JPH0351951A - Layout editing processing method for mixed mode communication document - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the editing workability by discriminating and displaying the blocks and/or frames included in a frame area while magnifying and reducing the area. CONSTITUTION:A rectangular area of a frame F2 to be newly produced is designated and displayed. Meanwhile an area is magnified and reduced for decision of a rectangular area of a frame. At the same time, the blocks B4 and B5 and a frame F1 included in the magnified/reduced area are discriminated and displayed. Then a frame forming process is carried out after an area of a frame is decided. As a result, a frame and/or block which can be connected to a new frame are displayed in response to the change of the area of the new frame at formation of a frame. Thus the operability is improved for a frame forming process of a mixed mode communication document. Then a layout editing process is effectively carried out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a layout 11 processing method for laying out image information and character information based on layout information and editing the layout into a mixed mode communication document.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, document communication using public lines includes telesox, which handles character information, and facsimile, which handles image information. Mixed mode communication is a method that can handle character information and image information at the same time. Ministry Notice No. 198).

In mixed mode communication, the smallest unit block,
A mixed mode communication document with a tree-like layout structure is constructed by using a frame made up of multiple prosocks, a page made up of prosocks or frames, a page set made up of pages or page sets, and a document made up of pages or page cents as layout objects. It looks like this.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the tree-like layout structure of a general mixed-mode communication document. The document consists of pages P, and the pages P are blocks Bl. It consists of a frame F, and the frame F further consists of blocks B2 and B3.

Text unit old, 02, 03 is block Bl,
B2. Character information belonging to each B3. Indicates information including image information.

Creating or editing a mixed-mode communication document involves editing content within a region defined by its position and size in a layout descriptor, as well as blocks and frames. Changes in the position, size, etc. of layout objects such as pages,
There is layout editing that changes the upper and lower connection relationships of layout objects configured in a tree-like layout structure.

By the way, in editing a document as described above, for example, after creating frame F, lower frames and/or blocks to be connected to it (blocks B2 and B in FIG. 5) are created.
There is a method of creating 3) in a top-down manner according to a tree-like layout structure, or a method of creating a new frame F by combining a plurality of already existing frames and/or processes (framing method).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, when editing using the latter method, there are various methods for selecting lower frames and blocks connected to the frame F to be edited, and depending on which one is selected, operability and convenience may be significantly impaired. However, in the conventional method, frames and blocks that should be connected to the frame to be edited are not displayed due to the attributes of the frame to be edited, resulting in poor editing workability.

[Means to solve the problem]

The layout editing processing method for a mixed-mode communication document according to the present invention includes a block that is a minimum unit layout object 1 for controlling the layout structure of a mixed-mode communication document, and/or a frame that is a layout object located above the block. In the layout editing processing method for configuring a new frame, the process of specifying and displaying the rectangular area of the newly created frame, and the process of enlarging or contracting the area to determine the rectangular area of the frame. The present invention is characterized in that it includes a step of determining and displaying blocks and/or frames included in the region, and a step of executing framing processing after determining the frame region.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, frames and/or blocks that can be connected to a new frame are displayed in accordance with changes in the area of the new frame during framing.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below based on drawings showing embodiments thereof.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a mixed mode terminal device used in the mixed mode communication document layout processing method (hereinafter referred to as the method of the present invention) according to the present invention. 2 is a keyboard used as a manual means for inputting or editing; 2 is an image scanner used as a manual means for image information; 3
indicates a printer which is one of the output means.

The keyboard 1, the image scanner 2, and the printer 3 are each connected to a control circuit 5 via an interface 4, and the information entered manually from the keyboard 1 and the image scanner 2 is given to the control circuit 5, and the output of the control circuit 5 is outputted via the printer 3.

A display control circuit 8 is interposed in the control circuit 5, and the CRT 10
is connected, and the VRA is controlled by the display control circuit 8.
The display data stored in M9 is given to CRT 10 and displayed there.

The control circuit 5 also includes a system memory 6 in which the system program is stored, and a document memory in which the edited or received layout structure document is stored, and the manipulated document is transmitted to the public line via the communication circuit l1. It is designed to send and receive documents to and from other terminal devices.

FIGS. 2 and 3 are explanatory diagrams showing a tree-like layout structure and a layout example of a ξ custom mode communication document,
FIGS. 2(a) and 3(a) show tree-like layout structures, and FIGS. 2(b) and 3(b) are layout explanatory diagrams. In FIGS. 2(A) and 3(A), block B1 is a character block having a title as a text unit 01, block B2 is an image block having an explanatory diagram as a text unit U2, and block B3 is a text unit U3. It is assumed that the character block having the title of the figure as , and the text blocks B4 and B5 having the content as the text unit 04 and us. In Figure 2 (a), blocks B2 and B
3 is framed as one unit and connected to frame F1, and block Bl, frame F1
And blocks B4 and B5 are connected to page P1.

In FIG. 3(a), block B4. B5 and frame Fl are edited into a frame as one unit and connected to frame F2.

Now, a document with the layout structure shown in Figure 2 (A) and (B) is shown in Figure 3 (A). The case of editing a document having the structure shown in (b) will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, an upper layout object (referred to as a parent object) of frame F2 to be newly created is determined (step Sl). In FIG. 3, the parent object of frame F2 is page P1, so the current editing page P1
is selected by default, frame F
Attribute No. 2 inherits the attribute of page P1, which is the parent object. The attributes here mean the size, position, transparency, etc. of the frame.

It is determined whether or not it is necessary to change the attributes of frame F2 to those of page P1 for reasons such as the attributes of page P1 and frame F2 being different (step S2). The position (point A) for specifying the area of frame F2 shown in
4) If necessary, after changing the attributes (step S3), point A is specified (step S4).

The designation is performed by clicking the mouse cursor at point A shown in FIG. 3 (mouth), which is the upper left point of frame F2 (step S4). This determines the attributes of frame F2, ie, the size and position, in other words, the starting point for determining the rectangular area of frame F2.

Next, the mouse cursor is moved toward the lower right side, but it is determined whether or not the mouse cursor has moved (step S5). When the movement of the mouse cursor is detected, the Find the rectangular area of frame F2 that changes from time to time, and determine whether there are frames and/or blocks that are lower-level layout objects that can be connected to the frame at that time (step S6);
If the layout object exists, the area of the layout object is displayed using, for example, a broken line (step S7).

For example, when the mouse cursor moves from point A to point C, block B4 is displayed as a block that can be connected to frame F2, and its area is displayed with a broken line. Therefore, the editor can simultaneously select the size of the frame and check lower-level layout objects that can be connected to it.

Move the mouse cursor further to point B
, B5 and frame Fl are similarly displayed with broken lines as being possible to be lower layout objects of frame F2. Note that blocks B2 and B connected to frame F1
It goes without saying that 3 may also be displayed with a broken line.

When the area of frame F2 reaches a predetermined size, it is determined whether a button or key has been pressed (Step S8), a key is pressed and the right button of the mouse cursor is pressed, and the lower right point of frame F2 is determined. When this happens (step S9), a framing process is executed (step S10).

Note that if the lower right point of frame F2 is not determined, it is determined whether or not it is canceled (STEP S11), and if it is not canceled, the process returns to step S4 and the above-mentioned process is repeated, and if it is canceled, that effect is output. .

〔effect〕

As described above, the present invention improves the operability for frame processing of mixed-mode communication documents, and improves the layout.
This provides excellent effects that can be effectively performed by I-group processing.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of the apparatus used in the method of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a tree-like layout structure and a layout example of a document for mixed mode communication, and FIG. 3 is a document for mixed mode communication. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an editing process, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a tree-like layout structure of a document. 1...Keyboard 2...Image scanner 3...
・Printer 4...Interface 5...Control circuit 6...System memory 7...Document memory 8.
...Display control circuit IO...CRT Patent Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A layout editing processing method for configuring a block, which is the minimum unit layout object constituting the layout structure of a mixed mode communication document, and/or a frame, which is an upper layout object thereof, as a new frame. , a process of specifying and displaying a rectangular area of a newly created frame, and a process of expanding or contracting the area to determine the rectangular area of the frame, and displaying blocks and/or frames contained in the area. a process of determining and displaying the
1. A layout editing processing method for a mixed-mode communication document, the method comprising the step of executing a framing process after determining a frame area.