JPH05189423A - Document preparing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily prepare an attractive document like the one prepared by an expert in editing work. CONSTITUTION:This document preparing machine is equipped with a form extraction means 7 which takes out form information such as margins at upper/ lower and right/left parts and a header, etc., from a prepared document whose form is arranged, a form information storage means 8 which stores extracted form information and a form reference means 9 which refers to the form information and transmits it to an editing means 3 by the instruction of an operator's operation. Thereby, it is possible to store page form information extracted by the form extraction means 7 in the form information storage means 8, and to take out and reuse the form information by the form reference means 9 at need.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document preparation machine, and more particularly to a document preparation machine suitable for preparing a well-formed document having a good appearance.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, document creators have become popular around us such as Japanese word processors and recent in-house printing. For editing, a simple operation while watching a WYSIWYG screen is mainstream, and it has become easy for even an amateur to handle, while various utilization techniques for improving operational efficiency have been considered. For example, the input may be performed by a plurality of word processors, the data may be collected and edited by a document creator as a center machine, and the calibration may be returned to the word processor. In addition, the number of cases where documents are divided by document makers of multiple manufacturers is increasing.

However, the format instruction is conventionally performed by selecting a format sheet or inputting numerical values, and it is not easy to know whether the format is complete or not, which is a troublesome work. These documents are not always well-formed, such as imbalanced top and bottom margins and poorly-formed headings, and they are troublesome in correcting these formats.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional document creator. In FIG. 3, 1 is an input unit, 2 is a display unit, 3 is an editing unit, 4 is an external storage unit, 5 is a printing unit, and 6 is a control unit. Here, the data from the input means 1 is the control means 6
Then, the control means 6 sequentially transfers the data input from the input means 1 to the editing means 3. The editing means 3 edits the passed data into a line / page form and returns the edited data to the control means 6. Then, the control means 6 transfers the received edited data to the display means 2 for display and also transfers it to the external storage means 4 for storage.

Next, the control means 6 sequentially transfers the calibration instruction data received from the input means 1 to the editing means 3. Also,
The control means 6 receives the necessary edited data from the external storage means 4 and transfers it to the editing means 3. The editing unit 3 calibrates the edited data according to the received calibration instruction data, and returns the reedited data to the control unit 6. As a result, the control means 6 transfers the received edited data to the display means 2 for display, and also transfers it to the external storage means 4 for storage again. Documents were sequentially created in this way.

[0006]

However, in the above-described conventional document creating machine, there are problems that it is difficult to create a well-formed document and that it takes time to correct the format.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks and to provide an easy-to-use document preparation machine which can easily prepare a well-formed document and does not require any trouble to correct the appearance.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention inputs a character, edits the input character in a line or page format by an editing means, and displays the document data on a screen. In a document creator having a function of displaying and printing, a format extracting unit that extracts the format information from a document created by a veteran of editing work, a format information storage unit that stores the extracted format information, and an operator's instruction It is configured to include a format quoting means for quoting format information.

[0009]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the page appearance information extracted by the appearance extracting means is stored in the appearance storing means,
The format information can be taken out by the format quoting means and reused as necessary.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is an input means for inputting characters,
Reference numeral 2 is a display means for displaying the document data on the screen, 3 is an editing means for editing the input characters in a line or page format, 4 is an external storage means for storing the edited document data, and 5 is an edited document. A printing unit that prints data. Also,
Reference numeral 6 is a control means for instructing the operation of these means and data exchange between the means, 7 is a format extracting means for extracting format information such as margins, headings, etc. from the created document having a well-formed format, and 8 is extracted. The format information storage means for storing the format information, and 9 is the format quoting means for quoting the format information according to the instruction of the operator and transmitting it to the editing means. The same reference numerals in the drawings indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Here, the data from the input means 1 is the control means 6
Then, the control means 6 sequentially transfers the data input from the input means 1 to the editing means 3. The editing means 3 edits the passed data into a line / page form and returns the edited data to the control means 6. Then, the control means 6 transfers the received edited data to the display means 2 and the external storage means 4, and also to the appearance extraction means 7. The format extracting means 7 extracts format information such as upper and lower margins and the number of columns from the passed edited data, and sequentially stores it in the format information storage means 8. An example of extracting the format information is shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the edited data 11 in three columns is divided into a sentence portion 12 and a format information 13, and an identification number (format number) is added to the extracted format information to store format information storage means 8 To store. In this way, by repeating the editing, the appearance information of the created and well-formed document can be stored in the appearance information storage unit 8. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 11 indicates an example of document data in print format. Each text portion is represented by ,,, and, and the flow order of the text data is as →→→→.

Next, a method of using the appearance information stored in the appearance information storage means 8 will be described. First, the control means 6 reads the identification number designated by the operator from the input means 1 and passes it to the format reference means 9. The appearance quoting means 9 takes out the appearance information already stored from the appearance information storage means 8 according to the received identification number and transfers it to the control means 6. Next, the control means 6 passes the received format information to the editing means 3. Further, the control means 6 sequentially transfers the data input from the input means 1 to the editing means 3.

Next, the editing means 3 edits the passed data in accordance with the separately passed format information and returns the edited data to the control means 6. As a result, the control means 6 transfers the received edited data to the display means 2 and the external storage means 4 and again to the appearance extraction means 7. Then, the appearance outputting means 7 extracts the appearance information from the passed edited data and sequentially stores it in the appearance information storage means 8. In this way
You can create another document by quoting format information from a prepared document that has already been formatted.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, the page format information extracted by the format extracting means is stored in the format storing means, and the format information is taken out by the format quoting means and reused as necessary. As a result, the format information can be taken out and used from a good-looking document created by a veteran of the editing work, so that a good-format document can be easily created.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document creator according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of extracting appearance information used to explain the operation of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Input Means 2 Display Means 3 Editing Means 4 External Storage Means 5 Printing Means 6 Control Means 7 Format Extraction Means 8 Format Information Storage Means 9 Format Quoting Means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document creating machine having a function of inputting a character, editing the input character in a line or page format by an editing means, displaying the document data on a screen, and printing the document data. Format extracting means for extracting format information such as top, bottom, left and right margins and headings from a well-formatted document, format information storing means for storing the extracted format information, and quoting the format information according to an operator's instruction. A format quoting means for transmitting to the editing means is provided, the page format information extracted by the format extracting means is stored in the format information storing means, and the format information can be retrieved and reused by the format quoting means as needed. Characteristic document creator.