JPH04268953A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically draw an inter-column line at a proper line between step blocks in a document by using document format information in a document forming device having a stepped function. CONSTITUTION:A coordinate calculating part 10 calculates the number of steps corresponding to the number of step blocks based on the document format information of a document and calculates the start and end coordinates of an inter-column line corresponding to the number of steps. A memory 9 stores an inter-column line table consisting of the calculated start and end coordinates of the inter-column line. An editing part 8 executes processing for drawing an inter-column line between respective column blocks connecting two points based upon the start and end coordinates extracted from the inter-column line table.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation device having a column function for editing a document by dividing it into a plurality of column blocks.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, document creation devices have been developed that have a column function for editing a created document into an arbitrary number of columns. In this device, when document data is edited into three-column blocks, one page of document data is divided into three-column blocks.
Spaces (two locations) are provided between each stage block. Here, document format information (number of columns, number of characters, number of lines, character spacing,
By changing the row pitch, etc.), it is possible to change from three columns to, for example, two columns. In this case, if the row pitch or the number of rows is changed, the position of the space between the column blocks will be changed.

By the way, when a document is divided into a plurality of column blocks, if it is possible to draw intercolumn lines as boundary lines between columns in the spaces between each column block, a useful document editing function can be obtained. Can be done. Conventionally, when drawing inter-column lines, lines corresponding to the inter-column lines have been formed using graphics or ruled line functions.

0004

[Problem to be solved by the invention] In the conventional column function,
There is no function to draw inter-column lines between each divided column block,
When drawing a line equivalent to a line between columns, it was necessary to use a graphic or ruled line function. However, with the graphic or ruled line function, cumbersome input operations are required to draw lines at appropriate positions between each column block. Further, when the document format information is changed as described above, it is not easy to change the position of the line corresponding to the intercolumn line accordingly.

[0005] The object of the present invention is to
It is an object of the present invention to provide a document creation device having a column function capable of automatically drawing column lines at appropriate positions between column blocks of a document.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides an inter-column line calculation means for calculating start coordinates and end coordinates of an inter-column line according to the number of columns in a document creation device having a column function. An inter-column line table memory means for storing start coordinates and an end coordinate, and an inter-column line output means for outputting an inter-column line between column blocks based on the start coordinates and end coordinates retrieved from the inter-column line table memory means. It is a device that has

[0007]

[Operation] In the present invention, the inter-column line calculation means calculates the number of column gaps according to the number of columns of column blocks based on the document format information of the document, and calculates the start coordinates and end of the inter-column line according to the number of columns. Calculate coordinates. The inter-column line table memory means stores the calculated start coordinates and end coordinates of the inter-column lines. The inter-column line output means outputs two output coordinates based on the start coordinate and the end coordinate taken out from the inter-column line table memory means.
Executes the process of drawing inter-level lines between each level block connecting points.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main parts of a document creation device according to the same embodiment. This device includes a control section (CPU) 1 that controls the entire device, a keyboard 2, an input control section 3, a display 4, a display control section 5, a printer 6, and a print control section 7.

The keyboard 2 has various keys necessary for character input, document editing processing, input of document format information, and the like. The input control section 3 converts various key input signals input from the keyboard 2 into key codes and outputs them to the control section 1. Display 4 and printer 6 are output devices. The display 4 is controlled by the display control section 5 to display a document. The printer 6 is controlled by the print control unit 7 to print a document.

[0011] Furthermore, this device includes an editing section 8, a memory 9,
It has a coordinate calculation section 10 and a document buffer memory 11. The editing unit 8 executes document editing processing, document storage/retrieval processing, document display processing, and the like. Memory 9 is RAM
It stores document format information, calculation results of the coordinate calculation unit 10 (inter-column line table), and the like. The coordinate calculation unit 10 executes coordinate calculation processing necessary for the inter-column line processing according to the present invention. The document buffer memory 11 is a memory that stores created document data. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, based on character input from the keyboard 2, the control unit 1 executes document creation processing and stores the created document data in the document buffer memory 11. Here, as shown in FIG. 3(A), if the format information necessary for the column function is input on the document format information input screen (step S1 in FIG. 5), the editing section 8 is created. Execute column processing on the document. The document format information includes the number of characters, number of lines, character spacing, line pitch, etc. in addition to the format information necessary for the column function. When the document format information is input from the keyboard 2, it is stored in the memory 9. Through this column processing, editing processing is performed in which a one-page document is divided into three column blocks (column 1 to column 3), as shown in FIG. 2, for example.

Next, if the format information necessary for the column function is set in the document format information stored in the memory 9 (YES in step S2), the coordinate calculation unit 10 calculates the format of the column-processed document. The number of gaps is calculated (step S3). That is,
The coordinate calculation unit 10 calculates based on the number of columns (3) in the document format information using the calculation formula "number of columns - 1 = number of columns."

Furthermore, the coordinate calculation unit 10 sets the upper left coordinates (LTx, LTy) of the first step block (step 1) (step S4), and calculates the size of the step block (step S5). . The upper left coordinates (LTx, LTy) of the column block (column 1) are values corresponding to the left margin and the top margin, as shown in FIG. The size BSx of the column block is calculated using the formula "character size x (1 + character spacing) x number of characters". Also, the size BSy is
Calculated using the formula "line pitch x number of lines".

Using these upper left coordinates (LTx, LTy) and sizes BSx, BSy, the coordinate calculation unit 1
0 is the start coordinate LS (Sx, Sy
) and end coordinates LE (Ex, Ey) are calculated (
Step S6). The start coordinates LS (Sx, Sy) are “Sx = L
Tx + BSx + inter-stage width W/2, Sy = LTy”
Calculated using the formula. Also, the end coordinate LE (Ex
, Ey) are calculated using the formula: "Ex = LTx + BSx + inter-stage width W/2, Ey = LTy + BSy".

The coordinate calculation section 10 sets the calculated start coordinate LS and end coordinate LE in the inter-column line table and stores them in the memory 9 (step S7). As shown in FIG. 3B, the inter-stage line table consists of start coordinates (L1S-L3S) and end coordinates (L1E-L3E) for each stage block (stages 1-3).

The coordinate calculation unit 10 calculates the start coordinate LS and the end coordinate LE of the inter-column lines (here, two inter-column lines 20a and 20b) corresponding to all the number of inter-columns. Repeat the process like (steps S8 to S10)
).

Next, when the editing section 8 receives a display or printing instruction from the control section 1 during document editing processing, the editing section 8 stores the memory 9.
Using the inter-column line table stored in , a process of drawing inter-column lines 20a and 20b between each column block (column 1 to column 3) is executed.

That is, based on the number of columns (3) of the document format information stored in the memory 9, the editing unit 8 calculates the column spacing of the document that has been processed into columns using the calculation formula "number of columns - 1 = number of columns". The number is calculated (steps S11 and S12 in FIG. 6). Furthermore, if there is a specification of inter-column lines in the document format information (see (A) in FIG. 3), the editing unit 8 retrieves the start coordinate LS and the end coordinate LE from the inter-column line table stored in the memory 9. (Step S14).

The editing unit 8 generates inter-column line data that connects the extracted start coordinate LS and end coordinate LE using the line type specified in the document format information (see (A) in FIG. 3). do. By outputting this inter-column line data to the output device of the display 4 or printer 6, (A
), there are inter-stage lines 20a, 20 between each stage block.
b will be subtracted.

In this way, by using the document format information necessary for the column function, the coordinate information of the intercolumn line drawn at the appropriate position between each column block of the document obtained by column processing (column interval line table). Based on this coordinate information, it is possible to output inter-column line data at appropriate positions between each column block, and automatically draw inter-column lines serving as boundaries between each column block. According to the method of the present invention, since the process of drawing intercolumn lines based on the coordinate information of the intercolumn lines using document format information is executed, for example, from a three-column set, as shown in FIG. When changing to a two-column format, by changing the document format information, it is possible to easily draw inter-column lines at appropriate positions between each column block of the two-column format.

[0022]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, in a document creation device having a column function, document format information is used to create a document between column blocks in a document without using a graphic or ruled line function. Inter-column lines can be automatically drawn at appropriate positions. Therefore, by changing the document format information,
When the number of columns etc. is changed, the appropriate position of the inter-column line drawn between the column blocks can be easily changed. Furthermore, since there is no need to use graphics or ruled line functions, input operations for drawing inter-column lines are easy.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main parts of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 3A is a conceptual diagram for explaining document format information according to the same embodiment. (B) is a conceptual diagram for explaining an inter-column line table according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of output results according to the same example.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...control part, 8...editing part, 9...memory, 10...coordinate calculation part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document creation device having a column function for editing a created document by dividing it into a plurality of column blocks, the number of columns being determined according to the number of columns of the column blocks based on document format information of the document. an inter-column line calculation means for calculating the start coordinate and end coordinate of the inter-column line according to the number of inter-column intervals; and an inter-column line calculation means for storing the start coordinate and end coordinate calculated by the inter-column line calculation means. It is characterized by comprising a line table memory means, and an inter-column line output means for outputting an inter-column line between the column blocks based on the start coordinates and end coordinates taken out from the inter-column line table memory means. document creation device.