JPH02267553A - Magazine editing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To lay out and plot optional number of borders or blocks in temporary rulers at the appointed positions by instructing by a displayed temporary ruler plotting menu. CONSTITUTION:The content of a menu information memory 4 is read out by a controller 1, which has the computer constitution provided with a layout plotting means 11, a temporary ruler menu plotting means 12, a ruler layout plotting means 13, etc., in response to plotting instruction from an input part 7 based on the program of a program memory 2. Then, the temporary ruler plotting menu based on plotting position information appointing menu data is displayed on a CRT display device 6 through a display information storing means 5. When the optional number of the borders or the blocks are appointed in the temporary rulers from the input part 7 while the display on the display device 6 is supervised, the corresponding ruler data is displayed in the temporary rulers and layout simulation whose expressing ability is expanded can be performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a magazine editing system that processes layout editing of printed materials such as magazines using electronic images.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as this type of device, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-1658
Publication No. 52 and the like have been proposed.

Normally, magazine editing starts with a planning meeting, requests for manuscripts,
It is customary to proceed according to procedures such as interviewing, manuscript arrangement and layout, complete manuscript creation, plate making, two proofreading, plate making, printing, and bookbinding.

Of these, particularly important is layout processing at the complete manuscript creation stage.

This is a process of allocating text manuscripts, photographic manuscripts, etc. on an article-by-article basis, and is usually a field in charge of magazine layouters.

A device that supports such magazine editing, that is, a device that simulates the finished state of a magazine, is capable of responding to detailed magazine layouts while instantly checking, changing, and correcting the layout information of each manuscript. It is configured.

Then, while looking at the magazine layout screen displayed in actual size, spread, and storyboard units on the display, the layouter devised a magazine concept, such as square 0-character blocks, photographs, etc., and arranged them according to the photo manuscript, 1-character manuscript, and subheading manuscript. By arranging the images, they can be drawn as images, displaying the series up to the finished image of the magazine, and creating layout information.

By the way, when editing a magazine, for example, there is a case where a pattern is arranged for a photograph. However, layouts in which simple rectangular-sized pictures are arranged in the text are rare, and as a way to add pictures or appeal to readers, many ruled lines are placed to decorate the paper surface such as Iro-obi. The need has arisen.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the conventional system, although it was possible to set the formation of only a picture frame, it was not possible to set multiple ruled lines at any position and size with a simple operation, and the frame in magazine editing There were problems in that the expressiveness of the internal processing was poor, it was difficult to meet the demands of the layouter, and additional manual work such as frame devices was required, resulting in a significant drop in magazine editing efficiency.

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, and by visually specifying a frame or block on the displayed per-rule line drawing menu, an arbitrary number of frames or blocks can be drawn within the displayed per-rule line. The purpose is to obtain a magazine editing system that can layout and draw blocks at specified positions.

(Means for Solving the Problems) A magazine editing system according to the present invention includes a menu information storage means for storing drawing position information designation menu data for drawing a block frame rule or an arbitrary rule placed in the block frame rule; A line-ruled menu drawing means for expanding the drawing position information designation menu data stored in the menu information storage means into the display information storage means and drawing a lined-line menu on the display means, and a line-ruled menu drawn on the display means. A layout information input means for inputting ruled layout information to be inputted; and a block frame ruled or this block frame while developing ruled layout data in a display information storage means based on the ruled layout information inputted by this layout information input means. A ruled layout drawing means for drawing arbitrary ruled lines to be arranged on a display means is provided.

(Function) In this invention, when a hit line menu drawing instruction is prompted by the layout information input means, the hit line menu drawing means retrieves and displays the drawing position information designation menu data stored in the menu information storage means. The information is expanded to the information storage means and a ruled menu is displayed on the display means.

Here, when the ruled layout information is input from the layout information input means, the ruled layout drawing means develops the ruled layout data in the display information storage means based on the ruled layout information and arranges it on the block frame ruled or this block framed ruled. The display means draws arbitrary ruled lines.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a magazine editing system showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a controller section composed of a computer, and the magazine editing system is stored in a program memory 2. Layout drawing means 11 for controlling each part based on a program. Atari ruled menu drawing means 12. Ruled layout drawing means 1
It has 3. Reference numeral 3 denotes a layout information memory, which stores magazine layout data edited by inputting instructions from the input section 7.

A menu information memory 4 also serves as a menu information storage means of the present invention, and stores menu data for displaying a layout menu, hit line menu, etc. to be displayed on the CR7 display device 6.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a display information storage means, and the column image (indicating the formatting state) developed in the display information storage means 5 is displayed on the CR7 display device 6.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a printer, such as a laser beam printer, which outputs the magazine layout developed in the display information storage means 5 as a dot image.

9 is a keyboard (KB) for inputting numerical information and commands. 10 is a pointing device (PD), CR
7. Instruct the menu items, drawing position, etc. displayed on the display device 6.

Note that when a hit line menu drawing instruction is prompted from the input unit 7 serving as a layout information input means, the hit line menu drawing unit 12 draws the drawing position information designation menu stored in the menu information mesori 4 serving as a menu information storage unit. The data is read out and developed in the display information storage means 5, and a ruled menu (described later) is displayed on the CR7 display device 6 serving as the display means.

Here, when the ruled layout information is input from the input section 7, the ruled layout drawing means 1
3 causes the CR7 display device 5 to draw a block frame rule or an arbitrary rule to be placed in the block frame rule while developing the rule layout data in the display information storage means 5.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the layout editing menu displayed on the CR7 display device 6 shown in FIG. The layout drawing means 11 develops the menu drawing data in the display information storage means 5 so that the menu is drawn at the specified position.

22 is a part of the main menu, for example, Assignment 1 Figure Arrangement 1
Corresponds to the drawn state of layout editing commands consisting of a main command part 23 such as figure change 1 figure deletion 1 figure movement 9 page command, and sub-command part 24 such as measure, page change assistance, block, heading, lined line, cutout, etc. do.

25 is a layout editing/drawing command section, and the content 25a
, double-page spread 25b, original size 25c, etc., using the pointing device 10 to display the storyboard size, double-page spread size, etc. on the CR7 display device 6.

It is configured so that the magazine editorial layout can be drawn at any time in either the original size or the original size.

Next, referring to FIG. 3, a block drawing processing operation based on hit-rule drawing according to the present invention will be explained.

FIG. 3 shows a display state diagram for explaining the block drawing processing operation based on hit line drawing according to the present invention.
A) corresponds to a state in which the block 51 is secured in units of columns/rows (dotted line area in the figure), and the cursor K is pointing inside the block 51.

The figure (b) corresponds to the Atari ruled setting menu display state,
CR7
It is drawn on the display device 6. Reference numeral 52 indicates a setting method command, which consists of a block size command and an arbitrary specification command, and corresponds to the state where the block size is currently selected.

Reference numeral 53 denotes a unit system specification command, which consists of a millimeter specification command and a series specification command, and corresponds to a state in which the series specification command is selected.

54 is a line type command, which consists of a back line (tweezing) command and a front line (hitting line) command, and the current front line (hitting line) command.
Corresponds to the state where the command is selected.

55 is the designated block confirmation image area, the reference seat! 1
This corresponds to a state in which distance data areas E1 to E4 indicating respective ruled line drawing distances from Apt to P4 are displayed, and corresponds to a state in which the hit rule 56 is specified with the current reference coordinate P1 as the reference coordinate. In addition, at the initial stage of creating Atari ruled lines, the same size as the block specified as the default (W C width value),
H (height)) is set. Therefore, the frame size data e1 becomes W, and the frame size data e2 becomes H.

Further, when setting the amount of separation, the following automatic calculation is performed based on the reference coordinates P1 to P4. For example, distance data areas E1 to E4 are all "0", frame size data e1 is rloOJ, and frame size data e2 is r200.
When "r50" is set as the value of the distance data area E1 as J, the distance data area E is set from the following equation (1).
2 is determined to be "0", and the distance data area E3 is determined to be r-50J from the following equation (2). Furthermore, distance data area E2. When E4 is changed, frame size data e1 is changed based on equation (3) below, and frame size data e2
is changed according to equation (4) below.

E2=W-(E4+el) ・・・・・・(1
)E3=H-(E1+e2) ””(2)e
1 =W-(E2+E4) = (3)e2=
H-(E1+E3) "" (4) (C) in the same figure corresponds to the block confirmed display state, and the ruled layout drawing means 13 is executed based on the data specified in the distance data area El-E4 in (b) of the same figure. This corresponds to the state in which block 57 (solid line) is drawn.

FIG. 4(d) shows an example of a calculated and determined value for the set value that has been inputted as an instruction.

FIG. 4 shows a display state transition diagram illustrating the arbitrary frame drawing processing operation based on hit line drawing according to the present invention, and the same parts as in FIG. 3 are given the same reference numerals.

The figure (a) corresponds to the left corner amount (distance data area E4) specification input state, and a state in which, for example, grade 20 is specified on the numeric keypad screen TT by the pointing device 10 in the guide area GG of the layout editing menu part 21. corresponds to

FIG. 6(b) corresponds to a state in which each series value and frame size data el, e2 are inputted as a series into the distance data areas E1 to E4, and the stroke rule setting is determined.

4C corresponds to a state in which the ruled layout drawing means 13 displays the ruled layout 61 developed in the display information storage means 5 in accordance with the hit rule information set in FIG.

FIG. 5D shows a plurality of ruled layouts 61a to 61d developed in the display information storage means 5 by the ruled layout drawing means 13 according to the hit rule information set in FIG. corresponds to the situation.

Next, referring to FIG. 5, description will be given of the hit rule drawing processing operation according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a hit rule drawing processing procedure according to the present invention. In addition, (1) to (10
) indicates each step.

First, wait for the layout data to be input from the input section 7. 1) Once the layout data has been input,
The layout drawing means 11 waits for the layout data to be developed into the display information storage means 5 according to the layout data stored in the layout information memory 3, that is, until the layout drawing is completed.2) When the drawing is completed, Waiting for the circling arrangement of the main command section 23 to be instructed by the pointing device 10 (3), and then waiting for the Atari line of the sub-command section 24 to be instructed by the pointing device 10 (4), When instructed, the hit line menu drawing means 4 displays the hit line menu on the CRT display device 6 by developing the hit line setting menu data read from the menu information memory 4 into the display information storage means 5 (5).
0 Next, wait for the Atari line data to be input from the input unit 7 and confirm the setting (OK) 6), and when it is confirmed, judge whether the specified setting method is block specification 7), if YES Block 51 shown in FIG. 3(a)
8) Step (1)
Proceed to step 0), if NO, draw the previous part 9), judge whether the drawing state is OK or not 10), if NO
Return to step (6), and if YES, proceed to other layout processing for 8 lines.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention provides a menu information storage means for storing drawing position information designation menu data for drawing an arbitrary frame to be placed before block destruction or before this block destruction, and a menu information storage means for storing drawing position information designation menu data. The drawing position information designation menu data stored in the display information storage means is developed to draw a lined menu on the display means, and an instruction is input to the lined menu drawing means drawn on the display means. A layout information input means for inputting ruled layout information; and a layout information input means for inputting ruled layout information, and placing the ruled layout data in the display information storage means before or before the block is broken while developing the ruled layout data in the display information storage means based on the ruled layout information inputted by the layout information input means. Since a ruled layout drawing means for drawing arbitrary ruled lines on the display means is provided, it is possible to display frame elements that become hit rules, such as hit rules such as block rules and square 1-color bands, as a visual image, and also to display the layout. It can be used as data.

Therefore, the expressive power of conventional layout simulation is greatly expanded, and the subsequent layout process processing can be automated.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a magazine editing system showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a layout editing menu displayed on the CRT display device shown in FIG. 1. 3 is a display state transition diagram explaining the block drawing processing operation based on hit line drawing according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a display state transition diagram explaining the arbitrary frame composition processing operation based on hit rule drawing according to the present invention. Figure, 5th
The figure is a flowchart illustrating an example of a hit rule drawing processing procedure according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is the controller section, 2 is the program memory, and 3 is the controller section.
is layout information memory, 4 is menu information memory, 5 is
6 is a display information storage means, 6 is a CRT display device, 7 is an input unit, 11 is a layout drawing means, 12 is a lined menu drawing means, and 13 is a ruled layout drawing means. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 7: Input section SA8 figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a magazine editing system having a layout drawing means for drawing a column image constituting a magazine layout on a display means via a display information storage means according to input layout information, a block frame rule or an arbitrary image arranged on this block frame rule is provided. A menu information storage means for storing drawing position information designation menu data for drawing a rule; and a menu information storage means for storing drawing position information designation menu data stored in the menu information storage means in the display information storage means to display a ruled menu on the display means. a hit-rule menu drawing means for drawing a hit-rule menu; a layout information input means for inputting ruled-rule layout information that is input as an instruction for the hit-rule menu drawn on the display means; The present invention is characterized by comprising a rule layout drawing means for drawing a block frame rule or an arbitrary rule to be arranged in the block frame rule on the display means while developing the rule layout data in the display information storage means based on the layout information. Magazine editing system.