JPH023864A - Document editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the complication of the opening/closing operation of a window and the troublesomeness of the rearranging operation of each of the plural windows, and to improve an operation by indicating indication contents indicated on the window after changing them into other new designated contents. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 20 decides whether a selected pattern element exists in a document or not according to instructions from a keyboard 21 or a mouse 22, and in a case that the desired pattern element is selected and exists in it, the storage contents of a disk device 23 or a character information storage part 24 are updated on the basis of the indication contents of a corresponding property. Next, the CPU 20 reads out the property of the pattern element newly selected from the disk device 23 or the character information storage part 24, and changes the contents of a property window 30 indicated on a CRT 27 so that the property of the corresponding new pattern element is indicated, and makes it possible to referr to or update it. Thus, the operation can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document editing device that displays a document consisting of characters and figures on a window of a display device, etc., and creates the document based on the display.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, such devices have been used in workstations, word processors, etc., and the windows displayed on the screen of the display device can be changed according to the user's instructions.
It is displayed in one-to-one correspondence with one selected document or one document's attributes, and allows the user to easily select the 8FA and attributes of the document displayed in the window. For example, When checking the attributes of other documents, users had to open a new window to check, select, etc.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, as described above, the windows of the device mentioned above are opened in one-to-one correspondence with one document or the attributes of one document, so the number of windows that can be opened is limited. In some cases, when the limit is reached, you must close open windows and reopen windows with new content that you want to display. As a result, the amount of operations increases, making the operations complicated, and the processing time required to redisplay the window increases. Additionally, when multiple windows are opened and displayed overlapping on a display device, the window that was opened at the beginning becomes difficult to see, which necessitates changing the arrangement of the windows, leading to problems such as complicated operations. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and provides a document that can improve operability by reducing the complexity of window opening/closing mechanisms and the troublesomeness of rearranging windows when multiple windows are displayed. The objective is to provide an editing device.

(Means and Effects for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides display means such as a display device for displaying a document consisting of characters and figures in a display area such as a predetermined window, and a method for displaying the content displayed in the predetermined window. The device includes an instruction means such as a keyboard for instructing a change, and a display content control means such as a CPU for changing and controlling the display content of the window according to the instruction from the keyboard, and the user gives an instruction to change the window from the keyboard or the like. Then, the CPU changes the display content currently displayed in the window to another specified new content and displays it.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings of FIGS. 1 to 3.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a document editing device according to the present invention. In the figure, a keyboard 21 and a mouse 22 connected to the keyboard 21 input various data and commands, and a control unit (hereinafter referred to as rcPU)
It's called J. ) 20 executes predetermined calculations, processing, etc. in parallel according to a program corresponding to the input command.

External storage device (hereinafter referred to as “disk device”) 23
stores various programs including data (documents) to be edited and a program for changing the display contents in the window according to the present invention, and the character information storage section 24 is composed of a RAM and stores data, calculation results, etc. I remember it temporarily. Furthermore, data on attributes such as character size and line thickness (hereinafter referred to as "buo-patty") according to the present invention are stored in the disk device 23 or the character information storage section 24.

The font ROM 25 stores a plurality of types of character fonts, and the CPU 20 stores character dots corresponding to input data from the keyboard 21 etc. in the font ROM 25.
The character dots corresponding to the character dots are displayed on the CRT 27, which is a display device, by controlling the CRT drive circuit 26.

Furthermore, on the screen of the CRT 27, a large number of pictograms called "icons" are displayed corresponding to usage patterns such as sentences (not shown), folders, file drawers, mailboxes, etc.
Opening these icons closes the window. For example, when a user uses the mouse 22 to specify a desired sentence-icon and opens a document icon, the CPU 2
0 opens a text window, reads the contents of the designated document from the disk @1M 23 or the character information storage section 24, and displays it in the document window. The above-mentioned text is composed of a collection of characters such as sentences and a collection of figures such as dots and lines, and as described above, character dots corresponding to input data from the keyboard 21 etc. are transferred from the font ROM 25. Editing operations such as adding and correcting the document can be performed in the document window.

Elements such as characters and lines mentioned above have attributes (hereinafter referred to as ``properties'') such as font size and line thickness, and these can be changed by opening a subwindow called the property window in the document window. Element properties can be referenced and updated.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the line property window according to the present invention. This window 30 is opened by selecting a desired line graphic element from a collection of figures in a document with the mouse 22, and pressing the keyboard 21 (not shown) with the mouse 22. When the property key is pressed, it is opened, and the properties of the selected line are read from the disk device W23 or the character information storage section 24 and displayed in the window 3o asked above. In the property window 3o of the above line, in addition to commands for causing the management area 31 to execute operations such as "Complete" and "Cancel",
A command called PropJ is set. This r
The Get ProoJ command causes the property window 30 to display properties of a line that is different from the line currently displayed in the property window, and the user can use the mouse 2
By clicking and selecting 1"Get PropJ in 2, you can cause the CPU 20 to execute this command.

Next, the operation of changing the display contents when the above rGet PropJ is selected will be explained based on the flowchart of FIG. 3.

When rGet PropJ is selected by the user, the CPU 20 first determines whether there is a selected graphical element in the document based on an instruction from the keyboard 21 or mouse 22 (step 101).

Here, if the selected graphical element does not exist, r
When the display operation by the Get ProoJ command is finished, and if a desired graphic element is selected from among the collection of figures in the document, the properties of the graphic element that were displayed in the property window 30 until then are displayed. Disk device 23 or character information storage unit 24 corresponding to
The stored content of is updated based on the displayed content of the property (step 102). Next, the CPU 20 reads out the properties of the newly selected graphic element from the disk device 23 or the character information storage section 24 (step 103).
), the CRT driving circuit 26 is controlled to redisplay the contents of the property window 30 displayed on the day CRT 27 as the properties of the new graphic element.Step 10
4), allowing the user to refer to and update the newly displayed properties, and then terminating the display operation;

Therefore, in the present invention, the contents of the window displayed on the CRT can be changed simply by selecting the command for changing the display contents set in the window management area, thereby reducing the complexity of window opening/closing operations. In addition to reducing the troublesome operation of rearranging each window when displaying multiple windows, processing time can be shortened and the number of windows displayed on the screen can be reduced to improve the visibility of the screen.

Although the embodiment describes changing the display contents of the line property window, the present invention is not limited to this.
It is also applicable to documents and other windows (for example, text frame windows, etc.). Furthermore, it goes without saying that various changes may be made to the command names and display locations for changing the display contents set in each window.

〔Effect of the invention〕

IXI: As explained, the present invention makes it possible to change the display content currently displayed in the window to new, specified content, thereby reducing the complexity of window opening/closing operations. It is possible to reduce the troublesome operation of rearranging each window due to display of a plurality of windows, and improve operability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a document editing device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a property window according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a property window shown in FIG. 2. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of changing display contents. 20...1#ItiOgls (CPLJ), 2
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Keyboard, 22... Mouse, 23... External storage device (disk device), 24... Character information storage unit, 25... Font ROM, 26... CRT drive circuit, 27... ...CRT, 30...Property window, 31...Management area.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A document editing device having a display means, displaying a document consisting of characters and figures or its attributes in a predetermined display area of the display means, and creating a desired document based on the display, comprising: an instruction means for instructing to change the contents displayed in a predetermined display area; and a display content control means for changing and controlling the display contents of the display area in accordance with an instruction from the instruction means; A document editing device characterized by changing displayed content to another content and displaying the changed content.