JPH01240968A - Document editing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To store an input document into a document area by automatically altering the set value of a line space, an inter-character pitch, or a character size, etc., and changing the number of lines and the number of characters per line constituting the document area according to the stored condition of the input document into the arbitarily set document area. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 11, a main memory 12, an I/O controller 18 and a displaying control device 21 are mutually connected by a system bus 22. A deciding means 11 to decide the storing condition of the input document into the document area set at an arbitrary size, and editing means 11 and 21 to alter the line space, the inter-character pitch or the character size and make variable one or the both of the number of the lines in the document area and the number of the characters per line are provided. According to the housing condition of the input document into the document area, the set value of the line space, the inter-character pitch, or the character size, etc., is changed, and the number of the lines and the number of the characters per line constituting the document area are changed. Thus, even when the input document is inserted without awaring of the document area, without changing the contents of the document, they can be neatly stored into the document area.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention provides a document editing method (prior art) suitable for fitting an input document into a document area set to an arbitrary size. BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, in devices that handle documents, such as Japanese document creation devices, character size, character pitch, and line spacing are determined and set in advance by the user. With this method, it is difficult to fit the input document into the document area of the desired size without waste, and the user usually has to reset the font size, character pitch, and line spacing after inputting the document. . Furthermore, conventional designs are based on the assumption that the user sets the character pitch, line spacing, etc. in advance as described above, so these can only take on a limited number of values, and the input In order to fit the document into a document area of a desired size without waste, it was necessary not only to perform the above-mentioned reset, but also to change the expression (and content) of the text and adjust the number of characters.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, conventionally, in order to fit an input document into a document area of a desired size without waste, it is necessary to reset the character pitch, line spacing, etc., or to reset the number of characters in the input document. This was a problem because it required complicated operations such as adjusting the amount of water.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a system for automatically storing a desired document within the document area even when a desired document is input without being aware of the document area.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) This invention determines how well an input document fits within a document area, and adjusts at least the line spacing, character pitch, or character size according to the result of this determination. The present invention is characterized in that the number of lines in the document area, the number of characters per line, or both are varied by changing the input document so that the input document is contained within the document area.

(Operation) According to the above configuration, the set values such as line spacing, character pitch, and character size are changed depending on how well the input document fits in the document area, and the number of lines constituting the document area and the number of lines per line are changed. Since the number of characters can be changed, even if the input document is input without being aware of the document area, it can be properly placed in the document area without changing the content of the document.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the document editing method of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a Japanese document creation device to which the document editing method shown in the flowchart of FIG. 1 is applied. be.

In Fig. 2, 11 is a CPU that controls the entire device.)
2 is the main memory that stores various programs, data, etc.; 1
Reference numeral 3 denotes a keyboard (KB) used for inputting various requests, characters, etc. from the user to this device. 14 is an image scanner (hereinafter simply referred to as a scanner) for inputting images such as photographs and illustrations, and 15 is a printer for printing out documents and the like. The printer 15 is, for example, a laser beam printer in which line spacing, character pitch, etc. can be continuously varied on a dot-by-dot basis. lG, 17
are a floppy disk drive (FDD) and a hard disk drive (HDD) as external storage devices, respectively.
, 18 is a 110 that controls the scanner 14, the printer 15, the FDD 17, and the HDD 17 (i.e., the external device 110).
(input/output) controller. 19 is a CRT monitor with high resolution (approximately 401 characters per character) used for displaying characters, images, etc.; 20 is a mouse for specifying a position by moving a cursor etc. on the display screen of CRT monitor 19;
Reference numeral 1 denotes a display control device that controls the display on the CRT monitor 19. The CPU II, main memory 12, I10 controller 18, and display control device 21 are interconnected by a system bus 22.

Now, the document editing process in the document creation device shown in FIG. 2 is as follows.
The process is carried out as follows according to the flowchart of FIG. Note that the document editing process described here is the process of fitting an input document into a preset document area, and more specifically, determining the document format in order to fit the input document into the document area. This means changing the line spacing, character pitch, character size, etc. of the document to the optimum values.

■Creating a document form (Step SL) First, the user should:
The user operates the KB 13 to create a document form that has an area for manually arranging the document, that is, a document area (document input field), and defines the document area using a ruled line mode or the like. The CPU II receives input data from the KB 13 and determines the position of the ruled line and the area surrounded by the ruled line (
The amount of characters (this is called the capacity of the document area) of the document (based on the standard character size, line spacing, and pitch between characters) that can be stored in the document area (document area) is calculated. CPU 11
stores this calculation result in the main memory 12, restores the corresponding document form from the calculated ruled line position, and displays this form on the CRT monitor 1 via the display control device 21.
Display it on 9. In addition, K B using ruled line mode etc.
Instead of creating the form from step 13, it is also possible to create the document form by using the scanner 14 to read a document on which the document form has been formed in advance by, for example, printing.

0 Document Input (Step S2) When the desired document form is displayed on the CRT monitor 19, the user operates K B 13 to select one document area (document input field) in the form, and enters this field. Enter the string that makes up the document you are trying to place. The CPU II stores the character string input from the KB 13 in the main memory 12 in correspondence with the corresponding field, and causes the character string to be displayed on the CRT monitor 19 via the display control device 21. This display is based on the standard font size (here 40
This is done using dots/characters), line spacing, and character pitch.

■Document editing determination (step S3).

When the above-mentioned document input is completed, the CPU II checks whether the document protrudes from the corresponding document field by comparing the character size of the input document with the previously calculated capacity of the corresponding field. Determine whether document editing is necessary.

Here, if the amount of characters in the input document is greater than the field capacity, the human-written document extends beyond the corresponding field, and therefore it is determined that the document needs to be edited. On the other hand, if the character amount of the input document≦the field capacity, the input document will fit into the corresponding field, and therefore, it is determined that document editing is not necessary.

■Editing the line spacing (steps S4, 55) When the CPU 1.1 determines that document editing is necessary in step S3, the current line spacing ( Calculate how narrow the line spacing (dots) should be.

If the calculated line spacing is not below the predetermined lower limit, the CPU II applies the calculated line spacing to redisplay the human document on the CRT monitor 19, and recalculates the field capacity. Check whether the input document fits within this field.

If the input document does not fit within the field even after increasing the number of lines in the field by one, CPUIL narrows the line spacing further and repeats the above operation.

■Editing the pitch between characters (step S8, 57) CPUI
If the input document does not fit within the field even if the line spacing is narrowed to the predetermined lower limit, the current method is to increase the number of characters per line (number of characters per line) in the field where the input document is placed by one character. Character pitch (character pitch dot)
Calculate how much you need to narrow it down. Then, if the calculated inter-character pitch is not below the predetermined lower limit, the CPU II applies the calculated inter-character pitch (
(The line spacing is the value finally applied in the process (2) above) The human document is redisplayed on the CRT monitor 19, the capacity of the field is recalculated, and it is checked whether the input document can fit within this field. If the human document does not fit within the field even if the number of characters per line in each line in the field is increased by one character, the CPU II further narrows the pitch between characters and repeats the above operation.

■Editing the font size (steps S8, 59) CPU II
If the input document does not fit within the field even after narrowing the character spacing to the predetermined lower limit, it changes the font size (for example, if the current font size is 40 dots/character, it changes to 32 dots/character) and , return the line spacing and character pitch to standard values. The CPU II redisplays the input document on the CRT monitor 19 by applying these line spacing, character pitch, and character size, and also recalculates the capacity of the field and determines whether the input document will fit within this field. Find out whether or not. If the input document does not fit within the field even after changing the font size, the CPU
II returns to the above (steps S4 and S5) and performs the series of document editing processes described above regarding the changed font size.

Now, if the input document fits within the field from the beginning, or if the input document comes to fit within the field by the editing process of ■, ■, or ■, the CPU 11 inputs the document to be the next input target. Check whether the field exists (step S10). If the next field exists, the CPU II returns to step S2 and performs the series of processes described above starting from inputting the document into this field. On the other hand, if there is no next field, C
PUII ends the process.

In the above example, if the input document initially extends beyond the field, change the line spacing, character pitch, or font size in the direction of decrease, and increase the number of lines in the field, the number of characters per line, or both. In this invention, even if the input document fits within the field from the beginning, for example, if the field capacity is small compared to the amount of characters in the input document. It can also be applied in cases where the amount is more than the quantified amount and it is difficult to fit it. However, in this case, by increasing the line spacing, character pitch, or character size, 1. It is necessary to reduce the number of lines in the field, the number of characters per line, or both to reduce the field capacity to approximately match the amount of characters in the input document.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a Japanese document creation device has been described, but the present invention can be applied to document creation devices for languages other than Japanese, such as an English word processor, and further to any device that handles documents, such as a workstation.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, line spacing, character pitch, character size, etc. can be set depending on how well an input document fits into an arbitrarily set document area (document input field). Since the values are automatically changed to change the number of lines constituting the document area and the number of characters per line, it is possible to fit the input document into the document area. Therefore, in order to fit the input document into the document area, the user has to perform document manual operations while being aware of the document area as in the past.
There is no need to change the content of the input document to increase or decrease the amount of characters.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the document editing method of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a Japanese document creation apparatus to which the document editing method shown in the flowchart of FIG. 1 is applied. 11...CPU, 12...Main memory, 13...Keyboard (KB), 19...CRT monitor. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue 1- Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] A determination means for determining how well an input document fits within a document area set to an arbitrary size, and at least one of line spacing, character pitch, or character size is changed according to the determination result of the determination means. and editing means for varying the number of lines in the document area, the number of characters per line, or both, and the input document is placed within the document area by editing processing of the editing means. Document editing method.