JPH04184673A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To clearly indicate an object item being edited currently by displaying the layout of items in a form while data on all items are displayed when item data are inputted and edited. CONSTITUTION:A document is defined as plural data items first by using a data item defining means 1. Then the occupation positions of the data items in the printing form are set by using a printing area setting means 2 and while the layout of the items in the document is displayed on a layout display means 5, data are inputted to the data items and edited by a data input and editing means 3. At this time, the layout of the data items is displayed according to the position information in a position information storage means 4. Consequently, all the data items on an editing screen are displayed, the object item 6 being edited currently can clearly be discriminated on the layout display from unedited items, and the layout display which is effective to document creation wherein on document is handled as a set of plural items can be made.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation device that explicitly displays a target item being edited in a layout display of a document.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventional document creation devices display the layout of an entire page of a document as one item, as shown in Figure 4, by representing characters as dots and explicitly indicating only the cursor position currently being edited. A method was used to display the

Problems to be Solved by the Invention These conventional document creation devices are ineffective for documents such as forms that have a single document as a set of multiple items; could not be displayed.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device that explicitly displays the target item being edited.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides data item definition means for defining a document as a plurality of items, and print area setting means for setting the position occupied by each defined item within a print sheet. , a data input/editing means for inputting/editing data in each defined item, a position information storage means for storing the set position information, and a data input/editing means for inputting/editing data into each defined item; and a position information storage means for storing set position information; A display means is provided for displaying the layout of the items in the printing paper stored in the position information storage means, and data of all the plurality of items are displayed on the display means at the time of inputting/editing the item data, and at the same time,
It displays the layout of items within the paper and explicitly displays the target item currently being edited.

According to the above-described configuration, the present invention sequentially extracts the position information of the data items stored in the position information storage means, obtains the occupied area of the data item and the target item currently being edited from this position information, and then, for example, extracts the position information of the data items stored in the position information storage means. By displaying the occupied area of the item as a rectangular image, for example, displaying the occupied area of the item currently being edited in a different representation from the image showing the occupied area of the unedited item, you can display the occupied area of the item currently being edited. can be displayed explicitly.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 7, and 3.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual block diagram of a document creation device of the present invention. In FIG. 1, data item definition means 1 defines a document as a plurality of data items. The print area setting means 2 sets the position that each defined data item occupies within the printing paper. Data input/editing means 3
is used to input and edit data for each defined data item. The position information storage means 4 is for storing set position information. The layout display means 5 displays a layout of data items based on position information.

To explain the layout display procedure in the above configuration, the data item definition means 1 is used to define a document as a plurality of data items. Next, the print area setting means 2 is used to set the position that the data item occupies within the printing paper, and while the layout of the item in the document is displayed on the layout display means 5, the data item is Enter/edit data. At that time, the layout of data items is displayed based on the position information in the position information storage means 4.

FIG. 3 is an example of a layout display in the document creation device of the present invention. In FIG. 3, all of the plurality of data items on the editing screen are displayed on the layout display section, and the target item 6 currently being edited is displayed so as to be clearly distinguishable from unedited items on the layout display.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above embodiments, according to the present invention, data items and their positions on printing paper are set,
By memorizing this position information, the layout of the items on the print paper is displayed at the same time as data is input/edited, and the items currently being edited and unedited items are displayed separately, allowing you to easily edit a single document. It becomes possible to display a layout that is effective for creating documents such as forms that are a collection of multiple items.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual block diagram of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a processing procedure for displaying a layout according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a layout display according to the present invention. Fourth
The figure shows an example of a conventional layout display. 1...Data item definition means, 2...Print area setting means, death data input/editing means, 4.
... Position information storage means, 5 ... Layout display means, 6 ... Target item currently being edited. Name of agent: Patent attorney Haruaki Koebi and 2 others No. 1 12 Kuchiwara 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] a data item definition means for defining a document as a plurality of items; a print area setting means for setting the position that each defined item occupies within the printing paper; and a data input/editing means for inputting and editing data in the data items; a positional information storage means for storing set positional information; a display for displaying item data input by the data input/editing means; and a layout of the items on the printing paper stored in the positional information storage means; means for displaying the data of all the plurality of items on the display means when inputting/editing the item data, and at the same time displaying the layout of the items on the printing paper and explicitly displaying the target item currently being edited. A document creation device characterized by: