JPH04664A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency of a preparation work of a form by analyzing the information of the form, and displaying a printing image in the form by using a character, etc., in accordance with the information. CONSTITUTION:The document preparing device is provided with an input means 104 for setting and editing a form, a means 105 for analyzing the information of a position, length, the number of characters, the number of lines, etc., of the set form, and a display means 112 for displaying paper information, information of a form frame and the form, etc., and at the time of setting the form, when information inputted into the form is a character, the display is executed in the form by using the character by a printing image conforming to the information of the form. Accordingly, even if a printing test is not executed directly to a document, the printing image in the form can be confirmed. In such a way, the preparation efficiency of the form to an arbitrary format document can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document creation device such as a Japanese word processor.

[Conventional technology]

In a conventional document creation device, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 174162/1982, a scanner means reads paper information, and a one-character input area or the like is added to image data representing the paper information read by the scanner means. There is described a document creation device having a layout designation means for defining a layout, and a storage means for storing paper information read by the scanner means and the layout defined by the layout designation means as format information related to document processing. .

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional technology has the following problems.

The above-mentioned conventional technology does not take into consideration the method of checking whether the form information is correctly reflected in a given format document in the form setting 2 editing, and prints the form directly on the paper. There was a problem in that it was impossible to check without it, and a method of checking the printed image of the form was desired.

An object of the present invention is to display the print position on the paper by means of displaying the print image using characters in the form according to the information as a means for checking the print image of the form. The goal is to easily and accurately execute.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides means for setting a form, means for analyzing form information, means for storing form information, and means for displaying form in an arbitrary format document. , a means for creating display/print data in which form information is replaced with a print image, a means for storing display/print data replaced with the print image, and a means for displaying the display/print data replaced with the print image. means for selecting whether or not to display display data replaced with a print image; means for setting a name for the form; scanner means for reading information of an arbitrary format document; and means for storing paper information as image data. In addition to the above, a means for controlling all the means is provided.

[Effect]

The present invention includes an input means for inputting data such as characters and graphic images, a storage means for storing the input data,
Display means for displaying data stored in the storage unit;
printing means for printing the data stored in the storage unit;
By providing a means for setting a form and a means for displaying a print image using characters within the form, in addition to displaying only the form frame as before, when setting the form, the information entered within the form can now be displayed. In the case of text, the print image is displayed within the form according to the form information, so you can check the print image within the form without performing a print test directly on the document. So, by looking at this print image,
Since it is also possible to modify the form at any time, the efficiency of creating a form for an arbitrary format document is improved.

〔Example〕

Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the document creation device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating a form, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for displaying a print image in the form. and is the main part of the invention. Figure 4 is an example of an arbitrary format document, and Figure 5
The figure shows the structure of a table that stores form information.
Figure 6 shows the character pitch of display/print data in the form.

7 to 10 are diagrams showing a method of calculating the row pitch.
The figure shows a display screen in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 shows a screen for selecting whether or not to display a print image.

The form here refers to the area where characters, etc. are allocated for printing on paper, and the number of characters to be printed within the settable range within this area.

You can specify the number of lines, etc.

In FIG. 1, 101 is a scanner means for reading image information of a sheet. Reference numeral 102 denotes a scanner control means that determines whether or not image input of paper information is necessary and controls the scanner means 101.

Reference numeral 103 denotes a file for storing paper image data read from the scanner means 101.

104 is a keyboard for setting forms and performing N collections;

This is input means such as a pointing device.

Reference numeral 105 denotes means for analyzing information such as the position of the set form, length: 2 characters, number of 9 lines, etc. 106 is a file that stores information on the set form. 107 is a central processing unit that controls the components 101 to 106 and 108 to 114. 108 is means for selecting whether or not to display a print image. 109 is means for creating display/print data according to form information. 110
is a file that stores display/print data of form information. Reference numeral 111 denotes a display control means for controlling display data information to be displayed on the display means.

112 is a display means for displaying paper information, form frames, form information, and the like. Reference numeral 113 denotes a print control means for controlling information of print data to be printed on the printing means. 114
is a printing means for printing paper information, form frames, form information, etc.

Next, form information analysis means 105. using the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 3. The form information display/print data creation means 1092 will be explained on the display device 112.

First, a case where printing is required on an arbitrary format document as shown in FIG. 4 will be explained as an example.

To start creating the form, in process 201,
Specify whether to input a paper image.

When image input is designated, the central processing unit 107 transfers control to processing 202 and generates a file 103 for storing image data. After confirming the paper setting, scan means 1
01 reads the image of the underlying paper, stores the read image data in the file generated above, and displays it on the display means 112.

Here, the central processing unit 107 transfers control to 203,
A confirmation message for the layout of the read image is displayed on the display means 112, and if the read image is OK, control is transferred to process 204, and if it is NG, control is returned to process 201 to read again.

In process 204, a form is created according to the underlying image using the input means 104 such as a keyboard or a mouse, and the information of the created form is stored in a form information management table (see FIG. 5 for the structure of the table). The form information analysis means 105 determines the form position (numbers in millimeters from the top and left edges) and length (
Information such as horizontal and vertical values in millimeters) 2 character count (number of characters per line in the form) 9 line count (number of lines in the form) is analyzed and stored in the form information storage file 106.

Next, the central processing unit 107 transfers control to processing 205,
The form information is transferred from the form information storage file 106 to the display control means 111, the display control means 111 allocates display data to the display means 112, and the frame of the form is displayed according to the form information.

At this time (process 206), if "display" is selected in the print image display necessity selection means 108 for displaying the print image in the form, the central processing unit 107 transfers control to process 207, The form information display/print data creation means 109 creates display data of a print image according to the form information in the form, sends the display data to the display control means 111, and the display control means 111 displays it on the display means 112. Data is allocated and displayed using characters etc. within the form (details of how to display the print image of the form and create print data will be described later).

Next, in step 208, it is determined whether to create the next form or end the form creation.

When creating the next form, the central processing unit 107 returns control to 204 and creates the form in the same manner as the above procedure. Here, if the creation of the form is finished, the central processing unit 107 ends the form creation process.

Next, using the flowchart of FIG. 3, the creation and display of display data of a print image in a form according to the present invention will be explained.

In the present invention, the print image within the form is confirmed using the following display means.

According to the form information, the form number (form creation number), 2 name (unique name that can be attached to the form as a key), and the remaining number of characters are replaced and displayed with the molecule XJ.

In process 301, the central processing unit 107 retrieves from the form information management table in the form information storage file 106,
Information such as the name (character code string) 9 given to the form, the number of characters in the name, data type, data number, data content, attributes, coordinates 2 character size, etc. is acquired, and in process 302, from the form information management table, Get the form number and the number of digits in that number.

Next, in process 303, the coordinates of the form passed in millimeters are converted into dots, and converted into coordinates for the display means 112.

In process 304, the number of characters to be included in the form is determined according to the number of dots determined in process 303 (formula number of characters = number of character direction form dots/(character size dots tens of character spacing dots) (formula 301)
) Next, in process 305, the obtained form number is converted into a full-width character code. In addition, in this process, if the character size is half-width or the number of digits in the form number is greater than the set number of characters, it is converted to a half-width character code.

In process 306, character pitch (formula 302) and line pitch (formula 30) are calculated according to the specified character size 9 character size.
3) Obtain. In order to display the display data of the print image evenly distributed within the form, the character pitch and line pitch are set by 1 for the number of dots remaining after calculation of formula 302 and formula 303, starting from the first two rows of characters. Add dots one by one.

Character pitch character direction form number of dots/number of characters (Formula 3
02) Line pitch=Number of form dots in line direction/Number of lines (Equation 3o3) The structure of the character pitch and line pitch is shown in FIG.

Figure 6 shows a form with 7 characters and 5 lines, and the number of dots left over from the character pitch is 4. When the number of remaining dots is 3 and when displaying or printing, the character pitch for the first to fourth characters is the value obtained by adding 1 dot to the character pitch calculated by formula 302,
For the fifth to seventh characters, the character pitch values calculated by Equation 1 302 are used. The row pitch is the value obtained by adding 1 dot to the row pitch calculated by formula 303 for the 1st to 3rd rows.
For the fourth and fifth lines, the line pitch calculated in 2 303 is used.

In process 307, the coordinates of the base point for displaying the characters are determined (for a single form, set the character to the number of character spacing dots; for a continuous form, set the character so that it is centered within the line pitch), and process. At 308, the data to be displayed is set and stored in the print image display/print data management table in the form information display/print data storage file 110, along with the attributes for the number of characters.

Finally, in step 308, the display data set in the display/print data management table is allocated within the form on the display means 112 by the display control means 111 and displayed.

In addition, in the same operation, the display control means 1119 display means 1
In place of 12, printing control means 113゜printing means 114
Printing can also be performed by using .

The display of a print image within a form according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10.

First, FIG. 7 shows an example in which a form is created and a print image is displayed within the form.

In this embodiment, these pieces of information are acquired from the form information management table in the form information storage file 106, and the form information display/print data creation means 109 creates data to be displayed within the form.

Here, if "display" of the print image is specified by the print image display necessity selection means 108, the print image of the form is displayed on the display means 112. In this case, the data displayed in the form is rlXXXXXX
It becomes XXXXJ.

In this manner, the present invention allows the printed image of characters allocated in a form to be confirmed on the screen, which is effective in improving the efficiency of creating a form for an arbitrary format document.

Next, FIG. 8 will be explained. FIG. 8 shows a case where the size of the form created in FIG. 7 has been changed.

In this embodiment, the central processing unit 107 again acquires information from the form information management table in the form information storage file 106, and creates the data again in the form information display/print data creation means 109, as shown in FIG. It is displayed on the display means 112 as follows.

In this way, even when the size of the form is changed, the characters are rearranged according to the changed size and the already defined attributes, so the printed image within the form can be immediately checked.

9 and 10 show the case where a form is created on FIG. 4. In the case of the conventional technology, the created form is as shown in FIG. 9, but in this embodiment, the print image can be displayed as shown in FIG. 10.

As can be seen from FIG. 10, in the present invention, since the printed image of the created form can be displayed, the information on the created form can be seen at a glance, which improves the efficiency of creating forms for arbitrary format documents. is effective. Further, by giving a name to a form, it becomes easier to correspond the form to a list of form information.

FIG. 11 shows a screen for selecting whether or not to display a print image.

Is it necessary to display the print image in the form before creating the form? Or display it after the form is created?

The user can open the selection screen of the print image display necessity selection means 108 and select whether or not the print image should be displayed.

In this way, by selecting whether to display the print image on the print image display necessity selection screen, you can display or delete the print image in the form at any time in the form settings, increasing the efficiency of form creation. It is effective in improving

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the format can be applied to any format document. When creating a form, as a means of checking the information on the created form, you can select whether or not to display the print image of the form, analyze the form information, and print using characters etc. in the form according to the information. Since the image is displayed, you can check the position of the printed content on the paper without printing directly on the paper, and the latest information of the form is always displayed even when updating the form or changing the form information. This is effective in improving the efficiency of form creation work.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the document creation device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the procedure for creating a form, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the procedure for displaying a print image in the form, and FIG. 4 is an example of an arbitrary format document, Figure 5 is the structure of a table that stores form information, and Figure 6 is an example of an arbitrary format document.
The figure shows how to calculate character pitch and line pitch, Figure 7 shows the form information displayed when the form is created, and Figure 8 shows how to calculate the line pitch.
Display of form information when the size of the form is changed from the figure, Figure 9 is an example of creating a form on an arbitrary format document (prior art), Figure 10 is a form created on an arbitrary format document Example of displaying information (present invention), 11th
The figure shows a screen for selecting whether or not to display a print image. 101...Scanner means, 102...Scanner control means, 103...Paper information storage file, 104...
- Input means, 105... Form information analysis means, 10
6... Form information storage file, 107... Central processing unit, 108... Print image display necessity selection means, 109... Form information display/print data creation means, 110... Form information display data storage file,
111...Display control means, 112...Display means, 1
13 Form information management table

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Input means for inputting data such as characters, figures, and images, storage means for storing the input data, and display means for displaying the data stored in the storage section; A document creation device comprising: printing means for printing data stored in the storage unit; means for setting an area (hereinafter referred to as a form) for inputting data by the input means; and in the setting means: If the information to be input into the form is in characters, there is a form setting means for defining attributes such as the size of the characters, the number of characters, the number of lines, etc. The document creation device is characterized in that it is provided with means for displaying a print image within the form when characters are evenly allocated within the form according to the attributes. 2. The document creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the form setting means includes name setting means for setting a unique name for each form. 3. The document creation device according to claim 1, further comprising a means for selecting whether or not to display a print image within a form, and displaying a frame of the form and a print image within the form on the display device, or displaying the frame of the form. 1. A document creation device, characterized in that it is provided with means for displaying only.