JPH04242478A - Document editing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To produce a single document with plural document processors. CONSTITUTION:The control information showing the position of a paragraph end document is registered in a 2nd storage means 2200 of a document store device 2000. Based on the control information, the device 2000 writes the paragraph end document produced in each document stone device into a 1st storage means 2100. Thus an integrated document is automatically prepared.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing system comprising a large number of personal computers or workstations connected via a local area network (LAN).

0002

[Prior Art] Conventionally, word processor software that runs on each personal computer connected to a LAN is “
Even if word processing software is LAN compatible, most of them essentially only have the function of locking and unlocking document files.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, there is only one other personal computer that can edit a document file stored in a certain personal computer, and it is difficult for a user to edit one document using multiple personal computers. The drawback was that it was not possible to co-write individual paragraphs (documents) together.

[0004] It is possible to automatically combine paragraph documents created on multiple personal computers into one document on one personal computer, but since that personal computer does not know the document position of the paragraph documents, all After receiving the paragraph documents, an operator's operation is required to rearrange the paragraph documents.

[0005] In view of the above-mentioned points, an object of the present invention is to automatically convert paragraph documents created by a plurality of document processing devices into one document in a document editing system in which a plurality of document processing devices are connected via a LAN. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a document editing system that can be integrated.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a first embodiment of the present invention connects a plurality of document processing devices having communication functions to a document storage device by a signal line,
In a document editing system in which a document created or edited in the document processing device is stored in a document storage device, and each of the document processing devices can edit the stored document, each of the document processing devices stores a document that has been created or edited. information processing means for adding an identification name of the paragraph document when transmitting the paragraph document to the document storage device, and the document storage device stores the plurality of paragraph documents received from the plurality of document processing devices into one. a first storage means for storing the plurality of paragraph documents as one integrated document; a second storage means for registering and storing management information indicating the identification names of the plurality of paragraph documents and the document positions of the plurality of paragraph documents; each time a received paragraph document is received from the document processing device, the received paragraph document is written in the first storage means in correspondence with the identification name added to the paragraph document and the document position indicated by the management information in the second storage means. It is characterized by having a writing means for writing.

[0007] In a second aspect of the present invention, the document processing apparatus further includes an instruction means for instructing a paragraph document or an integrated document to be read from the first storage means of the first aspect of the present invention, The document storage device is characterized in that the document storage device further includes a reading device capable of reading out a paragraph document or an integrated document from the first storage device and transmitting the read paragraph document or integrated document to the document processing device.

In a third aspect of the present invention, a user or a document processing device that is permitted to edit the paragraph document on the first storage means of the second aspect of the present invention is predetermined for each paragraph document,
A second identification name indicating the user or document processing device who is permitted to edit the document is included in the management information, and an input means for inputting a third identification name indicating the document processing device or the user using the document processing device is included in the management information. provided in the document processing device;
The document storage device is characterized in that the document storage device includes a control means for permitting writing processing by the writing means when the identification name and the third identification name match.

[0009]

[Operation] By registering management information indicating the document position of a paragraph document in the second storage means of the document storage device, and writing the created paragraph document in the first storage device in each document storage device according to this management information. Automatically create one integrated document. Further, since the already created paragraph document is also read out from the first storage means of the document storage device, the already created paragraph document can be re-edited on the document processing device side. Furthermore, by allowing only a specific document processing device to re-edit, the paragraph document on the first storage means is not modified by another document processing device, and the protection of the document is maintained.

0010

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the basic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

The document editing system of this embodiment connects a plurality of document processing devices 1000 each having a communication function to a document storage device 2.
000 via a signal line, a document editing system that stores documents created or edited in the document processing device in a document storage device, and allows each of the document processing devices to edit the stored documents, Each of the document processing devices includes information processing means for adding an identification name to a created paragraph document when transmitting the document to the document storage device, and the document storage device is configured to process the plurality of document processing devices. A first storage means 2100 for storing a plurality of paragraph documents received from the device as one integrated document, and registering and storing management information indicating identification names of the plurality of paragraph documents and document positions of the plurality of paragraph documents. Second storage means 2 for
200, and each time the paragraph document is received from the document processing device, the paragraph document is stored in the first storage means in correspondence with the identification name added to the paragraph document and the document position indicated by the management information of the second storage means. and a writing means 2300 for writing the received paragraph document.

[0013] The document processing apparatus further includes instruction means 1200 for instructing a paragraph document or an integrated document to be read from the first storage means, and the specified paragraph document or integrated document is stored in the first storage means. The document storage device further includes a reading means 2400 capable of reading data from the document processing device and transmitting the data to the document processing device.

[0014]Furthermore, a user or document processing device that is permitted to edit the paragraph document on the first storage means is predetermined for each paragraph document, and a second identification name indicating the user or document processing device that is permitted to edit the paragraph document is determined in advance. The document processing apparatus is provided with an input means 1300 for inputting a third identification name of the document processing apparatus or a user using the document processing apparatus, which is included in the management information; The document storage device includes a control means 2500 for permitting the writing process of the writing means when the names match. FIG. 2 shows a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, 1 is a server (information providing side) machine that operates as a document storage device of the present invention, 2 is a client (customer side) machine that operates as a document processing device, and 3 is a server machine 1 and a client machine 2. This is a LAN cable that connects the Users log in (connect) to the LAN from a large number of client machines 2 and perform collaborative editing work on document data stored in the server machine 1.

[0016] Specifically, the server machine 1 and the client machine 2 are personal computers. FIG. 3 shows an example of the circuit configuration of the personal computer.

In FIG. 3, 10 is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU), and 11 is a CRT display for display. 12 is a keyboard input device for inputting character strings, 1
3 is a mouse as a pointing device, and 14 is a memory. The CPU 10 of the server machine 1 operates as the information processing means, input means, and instruction means of the present invention, and the CPU 10 of the client machine 2 operates as the writing means, reading means, and control means of the present invention.

The memory 14 includes a read only memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) 15, a random access memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM) 16, and a video RAM (hereinafter referred to as VRAM).
17). The ROM 15 contains an operating system (hereinafter referred to as OS), which is software that performs basic input/output control of a personal computer.
It also has built-in text fonts for display.

The RAM 16 temporarily stores a large amount of software and data stored in the external storage device 20. The VRAM 17 temporarily stores data to be displayed on the CRT display 11.

Reference numeral 18 is a printer for printing document data, and 19 is a LAN connection device for connecting the personal computer to the LAN cable 3.

20 is an external storage device, but depending on whether the personal computer is the server machine 1 or the client machine 2, the built-in software (
(hereinafter referred to as software) and data are different. When the personal computer is the server machine 1, the external storage device 20 includes a management file 27, a paragraph file 28, and server-side software 30 for LAN connection called a LAN manager 29. Specifically, the LAN manager 29 manages the users who log in to the LAN and the security (confidentiality protection) of various data files.
Perform management processing related to The external storage device 27 operates as first and second storage means of the present invention.

[0022] One document consists of one management file and a set of paragraph files, so when we say document file here, we mean one set of management file and paragraph file. . There is no actual file called a document file. Details will be described later.

[0023] When this personal computer is a client machine 2, the external storage device 20 includes an LA
Client side software 31 of N manager 29, document management software 21, paragraph editing software 22, export software 23, reading display software 24, line count software 2
5 etc. is built-in.

The client side software 31 of the LAN manager 29 performs processing for logging the user into the LAN, processing for accessing the external storage device on the server side, and the like.

The document management software 21 edits a document management file 27 on the server side.

The management file 27 records the paragraph file names of several paragraphs constituting one document, the order of the paragraphs, the name of the creator of each paragraph, and the like.

The document management software 21 creates new paragraphs, changes the order of paragraphs, and changes the name of the creator of each paragraph.

The paragraph editing software 22 reads a specific paragraph file constituting one document on the server 1 side, creates and saves sentences within the paragraph.

The three software, the export software 23, the reading display software 24, and the line count software 25, are executed by the paragraph editing software 22 after the paragraph editing software 22 is started.
It is automatically started up and performs auxiliary work for the paragraph editing software 22. The above three softwares operate in a multi-task manner and continue to run as background software for the paragraph editing software 22 until the paragraph editing software 22 commands them to terminate.

The writing software 23 monitors the text of the paragraph being edited every 5 seconds, and if there is a change in the text, writes the text data to the paragraph file 28 in the external storage device 20 on the server side. That is, when the user is continuously inputting sentences within the paragraph editing software 22, writing to the paragraph file is performed every five seconds.

[0031] The reading display software 24 monitors the paragraph files in the server that constitute the document being edited and displayed by the paragraph editing software 22 every 5 seconds, and displays text information or management regarding the paragraph files at the previous and current times. The information is compared, and if there is a change, the paragraph file is read and displayed on the CRT display if necessary.

Note that the paragraph file to be monitored in the server is a paragraph file whose creator is someone other than the user currently editing. In other words, even if another user logs in to another client machine 2 and creates a paragraph of text, this software will detect the creation of another paragraph, and the user will be able to copy the created paragraph to his or her own client machine 2. can be displayed.

The line count software 25 calculates how many lines in the entire document the character cursor position of the paragraph being edited by a certain user is when many users are working together to create a certain document at the same time. It has a function of monitoring which digit the number corresponds to every 5 seconds and displaying it on the upper right corner of the screen of the CRT display 11.

Note that document management software 21, paragraph editing software 22, exporting software 23, reading and displaying software 24
, the line number counting software 25 will be explained in detail again with reference to the figures described later.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the concept of dividing one document into a large number of paragraphs.

FIG. 4 shows that one document that starts with the sentence "Nice to meet you" and ends with "- or more-" is divided into several paragraphs. One paragraph contains the text "Sea and Sky..." and the next paragraph contains the text "Exposition Charter Requirements...".

Note that the term "paragraph" here is defined as a group of consecutive lines, and does not directly mean a "paragraph" in Japanese grammar. A paragraph may consist of hundreds of lines of text combined into a single "paragraph";
In some cases, only a line of text is managed as a "paragraph." The sentences within the paragraph are saved as a paragraph file 28 in the computer. In other words, a single document is composed of many paragraph files.

The internal structure of the paragraph file 28 is divided into a format data part and a text data part. The text information within a paragraph is directly recorded in the text data section above, but the format data section contains the CR text of the paragraph.
Format data for displaying on the T-display 11 and print format data for printing the text of the paragraph are recorded.

There are two format data modes: ``a mode that follows the format of the immediately preceding paragraph'' and a ``mode that defines a unique format for that paragraph.'' For example, if there are several consecutive paragraphs, if you define the format of the first paragraph independently, and set the format of the following paragraphs to "Follow the format of the previous paragraph", the above consecutive paragraphs can be edited once. Screen display and printing can be executed in a specified format.

FIG. 4 shows the concept that one document is divided into a number of paragraph files 28, but it cannot be managed as a document simply by arranging the paragraph files. FIG. 5 shows the internal structure of the management file 27 used by the server machine 1 to combine a large number of paragraph files into one document. First, there is an area for recording the document name, representative name, last creation date and time (day, hour, minute, second), and other management information. Here, the user recorded in the representative name is
The data in the management file in this server can be modified using the document management software 21. Last creation date and time (
In the column ``date, hour, minute, and second'', date and time data indicating the last creation date and time (date, hour, minute, second) of each paragraph recorded below in this column in the management file is recorded.

[0041] Below the column for recording document-related management information, management information for each paragraph is recorded in order for all the paragraphs constituting this document. Paragraph management information includes the paragraph file name, text data at the beginning of the sentence, nominal creator name, creator name, last creation date and time (day, hour, minute, second), total number of lines, and the like. Only the user listed in the creator name (identification name of the user of the present invention) can use the paragraph editing software 22 to create or modify the text of this paragraph. Other users can view the text in this paragraph, but cannot create or edit it.

Normally, the creator name and the nominal creator name match, but if you temporarily give another user the right to create or modify a paragraph, the representative uses the document management software 21 to create this paragraph. username to another username. Once the other user has finished correcting the paragraph text, the representative will restore the original author name, but at that time, in order for the representative to refer to the previous author, A column for the name of the nominal creator is provided. Last creation date and time (day, hour, minute, second)
records the last date and time data when this paragraph was created, modified, or finished. The total number of lines column records the total number of lines of text in this paragraph, calculated based on the format data of this paragraph.

FIG. 6 shows specific examples of document names, management file names, and paragraph file names. When a document name "Tono Story" is input from the client machine, its management file name is automatically determined in the server 1 as "Tono Story.wpk", and the paragraph file name of the document is "Tono0001.wpk". wpd”, “Tono 0002.
wpd'', . . . are automatically set for a predetermined number in the server 1 and stored in the management file 27. Each user reads each paragraph file into his/her own client machine 2 and displays it. Further, for paragraphs in which the user is registered as the creator, sentences can be created and modified, and the sentence data created and modified by the user is written to the original paragraph file. When creating or modifying a backup paragraph file, the name is "~.wpb" and the previous paragraph file is copied and saved. This backup file is used to restore the paragraph file to its previous state for some reason.

FIG. 7 shows document management software 21, paragraph editing software 22, export software 23, and reading display software 24.
, is a diagram for explaining the operation of each software of the line number counting software 25.

In this figure, when a document exists in server 1, this document is stored in one management file 27 and 3
It is assumed that the paragraph file 28 is composed of three or more paragraph files 28. The scene in this figure shows that a user who is recorded as the representative of this document uses document management software on Client A's machine to modify a management file in the server. Modification items include changing the document name, changing the author name of each paragraph, changing the order of paragraphs, adding new paragraphs, and deleting existing paragraphs. In the document management software 21, the name of the representative of this document itself can be changed, but the moment the user changes the name of the representative to a name other than his own, he loses the right to modify this management file. , you have to be careful.

On the other hand, in the client B part in FIG. 7, another user starts up the paragraph editing software 22 and displays this document in the server from the beginning, and the third user registered as the creator It shows the steps to save a paragraph while creating and correcting it.

That is, when the paragraph editing software 22 is started and display starts from the beginning of this document, at the same time, the reading display software 24, the writing software 23, and the line count software 25 are also started and operate in the background. Start. At the same time as the display of document contents by the paragraph editing software 22 ends, the processing operations of these three software also end.

[0048] The reading display software 24 monitors every 5 seconds the paragraph file currently displayed on the screen for which this user is not registered as the creator, and detects any changes to the paragraph file on this server. If so, it is responsible for reading this file onto the client machine and displaying it on the screen if necessary. In other words, if another user modifies the text data of this second paragraph file from another client machine while the content of the second paragraph file is displayed on the screen on client B, client B will also modify the text data of this second paragraph file. Due to the role of the reading and display software 24, the corrected text will be displayed within 5 seconds.

On the other hand, when the third paragraph in which this user is registered as the author is displayed on client B, and the user is creating or modifying sentences therein, the writing software 23 displays the sentences written by the user. The creation/modification operation is monitored every 5 seconds, and if it is determined that a sentence creation/modification operation has occurred, the export software 23 saves the entire sentence data of the paragraph, including the created/modified part, to the third paragraph file. write back to. In other words, while a sentence is being created, writing to the paragraph file is automatically performed every 5 seconds.

On the other hand, when the third paragraph of text is displayed on client B, the line count software 25 always keeps track of how many lines and columns the character cursor position on the screen corresponds to in the entire document. It is for monitoring and display. The important point at this time is that, for example, if another user creates or modifies the second paragraph in Figure 7 on another client machine, and the number of lines increases or decreases, what will happen on client B? The display of the number of rows and digits must be redisplayed to reflect the result of increasing or decreasing the number of rows. The line count software 25 continues to monitor items such as the total number of lines in each paragraph data in the management file every 5 seconds.
Client B is also able to display accurate numbers of lines and digits within at least 5 seconds.

[0051] In the above text, it is written to give the impression that the second and third paragraphs are displayed separately, but in reality, when scrolling, the second and third paragraphs are displayed separately.
It is displayed consecutively with the second paragraph without a border. Even if it is divided into paragraph files, a single document is treated as a single document from beginning to end without boundaries.

[0052] At the initial stage, the paragraph file is read and displayed by the paragraph editing software 22. Displaying the number of lines and digits at the character cursor position is performed by the paragraph editing software 21 at the initial stage. Using scroll bars etc.
The paragraph editing software 21 also scrolls and displays sentences in the document in the vertical and horizontal directions.

[0053] However, the display stopped working in a certain scene, and
After about a second has passed, the reading display software 24 and line number counting software 25 are activated to monitor the paragraph file 28 and management file 27 in the server, and as a result, if necessary, the paragraph contents can be displayed. The number of lines and digits will be redisplayed. Display processing in this case is performed not by the paragraph editing software 22 but by the reading display software 24 and the line count software 25. The operating procedure of a system for co-authoring a document using multiple client machines having the above-mentioned document processing functions will be explained first, and then the displays that appear for each of the various user operations will be individually explained.

A. Registration of integrated document A-(1) For example, the first
user is connected to another second user (client machine B,
When co-authoring a certain document with client machine C), the first user first connects client machine A and server 1 with instructions from keyboard input device 12 (see FIG. 8 and the description regarding FIG. 8).

A-(2) Next, keyboard input device 1
2 causes the CPU 10 to execute the document management software 21 (programs shown in FIGS. 20 to 23). First, the first user specifies a directory for document files on the server 1 side on the display screen (FIG. 9) (step SA-1 in FIG. 20).

A-(3) On the display screen (FIG. 9), the first user selects the "File" menu. As a result, the display screen switches from Figure 9 to Figure 10 (however, only the file pull-down menu 60 is displayed) (Figure 2
0 step SA-2→SA-3).

A-(4) The first user selects the "New Creation" menu on the display screen (FIG. 10). As a result, the display screen switches from FIG. 10 to FIG. 11 (step SA-4→SA-5 in FIG. 22).

A-(5) On the display screen (FIG. 11), the first user inputs necessary input data such as the (integrated) document name, representative, etc. from the keyboard input device 12 (Step SA-6 in FIG. 22→ SA-7).

The CPU 10 transmits input data to the server 1 using the client side LAN manager 31. The CPU 10 of the server 1 receives input data using the server 1 side LAN manager 30.

Next, an area for a newly created document is provided in the new file 27. At this time, a predetermined number of paragraph file names are automatically created using the document name in the input data, and a management file is created for each paragraph name (see FIGS. 5 and 6).

[0061] After completing the input, the display screen will be as shown in Figures 11 to 10.
Return to

B. Co-Author Registration B-(1) Display Screen The first user selects "Document List" from the file pull-down menu 60 in FIG. The CPU 10 of the client machine A instructs the server 1 to transfer the content stored in the management file 27, that is, the management information regarding the saved document, to the client machine A, and then switches the display screen from FIG. 10 to FIG. 12. After this,
The above management information is displayed on the display screen (step SA-4→SA-5 in FIG. 22).

B-(2) Display screen In FIG. 12,
The first user specifies the name of the document that they wish to co-author.

The CPU 10 of the client machine A reads the paragraph-related information regarding the specified document name from the management file 27 of the server 1 and displays it as shown in FIG.
Step SB1→SB2 in FIG. 23).

B-(3) On the display screen (FIG. 13), the first user inputs instructions from the keyboard input device 12 and co-writes the author name for each paragraph in the management file 27 of the server 1. (Figure 23)
step SB-3 → SB-4).

The first user also executes deletion processing for unnecessary paragraph names.

B-(4) After finishing changing the author for each paragraph, the first user ends the execution of the document management software 21 by specifying the end mark 42 on the display screen (FIG. 13) (FIG. 20). step SA-8→SA-9).

C. Collaborative writing work The first user of client machine A and the second users of client machines B and C execute the following operations to create a document in the paragraph section. Since the operations of each user are the same, the operations of the second user of client machine B will be explained.

C-(1) In the initial state of client machine B, enter the name and password from the keyboard input device 12 to connect client machine B and server 1.
Connect to the LAN (see Figure 14). Thereafter, the paragraph editing software 22 (programs shown in FIGS. 30 to 32) is started. As a result, the display shown in FIG. 15 appears on the display screen. After inputting the directory where the document file is located, the user selects the file menu 70 (step SC- in FIG. 33).
1 to SC-3).

[0070] In response to this selection, the display screen shown in Fig. 16 appears, and the "File" pull-down menu is displayed (
Step SC-4→SC-5 in FIG. 34).

C-(2) When the user selects the document list in the pull-down menu, the display screen switches to FIG. 18. At this time, the CPU 10 reads the management information regarding documents from the management file 27 of the server 1, and displays the document list shown in FIG. 18 (SC-6 in FIG. 35 → SC-7 → SC-100 in FIG. →Return to Figure 35).

C-(3) When the user specifies a document to be jointly authored on the display screen (FIG. 18), the CPU 10 selects paragraph-related management information from among the management information previously read from the management file 27 of the server 1. It is extracted and displayed as shown in FIG.

[0073] At this time, the CPU 10 compares the name input by the user at the time of LAN connection with the author name of each paragraph, and displays an "OK" mark on the paragraph name (number) for which a match is found. (SC-8→SC-9 in FIG. 36). CPU
In step 10, the user is allowed to edit only the paragraph documents with this "permissible" mark displayed. Specifically, when the user selects a paragraph name, the CPU 10 of the client machine B instructs the server 1 to determine whether or not the specified paragraph name has an "acceptable" mark. , reads the designated paragraph document from the document file 26. After this, C
The PU 10 displays the specified paragraph document for reading as shown in FIG. 19 (SC-10, SC-11 in FIG. 36).

C-(4) After this, the user selects the information editing menu on the display screen (Figure 19), displays the "Edit" pull-down menu in Figure 16, and then selects the insert mode specification in this menu. (SC-6→SC in Figure 35
-7 → SC-200 in Figure 41 → SC-201 → SC-2
02).

After this, the CPU 10 returns the display screen to the paragraph document display screen (FIG. 19). Thereafter, the user inputs a text to be jointly written using the keyboard input device 12. At this time, the CPU 10 uses the writing software 23 in FIGS. 48 and 49.
Execute. The CPU 10 stores the document information input from the keyboard input device 12 in the RAM 16 (see FIG. 3) as before, and monitors whether text information is added to the RAM 16 at fixed time intervals (5 seconds) (SC-300 in FIG. 48). →SC-
301).

[0076] When additional input of text information is detected, the CPU
10 writes the additional text to the document file 26 of the server 1. Specifically, the paragraph name, insertion command, and additional text information are transmitted to the server 1, and the CPU 10 on the server 1 side inserts text information into the paragraph document to be processed in accordance with this received information. Therefore, CPU1 on the client machine side
0 operates as the information processing means of the present invention. Also, C.P.
U10 also reads the current date and time of the document final date and time from the timer, and updates the date and time information in the management file 27 of the server 1 to this read date and time (SC-303 in FIG. 49).

In this manner, while the users are creating a jointly written paragraph document, the reading software 24 shown in FIGS. 50 and 51 is executed at regular intervals. That is, the CPU 10 of the client machine B reads the last creation date and time information of all paragraph documents created by other users from the management file 27 of the server 1, and compares it with the last creation date and time of the previous reading.

If a non-coincidence determination is obtained, it is determined that a paragraph document has been created, and the paragraph document whose last creation date and time has been changed is read from the document file 26 of the server 1. Also, C
The PU 10 displays this paragraph document on the display screen (upper part of FIG. 19) (steps SC-400 to SC-40 of FIG. 51).
2).

Each time the CPU 10 of the client machine B executes the above processing, it sequentially writes text information created and input by the user into the document file 26 on the server 1 side.

At this time, the CPU 10 on the server 1 side operates as the writing means of the present invention. When the user finishes creating the paragraph document, he or she specifies the end mark 42 on the display screen (FIG. 19). The CPU 10 uses this end mark 42
When the specification of is detected, the paragraph editing software is terminated and returns to the initial state (steps SC-12→SC-13 in FIG. 34).

In this way, the paragraph documents created by the users of each client machine are stored in one document storage area in the document file of the server 1 and integrated as one integrated document.

[0082] In addition to the above, each client machine of this embodiment can perform the following processing.

1) Document editing processing such as inserting and deleting the document after creation 2) Changing management information related to the document 3) Displaying documents created on other client machines 4) Other processing for these is as follows. This will be explained in relation to each display screen in FIGS. 8 to 19.

[0084] From FIG. 8 to FIG. 13, document management software 2
1 shows screen displays on the CRT display 11 at each stage. FIG. 8 shows the procedure for starting up the document management software 21 from the prompt of the OS of the personal computer. In FIG. 8, 40 is a screen frame, the first line shows a command to start up this personal computer as the client machine 2 in the LAN, and the second line shows a command for the user to log into this LAN. The user enters his name as "Furuya," enters his password, and completes the login process. In the last line, the figure shows that a command to start the document management software 21 has been input.

FIG. 9 shows the screen immediately after the document management software 21 is started. Here, the user is asked to specify the directory where the document files are located. 40 is a screen frame, 41 is a title, and 42 is an end mark. 43 is a menu field, and 44 is a "file" menu. 45 is an "edit" menu.

When the user moves the mouse cursor 51 to the exit menu 42 and presses and releases the button on the mouse 13, the document management software 21 exits and returns to the OS prompt display. Note that when the mouse cursor 51 is aligned with a certain mark in this way and the button of the mouse 13 is pressed and released, it is said to have "selected" the process indicated by that mark. In the following, when we say "select", we mean such an operation using the mouse cursor 51 and the mouse.

When the user selects the "file" menu 44, a pull-down menu to be described later appears, and the user selects a desired item from the pull-down menu to execute processing. Similarly, when the user selects the "Edit" menu 45, "
A pull-down menu of "Edit" appears, and the user selects the desired editing item from the menu and executes the process. In the scene shown in FIG. 9, menu selection cannot be made until the document directory designation task is completed.

46 is a subwindow for specifying a document directory. 47 is a directory entry field, and 48 is a character cursor. 49 is an execution button, and 50 is a cancel button.

Initially, the directory entry field 47 is blank, and only the character cursor 48 is blinking at the beginning of the field. From this state, the user inputs a character string using the keyboard 12 and enters the character string. Specifies the directory location where the document file exists. This directory location is in the external storage device 20 of the server machine 1.

After setting this character string, when the user selects the execution button 49 with the mouse cursor 51, the document management software 21 checks the existence of the document directory, and if the document directory exists,
Closes the subwindow and allows the user to select the ``File'' menu and ``Edit'' menu. In FIG. 9, when the user selects the cancel button 50, the document management software 2
Step 1 ends without doing anything, and the screen returns to the OS prompt display.

FIG. 10 shows that the user selects the execution button 49 from the state shown in FIG. 9, closes the document directory specification sub-window, and then selects the "File" menu 44 or the "Edit" menu 45 with the mouse cursor. , select the "File" pull-down menu 60, or "
This shows a scene in which a pull-down menu 61 for "Edit" is displayed.

Although FIG. 10 shows that both the "File" pull-down menu 60 and the "Edit" pull-down menu 61 are open at the same time, only one of the pull-down menus is actually displayed.

By the way, the items in the "File" pull-down menu 60 include creating a new document, document list,
Includes document deletion, printing, profile, and exit. When the user selects one of these items, the "File" pull-down menu disappears and the process corresponding to that item begins to be executed.

When "Create new document" is selected, a new document definition screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. Details of FIG. 11 will be explained later.

When the user selects the document list, a list of already created document names, etc. is displayed. This display is shown in Figure 12.
However, details of FIG. 12 will be explained later.

Document deletion is performed as follows. Figure 12
When the document list is displayed as shown in , the user selects the number of one document in advance and displays the line of that document in reverse video in the document list. After this, the user opens the "File" pull-down menu again and selects document deletion. Then, the highlighted document in the document list is deleted. When a document is deleted, the document file itself in the document directory is also deleted.

Printing is used as follows. In other words, when the user opens the "File" pull-down menu 60 and selects print while the document list or paragraph list shown in FIG. 12 or 13 is displayed, the document list or paragraph list is printed out to the printer 18. Ru.

In FIG. 10, when the user selects a profile, a subwindow in which the software name and version number of the document management software 21 are displayed is opened in the center of the screen. There is a confirmation button in the subwindow, and when the user selects the confirmation button with the mouse cursor after confirming the displayed content, this subwindow closes.

[0099] When the user selects the end, the end mark 4
As with selecting 2, the document management software 21 is terminated and the screen returns to the OS prompt display.

[0100] Next, the "Edit" pull-down menu 61
Let's move on to the explanation. This "Edit" pull-down menu 61
As will be described later in the explanation of FIG. 13, this menu selection allows item selection when a list of paragraphs of a certain document is displayed. In other words, even though I say "edit", the exact meaning is "edit".
It is limited to the meaning "paragraph list editing". This "edit"
The pull-down menu 61 has the following items: insert, delete, copy, move, and recover. However, before selecting one of these items, the user must select the paragraph number with the mouse cursor in the paragraph list shown in Figure 13 to highlight one line of that paragraph. . Moreover,"
If the user selects, for example, deletion processing from the "Edit" pull-down menu 61, the highlighted paragraph will be deleted from the list. At this time, the paragraph file in the server is also deleted, and the corresponding paragraph data in the management file is also deleted. Furthermore, when insert is selected from the pull-down menu, a new paragraph is inserted in the line immediately before the highlighted paragraph in the paragraph list.

[0101] The paragraph file name, nominal creator, and creator columns are automatically set. The default nominal creator and creator name are the same as the document's representative name. If necessary, the user can enter a character string in the above field using the keyboard input device 12 to modify it.

When the user selects the copy item from the pull-down menu, the highlighted paragraph is inserted and copied at the position where the user selects the paragraph number in the list of paragraphs with the mouse cursor. The paragraph file name of the copied paragraph is automatically changed to a different file name from the source file. However, the contents of the nominal author and author columns are the same as the original paragraph. When the user selects Move from the pull-down menu, the highlighted paragraph is moved by inserting it at the position where the user next selects a paragraph number in the paragraph list with the mouse cursor. At this time, the contents of each column within the paragraph do not change at all.

When the user selects recovery from the pull-down menu, if a backup file exists in the highlighted paragraph, the backup file is copied to the paragraph file. This will return the text data in the paragraph to its original state. At this time, the data of the total number of lines in the corresponding paragraph information in the management file is recalculated and reset in the management file.

FIG. 11 shows a new document creation screen when the document management software 21 is executed.

This display screen is displayed when the user selects the item for creating a new document in the "File" pull-down menu 60 shown in FIG. 10. In the initial state, the document name, management file, and paragraph file columns are blank.

The character cursor 48 is located at the beginning of the document name column, and when the user inputs a character string from the keyboard input device 12 and presses the return key, the document name is confirmed. At the same time, the management file name and paragraph file name are automatically created with reference to the first four or two characters of the document, and are also displayed in the management file and paragraph file fields. In the initial state, the representative, nominal creator, and creator columns display the name of the user who logged in to the LAN by default.

When the user places the mouse cursor 51 on the position of each column described above, presses and releases the button of the mouse 13, the character cursor 48 appears at that position, and the character string in the column can be modified. . In addition, in the two columns of last creation date and time, the current time including hours, minutes, and seconds is displayed moment by moment. After the user fills in information for all fields,
When the execution button 49 is selected with the mouse cursor 51, a new document is created based on the data in the filled-in fields, and a new management file 27 and a first paragraph file are created. Then, the screen display returns to the state before starting the new document creation work. In the example of FIG. 11, the management file name is "Umi to Sora.wpk" and the first paragraph file name is "Umi to 0001.wpd." Note that in the last creation date and time field registered in the management file 27, the hour, minute, and second at the moment when the user selects the execution button 49 in FIG. 11 is recorded.

On the other hand, if the user selects the cancel button 50 in FIG. 11, the new document creation work is interrupted and the screen display returns to the state before starting the new document creation work.

FIG. 12 shows the document list display screen briefly mentioned in the explanation of FIG.

A list of documents is displayed based on all the management files 27 in the specified document directory in the server 1. There are four display items: document name, representative, last creation date and time, and management file. The data recorded in the management file 27 is used as the display data for the document name, representative, and last creation date and time. Among these four items, the character strings in the document name, representative name, and management file columns can be modified by the user. However, the documents that can be modified are limited, and only those documents whose LAN login name and document representative name match.

[0111] For documents that can be modified, a "possible" mark 66 is marked next to the document number. User can mark 6
When the user wishes to modify, for example, a document name in a certain document 6, the user moves the mouse cursor 51 to an appropriate position in the document name column, presses and releases the button on the mouse 13. Then, a character cursor 48 appears at that position, and the user uses the keyboard input device 12 to modify the character string.

When the user presses the return key on the keyboard input device 12, it is assumed that the modification work has been completed, and a new character string is registered in the management file 27. The character strings in the representative column and management file column can also be edited in the same way, but if the user edits the representative column to a name other than their own LAN login name, the strings cannot be edited. As soon as the process is completed, the document will no longer be marked as "OK" and the user will no longer have the right to modify it.
Caution must be taken.

Further, from the state shown in FIG. 12, when the user places the mouse cursor 51 on the document number and clicks one button on the mouse 13, the entire line representing that document is displayed in reverse video. If the highlighted document is marked as OK, the document can be deleted by selecting the document deletion item in the "File" pull-down menu 60 described with reference to FIG. For documents without an acceptable mark,
Users cannot be deleted.

On the other hand, when the user moves the mouse cursor 51 to the document number and double-clicks the button of the mouse 13 from the state shown in FIG. 12, the screen display shifts to a list of paragraphs of the double-clicked document. This display is shown in Figure 13.
The display contents are as follows. At this time as well, only documents marked as OK can be moved to the paragraph list display.

[0115] In the case of a document without an acceptable mark, it is not subject to paragraph list display.

The scroll bar 65 at the right end of the screen in FIG. 12 is provided for the user to instruct scrolling of the document list when there are too many documents to fit on one screen. The user clicks the mouse cursor 5
1 on the scroll bar 65 and press the button on the mouse 13. While the scroll bar 65 is pressed down, the scroll display of the document list is continuously executed.

FIG. 13 shows a list of paragraphs in a certain document. First, the document name and representative name are displayed, and then the paragraphs are listed in the order in which they appear in the document. The list includes the beginning of the sentence, nominal creator, author, last creation date and time, and paragraph file. Among these, the character strings in the nominal creator, creator, and paragraph file columns can be modified.

The modification method is the same as the modification method explained for the document list display in FIG.
1 to the desired column and press and release the button on the mouse 13, a character cursor 48 appears at that position, and then the user uses the keyboard input device 12 to modify the character string.

[0119] When the return key is pressed, it is determined that the modification work has been completed, and the displayed character string is determined and simultaneously recorded in the management file on the server. The character string of the corresponding paragraph data is also modified. In addition, when the user moves the mouse cursor 51 to the paragraph number,
When you press and release button 3, the entire line of the paragraph with that number will be highlighted. In that state, "Edit" menu 45
By selecting an item from the pull-down menu 61, various paragraph editing operations can be performed.

In other words, insertion, deletion, copying, movement, and recovery processing can be performed on the highlighted paragraph. Further, the scroll bar 65 at the right end of the screen is used when the user wants to scroll a list of paragraphs when there are too many paragraphs to display on one screen, as described in FIG.

FIGS. 14 to 19 show screen displays of each paragraph of the paragraph editing software 22 on the CRT display 11. FIG. 14 shows the procedure from the prompt display of the OS of the personal computer to the startup of the paragraph editing software 21.

[0122] In the figure, 40 is a screen frame, and the first line shows how this personal computer is connected to client machine 2 in the LAN.
The second line shows the command for the user to log into this LAN.

[0123] The user enters his name as "Furuya" and enters his password to complete the login process. Then, in the last line, a command to start the paragraph editing software 22 is input.

FIG. 15 shows the screen immediately after the paragraph editing software 22 is started. Similar to FIG. 9, here the user is requesting to specify the directory where the document file is located. The display example is the same as the display example of FIG. 9, except that the menu column 43 includes a "file" menu 70, an "edit" menu 71, and a "display format" menu 72, so a detailed explanation will be omitted.

FIG. 16 shows that after the user selects the execution button 49 from the state shown in FIG. 15 and closes the document directory specification sub-window, the "File" menu 70,
Select one of the "Edit" menu 71 and "Display format" menu 72 with the mouse cursor 51, and select the "File" pull-down menu 73, "Edit" pull-down menu 74, and "Display format" pull-down menu. This is a display that displays one of the menus 75. In Figure 16, "File", "Edit", "Display format"
Although the pull-down menus 73, 74, and 75 are shown open at the same time, only one of the three pull-down menus is actually displayed.

The items in the "File" pull-down menu 73 include six items: document list, paragraph list, printer settings, print, profile, and end. When the user selects one of these items, the "File" pull-down menu 73 disappears from the screen and the process corresponding to the selected item is executed. The same applies to the "Edit" pull-down menu 74 and the "Display Format" pull-down menu 75. When the user selects one of the items in the pull-down menu, the pull-down menu disappears and then the selected item is displayed. Corresponding processing is executed. By the way, when the user selects a document list from among the items in the "File" pull-down menu 73, a document list screen shown in FIG. 17 is displayed. The document list displayed here is a list of document names, etc. of the documents existing in the specified document directory. However, only documents for which you are the representative or contain paragraphs for which you are the author will be displayed. Details of FIG. 17 will be explained later. When the user selects the paragraph list, a list of the paragraphs that make up a certain document is displayed, as shown in Figure 18. However, this item can only be selected when the user selects the display/display of sentences within the paragraph on the screen. Only when editing is in progress; otherwise, nothing happens when the user selects an item in the paragraph list.

Note that the screen for displaying and editing sentences within a paragraph is shown in FIG. 19, and details of FIG. 19 will be explained later.

In FIG. 16, when the user selects the printer setting item, a subwindow opens and the user can determine the model of the printer 18 that prints out the document, the font to be used, the typeface, etc. When the user selects the print item, if a text is currently being displayed, all the sentences that make up the document will be printed, if a document list is being displayed, the document list will be printed, and if a paragraph list is being displayed, the paragraph list will be printed. .

[0129] When the user selects a profile, a sub-window is opened in the center of the screen in which the software name and version number of the paragraph editing software 22 are displayed. There is a confirmation button in the subwindow, and when the user selects the confirmation button with the mouse cursor 51 after confirming the displayed content, this subwindow is closed.

[0130] When the user selects the end, the end mark 4
In the same way as when selecting 2, the paragraph editing software 22 is terminated and the screen returns to the OS prompt display.

[0131] Next, the "Edit" pull-down menu 74
Let's move on to the explanation. This pull-down menu is shown in Figure 1 below.
9 will be explained. Since it is used while editing sentences within a paragraph, the pull-down menu 74 for "edit" is strictly limited to a pull-down menu for "editing sentences within a paragraph."

[0132] This "edit" pull-down menu 74 has five options: delete, copy, move, insert mode, and overwrite mode.
There are items. Insert mode is a mode in which a string is added to a sentence by inserting it in the middle of the sentence.On the other hand, overwrite mode is a mode in which a string is added in the middle of a sentence by overwriting it. be. By selecting the item whose "insert mode" is "overwrite mode" in the pull-down menu, the character string addition mode is set to insert mode or overwrite mode.

[0133] Selection using the mouse cursor 51 in insert mode or overwrite mode is possible at any point, but in order to select deletion, copy, or move, the character string area of the target text must be specified in advance. No. In other words,
In FIG. 19, the user places the mouse cursor 51 at an appropriate position in the text, presses the button on the mouse 13, moves the mouse cursor 51 while keeping the button pressed, and then releases the button. Then, the area between the mouse button press and release positions will be displayed in reverse video. This inverted area is the target of deletion, copying, and movement.

[0134] When the user creates a reversed area and selects deletion, the character string in the reversed area is deleted from the text. If copy is selected, when the user next positions the mouse cursor 51 on a specific sentence, presses and releases the mouse button, the highlighted character string at that position on the sentence is copied. In insert mode, the string is copied and inserted into the middle of the sentence. The highlighted display of the copy source returns to the standard display.

[0135] If the user selects move, the highlighted character string moves to the position on the character where the user next moves the mouse cursor and presses and releases the mouse button.

[0136] If the insert mode is selected, the character string is moved so that it is inserted in the middle of the sentence.

[0137] If the overwrite mode is selected, the character string is moved so as to be overwritten in the middle of the sentence. After this, the reverse display returns to the standard display.

Next, the "display format" pull-down menu 75 in FIG. 16 will be explained.

[0139] This pull-down menu includes reduced display,
There are four items: standard display, enlarged display, and paragraph format. However, neither can be selected unless it is on the screen for displaying/editing sentences in a paragraph as shown in FIG.

[0140] When the user selects reduced display, the text is displayed on the screen in an image similar to paper output using a reduced character font. When the user selects the standard display, text is displayed on the screen using the standard character font shown in FIG. When the user selects enlarged display, the text is displayed on the screen using a larger font so that even people with poor eyesight can easily see it.

When the paragraph format is selected, a subwindow is opened for determining the display format and print format of the paragraph being edited where the character cursor is located in the state shown in FIG. As mentioned above, there are two formatting modes: a mode that follows the format of the immediately preceding paragraph, and a mode that defines the format independently of that paragraph.

[0142] In the case of uniquely defined display formats, the number of characters per line, number of lines per page, and printing formats include paper size, portrait/horizontal format, number of copies, presence or absence of page numbers, and line pitch. , character pitch, presence or absence of partial printing, etc. For many of the items, numerical values that are automatically set as defaults are displayed on the subwindow in the initial state. If you press the execute button on the sub-window, the sub-window will close as if the formatting has been completed.

FIG. 17 shows the document list screen. As described in the explanation of FIG. 15, when the document list item in the "File" pull-down menu 73 is selected, the screen moves to the document list screen shown in FIG. The documents displayed in this list are
As mentioned above, this is limited to either a document in which the user is the representative, or a document that includes a paragraph in which the user is the author. Not all documents in the document directory are displayed.

[0144] In the document list by the document management software 21,
Although all documents in the document directory are displayed as a list, only documents directly related to the user are displayed in the document list by the paragraph editing software 22. Moreover, even if you try to change a character string in a column of a certain document in the document list, for example, the document name column, you cannot do so.

In other words, in the document list created by the paragraph editing software 22, the character strings in each column cannot be changed. The user can change the display in the following two ways. In other words, if there are too many documents to fit on one screen, the user can move the mouse cursor 51 to the scroll bar 65 and
By pressing the mouse button, you can scroll the document list, and by moving the mouse cursor 51 to the number of a specific document in the document list and clicking or double-clicking the mouse button, The process moves to display a list of paragraphs in the document. The paragraph list display is shown in FIG.

In the case of the paragraph list display shown in FIG. 18, the following two points are allowed to the user.

[0147] In other words, if there are so many paragraphs that the list cannot fit on one screen, the user can move the mouse cursor 51 to the scroll bar 65 and press the mouse button to scroll the list of paragraphs. By executing , and by placing the mouse cursor 51 on the numbered part of a specific paragraph in the paragraph list and clicking or double-clicking the mouse button, the text content near the beginning of the document for that paragraph will be displayed. The next step is to move to the screen where the

A text display of the paragraph contents is shown in FIG. Note that, at this time as well, the user is not allowed to change the character string in the column in the paragraph list. Furthermore, in the paragraph list display of FIG. 18, for paragraphs in which the user is defined as the creator, an OK mark 66 is displayed in the number column. This mark indicates that the current user can not only display text in the paragraph with this number, but also edit the text, such as adding, deleting, and modifying character strings. Possible mark 66
Paragraphs without a can be displayed, but cannot be edited.

[0149] Figure 19 shows a screen in which the text of the paragraph contents is being displayed. Immediately after the user places the mouse cursor 51 on the third paragraph on the display screen of FIG. 18 and clicks the mouse button, the screen of FIG. 19 appears. In the figure, the 3 lines of screen information are 2
The text at the end of the second paragraph, ``Report on the situation...'' is shown, and the fourth and subsequent lines show the third paragraph, ``The Expo Charter...''.

[0150] Since the third paragraph has an enable mark 66, it can be edited by the user, and a triangular mark 77 is displayed at the left end of the screen to indicate that it is an editable area. In the triangular mark 77, there is written a number indicating the order in which only the paragraphs with the OK mark 66 are taken out.

[0151] The third paragraph, "Exposition Charter..." is the first paragraph marked with the OK mark, so it has the number "
1" is included. Each time the paragraph with the OK mark appears thereafter, the number continues as ``2'', ``3'', ``4'', and so on. In this scene, the user uses the keyboard input device 12 to
A character string is being added after the character cursor 48. Then, a cursor position display 76 of "XX line and XX column" is displayed at the top right of the screen to indicate which line and column in the entire document the part where the character cursor 48 is currently located corresponds to. . This display is initially performed by the paragraph editing software 22, but when the user begins text editing work and does not move the screen much, the line count software 25 monitors and displays the number of lines. This is as described previously. Further, vertical scrolling of text display is performed using a vertical scroll bar 65, and horizontal scrolling is performed using a horizontal scroll bar 78. When the user places the mouse cursor 51 on the scroll bar and presses the mouse button, scrolling of the text display occurs continuously in the vertical or horizontal direction only as long as the mouse button is kept pressed.

[0152] In addition, FIG. 19 shows that the user has entered the third paragraph, "
The display screen is shown while editing "Expo Charter...", but if the user is continuously adding strings,
Every five seconds, the writing software 23 writes the text data of "Expo Charter..." to the paragraph file on the server 1. At the same time, data corresponding to that paragraph in the management file is also modified.

On the other hand, in FIG. 19, the top three lines of the screen display the last three lines of the second paragraph of the document, ``Situation Report...''. This paragraph indicates that the string is being added by another user, logged in from another client machine.

[0154] In other words, currently, on another client machine, input has been completed up to "The safety of sea turtles on Urashima Beach", and the following output software on another client machine is writing the text data to the paragraph file on server 1. do, and the user'
The readout and display software 24 on the client machine to which "Furuya" is logged in checks and reads out the paragraph file every 5 seconds, and at the same time, "Sea Turtle Yasu at Urashima Beach" is displayed. , the state shown in FIG. 19 is reached.

[0155] In this way, the editing status is displayed moment by moment, not only for the part that the user is currently editing, but also for the paragraphs that are being edited by other users on other clients. This is a feature of this software.

By the way, as explained with reference to FIG.
From state 9, you can use the "Edit" pull-down menu 74 to perform editing operations such as deleting, copying, moving character strings, and using the "Display Format" pull-down menu 75,
Of course, it is possible to select between reduced display, standard display, and enlarged display of text.

[0157] Each information processing explained above is performed by the CPU 10 (
FIGS. 20 to 34 show control procedures to be executed according to operation instructions (see FIG. 3).

FIGS. 20 to 23 are flowcharts of the document management software.

FIGS. 24 and 25 are flowcharts of file menu processing in the document management software.

FIGS. 26 and 27 are flowcharts of the editing menu processing of the document management software.

28 to 29 are flowcharts of a new document creation routine in document management software, and FIGS. 30 to 3
1 is a flowchart of a document list routine in document management software.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart of the paragraph list routine in the document management software, and FIGS. 33 to 37 are flowcharts of the paragraph editing software.

FIGS. 38 to 40 are flowcharts of file menu processing in the paragraph editing software, and FIGS. 41 to 42 are flowcharts of editing menu processing in the paragraph editing software.

43 and 44 are flowcharts of display format menu processing in the paragraph editing software, and FIG. 45 is a flowchart of a paragraph display start routine in the paragraph editing software.

FIGS. 46 and 47 are flowcharts of the character string addition/reverse display routine in the paragraph editing software.

FIGS. 48 and 49 are flowcharts of the writing software.

FIGS. 50 and 51 are flowcharts of the reading and display software. 52 and 53 are flowcharts of the line count software.

[0168] Since the outline of the operation of each of the above software has already been explained, a detailed explanation of each step in each flowchart will be omitted.

In addition to this example, the following examples are given.

[0170] In the above embodiment, the software was divided into two parts: document management software and paragraph editing software.
By integrating the two, you can create a single piece of software that allows users to perform operations. This eliminates the need for the user to switch and start software each time he or she performs document management tasks and paragraph editing tasks.

[0171]

As described above, according to the present invention, paragraph documents created by a plurality of document processing devices can be automatically combined into one integrated document. Further, since the already created paragraph document can also be read from the first storage means of the document storage device, the already created paragraph document can be re-edited on the document processing device side. Furthermore, since only the paragraph document sent from a specific document processing device is written to the first storage means, the paragraph document on the first storage means will not be modified by another document processing device, and the document will be protected. is maintained.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of a document storage device and a document processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a document configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of management information according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of management file names according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of document management processing in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for document processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for document processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for document processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for document processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for document processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for document processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for document processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for document processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for document processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for document processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for document processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for document processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 40 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 41 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 42 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 43 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 44 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 45 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 46 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 47 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 48 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 49 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 50 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 51 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 52 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 53 is a flowchart showing a document processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Server machine (document storage device) 2 Client machine (document processing device) 10 C
PU 11 CRT display 20 External storage device 40 Screen frame 41 Title 42 End mark 43 Menu field 44 File menu 45 Edit menu 46 Sub window 47 Directory entry field 48 Character cursor 49 Execute button 50 Cancel button 51 Mouse cursor 65 Scroll bar 66 Mark 70 File menu 71 Edit menu 72 Display format menu

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of document processing devices each having a communication function are connected to a document storage device by a signal line, documents created or edited in the document processing device are stored in the document storage device, and each document processing device includes: In the document editing system capable of editing the stored document, each of the document processing devices includes information processing means for adding an identification name of the created paragraph document when transmitting the created paragraph document to the document storage device. The document storage device includes a first storage means for storing the plurality of paragraph documents received from the plurality of document processing devices as one integrated document, and an identification name of the plurality of paragraph documents and the plurality of paragraph documents. a second storage means for registering and storing management information indicating the document position of the paragraph document, and each time the paragraph document is received from the document processing device;
and writing means for writing the received paragraph document into the first storage means in correspondence with the identification name added to the paragraph document and the document position indicated by the management information of the second storage means. document editing system. 2. The document processing device further comprises instruction means for instructing a paragraph document or an integrated document to be read from the first storage means, and the device further comprises instruction means for instructing a paragraph document or an integrated document to be read from the first storage means. 2. The document editing system according to claim 1, wherein the document storage device further includes a reading unit capable of reading and transmitting data to the document processing device. 3. A user or document processing device that is permitted to edit the paragraph document on the first storage means is predetermined for each paragraph document, and a second identification name indicating the user or document processing device that is permitted to edit the paragraph document is determined in advance for each paragraph document. The document processing device is provided with an input means for inputting a third identification name included in the management information and indicating the document processing device or a user using the document processing device, and the second identification name and the third identification name are provided in the document processing device. 2. The document editing system according to claim 1, wherein the document storage device further comprises a control means for permitting the writing process of the writing means when the numbers match.