JPH04139570A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the travel of a frame by performing an operation so that a slave frame designated by a second frame designation means can be moved linking with a master frame designated by a first frame designation means. CONSTITUTION:The operation of frame linking is performed by moving a graphic cursor 5G to the frame 1a and designating the master frame by selecting a command which performs the processing of frame linking first and following that, operating a mouse when the frame 2a is interlocked with the frame 1a. After that, the graphic cursor 5G is moved to the frame 2a, and the frame to be interlocked is designated. In such a case, frame linking information is secured in frame header information 40, thereby, the frames can be linking with each other. Thereby, when the master frame is moved, or it is copied on another part, or size is changed, the slave frame can be moved as keeping correlation constant.

Description

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

The present invention is useful for document processing devices, particularly document processing systems such as desktop publishing (hereinafter referred to as DTP) that create and edit documents that include frames such as character frames, graphic frames, and table frames that have multiple attributes. It relates to a processing device.

[Conventional technology]

Document creation in conventional DTP is performed according to the concept of a frame, and a plurality of attributes including character attributes can be set for this frame. Characters, figures, tables, etc. are input into this frame in accordance with the standard attributes of the book, unless a specific attribute is specified. That is, since each item has a unique attribute, for example, when changing the attribute size, etc., only the frame to be changed is changed. Therefore, if there is another frame within the frame to be changed, the inner frame will not be compensated for by changing the size of the outer frame, and the attributes of the inner frame will not be changed. When the inner frame must always be in a fixed relative position with respect to the outer frame, the current situation is that when the size of the outer frame is changed, the inner frame must also be moved. That is, when a frame had to be moved to another location or duplicated, the position of the ζ frame associated with the desired frame remained unchanged. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, as the content of documents has become more complex in recent years, when laying out documents, it has become increasingly necessary to change or move the size of frames such as character frames. Furthermore, if the frame is not a single frame but a frame composed of a plurality of frames, the work becomes very time-consuming. In such cases, it is necessary to provide linkage when moving or changing the size of multiple specified frames.
- After completing the movement of a certain frame, there arises a desire to move the frame attached to the iron frame at the same time and with a certain correlation, without having to move it. This is especially true if there are multiple accompanying frames. The present invention is a document creation device that eliminates the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, eliminates the waste of consideration for modifying other frames when an inputter modifies a plurality of frames, and simplifies the movement of frames. be.

[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, the first frame specification means includes a first frame specification means for specifying a desired frame in the displayed page, and a second frame specification means for specifying another frame to be linked with the specified frame, and the first frame specification means is provided. A frame linking means is provided for linking the frame specified by the second frame specifying means (hereinafter referred to as the loading frame) and the frame specified by the second frame specifying means (hereinafter referred to as the child frame), and in the loading frame, the child frame is A storage means for storing a frame number as a frame number, and an interlocking place storage means for storing which frame is used as a loading frame and which of the loading frames is to be linked as a reference, and further includes an interlocking place storage means. The means includes a storage means for storing how far the child frame is from a specific location of the outer frame.

[Effect]

In the configuration of the present invention, the child frame specified by the second frame specifying means can be operated to move in conjunction with the mounting frame specified by the first frame specifying means.

【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 a CPU that controls the entire system, and 2
3 is a ROM that stores the boot program at the time the device is powered on; 3 is a ROM that stores programs read from an external storage device (described later), document information being edited,
This is a RAM used as a UI work area. 4
is a font memory (stores so-called outline fonts) that stores data in coordinate format to generate character patterns, 5 is a VRAM that stores data to be displayed on the display screen, and 6 is stored in the VRAM 5. This is a CRT display that displays images. 7 is a magnetic storage device, which stores various programs related to document processing in this device (loaded into RAM 3);
Stores document information, etc. 8 is a keyboard for giving predetermined instructions to the characters constituting the document or the 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, and 11 indicates a visible image on the recording medium based on the image developed in the image memory 10. This is a printer that creates Generally, 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, character patterns and the like matching the resolution of the printer are generated in accordance with the document to be printed, according to 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 for a document in this embodiment. In the figure, 20 represents a recording paper, and 21 to 23 are frames for developing a document. The size and position of the frame can be set by operating the mouse 9 on the recording paper 2 displayed on the display screen.
0 vertically, horizontally, and horizontally, move the graphic cursor to any two point positions therein, and press a button provided on the mouse 9 (hereinafter referred to as "click"). Take those two points as the two end points of the diagonal line of the frame. After that, specify an appropriate frame using a mouse, etc., and enter the character string input from the keyboard 8 (hereinafter, 1 in the example) into the frame.
(including characters) to create a document. In the above-described configuration, data for setting each frame and developing character strings input from the keyboard 8 in each frame is constructed in RAMa in the form shown in FIG. 3. As shown in the figure, in the embodiment, data for one frame is composed of three pieces of information: a frame header area, a character code area, and a character attribute area. Each area will be explained below. The frame header area 40 stores data necessary for editing the frame. In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, this frame header area contains the frame number of the loading frame and its child, the size of the frame, the coordinate position of the frame with respect to the recording paper, and the position of the child frame on the loading frame. It consists of an area for storing attribute information including interlocking information such as location. For example, in the case of a frame, the frame number is a number for distinguishing a specified child frame from other frames, and is a number unique to the frame. The interlocking information is information that specifies, in the case of a frame, a frame that is linked to the frame of interest, and in the case of a frame of interest, as a frame that is linked to the frame of interest. Furthermore, if the child frame does not exist, a number that cannot exist (for example, 0, etc.) is stored. Therefore, if both the loaded frame and the child frame are 0, the frame of interest is an isolated frame. Next, in the character code area in FIG. 3, individual character codes constituting the document developed within the corresponding frame are stored. Further, the character attribute area stores attribute information for each character in the corresponding character code area. Description of Editing Process> In the frame header information 40 in the embodiment, frame linkage information (see FIG. 4) is secured, and frames can be linked with each other. This allows you to move the loading frame,
When copying to another location or changing the size, it is possible to move the child frame while keeping the correlation constant despite these changes. To operate frame linkage, first select the command that performs frame linkage processing, and then, if you want to link frame 2a to frame 1a, use the mouse 9 to move the graphic cursor 5G to frame 1a and click. (specify the loading frame). Thereafter, the graphic cursor 5G is moved to the frame 2a to designate a frame to be linked (designate a child frame). On this occasion,
The color of the frame changes to prompt you to reconfirm. In the example described above, a single frame is linked within a page, but it is also possible to set multiple child frames. When frame linkage processing is specified, the CPUI searches for a mounting frame and a child frame based on the coordinate position of the graphic cursor when the mouse 9 is clicked, and rewrites the frame linkage information in the header information of each frame. FIG. 6 shows details of the frame interlocking information in the header information of each frame. In the illustration, the bell number column 12 registers the frame number of the frame that follows the frame, and the business frame number column registers the frame number of the force that the frame follows. In the interlocking reference mode, the attachment position of the attachment frame is memorized. The frame interlocking process proceeds according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, in step S1, it is selected in step S1 whether or not to newly set a placement frame and a warning bell when a frame linking process is selected by issuing a command. If the placement frame and pre-bell have already been set, the process moves to S3 and a cancellation process is performed. The cancellation process specifies only the warning bell, decrements the number of warning bell numbers in the header information on the frame side, and deletes the warning bell number. If a new setting is to be made, the process proceeds to S5, where a pre-bell is specified first. At this time, the number of child frames in the header information on the frame side is incremented, and the pre-bell number is registered. Furthermore, the number and month of the bell in the header information on the bell side is registered.

【Effect of the invention】

As explained above, according to the present invention, even after the movement of a certain frame is completed, the frame attached to the iron frame does not have to be moved continuously, and at the same time, while maintaining a certain correlation. Can be moved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document processing system according to an embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the layout of a frame serving as a document development area according to an embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the relationship between each frame and the document information therein in the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data format within the header information in FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the concept in the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data format within frame linkage information in the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart relating to frame linkage processing in the embodiment.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A document creation device that creates a document that includes frames such as character frames, figure frames, table frames, etc. having multiple attributes, and a first frame specification that specifies a desired frame in a displayed page. and a second frame specification means for specifying another frame to be linked with the specified frame, the frame specified by the first frame specification and the frame specified by the second frame specification means being linked. A document processing device characterized by comprising frame interlocking means for interlocking frames. (2) The frame linking means includes a storage means for storing a frame specified by the second frame specifying means as a frame number with a specific number in the frame specified by the first frame specifying means; 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an interlocking location storage means for storing, in the frame specified by the specifying means, which frame in the frame specified by the first frame specifying means is to be interlocked. Document processing device. (3) The document processing according to claim 2, wherein the linked location storage means includes a storage means for storing a distance from a specific location of the frame designated by the first frame designation means. Device.