JPH0481967A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the preparation and editing of a document by constituting the device so that when a certain free range is designated on a display screen, a size of this free range is converted to the size of its range after printing and displaying it. CONSTITUTION:To a computer main body 1, a main storage device 2, an external storage device 3 such as a floppy disk, etc., in which document data is saved, an input device 4 such as a keyboard and a mouse, etc., and a display device 5 such as a CRT, etc., are connected. When the range of a free area is designated on a display screen, the range of its free area is displayed, for instance, as how many cm vertically and how many cm horizontally in accordance with a printing format at the time of printing its document. In such a way, even if printing is not executed one by one, the size of its free area is known, and the document is generated and edited easily.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a document creation device such as a personal computer or a word processor, and in particular, it is used to display an empty space for cutting and pasting figures, tables, etc. that have already been printed on another paper. Use a document creation device suitable for on-screen specification.

[Prior Art] In recent years, document creation devices have become equipped with various functions, such as drawing figures using drawing software in a created document, or drawing data in another file registered on a floppy disk while creating a document. You can call it into a document and synthesize it, or, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-49566, you can read a drawing printed on paper etc. with an image reader and synthesize this image data at a predetermined location in the document you are creating. It is now possible to do.

[Problem M to be Solved by the Invention] The above-mentioned conventional techniques all aim to import all data including figures, tables, etc. into the memory of a document creation device and process the data. However, for those who use document creation devices, it is better to make copies of drawings that have already been printed on paper or in books, etc., and then read and process them with an image reader. It's easier. In this case, while the document is being created, an empty area is secured in the document for cutting and pasting the drawing copy, and after the document is printed, a predetermined drawing copy or the like is pasted in the empty area. However, with conventional document creation devices, it is easy to secure free space;
There is a problem in that it is not known how large the free area will be when actually printed. Therefore, there is the inconvenience of having to change the print format in various ways and actually print so that the size of the free space secured in the document matches the size of the copy of the drawing that you are trying to paste. . SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device that can easily reserve a free space for cutting and pasting printed documents such as drawings in a document according to the size of the drawings or the like to be cut and pasted.

[Means for Solving the Problem] The above object is to provide a document creation device that prints a document created on a display screen using a printer, and to calculate the size of the free range when a certain free range is specified on the display screen. Providing a means to convert and display the size of the range after printing,
achieved.

The above purpose is also to display the document when the size of the free space to be inserted into the document is input as the size after printing in a document creation device that prints the document displayed on the display screen with a printer. This can be achieved by providing a means for displaying the size of the image.

[Operation] When you specify the range of free space on the display screen, the range of free space is displayed as, for example, how many cm tall and how many cm wide, depending on the print format when printing that document, so - You can see the size of the free space without having to do it, and you can create documents 9
Editing becomes easier.

Also, when inserting a free space into a document later, by specifying the free space as the size after printing, the placement display will be displayed at the same scale as the document display, and you can specify it with a - You can see the relationship of free space to documents.

[Example] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. A main storage device 2, an external storage device 3 such as a floppy disk for storing document data, an input device 4 such as a keyboard and a mouse, and a display device 5 such as a CRT are connected to the computer main body l. .

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a procedure for securing a free space for cutting and pasting in a document using the document creation device according to the present embodiment. Hereinafter, the process will be explained based on this flowchart with reference to FIGS. 3 to 9.

First, a document to be cut and pasted is displayed on the display screen (step 1).In step 2, it is determined whether there is space for cutting and pasting.

This target document is currently being created, and Il! If the box is at the end of the document being created, there is free space, so proceed to step 3. If the target document is an already created document and you want to insert free space into it later, proceed from step 2 to step 8. move on.

In step 3, for example, the displayed document is the 3rd m (a
), and if you want to secure an empty area @1-1 here and cut and paste the drawing shown in Figure 3(b) after printing, the upper left point (starting point) of the rectangular area 1-1 and the right Lower point (end point)
In step 4 of the 0th order in which the cursor is used to specify the area 1-1, the size of the specified area 1-1 at the time of printing is displayed according to the print format set at that time. For example, this display is performed in millimeters, such as how many millimeters tall and how many millimeters wide.The size of area 1-'1 after printing is displayed in this way, so the operator can check the drawing (Figure 3 (b)) By comparing the size of the area 1-1 with the size of the area 1-1, it is possible to adjust the area 1-1 to a size that fits the drawing. Even if the area to be cut and pasted is secured in this way, if the area extends to the next page, it will not be possible to actually cut and paste, so in step 5,
It is determined whether the free space can fit into one page. If it is satisfied, this process ends. If you do not agree, an error message such as "It will not fit on rAa size paper" will be output (step 6), and the escape key will be pressed to exit (step 7), ending this process. This allows you to know whether or not the drawing to be cut and pasted will fit just by looking at the screen display without using the layout function.

In step 8 when inserting a free space into the created document shown in FIG. 4(a), the cursor is moved to the location where the space is to be inserted. Next, input the vertical and horizontal lengths in millimeters using the human-powered device. For example, if the inserted drawing has a length of D mm and a width of C mm as shown in FIG. 4(b), enter these values. Then, it is determined whether the free space is larger than the printing paper (step 10), and if it is, the free space is inserted into the document as shown in FIG. 5 (step]]). At this time, Since it is necessary to move the character string JKLM... displayed in this W area, first, in step 12, it is determined whether or not a character string of 5 characters can be inserted after this empty area. If there is space for five characters, the character string to be moved is relocated after the empty area (step 13); if there is not, it is moved below the empty area (step 16).

For example, when cutting and pasting the long drawing data shown in FIG. 6(b) into the document shown in FIG. 6(a), as shown in FIG. 7(a), there is no space for five characters after the empty area.

If the character string is moved to this narrow area, it will become difficult to see and the overall balance will be disrupted, so the character string is not moved to this narrow slope, but is moved below the empty area.

If you specify an empty area for cutting and pasting drawing data larger than the printing paper as shown in FIG. not. ” is displayed and the escape key is used to escape (step 15). This avoids printing on paper that cannot fit, as shown in FIG.

As shown in Figure 9, when the document cannot fit on one page due to free space being reserved in the document, an error message is displayed, and the layout function is used as described above. It is also possible to omit the confirmation.

FIG. 10 shows the detailed procedure for displaying the dimensions of the free space in step 4. First, paper size, line spacing 1
Search for the number of line columns, page line numbers, etc. 100), search for partially changed pitches such as line break pitch, etc. 200)
, search for double-height or quadruple-width font size (300), search for the presence or absence of drawing data created with word processor functions (400), search for document creation environments such as full-width or half-width (500), and display. Calculate and output the dimensions (
600), as described above, when cutting and pasting a copy of a drawing into the empty area after printing a document, the empty area with the same dimensions as the drawing to be cut and pasted is secured, making the cutting and pasting work easier and quickly creating the desired document. You will be able to do it.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of measuring the size of the free space after printing, and to easily and accurately secure the free space just by operating on the screen. This makes it possible to save printing paper and shorten the time required to collect silk.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIGS. 1(a) and (b) are flowcharts showing a free space creation procedure in a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a block diagram of the document creation device, and FIG. 3(a) ,
(b), Figure 4 (a), (b), Figure 5, Figure 6 (a)
,(b),Figure 7(a). (b), Figures 8 and 9 are explanatory diagrams of free space creation,
Figure 0 is a flowchart showing the detailed procedure for displaying dimensions. 1... Computer body, 2... Main storage device, 3.
・External memory! 4... Input device, 5... Display device. Section 1 (α) (b) Section (α) (b) Section (α) (%+ Section (cL) (t)) Section 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a document creation device that prints a document created on a display screen using a printer, when a certain empty area is specified on the display screen, the size of the empty area is converted to the size of the area after printing. A document creation device 2 characterized in that a document creation device 2 is provided with a means for displaying a document displayed on a display screen, and the document creation device prints a document displayed on a display screen using a printer, in which the size of an empty area to be inserted into the document is determined after printing. A document creation device characterized by comprising means for displaying an input in a document display size when input in a size.