JPH03157758A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently execute the preparation of a document by preparing a header table of the document, and executing various processings such as a display and a deletion, etc., by selecting this header table. CONSTITUTION:The device is constituted of a keyboard 1, a control part 2, a Japanese language dictionary 3, a document expanding memory 4, a font holding memory 5, a CRT control part 6, a CRT display device 7, a mouse 8, and a document saving part 9. Also, layout information by a layout information unit of an inputted document, and logical information by a logical information unit are stored in advance, and a header table display means 23 prepares a header table, based on this logical information. Subsequently, one item of the header table prepared by the header table display means 23 is selected by the mouse 8, and a display, a deletion and printing of every logical information unit of the document are executed. In such a way, the work efficiency at the time of preparing the document is improved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] This invention provides a method for creating documents via a display screen, g.
The present invention relates to a document creation device that can collect documents.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there have been known document creation devices such as word processors and workstations that display document data input from a keyboard on a display screen, and create and edit documents via this display screen. In such a document creation device, the pages and regions of the document are held as layout information, so the user displays and edits the document page by page.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, when creating a long document such as an essay, a descending document creation method is often used in which items are first created for logical information units such as headings and paragraphs, and then the main text is created for each item. However, as mentioned above, conventional document creation devices only hold document layout information, so they cannot display the main text in units of logical information, which reduces work efficiency when editing documents. There was a problem.

Additionally, when creating a document, when all the text corresponding to a specific logical information unit is deleted, conventional document creation devices
Before specifying deletion, it is necessary to specify the range to be deleted in the text, so if the range to be deleted spans multiple pages in terms of layout, the operation to specify the deletion range becomes complicated. There was a problem with that.

Furthermore, in normal document creation, the body of the document is often proofread for each heading, and then the layout is manipulated. In this case, it is common to print the main text for each heading and proofread it based on this. However, conventional document creation devices can only print in units of layout information, such as page printing to print a specified page or partial printing to print from page M to page N.
When printing only the text corresponding to the required logical information unit, there is a problem in that the operation for specifying printing becomes complicated.

This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems.
An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device that can display, delete, and print each logical information unit of a document with simple operations.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A document creation device according to the present invention extracts the headings of a document stored in a storage means, creates a heading list, and displays a heading list display for displaying a glance of the headings on the screen. means and one item of the list of headings displayed on the display screen is selected by an instruction selection means such as a mouse, and furthermore, when the user specifies the display using a keyboard or mouse, a display corresponding to the selected heading is selected. a heading content display means for displaying the main text on the screen; a heading content editing means for performing specified editing processing such as inserting or moving the text corresponding to the heading displayed on the display means; Headline content deletion means for deleting the main text corresponding to the selected heading for each heading when one item in the list of headings displayed is selected with the mouse and the user specifies deletion using the keyboard or mouse; When one item in the list of headings displayed on the display screen is selected with the mouse and the user specifies printing using the keyboard or mouse, the main text corresponding to the selected heading is printed for each heading. and printing means.

[Effect]

The storage means stores layout information in layout information units of the input document and logical information in logical information units, and the heading list display means creates a heading list based on this logical information.

When one item in the list of headings created by the heading list display means is selected with the mouse and display is specified, the heading content display means corresponds to the selected heading based on the logical information stored in the storage means. Extracts the main text and displays it on the screen. Editing operations such as insertion and movement can be performed on the displayed text using the heading content editing means in the same way as with normal documents.

Further, when one item of the heading glance created by the heading list display means is selected by the instruction selection means and deletion is specified, the heading content deletion means selects the item based on the logical information stored in the storage means. The main text corresponding to the heading is retrieved and deleted. Therefore, the user can delete only the relevant portion of the text by simply selecting the heading item in the heading list that he or she wishes to delete.

Further, when one item of the heading list created by the heading list display means is selected by the instruction selection means and printing is designated, the heading content printing means selects the item based on the logical information stored in the storage means. The main text corresponding to the heading is extracted and printed. Therefore, the user simply selects the heading item in the heading list that he or she wants to print.
You can print only the parts of the text that you need.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the document creation device according to the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document creation device according to the present invention. This document creation device includes a keyboard 1, a control unit 2, a Japanese dictionary 3, a document development memory 4,
Font holding memory 5, CRTtlJ111 section 6, CR
It is composed of a T display device 7, a mouse 8, and a document storage section 9.

The keyboard 1 is an input means for inputting document data, and includes character keys such as kana characters, alphabetic characters, and numbers, and function keys such as a kanji conversion key.

The control unit 2 is a circuit that executes arithmetic processing on input data based on a program corresponding to a designation input from the keyboard 1 or mouse 8, and includes a hiragana-kanji conversion unit 21 and a document editing unit 22. and a heading list display means 23 which extracts the headings of the document stored in the document expansion memory 47 to create a heading list and displays this heading list on the CRT display device 7; When one item in the list of headings is selected with the mouse 8 and display is specified by the user, a heading content display means 24 displays the text corresponding to the selected heading on the CRT display device 7; When one item in the list of headings displayed is selected with the mouse 8 and deletion is designated by the user, heading content deletion means 2 deletes the main text corresponding to the selected heading in units of headings.
5, and when one item in the list of headings displayed on the CRT display device 7 is selected with the mouse 8 and printing is specified by the user, the main text corresponding to the selected heading is printed for each heading. It is composed of a printing means 26.

The document editing section 22 is provided with a heading content collection unit (not shown) that performs specified editing on the text corresponding to the heading displayed on the CRT display unit 7. Further, the aIIn unit 2 is constituted by peripheral circuits whose main components include a CPU (central control I unit), a main write unit, and the like.

The document expansion memory 4 is a storage means for storing document data inputted by the keyboard 1 or the mouse 8, and the documents that have been subjected to various editing operations are stored in the document expansion memory 4. is memorized.

The CRT display device 7 is a display means for displaying a document composed of inputted document data, and the data to be displayed is inputted via the CRT ll1lJ 10 unit 6.

The mouse 8 is a pointing device for directly pointing and selecting various data such as an arbitrary point or area on the screen of the CRT display device 7, and is a pointing device for selecting an item from a list of headings to be described later. It functions as a means.

The Bunten storage section 9 is a disk device for storing created documents in a file format.

In the above configuration, when a character string mixed with kanji is input from the keyboard 1 in its pronunciation, and the kanji conversion key is operated, the hiragana-kanji conversion unit 21 converts the same kanji into Japanese as the character string in the pronunciation of the input kanji. Search from Dictionary 3 and convert into a string containing kanji. The converted character string mixed with kanji is edited by the document editing section 22 according to an internal formula set in advance, and is stored in the document development memory 4.

f) Note II SatL Ta Bun iJ u, CRTIII
J111alS6: It is read out, but the CRT
The 1hiJ ll11 unit 6 refers to the font stored in the font holding memory 5, converts the characters and symbols constituting the document read from the document expansion memory 4 into a display font, and inputs it to the CRT display device 7. and display it as a branch image.

FIG. 2 shows the correspondence between the main text of sentence @A, logical information units, and layout information units, and each information unit is shown by symbols arranged in two rows on the left side of each page. In the layout information unit, ``pe'' represents a page, ``territory'' represents a small area, and in a logical information unit, ``see'' represents a heading, and ``column'' represents a paragraph. Further, FIG. 3 shows the relationship between two information units for sentence mA. The document constituent elements constituting the main text of document A are respectively associated with layout information units and logical information units.

Next, the basic operation of the document creation device when displaying an input document in units of logical information will be explained.

First, when the heading display at a glance is specified by operating the keyboard 1 or the mouse 8, the heading list display means 23 extracts the headings of the document from the cross circle data stored in the document development memory 4 and creates a heading list. At the same time, C
It is displayed on the CRT display device 7 via the RT control section 6.

Further, when one item in the displayed list of headings is selected with the mouse 8 and display is specified by operating the keyboard 1 or mouse 8, the heading content display means 24 displays the document data stored in the document development memory 4. From there, extract the text corresponding to the selected heading and convert it to CRTI! ,
The image is displayed on the CRT display device 7 via the 17111 unit 6.

The processing procedure when creating a list of headings by the above-mentioned heading list display means 23 will be explained based on the flowchart of FIG. 4. In the following description, a logical object refers to a logical information unit shown in FIG. 3, and a layout object refers to a layout information unit shown in FIG.

First, the heading list display means 23 displays the document exhibition memory 4.
The first logical object of the document data extracted from 0 is placed in O (step 101), and it is determined whether the content corresponding to 0 is a heading (step 102). If 0 is a heading, the logical object existing in O is removed (step 103), and the next logical object is placed in O (step 104). Then, it is determined whether there is a body corresponding to O (step 105).
, if there is a body text, the process returns to step 102 and the above process is repeated until there is no corresponding body text.

Through the above processing, a list of headings in which the headings are written in order is created.

Next, the processing procedure of the heading content display means 24 when one item in the list of headings is selected and display is specified is explained in the fifth section.
This will be explained based on the flowchart shown in the figure.

First, the heading content display means 24 displays the first logical object of the document data retrieved from the document exhibition memory 4 as P.
(Step 201>, it is determined whether P is a heading (Step 2o2).

If P is a heading, it is determined whether P is the selected heading (step 203). If P is the selected heading, put P in S (step 204
). Note that when P is not a heading in step 202 and when P is not a selected heading in step 203, the next logical object of the document data is
(Step 205>, return to Step 202.

After putting P into S in step 204, the heading content display means 24 puts the next logical object into P (step 204).
06>, determine whether P is a heading (step 20
7). If P is not a heading, P is placed in E (step 208) and the process returns to step 206. On the other hand, if P is a heading in step 207, the document components corresponding to the logical objects S to E are displayed as one document (step 209).

The main text corresponding to the heading generated by the above processing can be edited in six ways via the heading content editing means (not shown) of the sentence 1G collection section 22.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of displaying the main text and a first glance of the headings after specifying the heading list display. Also, Figures 7 and 8
The figure is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of displaying a first glance of the headline and the text specified for display when one item in the list of headlines is selected. When one item in the heading list shown in FIG. 6 is selected, a rectangular frame is displayed around the selected item, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. Specify further display in this state (
(by operating the keyboard 1 or mouse 8), the text corresponding to the selected item is displayed. Figure 7 shows the list of headings and the text specified to be displayed when the item "1. At the beginning" of the list of headings is selected, and Figure 8 shows the text "2.
．． A list of headings and an example of the text specified to be displayed are shown when the item "Development process of OIS" is selected.

Next, the processing procedure of the heading content deletion means 25 when one item is selected when the above list of headings is displayed and deletion of the content of that item is designated is based on the flowchart of FIG. I will explain.

First, the heading content deletion means 25 deletes the first logical object of the document data retrieved from the document exhibition memory 4 by P.
(step 301), and determines whether P is a heading (step 302).

If P is a heading, it is determined whether P is the selected heading (step 303). If P is the selected heading, put P into the S logic (step 3
04). Note that if P is not a heading in step 302 and if P is not a selected heading in step 303, the next logical object of the document data is placed in P (step 305), and the process returns to step 302.

After inserting P into the S logic in step 304, the heading content deletion means 25 inserts the document component corresponding to the S logic and the layout object also corresponding thereto into the S layout (step 306). Subsequently, the next logical object is placed in P (step 307), and it is determined whether P is a heading (step 308). If P is not a heading, put P into E logic (step 309);
The document component corresponding to the E logic and the layout object also corresponding thereto are placed in the E layout (step 310).

On the other hand, if P is a heading in step 308, document components corresponding to logical objects from S logic to E logic are deleted (step 311). next,
Delete the logical objects from S logic to E logic (step 312), and delete the layout objects from S layout to E layout (step 313).
.

Therefore, even if the part of the text you want to delete spans multiple pages, all you have to do is select the heading of the content you want to delete and specify the deletion.
You can easily delete unnecessary parts of the text.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a list of headings and a text designated for deletion when one item in the list of main texts and headings is selected. One item in the heading list is selected and deletion is specified (by operating keyboard 1 or mouse 8)
Then, the text corresponding to the selected item "Development process of 2.018" is deleted. Note that the text specified for deletion is not actually displayed as shown in Figure 10, but
The corresponding text may be displayed on the screen when deletion is specified.

Next, the processing procedure of the heading content printing means 26 when one item is selected when the above list of headings is displayed and printing of that item is then specified will be explained based on the flowchart of FIG. 11. do.

First, the heading content printing means 26 prints the first logical object of the document data taken out from the document exhibition memory 4 into P.
(step 401), and determines whether P is a heading (step 402).

If P is a heading, it is determined whether P is the selected heading (step 403). If P is the selected heading, put P in S (step 404
). Note that if P is not a heading in step 402 and if P is not a selected heading in step 403, the next logical object of the document data is placed in P (step 404), and the process returns to step 402.

After putting P into S in step 404, the heading content printing means 26 puts the next logical object into P (step 404).
06), determine whether P is a heading (step 40
7). If P is not a heading, P is placed in E (step 408) and the process returns to step 406. On the other hand, if P is a heading in step 407, the document components corresponding to the logical objects S to E are printed as one sentence cause (step 409).

Therefore, even when printing the main text corresponding to a heading, the user can print only the necessary parts with a simple operation.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing the printing result of the heading list and the selected text when one item of the main text and heading list is selected. When one item in the heading list is selected and printing is further specified (by operating the keyboard 1 or mouse 8), the main text corresponding to the selected item "2.C) Development process of Is" is printed.

In addition, in the above example, the Japanese sentence m! Although the description has been given using a device as an example, the present invention can also be applied to a document creation device that supports English or other @ languages.

C. Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the document creation device according to the present invention creates a heading list for a document, and performs various processes such as displaying and deleting by selecting an item in the heading list. For example, when creating a long document such as an essay, you can display the main text for each heading, and the displayed text can be edited in the same way as a normal document. It becomes possible to create documents efficiently. Furthermore, even if the portion of the text to be deleted spans multiple pages in terms of layout, there is no need to specify the deletion range, so operations can be simplified. Furthermore, even when the main text is proofread for each heading after the document is created, only the necessary parts of the main text can be printed with a simple operation.

Therefore, it is possible to provide a document creation device with an excellent user interface.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the document creation device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the correspondence between the main text of document A, logical information units, and layout information units;
The figure is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the two pieces of information 11th for sentence @A, Figure 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure when creating a list of headlines by the header list display means, and Figure 5 is when display is specified. Figure 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of displaying the main text and the list of headlines after specifying display of the list of headlines, and Figures 7 and 8 are one item of the list of headlines. Explanatory diagram showing a display example of a list of headings and the specified text when is selected, Part 9
The figure is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the heading content deletion means when deletion is specified, and Figure 10 shows an example of display of the heading list and the main text specified for deletion when one item in the main text and heading list is selected. Explanatory diagram, Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the heading content mark III means when mark 1j is specified, Fig. 12 is 1 of the main text and heading list
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a list of headings and a print result of the selected text when an item is selected. 1...Keyboard, 2...Control unit, 6...CRT
fl, 1611 copies, 8... Mouse, 21... Hiragana-kanji conversion unit, 22... Document editing unit, 23... Heading list display means, 24... Heading content display means, 25
. . . Heading content deletion means, 26 . . . Heading content printing means. 1 B) f look

Claims (1)

[Claims] An input means for inputting document data, a storage means for storing the input document data, a display means for displaying a document constituted by the document data, and a display means for displaying various data displayed on the display means. In a document creation device comprising an instruction selection means for selecting an instruction, a heading list display means extracts the headings of the document stored in the storage means to create a heading list, and displays this heading list on a display means. and, when one item of the list of headings displayed on the display means is selected by the instruction selection means and display is designated, heading content display means causes the display means to display a text corresponding to the selected heading; Headline content editing means that performs specified editing processing on the text corresponding to the heading displayed on the display means, and instruction selection means that selects one item in the list of headings displayed on the display means and deletes it. When specified, a heading content deletion means deletes the main text corresponding to the selected heading in each heading unit, and an instruction selection means selects one item in the list of headings displayed on the display means and designates printing. and a heading content printing means for printing the main text corresponding to the selected heading in units of headings.