JPH04118770A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a display picture easy to observe by preventing overlapping with a character string in another are from occurring by storing all the edit characters in document memory, reading them out by the number of characters in a corresponding area from the document memory when display processing is performed, and displaying it after applying image processing. CONSTITUTION:A layout editor 15 checks whether or not the number of edit characters exceeds that of set characters on an area 55a, and furthermore, checks whether or not it is connected to another area 55b when the former exceeds the latter. When character information inputted by character edit in the area exceeds the allowable range of the corresponding area, the character information exceeding the range is stored in a document information storage means 41 with the character information in the area. Thence, when the character edit in area is completed, document information within the allowable range in the corresponding area is read out from the document information storage means 41, and is converted to a print image, then, displayed. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the overlapping on the character string in another area from occurring, and to obtain the display picture easy to observe.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a document creation device having a layout editing function.

(Prior Art) Some document creation devices (word processors) are equipped with a layout editing function. This layout editing function allows a plurality of regions (rectangles) to be arbitrarily set in a layout document, and arbitrary character editing can be performed for each region. Further, in the layout editing described above, a linking function is provided that connects each area in an arbitrary order and makes sentences consecutive according to the linked order. That is, when the document created in the first area exceeds that area, the portion that exceeds that area is transferred to the next connected area.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in a conventional document creation device, when only an area is set and a document is input into the setting area without specifying concatenation, the number of characters exceeds the allowable range of the area. is input, the input document will be displayed beyond the area when displayed as a print image. Also, if you set up a concatenation of areas, if the document entered in the first area exceeds the allowable range of that area, it will move to the next concatenated area, but if the number of input characters exceeds the allowable range of the concatenated area. , the input document appears to jump out of the final area when displayed as a print image. As a result, the document is displayed overlapping documents in other areas, making it difficult to see the display and output results on the printer.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and even when a document is input beyond the allowable range of the setting area,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device that can prevent character strings from overlapping with character strings in other areas.

[Configuration of the Invention (Means and Effects for Solving the Problems) That is, the present invention provides a document creation device equipped with a layout editing function that can arbitrarily set a plurality of editing areas.
A document information storage means for storing created document information, an area information storage means for storing information regarding a preset area, and an area information storage means for the document information storage means based on the area information stored in this means. and an area control means for setting an area, and when performing in-area character editing on an area set by this means, character information input in excess of the allowable range of the corresponding area is also stored in the document information storage means. and display control means for reading out document information within the permissible range of the corresponding area from the document information storage means and displaying a print image when the intra-area character editing is completed.

As a result, on the display screen for layout editing, if the character information input in the area text editing exceeds the allowable range of the corresponding area, this excess character information will also be stored in the document information storage means along with the character information in the area. be done. When the intra-area character editing is completed, document information within the allowable range of the corresponding area is read from the document information storage means, converted into a print image, and displayed. Therefore, even if characters are input beyond the allowable range of the set area, overlapping with character strings in other areas is prevented, resulting in an easy-to-read display screen.

(Example) Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a document creation device.

In Fig. 1, numeral 11 denotes a keyboard, which is equipped with keys for inputting kana characters, alphabetic characters, numbers, etc., as well as function keys for specifying various functions such as layout editing mode, cursor keys for indicating the position of the cursor, etc. ing.

In addition, as function designation keys, for example, "Function 1" and "Function 2" keys are provided, and various functions can be performed by operating the "Function 1" and "Function 2" keys in combination with other keys. It can be specified. Key operation signals from the keyboard 11 are input to the input processing section 13, the man-machine e-interface 14, and the layout editing section 15 via the key control section 12. The input processing section 13 is connected to a document buffer 16 and a graphic data buffer 17, and performs normal document and graphic creation processing according to input data.

The layout editing section 15 operates when the layout editing mode is specified, and the layout editing section 15 operates when the layout editing mode is specified.
6 and a graphic data buffer 17, and also connected to a sample format storage memory 18. The snake sample format storage memory 18 stores sample formats for various layouts. Furthermore, a print control device 19 and a display control device 2o are connected to the layout editing section 15. The print control device 19 and the area management/format table 21 are connected to the display control device 2o. This area management/format table 21 is provided with a memory for storing area information, a memory for storing link information, and the like.

The layout editing section 15 controls the document buffer 16, print control device 19, display control device 20, etc. according to the settings of the area management/format table 21, etc., and executes layout editing processing.

On the other hand, a floppy disk controller 22 is connected to the document buffer 16 and the graphic data storage 17. The floppy disk controller 22 controls reading/writing of data to/from the floppy disk 24 via the floppy disk device 23 . Further, a multi-window rough 725 is connected to the flow-novy disk control section 22.

Therefore, the document buffer 16 and the graphic data buffer 1
The data stored in 7 is transferred to the line buffer 26 line by line.
is read out, developed into a print image under the control of the print control device 19, and stored in the print image buffer 27,
Furthermore, it is transferred to the video RAM 28. The print image buffer 27 stores print image data for one screen. Further, message data is inputted to the video RAM 28 from the message data and display control section 29. The message data and display control section 29 stores various message data, selects message data according to the key operation contents sent from the key control section 12, and writes the message data into the video RAM 28. The data written to this video RAM 28 is
Alternatively, it is displayed on a display device 31 consisting of a liquid crystal display panel or the like.

Further, when printing is instructed by the keyboard 11, the data held in the document buffer 16 and the graphic data buffer 17 is sent to the printer controller 32 via the line bar sofa 26, and printed by the printer 33. .

FIG. 2 shows only the portion of the layout editing control system extracted from FIG. 1. Key operation signals input from the keyboard 11 are input to the layout editing section 15 via the key control section 12 . The layout editing section 15 performs layout control on the document buffer 16 by referring to the area management/format table 21.

This document buffer 16 is provided with an all-document memory section 41 for storing all created documents and an area memory section 42 for editing characters within an area. Further, the area management/format table 21 is provided with an area information memory 43 for storing set area information and a connection information memory 44 for storing connection information for connecting the areas.

The layout editing section 15 refers to the setting contents of the area information memory 43 and the connection information memory 44, and edits the document buffer 1.
6, and outputs control signals to the print control device 19 and display control device 20. Print control device 1
9 performs image processing on the stored information in the entire document memory section 41 according to control commands from the layout editing section 15 and the display control device 20, develops it in the print image buffer 27, writes it in the video RAM 28, and displays it on the display device 31. .

Next, the layout editing processing operation in the above embodiment will be explained.

In the layout editing mode, when the "area setting" mode is specified, the layout editing section 15 is displayed on the display device 31.
The basic screen for area setting mode shown in FIG. 3 is displayed under the control of FIG.

In the layout editing screen including area specification, a data input canister 50 is provided in the center, a guide column 51 is provided on the right side, and one guide line 52 is provided at the bottom.

In the data input canister 50, scales 53a, 53b are displayed on the left side and upper side, and cross cursors 54a, 54b are displayed inside the scales. The cross cursors 54a and 54b are moved vertically and horizontally by operating the cursor keys, and their intersections are indicated as designated cursor positions. The guide column 51 displays a guide showing the correspondence between the functions that can be specified in the current setting mode and the keys that actually specify the functions. The contents displayed in this guide column 51 are the message data and the display control unit 2.
9, and are read out sequentially according to the contents of key operations. For example, if you specify the "area setting" mode as shown above, the guide field 51 will contain the following information: create area "ruled line" delete "delete" correction "1" link "2" move "3" characters The correspondence between functions such as editing "select/execute" and operation keys is displayed as a guide.

Also, in the guide line 52, cross cursors 54g, 54b
The rX, YJ coordinates indicating the current position of are displayed, and
The currently counted page and total number of users are displayed as "1/1 page". Further, in the guide line 52, a key operation guide for the current mode is displayed. For example, "area settings"
In this mode, the message ``Specify the position with the cursor and press the function key'' is displayed as an instruction to set the area.

In the above-mentioned "area setting" mode, follow the message and move the cross cursors 54a and 54b to the starting point of the area to be set and operate the "rules" key. /Press the ENTER key.'' message is displayed. In this state, the cross cursor 54a.

When 54b is moved, the area being created is indicated by a broken line. And cross cursors 54a, 54b
When you move to the end point position and operate the "Select/Execute key", the area indicated by the dashed line above or the solid line is specified, and 1
Two areas 55a are set. Thereafter, regions 55a, 55b, . . . of any size at any position on the data input canister 50 can be set by similar operations. The setting data of the areas 55a, 55b, . . . are stored in the chain acid information memory 43 in the area management/format table 21 by the layout editing section 15.

Then, the area 55a created as described above.

55b, . . ., specify the "concatenation" mode by operating the numeric key "2" on the basic screen of the "area setting" mode shown in FIG. 3 above. By specifying this mode,
The screen switches to “area connection” and the cross cursor 54a, 5
4b, by specifying the start point area and end point area to be connected and operating the selection/execution key, the connection information is written into the connection information memory 44 in the area management/format table 21 by the layout editing section 15. It will be done.

Next, the operation for editing characters in the area set as described above will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The processing shown in FIG. 4 is executed under the control of the layout editing section 15.

The following description assumes that intra-area character editing is performed on area 55a, and that area 55a is not connected to other areas. When editing characters in the area 55a, use the cross cursor 54a.

After specifying the area 55a using 54b, the user operates the "selection/execution key" as shown in the guide column 51 to specify the character editing mode. When this character editing mode is specified, the layout editing section 15 uses the area information memory 43
Referring to the area information set in , an editing area 42a having a size corresponding to the specified area 55a is created in the area memory section 42 as shown in FIG. 5, and a spare area 42b outside the specified area, 42c, etc. are created.

The preliminary areas 42b, 42c, . . . are set to have the same size as the editing area 42a, for example.

At this time, if a document for the specified area 55a has already been created and stored in the all-document memory section 41, the document information is read from the all-document memory section 41 under the control of the layout editing section 15 and written to the editing area 42H. .

On the other hand, the display screen of the display device 31 is switched to a document input screen for the editing area in the area memory section 42, and the document information written in the editing area 42a of the area memory section 42 is displayed in the print image buffer 27. The data is read out to the video RAM 28 via the video RAM 28 and displayed on the display device 31.

The input screen in this case is set according to the size of the area 55a.

When characters or figures are input in this state, the human input information is processed by the input processing section 13 of FIG. 1 and written into the editing area 42a of the area memory section 42 (step At). In this editing process, if the number of input characters exceeds the editing area 42g, the excess amount is
2b. Then, after finishing the editing for the area 55a, when a user presses a key to instruct the end, the area character editing ending process is executed, and the document information edited in the area memory section 42 is transferred to the all-document memory section 41 (
Step A2).

Next, the layout editing unit 15 checks whether the number of edited characters for the area 55a exceeds the set number of characters (step A3), and if it does, further checks whether the area is connected to another area. (Step A4). If it is determined in step A3 that the number of characters to be edited for the area 55a does not exceed the set number of characters, or if it is determined in step A4 that the area 55a is not connected to other areas, the layout editing unit 15 Each area 55a from the document memory section 41.

55b, . . . read document information for the set number of characters into the print image buffer 27 and develop it into a print image (
Step A6). That is, the document information read from the entire document memory section 41 is stored in each area 55a.

55b, . . . in a print image corresponding to the set print format, transferred to the video RAM 28, and displayed on the display device 31.

Therefore, if the number of edited characters in each area 55a, 55b, . Therefore, even if the number of edited characters in each area 55a, 55b, etc. exceeds the number of characters set in the corresponding area, by expanding the area or changing the setting print format, the number of characters edited in each area 55a, 55b, ... is exceeded. The printed document can also be read out to the print image buffer 27 and displayed on the screen.

On the other hand, if connection is set for the areas 55a, 55b, . . . , the connection state is detected in step A4 of FIG. 4, and connection processing with other areas is performed in step A5. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step A6, where image processing is performed. For example, if it is connected to either area 55a or area 55b, even if the number of characters in the edited document in area 55a exceeds the set number of characters, the excess will be displayed in area 55b.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the document creation device according to the present invention, when editing characters in a set area in layout editing, edits characters exceeding the allowable number of characters stored in the specified area. Even if the settings area is Even when characters are input beyond the permissible range, overlapping with character strings in other areas can be prevented and the display screen can be made easy to read. In addition, even if you enter characters that exceed the allowable number of characters in the set area, you can display the excess characters by expanding the area while looking at the image display, or by creating another area and connecting it to that area. be able to.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall circuit configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the layout editing function part in the same embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the area setting mode. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing operation for editing characters within an area, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the setting state of the editing area in the document buffer. 11...Keyboard, 12...Key human control unit, 1
3... Input processing section, 15... Layout editing section, 1
6... Document buffer, 17... Graphic data buffer, 20... Display control device, 21... Area management/format table, 26... Line buffer, 27... Print image buffer, 28...・Video RAM, 29...
Message data and display control unit, 31... display device;
41... All document memory section, 42... Area memory section, 43... Area information memory, 44... Connection information memory, 50... Data input canister, 51... Guide column, 52 ...Guide row, 53a, 53b...Scale,
54a, 54b...cross cursor, 55a, 55b-
··region. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a document creation device equipped with a layout editing function that can arbitrarily set a plurality of editing areas, a document information storage means for storing created document information, an area information storage means for storing information regarding preset areas, and the like; an area control means for setting an area in the document information storage means based on the area information stored in the means; and an area control means for setting an area in the document information storage means based on the area information stored in the means; Means for storing character information input in excess of the permissible range in the document information storage means, and document information within the permissible range of the corresponding area from the document information storage means when the editing of characters in the area is completed. 1. A document creation device comprising: display control means for reading and displaying a printed image.