JPH05181851A - Automatic editing document processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the automatic editing document processing device which can control sentence areas and table areas by different rules. CONSTITUTION:When a document including sentences and tables together is inputted, a document input editor 11 generates document data and stores it in a sentence and table data storage part 141 of a data storage part 14. Data to manage the sentence areas and the table areas is stored in an area management data storage part 142. A format setting part 12 sets a sentence format and a table format by different rules, and they are stored in a sentence format data storage part 131 and a table format data storage part 132 of a format storage part 13 respectively. When layout display or print is indicated in the document input editor 11, a document shaping editing part 15 generates the print image of the document in accordance with format data stored in the format storage part 13, and a layout display part 19 and a print part 20 display and print the layout based on this print image.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing device such as a word processor, and more particularly to a document processing device for automatically performing editing work.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a document processing apparatus such as a word processor or an office computer, as shown in FIG. 4A, a page which is not arranged in a well-balanced manner such that the document ends above one page, for example, With the "equal page layout" function, etc., the pages are automatically rearranged within one page in a well-balanced manner.

That is, the "page even allocation" function is a function to evenly allocate the document data within a page by automatically changing the character size, line spacing, and column spacing of the document data.

[0004]

However, when this "equal page layout" is applied to a document in which sentences and tables are mixed as shown in FIG. Although there is no problem that the text data is out of the document and disappears, there is a problem that part of the table data may be out of the document and disappear as shown in FIG.

An object of the present invention is to adjust the text area and the table area by different rules without uniformly changing the page format.

[0006]

The means of the present invention are as follows. The document data storage unit 1 (see the functional block diagram of FIG. 1, the same applies hereinafter) stores document data in which input table data and text data are mixed. The format data storage unit 2 stores format data for outputting the document data stored in the document data storage unit. The first format data changing means 3 changes the format data relating to the table data stored in the format data storage means. The second format data changing means 4 changes the format data relating to the table data and the sentence data stored in the format data storage means. The output means 5 outputs the document data based on the format data changed by the first and second format data changing means.

[0007]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. The document data storage unit 1 stores the document data in which the input table data and the sentence data are mixed, and the format data storage unit 2 stores the format data for outputting the document data stored in the document data storage unit. Remembered. Then, the first format data changing means 3 changes the format data relating to the table data stored in the format data storage means, and the second format data changing means 4 stores it in the format data storage means. The table data and the format data relating to the text data are changed. Then, the output means 5 outputs the document data based on the format data changed by the first and second format data changing means.

[0008]

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an automatic edit document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG.
And a document input editor 11, a format setting unit 12, a format storage unit 13, a data storage unit 14, a document shaping editing unit 15, an automatic editing unit 16, a layout display control unit 17, a print control unit 1.
8, a layout display section 19, and a printing section 20.

The format storage unit 13 comprises a sentence format data storage unit 131 and a table format data storage unit 132. The data storage unit 14 stores a document / table data storage unit 141 and area management data storage. It is configured by the section 142.

In such a configuration, when a document in which sentences and tables are mixed is input from the input unit 10 to the document editing editor 11, document data is created in the document input editor 11 and displayed on a display device (not shown). It

The document data is stored in the data storage unit 1.
4 is stored in the text / table data storage unit 141, and data for managing the text area and the table area is stored in the area management data storage unit 142.

When a format setting is designated in the document input editor 11 according to an instruction from the input section 10,
A sentence format and a table format are set in the format setting unit 12, the sentence format data is stored in the sentence format data storage unit 131 of the format storage unit 13, and the table format data is stored in the table format data storage unit 132 of the storage unit 13. It

When layout display or printing is designated in the document input editor 11 by an instruction from the input section 10, the text / table data stored in the data storage section 14 is stored in the format storage section 13. A document print image is created in the document shaping / editing unit 15 according to the format data. At this time, with respect to the page for which automatic editing is designated, automatic editing is performed by the automatic editing section 16.

By sending the print image thus created to the layout display control unit 17, the layout display unit 19 displays the layout, and by sending it to the print control unit 18, the printing unit 20 prints.

Hereinafter, with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
An automatic editing operation in the automatic editing unit 16 which is a characteristic operation of the automatic editing document processing apparatus of this embodiment will be described.

First, in the print image created by the document shaping / editing section 15, it is tested whether or not the document is arranged in a well-balanced manner within one page (step S301).

This test can be easily performed, for example, by calculating what percentage of blank space remains on the entire sheet below one page and comparing it with a predetermined reference value.

As a result of the above test, if it is determined that the documents are arranged in a well-balanced manner, the operation is terminated, and if it is determined that the documents are not well-balanced (step S30).
2) Control whether the character size exceeds the limit value (step S303).

If the character size is still smaller than the limit value, the character size is increased by one level (step 304) and the process returns to step S301.

Here, the character size limit value is a value that is set in advance for each paper size, and if the character size is smaller than the limit value, the size is enlarged every point.

Here, the enlargement of the character size is performed on the characters in the document data and is not applied to the table data, that is, the characters in the table.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S303 that the character size exceeds the limit value,
Next, it is examined whether the line spacing exceeds the limit value (step S305).

Then, in step S305,
If it is determined that the line spacing is smaller than the limit value, the line spacing is increased by one step (1/8 character width) (step S3).
06). In this case, both text data and table data are applied. After that, it is tested again whether or not the document data are arranged in a well-balanced manner within one page (step S30).
7). Note that this test is performed in the same manner as step S301.

As a result of this test, if it is determined that the documents are arranged in a well-balanced manner, the operation is ended, and if it is determined that the documents are not well-balanced, the above step S305
(Step S308).

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S305 that the line spacing exceeds the limit value, it is examined whether or not the upper margin exceeds the limit value (step S).
309).

Then, in step S309,
If it is determined that the upper margin is smaller than the limit value, the upper margin is increased by one step (step S310) and it is determined whether or not the text and the table are arranged in a well-balanced manner in the same manner as in step S301. The process is tested again (step S311). The upper margin is in units of 1 mm in one step.

As a result of this test, if it is determined that they are arranged in good balance, the operation is ended, and if it is determined that the balance is not good, the process returns to step S309 (step S312).

On the other hand, also in step S309,
When it is determined that the upper margin exceeds the limit value, the operation of the automatic editing unit 16 ends there.

As described in detail above, in the automatic editing document processing apparatus of the present invention, in the automatic editing function such as page even allocation, when the automatic adjustment is performed, the page format is not changed uniformly, but the text area is not changed. Adjust the table area with another rule.

Therefore, normal automatic editing can be performed even in a document in which sentences and tables are mixed.

[0032]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an automatic edit document processing apparatus capable of adjusting a text area and a table area according to different rules without uniformly changing the page format.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram for explaining the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of an automatic edit document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the automatically edited document processing apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the operation of a conventional automatic edit document processing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Document data storage means, 2 ... Format data storage means, 3
... first format changing means, 4 ... second format changing means, 5 ...
Output means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document data storage means for storing document data in which input table data and text data are mixed, and format data for storing format data for outputting the document data stored in the document data storage means. Storage means, first format data changing means for changing format data relating to table data stored in the format data storage means, and format relating to table data and sentence data stored in the format data storage means It is characterized by further comprising: second format data changing means for changing data; and output means for outputting document data based on the format data changed by the first and second format data changing means. Automatic editing document processor.