JPH0270472A - Displaying method for printing position of document forming apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To always accurately detect actual printing positions of individual input character data by providing designated data printing position display means for calculating print outputting position of data designated by display data designating means on the basis of printing format setting information obtained by format setting means to display it on a data display screen by display means. CONSTITUTION:After a sheet size, an inserting direction, the number of characters per line, the number of lines per page, a characters interval, a line feeding pitch, and a basic character size are respectively selected as desired by a keyboard 13, then RUN key is operated. Then, the selected format data are written in document buffer areas in a main memory 12 set as printing formats of a document to be formed. When the setting processing of document forming and printing format is run, a document forming screen is displayed instead of a format setting screen on a CRT 14 on the basis of a document forming and processing program stored in advance in the memory 12, and desired document data are sequentially formed and displayed in response to the keying input operation of characters, symbols by the keyboard 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention provides a printing position display method in a document creation device that simultaneously displays the printing positions of arbitrary designated data, for example, on a document creation display screen. Regarding.

(Prior Art) Generally, in order to create a desired document in a word brochure, first, document data consisting of characters such as letters and symbols is temporarily stored in a document memory within the device using keystrokes. Then, by printing the document data stored in the document memory using a printer, a desired document is obtained on a desired printing paper.

Here, when printing the created document data,
Printing formats are set in advance, including the size of printing paper, number of characters per line, number of lines per page, spacing between characters, line feed pitch, basic character size, etc., and document data is formatted according to the specified formatting information. Printed out on printing paper. In this case, for example, while creating a document, the display position of each character input manually is constant regardless of formatting information, so it is difficult to know the actual printing position on the printing paper on this display screen. I can't.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, with conventional word processors, for example, while creating a document, it is not possible to accurately know the print image of document characters that are manually inputted using key keys. Or, based on print format data such as preset character spacing, line feed pitch, character size, etc., an actual print image is obtained and a document is created.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems. For example, in document creation, it is possible to always accurately know the actual printing position of each input character data on the display screen of key human data during document creation. The object of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying a print position in an apparatus.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In other words, the printing position display method in a document creation device according to the present invention includes an input means for inputting data such as characters and symbols, and data input by the input means. a display means for displaying, a format setting means for setting the print format of the data input by the input means, a display data specifying means for specifying an arbitrary data position on the data displayed by the display means, and a display data specified data print position display means for calculating the print output position of the data specified by the specifying means based on the print format setting information obtained by the format setting means and displaying the print output position on the data display screen by the display means. It is.

(Function) For example, in the case of horizontal writing, depending on the specified position of the cursor, the horizontal coordinate on the printing paper can be determined from the character spacing and the basic character size, and the vertical coordinate on the printing paper can be determined from the line feed pitch. Each will be automatically calculated and displayed simultaneously on the document display screen.

(Example) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the document creation apparatus in this embodiment. In the figure, 11 is a CPU that controls the entire apparatus, and 12 is a main memory (MM). C
The PU 11 controls the entire device based on various programs stored in the main memory 12. The main memory 12 includes a document buffer area for storing created document data together with print format information, a format setting program area for printing format setting processing, and calculating print coordinates of designated data included in the created document based on the format information. It consists of a print position calculation program area, etc. A keyboard (KB) 13 has character and symbol keys, cursor keys, and various function keys. The function keys of this keyboard 13 include a format key for instructing print format settings, and a next candidate key for selecting multiple format data prepared in advance for each of paper size, character spacing, line feed pitch, basic mode size, etc. , execution keys, etc. that prompt the execution of various processes. 14 is a CRT that displays the created document and information for editing and proofreading; 15 is a printer (PR) that prints the created document;
T), 16 is an external storage device such as a magnetic disk device for storing created documents and other data. Reference numeral 17 denotes a system bus consisting of a plurality of data/address and control lines, and the CPU 1 and other devices are interconnected via this system bus 17.

That is, when the CPU II detects a print format setting instruction via the keyboard 13, for example, the main memory 1
The format setting processing program in 2 is read out, and the format setting processing is controlled according to its contents. Further, the CPU II reads a print position calculation program from the main memory 12 in a document creation state, and controls the print position calculation 9 display process of a specified character in the document data according to the contents of the program.

Next, a print position display process in the document creation mode in the document creation device configured as described above will be described.

In other words, turn on the power to the document creation device and set it to document creation mode, or turn on the CPU
1 detects a formatting instruction from the keyboard 13, a formatting screen for setting the print format of the created document is displayed based on the formatting processing program stored in the main memory 12 in advance, as shown in FIG. Displayed on CRT14. Here, use the cursor keys and next candidate keys on the keyboard 13 to input the paper size, insertion direction, number of characters per line, and number of lines per page.

When you operate the execution key after arbitrarily selecting the character spacing, line break pitch, and basic character size, each selected format data is set as the print format of the created document and written to the document buffer area in the main memory 12. be included. In this case, the top and bottom margins and left and right margins of the created document are set to predetermined values in advance.

When the document creation print format setting process is executed in this way, a document creation screen is displayed on the CRT 14 in place of the format setting screen shown in FIG. , desired document data is sequentially created and displayed in accordance with the manual operation of keys of characters and symbols on the keyboard 13.

FIG. 3 shows the document creation screen 21 displayed on the CRT 14.
Further, FIG. 4 shows a printed document 22 when the document data created on the document creation screen 21 of FIG. 3 is printed by the printer 15. During the document creation process in FIG. 3, the cursor k on the keyboard 13 is
The x-y coordinates (see FIG. 4) indicating the actual printing reference position p of the document character specified by are calculated by the CPU II, and rXXX-YYYJ
displayed simultaneously.

That is, on the document creation screen 21 in FIG.
The operator operates the cursor keys on the keyboard 13 to select an arbitrary document character (in this case, "
If you specify "S"), the number of character digits and lines in the document area corresponding to the position specified by the cursor k, and each format data (this In this case, the CPU II calculates the x-y coordinates (see Figure 4) corresponding to the actual printing reference position p of the designated character "S" based on the character spacing, line feed pitch, and basic character size. . In other words,
Left margin-A, top margin-B in format data
Spacing between 1 character - C1 line break pitch - D, basic character size -
E, and the number of character digits of the specified character “S” above is −n(−
2), the number of lines is -m(-3), then the x-coordinate and y-coordinate of the printing reference position p in FIG. 4 are calculated using equation 1 and equation 2, respectively.

x = A + C (n -1) + E (n -1
) ・=Formula 1y-B+D (n-1)
...Equation 2 Then, the print position coordinates (X, "l" of the specified character "S" obtained by the CPU 11 as described above)
) are simultaneously displayed as rXXX-YYYJ in millimeters or inches on the document creation screen 21 of the CRT 14 in FIG.

Therefore, according to the print position display method in the document creation device as described above, when any document character on the document creation screen is specified with the cursor, the x-y coordinates corresponding to the actual print position are set in advance. It is automatically calculated based on the print format data and displayed simultaneously on the document creation screen, so there is no need for the operator to perform trial printing of the created document or calculate the print position based on the format data. It becomes possible to know the printing position in real time. Thereby, it is possible to easily create a print document with a desired print layout.

In the above embodiment, the created document is composed only of characters, and the means for simultaneously displaying the print reference position of the specified character on the document creation screen was explained, but this can also be applied when editing figures. .

FIG. 5 shows a graphic editing screen 31 displayed on the CRT 14 in the graphic editing mode, and FIG. 6 shows a printed graphic 32 when graphic data edited on the graphic editing screen in FIG. 5 is printed by the printer 15. . That is, when the operator specifies, for example, a vertex of a hexagon with the cursor k on the graphic editing screen 31 shown in FIG. It will be calculated and displayed on the graphic editing screen 31 at the same time.

Further, the print position display in the above embodiment may be performed not only by numerical display using x-y coordinates but also by a two-dimensional layout display.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, there is an input means for inputting data such as characters and symbols, a display means for displaying data manually input by the input means, and a display means for displaying data input by the input means. a format setting means for setting a print format of data; a display data specifying means for specifying an arbitrary data position on the data displayed by the display means; specified data print position display means for calculating based on the print format setting information obtained by the setting means and displaying the data on the data display screen by the display means; for example, in the case of horizontal writing, characters are displayed according to the specified position of the cursor. The horizontal coordinate on the printing paper is automatically calculated from the amount interval and basic character size, and the ordinate on the printing paper is automatically calculated from the line feed pitch, and these are displayed simultaneously on the document display screen. On the key human data display screen inside,
It becomes possible to always accurately know the actual printing position of each input character data.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the print position display method in the document creation device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a print format setting screen displayed by the document creation device. 3 and 4 are diagrams showing the display state of the document creation screen by the document creation device, and FIG.
The figure shows the printing state of document data created on the document creation screen in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 shows the display state of the graphic editing screen by the document creation device, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a printing state of graphic data that has been edited on the graphic editing screen in the figure. 11...CPU, 12...Main memory (MM), 1
3...Keyboard (KB), 14...CRT, 1
5... Printer (PRT), 16... External storage device, 21... Document creation screen, 22... Print document, 3
1...Figure editing screen, 32...Print figure, k...
Cursor, p...Print position coordinates. Figure 1 Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 2 Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] an input means for inputting data such as characters and symbols; a display means for displaying the data input by the input means;
a format setting means for setting a print format of the data input by the input means; a display data specifying means for specifying an arbitrary data position on the display data by the display means;
Designated data print position display means for calculating the print output position of the data specified by the display data designation means based on the print format setting information obtained by the format setting means and displaying the data on the data display screen by the display means. A printing position display method in a document creation device, characterized in that: