JPH03198150A - Document producing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To edit data with no consideration given to the influence to the arrangement of other data by providing an arranging/editing means which arranges and edits each data stored in a 1st storage means and obtains a series of data based on the data arrangement information on a 2nd storage means. CONSTITUTION:A 1st storage means 1 stores the contents of each data, and a 2nd storage means 2 stores the data arrangement information corresponding to each data. Thus both means 1 and 2 control the data independently of each other. When each data is outputted from the means 1 via an output means 4, arranging/editing means 3 arranges and edits those data stored in the means 1 based on the data arrangement information stored in the means 2 and obtains a series of data. Thus the arrangement information can be controlled independently of the data to be arranged. Then data can be edited with no consideration given to the influence to the arrangement of other data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document creation device such as a word processor, and particularly to arranging and outputting various data in different formats.

[Summary of the Invention] The document creation device of the present invention separately stores data such as document data and table data in a first storage device, and stores data arrangement information of each piece of data within one page in a second storage device. Store in the device. When each of these data is mixedly arranged in one page and outputted by printing, etc., the second
Output data is obtained by rearranging data from the first storage device based on data arrangement information stored in the first storage device.

Therefore, since data and its arrangement information are managed separately, when creating or editing the data, it does not affect other data or arrangement information that has already been stored, and you can freely edit the data. This can greatly reduce the processing time required for the work.

[Prior Art] Conventional document creation devices focus on certain data and arrange different data such as text document data and table data surrounded by frames etc. on one page. All location information is stored inside. That is, taking the above-mentioned data as an example, the frame data obtained when a frame is opened to synthesize the table data and the like is stored in the text document data.

FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of a storage management format for various data in a conventional document creation device. That is, the arrangement information of the various data is managed centering on the document data lO1. This document data 101 stores a character document containing a numerical value type and layout information indicating the layout of the various data. In addition, as the various data, figure data 102, graph data 1031, table data 1
04, etc., each of which stores only its data and does not store location information.

In other words, the arrangement information is inserted in fragments into the character document of the document data, and each character string is stored in a discontinuous manner.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in such document data, the layout information is inserted in fragments into the text document, so the text document has no choice but to adopt a complicated management form. As the amount of data arranged increases, it becomes extremely complex, and it becomes difficult to manage and edit each piece of data independently.

The reason for this is thought to be that the arrangement information is inserted in fragments into the character document of the document data.

As a result, it is clear that the arrangement information can be stored separately from each piece of data to be arranged so that they can be managed individually.

An object of the present invention is to enable data arrangement information within one page to be stored and managed separately from each piece of arranged data.

[Means to solve the problem] The means of the present invention are as follows.

1) First storage means 1 for separately storing a plurality of data (
(See the functional block diagram in Figure 1; the same applies hereinafter), for example, a RAM, floppy disk, and hard disk that stores text document data, table data, graph data, and graphic data in a continuous form and distinguishing it from other data. , a memory device including a memory card, etc.

2) A second storage means 2 that stores data arrangement information that corresponds to each data stored in the first storage means 1 and indicates the position where each corresponding data should be arranged, for example, one of the print outputs. It is a memory device such as a RAM that stores layout information within one page of each data for each page.

3) A layout editing means 3 for rearranging and editing each data stored in the first storage means 1 based on the data layout information in the second storage means 2 to obtain a series of output data, for example, a CPU and It includes a page memory, in which frame lines of diagrams and graphs are laid out within one page according to arrangement information, document data stored in the first storage means is arranged in the remaining area of the page memory, and the frame lines are arranged in the remaining area of the page memory. Arrange the corresponding chart data and graph data in the enclosed area. Here, the page memory includes a print memory for a printing device and a display memory for a display device.

4) Output means 4 for outputting the output data obtained by the layout editing means 3, for example, a printing device for printing or a display device for displaying the data stored in the page memory.

[Work] The operation of the means of the invention is as follows.

A document creation device is provided with a first storage means 1 and a second storage means 2, the first storage means 1 stores the contents of each data for each data shoulder line, and the contents of each data are stored in the first storage means 1 for each data shoulder line. The data arrangement information corresponding to is stored in the second storage means 2, and the data is managed independently. and first storage means 1
When outputting each data stored in the first storage means 1 from the output means 4, the arrangement editing means 3 outputs each data stored in the first storage means 1 based on the data arrangement information of the second storage means 2. Arrange and edit to get a set of output data.

Therefore, the arrangement information can be managed independently of each piece of data to be arranged, and data can be edited without considering the influence on the arrangement of other data.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the arrangement of various data per page in an example of a printed document. In other words, a figure 6. The frame lines of the graph 7 and table 8 are arranged, and a text document (document printing area) 9 is printed in the margin. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the printout conforms to such an arrangement example.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document creation device of this embodiment. That is, "document", "
Various data having data attributes such as "figure", "graph", and "table" are input to the processing device 11 (CPU).

Although not particularly shown, the input device 10 includes a keyboard, a pointing device, a scanner, and the like.

The processing device 11 processes each input data piece by piece. The processed data is stored independently in the first storage device 12 for each data, and the arrangement information corresponding to the data is stored in the second storage device 13. The first storage device 12 includes a document memory such as a RAM,
The second storage device 13 includes a floppy disk, a hard disk, a memory card, etc., and is configured with a memory such as a RAM. Furthermore, in a large document creation device, the first storage device 12 may further include an optical disk, and the second storage device 13 may use a floppy disk.

Further, the processing device 11 creates placement information in accordance with each placement instruction corresponding to each of the data from the input device 10, and stores it in the second storage device 13. Here, the placement instruction specifies the position of a figure, graph, table, etc. within one page using a cursor key or a pointing device such as a mouse on the screen of the display device 14 such as a CRT.

In addition to the display device 14, a printing device 15 is provided to output data for one page. These output devices include a print memory 16 as a page memory in which one page of output data arranged from the storage contents of the first and second storage devices 13 by the processing device 11 as described later is stored. and displays and prints out the contents of the display memory 17.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a storage format of the arrangement information in the second storage device 13.

This second storage device 13 stores, for each page, management information 18 including arrangement information of data included in that page. The unit page management information 18 for one page is composed of a page number 19 and layout management data 20 corresponding to each type of data. The placement management data 20 includes a data name 20a and a data attribute 20b for each data.

It is composed of position information 20c.

The data name 20a is a registered name corresponding to the data stored in the first storage device 12. The data attribute 20b indicates the data attribute of the registered name data such as a document 1 figure, graph, table, etc., and also information such as color and information about the medium for searching the item in which the data is stored. include.

Further, the arrangement information 20c is stored on the unit page 19 as shown in FIG.
This is information indicating the coordinates (X, Y) above.

That is, point X is specified on the horizontal axis and point Y is specified on the vertical axis on the unit page 19, respectively. And from this X, the horizontal width a and Y
Figures and graphs can be created on the unit page 19 by specifying the vertical width.

Specify the size and position of tables, etc.

Although not particularly shown, the processing device 11 has a pointer indicating which placement management data 20 of the second storage device 13 is to be accessed.

The operation of the document processing apparatus configured as described above will be explained in the case of print output with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, the document data etc. that have already been edited are the first
is stored in the storage device 12, and the data arrangement information 2
The placement management data 20 including 0c is stored in the second storage device 13.
Suppose that it is stored in .

That is, when starting the operation, the input device 10 selects [[] from the program menu of the processing device 11.
When the [Print] mode and the page to be printed are selected (
Step S1), the processing device 11 extracts the first placement information 20c from the placement management data 20 of page number 19 corresponding to the selected page stored in the second storage device 13 (step S2). ).

Next, it is determined whether a placement position is stored in the extracted placement information 20c (step S3).

In other words, when the coordinates (X, Y) as the arrangement information are registered, there is a figure, etc., and instead of "F"
FFF” If “empty area” is registered, there will be no graphics, only document data.

If the placement information 20c is not “FFFF”,
That is, when (X, Y) is registered, the graphic data, graph data, and table data stored in the first storage device 12 corresponding to the arrangement information 20c are printed in the print memory 1.
It is transferred to the area corresponding to the coordinates indicated by the arrangement information 20c of No. 6 (step S4). Thereafter, if the placement information 20c is "FFFF", it is determined whether or not the next placement management data exists (step S5).

Therefore, if there is next placement management data 20, the processing device 11 updates a pointer (not shown) to the next placement management data 20 (step S6), returns to step S2, and returns to the next placement management data 20. Repeat the above process.

Then, when all the placement management data 20 is processed, the first
The document data corresponding to the arrangement information "FFFF" of the second storage device 13 is retrieved from the storage device 12 (step S7). The document data is transferred to the print memory 16 so as to be sequentially arranged in the remaining area where figures etc. are not arranged (step S8), and after the transfer is completed, one page's worth of data is printed. (Step S9).

Therefore, each data such as document data and table data is stored in the first storage device 12 for each data, and the arrangement information corresponding to the data is stored in the second storage device 13. Table data etc. and arrangement information can be managed independently. Therefore, additional input and editing work of document data etc. can be performed without considering the arrangement of table data etc.

Furthermore, although this embodiment discloses print output, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same applies when display output to a display device is output to other external output media (for example, a floppy disk). Furthermore, it goes without saying that various other modifications and applications are possible without departing from the gist of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, arrangement information can be managed independently of each piece of data to be arranged, and data editing can be performed without considering the influence on the arrangement of other data. .

In addition, operations for rearranging data for external output such as print output become easier, the range of free editing is expanded, and in addition, the processing time required for this work is significantly reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a configuration example showing the arrangement of each data to be printed out, Fig. 3 is a program diagram showing the configuration of the document creation device of the embodiment, and Fig. 4 is FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the storage management format of data stored in the storage device, FIG. 6 is a flowchart explaining the print output operation, and FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the storage management format of data by conventional storage means. It is a diagram. 5... Input means, 6... Processing means, 7... First storage means, 8... Second storage means, 9... Layout editing means, 10... Display means, 11 ...Output means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A first storage means for separately storing a plurality of data; and data corresponding to each data stored in the first storage means and indicating a position where the corresponding data should be placed. a second storage means for storing arrangement information; and a second storage means for storing arrangement information;
Document creation characterized by comprising a layout editing means for rearranging and editing each data stored in the storage means to obtain a series of data, and an output means for outputting output data obtained by the layout editing means. Device.