JPH02269385A - Attribute input method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently input an attribute by designating an object, which is already displayed, and simultaneously inputting plural attribute information obtained in the object. CONSTITUTION:A storage area is provided for the attribute information of the object which is already displayed on a display device 1. When the attribute information of the object presently under input operation are inputted, the already displayed object is designated by a cursor 12 and the attribute information of the designated object are totally read from the storage area. Then, the read attribute is defined as the attribute input at that time. Thus, when the attribute information of the already displayed object are utilized, the plural attribute information can be simultaneously inputted and operability can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an attribute input method for inputting attributes of drawings, etc. in a workstation.

[Conventional technology]

In a work computer for office or engineering purposes, when an object such as one character and nine figures is input, attributes such as its size, inclination, character font (type of character), color, etc. are also input. The conventional method for inputting this attribute is
As shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 140134/1982, attribute information was input for each character and nine figures by selecting an attribute menu displayed on a display using a cursor or the like.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Usually, a plurality of attributes are defined for one object, and the conventional method described above requires repeated operations to select these attributes one by one.

On the other hand, when inputting 1 document 2 drawings, the already created characters 2
In many cases, a new character 1 shape is created using the same attribute information as the shape.However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, the attribute information of the character 2 shape inputted twice is not repeatedly used. There was a problem that the operation of selecting multiple attributes one by one on the menu was repeated, resulting in poor operability.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an attribute input method that enables efficient attribute input by repeatedly using the attribute information of one document, one drawing, and one character, one figure, which are their constituent elements, which have been input twice. .

[Means to solve the problem]

The above purpose is to provide a storage area for attribute information of objects already displayed on a display device.

When inputting attribute information of the object currently being inputted, in addition to the conventional method of selecting the menu displayed on the display device, you can also select the object that is already displayed by specifying the object with the cursor. The attribute information is collectively read from the storage area, and the read attribute is used as the attribute input at that time.

This is achieved by using this input method.

[For production]

By using attribute information of objects that are already displayed, multiple pieces of attribute information can be entered at once, greatly improving operability.

〔Example〕

An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.6 This embodiment shows an embodiment of the present invention applied to a document processing apparatus, particularly a method for inputting character string attribute information. FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of a device to which the present invention is applied.Mouse 2.
The keyboard 3 is connected to the CPU 4 via an input controller 7, and the display 1 is connected to the CPU 4 via a display controller 6. A memory 5 connected to the CPU 4 analyzes input from an input controller 7 and performs data processing based on the results.

A program that performs a series of processes to create display data and pass it to the display controller 6, and a table used when executing this program are stored.

Figure 3 shows the steps taken when inputting character string attribute information in this embodiment.
It shows the relationship between the display state and operator operations. Now, as shown in FIG. 3(a), a character string is already displayed in area IO of document area 8 on display 1, and a new character string is about to be created in area 11. do. At this time, display 1
In the upper menu area 9, inputtable menus are displayed and can be selected. Prior to creating a character string in the area 11, a menu for setting character string attributes is selected with the mouse cursor 12 controlled by the mouse 2 in order to set the character string attribute information. As a result, as shown in FIG. 3(b), a string attribute information menu 13 and an exit menu 14 are displayed in the menu area 9. size, inclination.

The font type (two colors) and its current value (previous setting value) are displayed. Each of these attribute values can be set using the mouse cursor 12
Individual changes can be made by a selection operation by , and by manual keystrokes from the keyboard 3 .

This selection is a conventional method, but in the present invention, by providing a mechanism to be described later, when an existing character string in the document area 8 is specified with the mouse cursor 12, the same attribute value as the specified character string is changed to the character string. They are displayed all at once in the attribute information menu 13. After that, after setting the desired character string attribute information using 1 or more, which allows the attribute values to be changed individually using the conventional method, when the exit menu 14 is selected with the mouse cursor 12, the character string attribute information The setting is completed, and the display returns to Fig. 3(a).

Characters input from the keyboard 3 thereafter are displayed according to this attribute information.

The tables necessary for inputting the above character string attribute information include an identifier/area correspondence table 172, a display string attribute information table 15, and a character string attribute information current value table 16.
An example of this is shown in FIG. 4. The already displayed character strings are grouped into groups having the same attribute, and an identifier is added to each group. The identifier/area correspondence table 17 stores the identifier of this character string in association with the area on the screen occupied by the character string (for example, a quadrilateral area given by the upper left and lower right coordinates).

Each entry in the display character string attribute information table 15 is as follows.

The attribute information of each character string currently displayed on the display is stored in correspondence with the above-mentioned identifier.

The character string attribute information current value table 16 stores the current value of character string attribute information. The newly created character string is displayed on the display 1 with attributes based on this current value.

Note that each of these tables is stored in the memo IJ5.

Next, program processing at the time of inputting character string attribute information will be explained with reference to FIG. 5 and FIG.

In FIG. 5, when the character string attribute setting menu is selected, the character string attribute information menu 13 is first displayed on the display 1 (processing 51). Next, input data monitoring processing (processing 52) is performed here.

When the end menu 14 is selected, the character string attribute information input process ends, and subsequently input character strings are displayed according to the current values stored in the character string attribute current value table 16 at this point. On the other hand, if an event other than selection of the end menu is detected in process 52, a process of updating the current value of the character string attribute (process 53) is performed.

FIG. 1 shows a detailed flow of the process 53, which includes the process that characterizes the present invention. First, process 52 in FIG.
Determine whether the detected event is selection of an existing character string in document area 8, selection of a single character string attribute information menu, or something else (process 61.62). If so, the process 63) requests input of the specified attribute value, and the process 64 updates the corresponding entry in the character string attribute information current value table 16 according to the input value.
) Displaying and updating the corresponding current value of the one-character string attribute information menu 13 (process 65) One or more processes 63 to 65 are the same as the conventional input method.

On the other hand, if an existing character string is specified, a process 66) of searching the identifier/area correspondence table 17 for the area containing the coordinate values reported from the input controller 7, and displaying the character string attribute information table using the identifier of the area. 15 and reads out the attribute information of the designated character string (67), and updates the character string attribute information current value table 16 at once based on the value (68).

Furthermore, if you use one or more of the processes 66 to 69 to display and update all the current values of the character string attribute information menu 13 (process 69), you can input the same attribute as the currently displayed character with one cursor movement. I can do it.

When the new display of a character string is completed by inputting an attribute using any of the above input methods, the identifier/area correspondence table 17 and the displayed character string attribute information table 15 contain the identifier of the newly displayed character string.

An entry consisting of an on-screen presence area and attribute information is additionally registered (process 70).
When a character string is deleted from the display, the corresponding entry is displayed in Table 17. Needless to say, it will be deleted from ts.

In the above embodiment, the method of inputting attribute information related to character strings was described, but even if it is not a character string, line attributes and fill-in attributes (color, type of pattern used for fill-in, etc. It is obvious that the present invention can also be applied to methods of inputting information such as the page attributes (top, bottom, left and right margins, page entry position, etc.) or document page attributes (as shown in FIG. 12(a)).

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, by specifying an object that is already displayed, a plurality of pieces of attribute information that the object has can be input at once. This has the effect of improving operational efficiency when creating a new object having the same or similar attribute information as an existing object.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing details of the attribute input processing flowchart,
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a system to which the present invention is applied;
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen at the time of attribute input, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of various tables used for attribute input, and FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of attribute input processing. 1...Display, 4...CPU, 5...Memory. 8...Document area, 9...Menu area, 10...
Already displayed area, 11... Undisplayed area, 12... Mouse cursor, 13... Character string attribute information menu, 14.
...End menu, 15...Display string attribute information table, 16...Character string attribute information current value table, 17
・−・Identifier/area correspondence table.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an attribute input method for a system in which an attribute set consisting of a plurality of attributes is specified for each object, which is a character or a figure to be displayed, and displayed on the display, A first table that stores attribute sets specified for displayed objects that have been specified in association with identifiers defined for the attribute sets; A second table is provided that stores the area on the display that corresponds to the above-mentioned identifier corresponding to the attribute set. The identifier corresponding to the specified displayed object is read from the second table 4, and then the attribute set corresponding to the identifier is read from the first table, and the read attribute set is added to the new input object. At the same time, each time a new object is input with its attribute set, if the newly input attribute set is not in the already displayed object, the attribute set and the corresponding identifier are An attribute input method characterized in that the display area of the newly input object is added to the second table together with the corresponding identifier. 2. The attribute input method according to claim 1, wherein the object is a character, and the attribute set of the character is a combination of character size, inclination, font, and color. 3. The attribute input method according to claim 1, wherein the object is a line figure, and the attribute set of the line figure is a combination of line type, color, and line width.