 52). If there is no instruction to change or return the line feed amount, the process proceeds to step 58, and the created line data and A1 are stored in the storage means 16.

Then, 81 is added to the current A1 to obtain a new A1 (step 60). That is, A1 is updated to the second
It represents the printing position of the line. Next, the presence or absence of input data is determined (step 62), and if there is input data, steps 50 to 60 are repeated.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4(b), consider the case where the line feed seedlings are changed in the second row 86 and onward on the second page. If such a change instruction is given after the row data of the second row 86 is created in step 52, the determination in step 54 becomes YES, and the processing procedure moves to FIG. 3(b).

In this figure, the value stored in the second line position storage means 24 is defined as A2, and the value stored in the second line advance amount storage means 26 is defined as 82. A2 is given the value of A1 at that time, that is, the printing position of the second line 86 (step 64). B2 is given the current value of 81, the standard leading Ih (step 66).

Thereafter, the value of B1 is changed to another line leading amount of 1 (step 68). The process then returns to FIG. 3(a). There is no instruction to return B1 until the 8th line 88, so
The process passes through step 56 and proceeds to step 58, where the row data of the second row and A1 are stored in the storage means 16.

Thereafter, A1 is updated (step 60), but the line leading four B1 at this step is the changed value i.

Therefore, the interval between the second and third rows is narrower than the standard value. After that, steps 50 to 60 up to the 8th line
is repeated. The row data of the 8th row 88 is at step 52
When created, there is an instruction to return the leading amount to the standard value. That is, the determination in step 56 is YES, and
The processing procedure moves to FIG. 3(C). First, we set the integer variable N to 1.
is given (step 70), B2 is multiplied by N, the result is added to A2, and the obtained value is given to A3 (step 72). A2 is given the line position of the second line, and B2 is given the standard leading amount i, so A3 has the line position if the leading distance remains the standard. The position will be given. The loop of steps 72, 74, and 76 is repeated while incrementing the number N by 1 until this hypothetical row position A3 exceeds the current (ie, eighth row 88) row position A1. Figure 4(b) shows A3 and A1 at the moment A3 exceeds A1.
The values of are shown in the figure. A3 is a hypothetical value, but the first
Since the page has only the standard line spacing, the value of A3 corresponds to a line position somewhere on this first page. A at this time
The difference between 3 and 1 is set as ΔA (step 78). Then, the row data of the 8th row and A1 are stored in the storage means 16 (
Step 80). Then, return the leading bar to its standard value (
Step 82). Next, as the line position of the ninth line 90, ΔA and the standard line feed IBI that has just been returned are added to the line position A1 of the eighth line 88 to obtain a new line position A1 (step 84). This step is performed by the line position correction means 28. As a result, the line position of the ninth line 90 completely matches any line position on the first page. Then, the processing procedure returns to Figure 3 (a>).The line position is determined using the standard line feed ah until the last line.Naturally, the position of the last line of the first page and the last line of the second page are determined. The row positions match.

In the above explanation, the changed line leading amount is returned to the standard value on the second page, but when the last line is reached with the changed amount, when the last line is reached, the line leading amount is returned to the standard value. You can make the same correction as above.

In addition, in the above explanation, only the space between the 8th and 9th lines of the second page is expanded, but it is also possible to correct the position of each line so that the distance from the 8th line to the last line is equal. I can do it,
This re-correction can be easily carried out by making additional changes to the above program.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention stores the current line position and line spacing amount in an independent storage means when an instruction to change the line spacing amount is given, and then executes these operations. Since it is used to correct the position, the print line position is automatically corrected, and the final line position on each page matches each other, resulting in improved printing style.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a device configuration diagram of an embodiment of the invention, Fig. 3 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 4 (a) is a conventional FIG. 4(b) is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the printing format according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of a conventional document creation machine. 10...Control means 12...Input means 14...Display means 16...Storage means 18...Printing means 20...Line position storage first means 22...Line feed amount storage first Means 24...Line position storage second means 26...Line advance amount storage second means 28...Line position correction means Patent applicant NEC Office Systems Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney Susumu Uchigan Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 (b) Figure 3 (C) Figure 4 (0) Figure 4 (b) Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Input means, output means, storage means for storing edited data, line position control means for controlling the printing position of each line within a page, and control means for controlling each of the above means and for controlling the data. In a document creation machine having a control means for editing and proofreading, the line position control means includes a first line position storage means for storing a current line position of edited data, and a line position storage means for storing a current line feed amount. A first line-feeding amount memory means, a second line-position memory means for storing the line position at that time when an instruction to change the line-feeding amount is given, and a line-feeding amount memory for storing the line-feeding amount before the change. correcting the line position of the edited data based on each value stored in the second means, the first line position storage means, the second line position storage means, and the second line feed amount storage means; 1. A document creation machine comprising: line position correction means.