JPH05158924A - Device for editing document and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify an operation by providing a control part for automatically changing the developing direction of a character string to be developed to a slave area when the developing direction of a text character string in a master area is changed. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with an input part 1 for inputting a character string and area managing information, an intra-area data processing part 2, an area managing data processing part 3 and output parts 4, 5. The device is also provided with the control part 6 for positionally completely including a 1st area, setting up a 2nd area arranged on the lower area of the 1st area as the master area of the 1st area, setting up the 1st area as the slave area of the 2nd area, and at the time of changing the developing direction of a text character string in the master area, changing the developing direction information of the slave area and storing the changed information in the processing part 3. Namely when the developing direction of the text character string in the master area is changed, the developing direction of the character string to be developed in the slave area can be automatically changed. Consequently operation for changing the character string developing direction from horizontal writing to vertical writing is simplified.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing device such as a word processor. In particular, it relates to a Japanese word processor having a DTP function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art One of the functions of a personal computer on which word processor and word processor software is executed is a DTP function. The word processor with the DTP function will be briefly described. The word processor with the DTP function generally has a "layout editing function" and a "WYSIWYG display function".

According to the "layout editing function", it is possible to set a rectangular figure / document area having a desired size at a desired place on a page. And if this area is a document area,
The direction of the character string, line pitch, character pitch for each area,
You can specify the font size, typeface, etc. Then, the character string data is displayed / printed according to the designated information.

In this "layout editing function", a rectangular area is set in advance at an absolute position of a page, and the attributes of this rectangular area include the direction of character strings, line pitch, character pitch, character size, typeface, etc. Can be set and changed. Furthermore, the absolute position and size of the rectangular area can be freely changed. By using these mechanisms, for example, as shown in FIG. 1 (A), a larger character sentence is embedded in a smaller character sentence, or as shown in FIG. 1 (B), a vertically written sentence is embedded in a horizontally written sentence. Easy to do.

As this area, a graphic data area,
There is a data area such as a text data area. Further, in this area, a plurality of data areas can be overlapped. According to the "WYSIWYG display function", WYSIWYG (WHA
As you can see, "You can see what you see" means that you can get the screen display as the printout.

By the way, according to the conventional layout editing function, the size of the page is set first, and the rectangular area is set to the desired place on the page with the desired size. The expansion direction of the character string (vertical writing / horizontal writing) for each rectangular area
Line pitch, character pitch, character size, typeface, etc. can be specified, and character string data is displayed / printed according to the specified information.

This rectangular area is, of course, Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-26109.
As shown in Japanese Patent Publication (G06F15 / 20), the information on the set position is provided. Conventionally, this position information is set based on XY coordinate information. For example, in the case of A4 portrait paper, the X coordinate is “20 m to the right from the upper left corner of A4 portrait paper
m ”, Y coordinate is 3 from the upper left corner of A4 portrait paper
0 mm "is set.

That is, the position information is individually held at the absolute position of the page. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 2A, when the y area is set to a balanced position in the x area (base), and then this document is enlarged in a balanced state, Think In this case, the area (x) is expanded, the area (y) is further expanded, and then the area is further expanded.
Adjust the position of (y).

If, for example, the entire document shown in FIG. 25 (A) is desired to be as shown in FIG. 25 (B), the character string direction of each of the regions x and y is changed from horizontal writing to vertical writing in the menu or the like. After that, it is necessary to change the position and size of the rectangular area y, and particularly when the number of overlapping rectangular areas is large, a great deal of labor is required.

[0010]

According to the present invention, when it is desired to make the entire document of FIG. 25 (A) as shown in FIG. 25 (B), the character strings are expanded in the area x and the area y in the menu or the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a character editing device that simplifies the operation of changing the direction from horizontal writing to vertical writing.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a document editing method which, when the arrangement direction information of a text character string in a parent area is changed, also changes the arrangement direction information of a character string expanded in a child area. is there.

[0012]

In the present invention, when the expansion direction of the text character string in the parent area is changed, the expansion direction of the character string expanded in the child area is automatically changed.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The circuit block of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. (1) is an input unit composed of a keyboard having a plurality of keys including a character input key. This input unit inputs a character string and area management information.

(2) is an in-area data processing unit for storing and processing text data / graphic data in a rectangular area such as a text (text) or a figure. The in-area data processing unit (2) stores the character string of each area input from the input unit (1). (3) is an area management data processing unit that processes data relating to a rectangular area. The area management data processing unit (3) stores relative position information and overlapping information of a rectangular area in which a character string is expanded, and layout information including at least the expansion direction of the character string expanded in the rectangular area.

(4) is a print output unit including a printer. (5) is a display output unit including an LCD display device. (6) is a control unit that controls the entire apparatus.
Further, at least when the expansion direction of the text character string in the parent area is changed, the control section (6) changes the expansion direction of the child area and stores it in the area management data processing section (3).

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen (D) of the display output unit (5) of the word processor and a part of the input unit (1). In Fig. 4, (K1, K2, ...) is the soft key-1, 2, ...
... When this soft key (K1, K2, ...) Is enabled, each function is displayed on the screen (D). The other keys of the input unit (1) are not shown. Further, this screen (D) is in the WYSIWYG display state. Also, (M)
Indicates the cursor position.

First, the data for managing the area will be described. FIG. 5 shows the meaning of various data stored in the area management data processing unit (3) for managing the rectangular area, and FIG. 6 shows the area management table. This area management table is composed of a plurality (area 0 to area 50) of area management data.

The area management data corresponds to each existing area. FIG. 7 shows the contents of one area management data. This area management data includes area ID number, area type, parent area ID number, area start point (line position / column position / line fraction / column fraction), region end point (line position / column position / line fraction / column fraction), Area data address, top and bottom margins, left and right margins,
It consists of the number of text lines, the number of text digits, the pitch of text lines, the pitch of text digits, the direction of text, the typeface, and the number of points.

The individual data will be briefly described. The area ID number is an identification number for identifying each area. There are two types of area types, text and graphics. The parent area ID number holds the area ID number of the parent area (the parent area will be described in detail later).

At the area start point and the area end point, the positions of the two diagonal points of the area are held at the row digit positions of the parent area. The line fraction represents a 1/16 line unit, and the digit fraction represents a 1/16 digit unit, and the position between lines and columns and columns can be represented. The in-area data address is a pointer to in-area data (not shown) to be expanded in the area.

The margin is the size of the gap between the outermost area of the area and the area effective area where the data within the area is developed. Of the margins, the upper and lower margins hold the size of the upper and lower gaps. The left and right margins hold the size of the left and right gaps. However, in the vertical text area described below, the size of the left and right gaps is held in the upper and lower margins, and the size of the upper and lower gaps is held in the left and right margins.

The number of lines of text, the number of columns of text, the pitch of lines of text, the pitch of columns of text, the direction of text, the typeface, and the number of points are valid data only when the area type is text, and the number of lines in the area effective area respectively. , Column number, line pitch, column pitch, text development direction, typeface and point number. There are horizontal and vertical text directions. In horizontal text, lines increase from top to bottom and columns increase from left to right. For vertical text, lines increase from right to left and columns increase from top to bottom.

Next, overlapping of regions will be described. Each of these areas can be overlapped in position. This superposition will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram of superposition. Overlay so that the area created or edited later in time is placed in the upper layer.

There are transparent / non-transparent display attributes of the area. The opaque area hides the lower layer area by clipping the lower layer area without displaying the overlapping portion. In the transparent area, the overlapping area is displayed without clipping the lower area, and the lower area is not hidden. The text area is opaque and the graphic area is transparent.

FIG. 9A shows an area overlapping order table. This area overlap order table is stored in the area management data processing unit (3). The area overlap order table stores the area ID numbers of existing areas according to the overlap order, and a certain area is not in the lower layer of the area in front of the area overlap order table (at a position with a small array number). Indicates that.

For example, FIG. 9B shows that the area (y) is not at least under the area (x). The parent-child relationship (master-slave relationship) of the overlapped areas will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, a portion indicated by a dotted line in the frame of the region indicates that it is a lower layer.

Of the text areas completely enclosing a certain area (6) and in the lower layer, the uppermost area is called the parent area (4) of this area. The area (6) is called a child area of the area (4). The parent area ID number of the area management data of the child area is the area ID number of the parent area. The parent area and the parent area of the parent area are referred to as an ancestor area. A child area and a child area of the child area are called a descendant area.

In FIG. 10, the area (1), the area (2) and the area
The parent area of (3) is the area (0). Area (4) and Area (5)
The parent area of is area (1). The parent area of the area (6) is the area (4). Describe the cursor. The cursor has two shapes, and has different uses and different movements.

One is a rectangular cursor as shown in FIG. The rectangular cursor moves over the character and is used as a character input point. The other is a cross cursor as shown in FIG. The cross cursor moves in units of 1/16 line and in units of 1/16 digit and is mainly used for specifying the position of the area. Immediately after creating the base text area, the cursor is a rectangular cursor and characters can be input.

The cursor position is represented by a cursor packet as shown in FIG. The cursor line position and cursor column position indicate the line position and column position relative to the text area,
The cursor area ID number indicates a text area serving as a relative reference. The cursor is designed to always move relative to the topmost text area at that position.

Creation of a document will be described. Documents can be newly created or continuously created. The continuous creation is to call an existing document from a storage device such as a floppy disk and make a correction. Here, new creation will be described.

A software key that operates as a document creation key
When is pressed, a menu screen as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the screen. Here, when the cursor is moved to the "new creation" position and the execution key (not shown) is pressed, the paper menu screen as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. Here, move the cursor to the format setting item you want to change, and each time you press the Kanji conversion key, the format setting item changes, and when the desired format setting item is displayed, press the execution key (not shown). To do. As a result, a desired format is displayed as shown in FIG.

With this format setting, the first area is set inside the word processor. In other words, by performing the above operation by designating and executing the paper size, the number of lines per page, the number of characters (columns) per line, and the text development direction (vertical / horizontal), the background text area that is the base of the document becomes
The area ID number is “0” and the area type is created as an area of “text”. As the parent area ID number, the area ID number of itself is limited to this background text area.

Immediately after newly created, the background text data is created for one line (the number of digits is the value of the number of characters set in the menu of FIG. 14). Therefore, the background text area is (the number of text lines = 1, the number of text digits = the value set by the menu). At the area start point and area end point, the first line digit (the line digit fraction is 0) and the last line digit of the background text area itself
(The number of line digits is 15/16) is stored.

After that, the value of the end point of the area and the number of text lines are updated as the number of lines of the background text is increased or decreased by editing the data in the area. For other area management data, the numerical value (text direction) from the menu, the result calculated based on it (text line pitch, text digit pitch) or default value (upper and lower margins, left and right margins, typeface, number of points)
Can be inserted.

However, the values of the text line pitch and the text digit pitch are used as inherited values to the child area described later, and the actual line pitch and digit pitch can be set separately for each line. It is stored in the underlying text line digit pitch table. In addition, the area ID number 0 is stored at the head of the area overlap order table, and the background text area becomes an ancestor area of all areas created thereafter.

Area editing will be described. Area editing functions include area creation, area deletion, area movement, area size change, and area attribute change. When performing area editing other than area creation, pressing the soft key (K2) in FIG. 4 which functions as an area edit key brings up the area edit mode as shown in FIG.

Along with this pressing, the rectangular cursor changes to a cross cursor, and the movement can be performed in a unit of 1/16 of the row pitch and a unit of 1/16 of the digit pitch. When ending the area editing, an end key (not shown) is pressed. With this press, the cross cursor changes to a rectangular cursor and the character moves.

-Region creation will be described. Region creation is one of the region editing functions. To improve usability, as shown in FIG. 4, the region creation key (K
1) is provided separately from the area edit key (K2). When a new area is created, the soft key (K1) shown in FIG. 4, which functions as an area creation key, is pressed.

Along with this pressing, the rectangular cursor changes to a cross cursor, and by designating two diagonal points (start point and end point) of the area to be created with this cross cursor, an area with a new area ID number is newly created. To be done. It is possible to specify the area type while the cross cursor is moving.
At this time, the parent area of the newly created area is detected from the specified start and end points, and the parent area ID of the area management data is detected.
The area ID number of the parent area is stored in the number.

Further, the positions of the specified start point and end point are converted into positions relative to the parent area and are stored in the area start point and area end point of the area management data. When the newly created area is a text area, the text direction, typeface, number of points, text line pitch and text digit pitch are inherited from the parent area and stored in the area management data.

Further, the top and bottom margins, the left and right margins, the number of text lines and the number of text digits are calculated from these values and the size of the area, and stored in the area management data. When the newly created area is a graphic area, 0 is stored as the default in the upper and lower margins and the left and right margins. Further, the area ID number of the newly created area is stored at the end of the area overlap order table.

Area deletion will be described. When deleting an already created area, the area to be deleted is designated by the cross cursor in the area edit mode and the soft key (K10) of FIG. 15 which functions as an area deletion key is pressed. When an area is deleted, its descendant areas are also deleted, and the data is deleted from the area management table and the area overlap order table for these areas.

The area movement will be described. When moving an area that has already been created, specify the area you want to move with the cross cursor in the area edit mode, press the soft key (K1) in Fig. 15 that functions as the area move key, and then move the start point position of the move destination. Specify with the crosshair cursor. When an area is moved, its descendant areas are also moved together, and the data of the area management table (parent area, start point, end point, etc.) and area overlap order table are updated for these areas.

The area size change will be described.
When changing the size of an area that has already been created, specify the area you want to move with the cross cursor in the area edit mode, press the soft key (K3) in FIG. Specify the end point position with the cross cursor.

When the area is resized, its descendant areas are also resized together, and the area management table (parent area, start / end point, margin, pitch, etc.) and area overlap are set for these areas. Update the data in the sequence table. Further, the area size change will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

FIG. 16 shows the flow chart of the main routine for changing the area size. FIG. 17 shows a flowchart of the subroutine of step S102 of the main routine. FIG. 18 shows a flowchart of the subroutine shown in FIG. FIG. 19 shows a flowchart of the subroutine of step S106 of the main routine.

FIG. 20 shows step S101 of the main routine.
The flowchart of the subroutine is shown. Figure 21
Shows the flow chart of the subroutine of step S104 of the main routine. FIG. 12 shows a flowchart of the subroutine of step S103 of the main routine.

This will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step S101, the area ID number (id) of the uppermost area among the areas existing at the cursor position is obtained and set as the area size change target area. In step S102, a descendant area of the target area is obtained, and the target area and the area ID number of the obtained descendant area are stored in the buffer (idlist).

The overlap order relation only for the areas stored in the buffer (idlist) in step S103 is extracted from the area overlap order table, and the save buffer (saveoverlap
Save to list). In step S104, the buffer (idli
The area ID number stored in st) is deleted from the area overlap order table. As a result, it is prevented from becoming the target when the parent area is detected and becoming the parent area.

In step S105, the starting point (str) and the ending point (end) of the target area are reset. That is, the area start point of the area management data of the target area is used as it is as the start point (str), and the end point (e
Substitute the new position set by the user for nd). In step S106, a new parent area ID number (pid) after size change is obtained from the start point (str) and the end point (end).

In step S107, a start point (str) and an end point (end)
To the column position relative to the parent area (pid). Step S10
At 8, the contents of the save buffer (saveoverlaplist) are added to the end of the overlap order table. In step S109, check the area type of the target area, and if it is a figure area, go to step S111.
If it is the document area, the process proceeds to step S110.

In step S110, the save buffer (saveoverl
Recalculate the line pitch and column pitch for all of the documents stored in the aplist) whose region type is document (recalculate the text line pitch and text column pitch with a fixed number of text lines and text columns). And the value of each area management data is updated. In step S111, the area size changing process ends.

With reference to FIG. 2, the size change will be described with respect to the case where the text area having the child area is enlarged. The area size change will be described with reference to FIG. 2A shows the state before the change, and FIG. 2B shows the state after the change. In FIG. 2A, the text area y is attached to the text area x.

The area start point of the area y is (2 rows, 3 digits), and the area end point is (6 rows, 7 digits). Area in this state
When (x) is enlarged, the text line pitch and text column pitch of the area (x) are recalculated and become large as shown in FIG. 2 (B). Further, since the values of the area start point and the area end point of the area (y) are not updated, the absolute size of the area (y) is the area (x).
Grows with the expansion of. Therefore, for the area (y), the text line pitch and the text digit pitch are recalculated and enlarged as shown in FIG. 2 (B).

The area attribute change will be described. When changing the attribute of an area that has already been created, in the area edit mode, specify the area whose attribute you want to change with the cross cursor and press the soft key (K9) in FIG. 15 that functions as an area attribute change key. The soft key (K
Even if 3) is pressed, the mode for changing the area attribute is entered.

The area attributes include the top, bottom, left and right margins in the graphic area, the number of effective lines / digits in the area, the text development direction, the typeface, and the number of points in addition to these in the text area. The menu shown in FIG. 23 appears. Update the value of area management data based on the setting value in the menu. For example, when the top and bottom margins of the text area are changed, the top and bottom margins of the area management data are updated, and the line pitch is recalculated so that the valid lines fit exactly in the area valid area.

When the number of valid lines in the text area is changed, the number of text lines in the area management data is updated and the line pitch is recalculated so that the valid lines fit exactly in the area valid area. Further, when the text expansion direction of the text area is changed, the text direction of the area management data is updated, and the line pitch and the digit pitch are recalculated so that the effective line and the effective digit fit exactly in the area effective area.

When these area attributes are changed, the descendant areas are also affected, and the size, position, pitch, text direction, etc. are updated. Text direction (vertical writing / horizontal writing)
If the parent area is inverted (vertical / horizontal inversion), the child area is also inverted.
That is, when both the parent and the child are horizontal, the child becomes vertical when the parent is set vertically, and when the parent and the child are both vertical, the child becomes horizontal. If the parent is horizontal and the child is vertical, the child is horizontal if the parent is vertical, and if the parent is vertical and the child is horizontal, the child is vertical if the parent is horizontal.

The change of vertical writing / horizontal writing will be described with reference to the flowchart. Figure 2 shows the processing when changing the text development direction (vertical writing / horizontal writing).
4, the details will be described with reference to FIGS. 17, 18, and 20 to 22. FIG. 24 shows the flow chart of the main routine for changing the text direction.

FIG. 17 shows step S202 of the main routine.
The flowchart of the subroutine is shown. FIG.
Shows the flow chart of the subroutine of FIG. FIG. 20 shows a flowchart of the subroutine of step S201 of the main routine.

FIG. 21 shows the step S204 of the main routine.
The flowchart of the subroutine is shown. FIG. 22.
Shows a flowchart of the subroutine of step S203 of the main routine. This will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in step S201, the area ID number (id) of the uppermost area among the areas existing at the cursor position.
As the target area for changing the area attribute (changing the text direction). In step S202, the descendant region of the target region is obtained, and the target region and the region ID number of the obtained descendant region are stored in the buffer (idlist).

The overlap order relation only for the areas stored in the buffer (idlist) in step S203 is extracted from the area overlap order table, and the save buffer (saveoverlap
Save to list). In step S204, the buffer (idli
The area ID number stored in st) is deleted from the area overlap order table.

In step S205, the save buffer (saveoverl
aplist) is added to the end of the overlapping order table. Save buffer (saveoverlaplist) in step S206
For all of the areas stored in, the area type is the document, the text expansion direction of each area management data is reversed (vertical / horizontal inversion).

In step S207, the save buffer (saveoverl
Among the areas stored in aplist), the line pitch and the digit pitch are recalculated for all the area types of the document, and the value of each area management data is updated. The recalculation is to recalculate the text line pitch and the text digit pitch with the number of text lines and the number of text digits fixed.

In step S208, the area attribute change (text direction change) processing ends. The change of vertical writing / horizontal writing will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 25 shows an example of changing the attribute when the text expansion direction of the text area is changed from horizontal writing to vertical writing. FIG. 25 (A) shows the state before the change, and FIG.
5 (B) shows the state after the change.

In FIG. 25A, the horizontal text area (y)
The graphic area (z) is attached to the horizontal text area (x). The area start point of area (y) is (1 + 8/16 lines, 1
+8/16 digits), the end of the area is (1 + 8/16 lines, 14 + 8/16 digits). The region start point of the region (z) is (6 lines, 11 + 8/16 digits), and the region end point is (7 + 8/16 lines, 14 + 8/16 digits).

When the expansion direction of the text in the area (x) is changed from horizontal to vertical in this state, the text data expanded in the area (x) is expanded from the upper right to the lower left as shown in FIG. 25 (B). It At the same time, the absolute position of the text area (y) moves because the area start point and the area end point are indicated by the line column position relative to the parent area (x).

Similarly, the absolute position of the graphic area z also moves.
In addition, the text direction of the descendant area is reversed with the text direction of area (x) reversed, and the line pitch and digit pitch are calculated so that the valid lines and significant digits fit exactly in the valid area of the area. Do it again. That is, the text direction of the region (y) that was in the horizontal direction is changed to the vertical direction, and the line pitch and the column pitch are recalculated.

The influence of the background text on the child area will be described. The influence on the child area when the editing such as the insertion / deletion operation of the background text and the line pitch change operation is performed will be described. The editing of the background text directly affects only the child area of the background text, but as a result, the descendant area is also affected.

The insertion / deletion operation of the background text in units of lines will be described. FIG. 26 shows a pattern of inserting / deleting a row that affects the child area. In FIG. 26A, when the start point of the child area is behind the target row for row insertion / deletion, in FIG. 26B, the start point of the child area is ahead of the target row for row insertion / deletion and the child area. This is the case when the end point of is at the rear.

In the pattern of FIG. 26A, the line positions of the start point and the end point of the child area are increased or decreased by the number of changed lines as the lines are inserted or deleted. For example, if three lines are inserted, the line positions of the start point and end point of the child area are incremented by 3 as shown in FIG. In the pattern of FIG. 26 (B), the line digit position of the end point of the child area is updated so that the absolute size of the child area is held as the row is inserted / deleted.

For example, if three lines are deleted, the end point of the child area is updated while maintaining the absolute size of the child area as shown in FIG. If there is a possibility that the child area will extend beyond the background text due to deletion of the background text line, create a new blank line below the last line of the background text in advance so that the child area fits within the background text, and then delete the line. To do.

The line pitch changing operation for each line of the background text will be described. The pattern for changing the row pitch that affects the child area is only when the start point of the child area is ahead and the end point of the child area is behind the target row of the row pitch change as shown in FIG. When the row pitch is changed in this state, the start point and end point of the child area are not updated.

Therefore, the absolute size of the child area changes with the change of the line pitch of the background text.
As shown in (B), the text line pitch and the text digit pitch are updated with the number of text lines, the number of text digits, the upper and lower margins, and the left and right margins fixed in the child area. The paper change process will be described.

The dimensions of the child areas other than the background text are changed by the above-mentioned attribute changing operation. A print key (not shown) that functions as a paper change processing key is pressed to display the menu screen of FIG. Then, when both the vertical and horizontal directions of the paper and the horizontal writing and the vertical writing are changed and the execute key is pressed, the paper changing process is performed.

Then, if the execute key is pressed again, printing is executed. If a cancel key (not shown) is pressed instead of pressing the execute key, the mode returns to the mode of FIG. When returning to the area edit mode, for example, the document is changed from FIG. 29 to FIG.
It has changed to 0. FIG. 31 shows a state of the internal processing operation of this paper change.

In FIG. 31A, the paper is used in the vertical direction and is laid out using a plurality of areas. The horizontal lines are hatched in areas where the text expansion direction is horizontal. Other than these, the text expansion direction is a vertical area. As shown in FIG. 31C, the entire document is used in the horizontal direction, and the process for reversing the character string direction (vertical and horizontal reverse points) will be described.

First, as an internal process, the text development direction of the background text area is changed from vertical to horizontal by changing the area attribute. As a result, the same processing as that shown in FIG. 25 is performed, the text expansion directions of all the text areas are reversed (vertical and horizontal reverse points), and the apparent area positions are changed. At this point in time, the size of the paper has not been changed, so internally it is as shown in FIG. 31 (B) (line digit pitch is not appropriate).

As the next internal processing, the size of the background text area is changed by changing the area size (the vertical and horizontal sizes are exchanged). As a result, the same processing as in FIG. 2 is performed, the apparent area position changes, and the result becomes as shown in FIG. 31C (the row digit pitch becomes an appropriate value).

[0082]

As described in the example of the item "---", in the present invention, when the expansion direction of the text character string in the parent area is changed, the expansion direction of the character string expanded in the child area is changed. Is automatically changed, the modification work of the expansion direction of the character string in the area can be reduced, and the operability of the document layout modification work during document creation is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a conventional example.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a region size change.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the meaning of data regarding areas.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of an area management table.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of area management data.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram of a document in which areas are overlapped.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of an area overlapping order table.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a master-slave relationship between regions.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a shape of a cursor.

FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram of a cursor packet.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a screen.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a screen.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a screen.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a flowchart for changing an area size.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a flow chart.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a flow chart.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a flow chart.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a flow chart.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a flow chart.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a flow chart.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a screen.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a flowchart for changing the text direction.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing area attribute change.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing line insertion / line deletion of a background text.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a change in the line pitch of the base text.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a screen.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing an example of a document before paper change.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document after changing paper.

FIG. 31 is a diagram for explaining an operation by changing a sheet.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1) Input section, (2) Area data processing section, (3) Area management data processing section, (4) Print output section (output section), (5) Display output section (output section), (6) Control Department.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tetsuo Takeyama 2-18 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Satoshi Kurokawa 2-18th Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Denki Within the corporation

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A document editing method for overlapping and editing a plurality of document areas including a character string, wherein the first area is completely included in position, and a second area below the first area is included. A parent area of the first area, a child area of the second area as the first area, and a character string expanded in the child area when the expansion direction of the text character string in the parent area is changed. A document editing method that automatically changes the expansion direction. 2. An input section (1) for inputting a character string and area management information, an in-area data processing section (2) for storing a character string of each area input from this input section (1), and a character An area management data processing unit (3) that stores position information and overlapping information of the area in which the row is expanded and information including the expansion direction of the character string expanded in the area, and this area and the character string are visualized. Output section to output (4,5)
And, the first region is completely included in position, and the second region below the first region is a parent region of the first region, and the first region is a child region of the second region, A control unit (6) which, when the expansion direction of the text character string in the parent area is changed, changes the expansion direction information of the child area and stores it in the area management data processing unit (3); A document editing device provided.