JPH04127265A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply arrange the common display information to the pages desired by an operator by providing a frame designation means which designates a desired frame out of a displayed page and a control means which controls the designated in-frame information to transmit the information through at least another page. CONSTITUTION:Such a request is produced at production of a document to arrange in common the information on a specific frame not only in a noted page but in each page. Thus a page transmission frame table 35 is generated in a RAM 3 when the set-up of a page transmission frame is instructed for production of such page transmission frame. The table 35 stores the No of the frame designated by an operator, the page transmission mode of the designat ed frame, and the transmission page range. Both the page transmission mode and the page transmission range are shown in a menu, etc., and set in a conver sational form to a CPU. Thus it is possible to simply arrange the common display information at the positions desired by the operator over plural pages.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a document processing device, and more particularly to a document processing device that creates and edits documents.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, desktop publishing (so-called DTP) using computers and the like has been desired. Normally, when creating a document in this type of system, an operation is performed in which characters input from a keyboard or the like are expanded into each frame in which the document is expanded.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, when developing a common character string on each page in such a system, either create a frame containing the common sentence for each page, or write it as a header (or footer) provided separately from the editing page. It was either a method of inserting sentences. In the former case, the burden on the operator is heavy, and in the latter case, there is a problem in that the common sentence cannot be placed at an arbitrary position on one page. The present invention has been made in view of such prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing device that allows common display information to be placed on a page intended by an operator with a simple operation.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve this problem, the document processing device of the present invention has the configuration shown below. That is, it is a document processing device that creates and edits a document by expanding and displaying a character string or image in at least one frame set within a page, and which displays a desired frame within the displayed page. The present invention includes a frame specifying means for specifying a frame, and a control means for controlling the information in the specified frame to be transmitted to at least one other page.

[Effect]

In such a configuration of the present invention, when a frame is specified by the frame specifying means, the control means operates to transmit information within the frame to other pages intended by the operator.

【Example】

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. <Description of System Configuration> FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a document processing system in an embodiment. In the figure, l is the CPU that controls the entire system, and 2
3 is a ROM that stores a boot program at the time the power is turned on to this device, and 3 stores programs read from an external storage device (such as a program related to the flowchart in FIG. 6, which will be described later), and document information being edited. ,
This is a RAM used as a work area for the CPU 1. 4 is a font memory (stores so-called outline fonts) that stores coordinate format data for generating character patterns; 5 is a VRAM that stores images to be displayed on the display screen; and 6 is a font memory that stores data in the form of coordinates to generate character patterns. This is a CRT display that displays images. Reference numeral 7 denotes a magnetic storage device, typically a floppy disk device or a hard disk device, which stores various programs (loaded into the RAM 3) related to document processing in this device, document information, and the like. 8 is a keyboard for giving predetermined instructions to the characters constituting the document or this system; 9 is a mouse for controlling the movement of a graphic cursor displayed on the display screen of the CRT display 6; Reference numeral 10 denotes an image memory capable of developing an image for one page of recording paper when the stage of actual printing processing is reached; reference numeral 11 forms a visible image on the recording medium based on the image developed in the image memory 10. It is a printer that Note that the printer 11 in the embodiment will be explained as a laser beam printer. Usually, CRT display devices only need to be able to confirm the edited content, so their resolution is lower than that of high-quality printers such as laser beam printers. When performing printing processing, a character pattern or the like matching the resolution of the printer is generated in accordance with the document information to be printed, according to the data read out from the font memory 4, developed in the image memory 10, and printed. Explanation of Frame> FIG. 2 shows an example of the layout of a frame that is a development area of a document in the embodiment. In the figure, 20 represents recording paper, and 21 to 23 represent each character string (
This is a frame for expanding documents. The size and settings of the frame are performed by operating the mouse 9. Specifically, by operating the mouse 9, the recording paper displayed on the display screen can be freely scrolled, the graphic cursor can be moved to any two points within it, and the Press the button (hereinafter referred to as "click"). These two points are taken as the end points of the diagonal of the rectangle (=frame). After this, a document is created by specifying an appropriate frame using the mouse, etc., and expanding the character string input from the keyboard 8 (hereinafter, in the example, a single character is included) into the frame. . Note that even after inputting a document or the like, the layout and size of the frame can be changed freely. In the above-mentioned configuration, a document is created by setting multiple frames within each page and expanding character strings entered from the keyboard 8 into the frames. data will be constructed. In the illustration, 31-1.2...n indicates information on each page (hereinafter referred to as page information). As can be seen from the page information 31-1 of the first page, in the embodiment,
Data for one frame is composed of three pieces of information: a frame header area 32, a character code area 33, and a character attribute area 34. Each area will be explained below. The frame header area 32 stores data necessary for editing the frame. In the embodiment, this frame header area contains the following information as shown in FIG. , consists of an area that stores its attribute information.The frame number is a number to distinguish the frame of interest from other frames, and no two frame numbers are the same.This is because, for example, when an operator selects a frame, Every time you set a new one, you just need to increment it by one. Link information is information that specifies the frames logically preceding and following the frame of interest. In other words, which frame is the frame of interest? Continuing from (hereinafter referred to as the previous frame),
and a frame number indicating which frame follows the frame of interest (hereinafter, this frame will be referred to as a subsequent frame). Further, if the front frame or the rear frame does not exist, a number that cannot exist (for example, "0", etc.) is stored. Incidentally, if both are "0", the frame of interest is an isolated frame. Further, the size, coordinate position, and number of characters are as described above. Finally, the attribute information of the frame header includes the frame type (text, figure, image data, etc.), document composition information such as whether the document in the frame is written vertically or horizontally, and font size information (number of points). , vertical and horizontal magnification information of characters, font information whether it is a European character or a mixture of kanji (for kanji, it is a Mincho font, a Gothic font,
For Roman characters, Fourier, Helibet force, Times, etc.), distance information between lines, distance information between characters, angle information for italic characters, information on the presence or absence of prohibition processing, information indicating whether the information in the frame is text or an image. It is composed of etc. The attributes of this frame header are set to default values unless the operator actively instructs to change each piece of information. Note that when the information in the frame is an image (read by an image scanner), the image data is stored in the illustrated character code area. Further, although the explanation will be repeated later, when the operator sets a frame, an area for the frame header, a character code area, and a character attribute area are each secured in the RAMB. Next, in the character code area in FIG. 3, individual character codes constituting the document developed within the corresponding frame are stored. However, if the information within the attention frame is an image, the character attribute area 34 is not generated, as a matter of course. Further, the character attribute area stores attribute information for each character in the corresponding character code area. There are various types of attribute information for individual characters, some of which include font size information, font type (type of font), decoration information (color of character decoration, presence or absence of underline, overline). The presence or absence of shading, the shading is the type of pattern, the presence or absence of surrounding ruled lines surrounding the character string, etc.), glyph information, font color, vertical position of characters, character spacing, and whether or not to invert the display pattern. Information, etc. Among these, there are two types of glyph information: front characters and shadow characters. For front characters, double the width (range 50-200%), double the height (range 50-200%)
% range), presence/absence of border, italic angle, italic direction,
There is information for setting the rotation direction (range of 0 to 360 degrees) and the type of fill pattern. Information for setting almost the same parameters as for front characters is also secured for shadow characters. Note that if the attributes of the frame header area and the character attributes of individual characters conflict, the character attributes take precedence. <Explanation of page transparent frame> “Page transparent frame” in the above configuration and frame information management
I will explain about it. When (or when) the document is being created
, for information within a specific frame, not only the featured page,
There is also a request to have the same arrangement for each subsequent page. Of course, in this case, it is desirable that the frame itself be placed at the position intended by the operator. In the embodiment, it is possible to transmit information within a desired frame to each page. FIG. 5 shows the concept of a page transparency frame. The illustration shows the relationship between the pages when the frame 53 in the edited page 50 of interest is designated as a page transparent frame. As shown in the figure, it can be seen that the frame 53 in the page 50 is transmitted as frames 53° and 53° at the same position in the subsequent pages 51 and 52. Frame 53°, 53” is frame 53
Since the information itself is transparent, there is no need to set those frames each time.Incidentally, when you give an instruction to display the next page after page 50 by operating the keyboard 8 or mouse, etc. Even if no information is added to the page, the transparent frame will be displayed as shown in the figure. Now, in order to realize such a page transparent frame, when you instruct the page transparent frame setting, as shown in Figure 3. A page transparent frame table 35 is generated in the RAM 3 as shown in FIG. and the page range to be transparent is stored.The transparency mode is information indicating whether to target consecutive pages after the focused page or every other page, and the transparent range is the information from the focused page onwards. This information indicates how many pages are to be compared (
By default, all pages after the featured page). The setting method for these is to display a menu on the editing screen and specify the ``Page Transparent Frame'' from the menu using a mouse, etc. After this, the operator can set the frame for making the page transparent, the page transparency mode, etc. in the same way. Please note that even after setting -1, you are free to change the setting contents (mode and range) by performing the same process.Incidentally, for the frame where the page transparent frame has been set, When an instruction to cancel the mode is given (for example, by specifying from the keyboard 8), only the corresponding data in the page transparent frame table 35 needs to be deleted.When viewed from the CPUI, the frame number is This can be obtained by searching for the corresponding frame based on the currently displayed page number and the cursor position when clicking the mouse.Page transparency mode and page range can be obtained by displaying a menu etc. to that effect, and in conversation with the CPUI. The specific setting procedure will be explained according to the flowchart of Fig. 6. First, after displaying the processing menu, it is determined in step S1 whether or not page transparent frame processing has been specified. If selected, the process advances to step S2 and the corresponding process is performed.Furthermore, if it is determined that page transparent frame processing has been specified, the process advances to step S3.Here,
The cursor coordinates specified by the mouse 3 are compared with the coordinate position and size in each header information 32 in the page information being displayed, and it is determined which frame has been specified. Extract the frame number. Next step S4
Now, parameters such as page transparency mode and range specification for the specified frame are input. After this parameter input processing, in the next step S5, the page transparent frame table 3
5, all the obtained information is stored according to a predetermined format. In the above example, the page transparent frame process is selected and then the corresponding frame is designated, but of course this procedure may be reversed. As explained above, in the past, only simple character strings could be placed in limited positions such as the top and bottom of the page as headers and footers, but with the page transparent frame processing of this embodiment, operators can It is possible to make the frame at any position specified by the frame transparent on each page. Moreover,
The objects to be transparent at this time include not only character strings but also figures (line drawings) and image data, making it possible to create a wide variety of documents. Effects of the Invention 1 As described above, according to the present invention, common display information can be placed at the operator's intended position across a plurality of pages with a simple operation.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document processing system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the layout of a frame serving as a document expansion area in an embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data storage state in a RAM in an embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the data format in the header information in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the concept of the page transparency frame in the embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the page transparency frame setting process in the embodiment. This is a flowchart. In the figure, 1...CPU, 2...ROM, 3...RA
M, 4... Font memory, 5... VRAM, 6...
・・CRT display, 7・・Magnetic storage device, 8・
...Keyboard, 9...Mouse, 10...Image memory, 11...Laser beam printer. Patent applicant Just System Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney Yasunori Otsuka (and others, 8) - Figure 2, Figure 4, Figure 3, Figure 5

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A document processing device that creates and edits documents by expanding and displaying character strings or images in at least one frame set within a page, and which displays a desired frame within the displayed page. A document processing device comprising: a frame specifying unit for specifying a frame; and a control unit for controlling information in the specified frame to be transmitted to at least one other page. (2) The control means includes a storage means for storing information specifying the frame specified by the frame specifying means and information specifying the transparent target page of the frame; is one of the transparent target pages, based on the content stored in the storage means, and a page to be displayed by the determining means is one of the transparent target pages; 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising output means for outputting the data within the frame specified by the frame specifying means into a display target page when the determination is made.