JPH0528136A - Character position control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To return a character to its unchanged accurate position without memorizing the position of the unchanged character nor designating the moving destination of the character with a mouse cursor, etc., by adding the change cancel processing of the character position. CONSTITUTION:A processing method unit control module 3 decides the processing units (line, character string, single character) with an operation that designates a character to be returned to its original position and also decides a processing range. The information on these deciding operations are obtained as a parameter. A document data analyzing module 2 reads the document data equal to a processing unit out of a document data file 1 based on the processing unit information and then takes out successively the data equal to a single character. Then a character position change coordinate control module 5 initializes the relative coordinates of a character string included in the character modifying data and a line unit processing character or the single character unit processing coordinates based on the processing unit. The character position is decided by moving the character string from the absolute coordinates of the original character position by an extent equal to the relative coordinates of the line unit processing or single character unit processing character. Thus the character returns to its original position when the relative coordinates are initialized.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character position management system, and more particularly to a character position management system such as a DTP system in the information processing field.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Layout software is generally called DTP. Rather than focusing on creating text by entering characters with a keyboard like word processing software, import the data of other software (word processing, tables, images, etc.) and position the data as if you cut and paste the data. It is software to create.

As one of these functions, there is a function of moving characters. Generally speaking, when moving a character, the 20th character on the first line is moved to the 10th line. At this time, the moved character has nothing to do with the original position. The DTP has a function of separately specifying a character, a character string, and a line to be moved, specifying a destination with a mouse cursor or the like, and giving a relative coordinate value to the character, the character string, and the line to move the character. (The 10th character of the 1st line is the 10th line and 1
It can be positioned so that it hangs on the first line and can be overlaid on other characters. At this time, if the first line is deleted, the moved character is also deleted. ) Conventionally, when trying to return the moved character to its original position after changing the character position using the latter function, a human must remember the original character position and use the mouse to change the character position. The original position was specified with the cursor etc., and the character was returned to the original position.

[0004]

In the above-described conventional method of returning a changed character to its original position, a human must remember the original position. With this, when a human forgets the original position of the character or when the person who creates (corrects) the document changes, the character cannot be returned to the original position. Also, as the operation, conventionally, you can change the position of the character from the menu, decide the processing unit from the line, character string, and character, specify the character to move (return to the original position), and use the mouse cursor etc. to move ( (Original position) was specified, but a new menu for canceling the change of the character position was created, and as the operation, the cancel change of the character position was selected from the menu, and the processing unit was line, character string, or character. Start from, and specify the character to move (return to the original position). Furthermore, when a conventional person specifies the original position with a mouse cursor or the like, it becomes possible to return the original position to an accurate position that could not be returned to the accurate position.

That is, the objects of the present invention are the following three.

(1) It is not necessary for a person to remember that the original position before the change of a character needs to be remembered by a human.

(2) It is not necessary to specify the destination (original position) with a mouse cursor or the like.

(3) The character can be returned to the exact original position before the change.

[0009]

According to the character position management method of the present invention, a means for separating character string data read from a document data file into character codes and character modification data and extracting the means, and changing and canceling the position of characters. And a unit for managing coordinates for changing and canceling the position of the character, and a unit for outputting the changed and modified character to a display device such as a CRT based on the coordinates.

[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 a character position management system of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a conventional character position management system. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a document data file 1, a document data analysis module 2 for extracting character modification data from the character data read from the document data file 1, whether to change the position of a character or cancel the change, and the processing unit thereof. A processing method unit management module 3, a character position coordinate management module 4 that manages the amount of change in the position of the character and the coordinates for the change in order to change the position of the character,
It is composed of a character position coordinate management module 5 for initializing and managing the coordinates for modification to cancel the modification of the character position, and a character output module 6 for outputting the characters after the position modification and after the position modification is released to a CRT or the like. There is.

FIG. 2 shows the main processing for canceling the change of the character position. Each character has character modification data that is a pair of characters. Among these, the position of the character (absolute coordinates of the original position), the character string, the relative coordinate of the character for line unit processing, 1
Relative coordinate of character for character unit processing, type of character decoration,
It has character modification data such as the typeface of characters.
The position of the character is managed using the position of the character (absolute coordinates of the original position), the character string, the relative coordinate of the character for line unit processing, and the relative coordinate of the character for character unit processing in this character modification data. .

In the flowchart, HX and HY are character strings, relative coordinates of characters for line unit processing, and BX and BY are relative coordinates of characters for one character unit processing.

In this process, first, the cancellation of the change of the character position is selected from the menu, the processing unit is determined from the line, the character string, and the character, and the character to be returned to the original position is designated. Information is determined by determining the processing unit (three types of lines, character strings, and one character) and the processing range (what character on what line to what character on what line). As a parameter (step 10
1) The document data analysis module 2 reads the processing unit from the document data file 1 according to the processing unit information (step 102), and sequentially reads one character data (character code and character modification data) from the data. Separate and take out.

Next, the character position change coordinate management module 5
In accordance with the processing unit, the character string in the character modification data, the relative coordinates (HX, HY) of the character for line unit processing or the relative coordinates (BX, BY) of the character for one character unit processing are initialized (set to zero). ) (Step 103 to step 107). The character position must be moved from the absolute coordinates of the position of the original character by the relative coordinates (HX, HY) of the character string for line unit processing, or the relative coordinates (BX, BY) of the character for one character unit processing. Depends on. Therefore, if the relative coordinates are initialized, it will return to the original position. This data is the document data file 1
(Step 108), the character output module 6 displays it on the CRT (step 109), and the process ends.

[0017]

As described above, in the character position management system of the present invention, by adding the processing for canceling the change of the character position, it is possible for a person to remember the original position before the character change. , Again with the mouse cursor (original position)
The character can be returned to the exact original position before the change without specifying.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a character position management system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation in the character position management system of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a conventional character position management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Document Data File 2 Document Data Analysis Module 3 Processing Method Unit Management Module 4 Character Position Coordinate Management Module (for Character Position Change) 5 Character Position Coordinate Management Module (for Character Position Change Cancellation) 6 Character Output Module

Front Page Continuation (72) Inventor Yasuo Kobayashi 4-4-7 Bandai, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture Niigata NEC Software Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A means for separating character string data read from a document data file or the like into a character code and character modification data and extracting the means, and a means for managing a processing unit for changing and canceling the position of a character. And means for managing coordinates for changing and canceling the position of the character, and CR based on the coordinates.
A character position management system, characterized in that a display device such as T is provided with means for outputting characters after modification and cancellation of the modification.