JPH05282311A - Method and device for editing document - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prepare and edit a document while confirming a print image by displaying a character pitch and a line pitch after reducing or enlarging them by the same size or a constant longitudinal and lateral ratio, and displaying a character size by an arbitrary size. CONSTITUTION:Text data inputted from a keyboard 10 are stored in a text buffer 14 by a control part 12. At the same time, a corresponding character pattern is read from a pattern memory 22. A character size/character pitch/line pitch calculating part 24 calculates the character pitch, line pitch, and character size of the pertinent character according to print format data held in a print format information 16, and the display mode of a display mode part 26, by the indication the control part 12. Then, only the character pitch and line pitch are displayed by reducing or enlarging them by the same dimension or the same longitudinal and lateral ratio, and the character size is displayed by the arbitrary size, for example, the same size as the character pitch, at a display part 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing technique such as a word processor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A personal computer in which conventional word processor and word processor software is executed.
(Hereinafter, referred to as a word processor) has a "layout editing function". According to the “layout editing function”, it is possible to set a rectangular figure area, a document area, or the like with a desired size at a desired place on the page. If this area is a document area, the direction of the character string, the line pitch, the character pitch, the size of the character, the typeface, etc. can be specified for each area. Then, the character string data is printed according to the designated information.

Regarding such a function, Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-
No. 26109 (G06F 15/20), Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-73906 (G06F 15/20),
It is also shown in Japanese Patent Application No. 3-294591 and is generally well known. By the way, on the screen display of a word processor, the characters of the created document were simply displayed side by side according to the number of characters in one line (hereinafter referred to as the basic display).

Therefore, in the case of a document having a plurality of areas created in different formats (line pitch, character pitch), the print output image cannot be displayed on the screen.
For this reason, such word processors have a "WYSIWYG display function".
Is equipped with. According to this "WYSIWYG display function", WYSIW
As YG (WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET) says, "you can get what you see", so you can get the screen display as the print result. That is, in the "WYSIWYG display function", each of the character size, character pitch, and line pitch is displayed on the screen in the same size as the print image. Alternatively, the print image is displayed on the screen with a constant reduction or enlargement. In other words, the screen of this "WYSIWYG display function" is similar to the printout.

As described above, the screen of the conventional word processor is
It has "basic display" and "WYSIWYG display". Incidentally, such a display is shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-194062 (G06F 15/20) and is generally well known.

[0006]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, this WYSIWY
A word processor that can create and edit documents on the G display screen is being considered. This WYSIWYG display is convenient for checking the print image, but the size of the characters displayed on the screen is generally smaller than the characters used in normal document creation and document editing (rarely becomes larger). Sometimes, it is inconvenient to input characters (create documents) and edit.

Therefore, a method of enlarging the WYSIWYG display to increase the size of the character can be considered. However, when the WYSIWYG display (print image) is enlarged, the character pitch and the line pitch are also enlarged, so that the number of characters that can be displayed on one screen is reduced. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a word processor suitable for displaying and making a document while confirming a print image.

[0008]

According to the present invention, only a character pitch and a line pitch of a printout are displayed with the same size or a fixed or reduced aspect ratio, and a character size is displayed as an arbitrary size. It is characterized by including. Further, the present invention sets the character pitch and the line pitch for display without changing the relative relationship between the character pitch and the line pitch in the print output, and the relative relationship between the character size and the character pitch in the print output is different. It is characterized by comprising display means for displaying characters having a relative size.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the display means (hereinafter, referred to as DTP standard display means or the second (Referred to as a print image display means) is provided, so that the displayed character size can be changed without breaking the vertical and horizontal relationships during printing.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic block diagram of this Japanese word processor (hereinafter referred to as a word processor).

2 to 4 are views for explaining the basics of the display screen. 5 to 10 are diagrams for explaining the operation. 1 to 10, the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals. In FIG. 1, (10) is a key
It is a board and constitutes an input means. The keyboard (10) is provided with alphanumeric keys, a cursor movement key, a function key and the like. In addition, this keyboard
The code (10) includes an input control unit for reading the input key.

(12) is a control unit. This controller (12)
Controls the circuit (14,16,18,22,24,26). (14) is a text buffer that stores the created document data.
The text buffer (14) stores a document for each area. (16) is a print format information section that stores area attribute data for each area. The print format information section (16) stores the position, range, character string direction, line pitch, character pitch, character size, typeface, overlapping order, etc. for each area.

(18) is a video RAM (VRAM) in which the dot data for display is written. (20) is the LCD panel (L
It is a display unit consisting of a CD) or a cathode ray tube (CRT). The display unit (20) displays the dot data of the video RAM (18) and includes a screen control unit for this display. (22) is
It is a character pattern memory. This character pattern memory (2
In 2), the character pattern of 16-dot font is stored.

(24) is a character pitch for display, a line pitch,
It is a calculation unit that calculates the character size. This calculator (24)
In accordance with an instruction from the control unit (12), the display mode held in the display mode unit (26) and the character pitch for display, line pitch, and display character pitch according to the print format data in the print format information section (16),
Calculate the font size. (26) is a display mode section.
The display mode section (26) specifies three display modes. This display mode includes "Basic display mode" and "WYSIW
There are YG display (first print image display mode) "and" DTP standard display mode (second print image display mode) ".

Next, how the character key input (text data) input from the keyboard 10 is displayed will be described. The text data input from the keyboard (10) is stored in the text buffer (14) by the control unit (12). At the same time, the character pattern corresponding to the character code input by the control unit (12) is displayed in the character pattern memory.
It is read from (22). The calculation unit (24) uses the print format data held in the print format information unit (16) according to an instruction from the control unit (12) and the character pitch and line pitch of the character according to the display mode of the display mode unit (26). And calculate the character size.

The details of this calculation method will be described later. Control unit
(12) writes a character pattern on the VRAM (18) according to the calculation result. The display unit (20) displays the contents of the VRAM (18). First, the conventional basic display mode will be described with reference to FIG. 2 showing the basic display mode when a 16-dot font is used.

FIG. 2 imitatively shows a screen image in a basic display when a 16-dot font is used. In the basic display mode, the constant character pitch, line pitch, and character size are calculated regardless of the print format data. Usually, the above constant value is the character pattern memory.
Determined by the number of dots in the font stored in (22). The character pitch and character size are the same as the number of dots in the font, and the line pitch is the dot size of the font plus a few dots added with a modifier such as an underline.

Next, referring to FIG. 3 showing the WYSIWYG display mode (first print image display mode), the conventional WYS
The IWYG display mode will be described. The display mode is WY
In the SIWYG display mode, the line pitch, the character pitch and the character size on the display are calculated according to the line pitch, the character pitch and the character size which are the print format data in the print format information section (16).

That is, the number of dots on the display is calculated so that the line pitch, the character pitch, and the character size on the print are the same as the line pitch, the character pitch, and the character size on the display screen. The resolution of the display unit (20) is 3 dots / mm, and the line pitch, character pitch, and character size in the print format data are
The number of dots on the display is 8 mm, 6 mm, and 4 mm.
Calculated as 24 dots, 18 dots, and 12 dots, respectively.

In the case of this WYSIWYG display mode, the relative relationship between the character pitch, line pitch and character size on the display screen (2
4:18:12) is the same as the relative relationship (8: 6: 4) between the character pitch, the line pitch, and the character size in the printed output. Next, the features of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 4 showing the DTP standard display mode (second print image display mode).

When the display mode is the DTP standard display mode (second print image display mode), the print format information section (1
The line pitch and the character pitch on the display are calculated according to the line pitch and the character pitch which are the print format data in 6). Then, the character size is calculated according to the character pitch. That is, regarding the line pitch on the display and the character pitch, the number of dots on the display is calculated so that the line pitch on the printing, the character pitch, and the character size are the same. And regarding the character size, make it the same size as the character pitch on the print,
Calculate the number of dots on the display.

If the resolution of the display unit (20) is 3 dots / mm, and the line pitch, character pitch, and character size in the print format data are 8 mm, 6 mm, and 4 mm, respectively, the number of dots on the display is Calculated as 24 dots, 18 dots, and 18 dots. Thus, in the DTP standard display mode, the relative relationship between the character pitch, line pitch, and character size on the display screen (2
4:18:18) is different from the relative relationship (8: 6: 4) of character pitch, line pitch, and character size in print output. That is, the DTP standard display mode is characterized in that the character size on the display screen is not directly determined from the character size of the print format data.

5 to 10 show examples of programs of this word processor. FIG. 5 shows an example of a program at the start of document creation. FIG. 6 shows an example of a program when changing the display mode. FIG. 7 shows a sub screen in the “full screen display section” of FIGS.
This is an example program. FIG. 8 is an example of a sub-program in “calculation of character size, character pitch, line pitch” in FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 shows the calculation of the character size, character pitch, and line pitch when the first print image is displayed in FIG.
This is an example of a sub program, which is the same as the conventional program in the WYSIWYG display mode. FIG. 10 is an example of a sub-program in “Calculation of character size, character pitch, and line pitch when displaying the second print image” in FIG.

In FIG. 10, the display character size is
16 dots is enough, so if it is larger than 16 dots, the display character size is limited to 16 dots. In the DTP standard display of this embodiment, the display character size is automatically calculated from the character pitch, but this may be set manually by the user.

Further, in the DTP standard display of the above embodiment, the upper limit of the display character size is set to be the same as the number of dots of the font of the character pattern memory, but the present invention is not limited to this. Also, the character size is usually smaller than the character pitch and the line pitch, but there are also cases where this is the opposite (when a part of a character overlaps an adjacent character). In this case, in the word processor of this embodiment, the display character size in the DTP standard display is smaller than that in the WYSIWYG display mode. However, since such an example is rare, it was ignored in the word processor of this embodiment.

The second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 29. In the "DTP standard display mode (second print image display mode)" of the first embodiment, the line pitch is the character size. However, in the second embodiment, the user selects and sets the display character size in advance, expands the character pitch so that this character size becomes the display character pitch, and the line pitch is set to the same value as this expansion ratio. Is to expand.

The hardware of this example is the same as that of FIG. Further, the software is the same in FIGS. 5, 6, 7, and 9. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the external appearance of this word processor. 12 and 13 are flowcharts showing the operation of this embodiment. FIG. 12 is a sub-display of “calculation of character size, character pitch, line pitch” in FIG.
This is an example program. In this example, "DTP standard display mode"
In ((second print image display mode)), the display character size is designated in advance. Therefore, in the "second print image display mode", "calculation of character size" is not performed. The displayed character size is the size specified in advance.

FIG. 13 is an example of a sub-program in "calculation of character pitch and line pitch based on the character size when the second print image is displayed" in FIG. 14 to 2
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the contents of the display screen during operation in order to explain the operation of this embodiment. In the second embodiment, the character font of the character pattern memory (22) is 16 dots. Then, at the time of DTP standard display, the display character size is set to 16 dots, the character pitch is expanded so that the display character pitch becomes 16 dots, and the line pitch is expanded by the same value as this expansion ratio. ..

Description will be given with reference to the drawings. 1 to
The same parts as those in FIG. 10 are designated by the same reference numerals. In FIG. 11, (10) is a keyboard. (10a) is a cursor movement key for moving the cursor in four directions of up, down, left and right. (10b) is a numerical key. (10c) is a character key.
(K1, K2 ...) are soft keys. This soft key is a function key, has a plurality of functions, and the functions are displayed at the bottom of the screen.

(20) is a display section. A black square in this display unit (20) represents a cursor. The cursor is
The black-and-white reverse display informs the user of the position. As can be seen from comparison with FIG. 8 of the first embodiment, the operation of displaying the second print image is different in the second embodiment as shown in FIG. That is, in the second embodiment, the character pitch and line pitch for display are calculated based on the specified character size for display.

This calculation will be described with reference to FIG. Before the routine of FIG. 13, the operation of designating the number of dots of the display character size is executed in another routine in advance. As shown in FIG. 13, first, based on the display character size designated in advance, the display magnification at which the display character size becomes the display character pitch is obtained. Then, the display row pitch is obtained from this display magnification. Of course, the display character pitch is set to the designated display character size.

Next, the case where characters overlap is detected. This is because, in rare cases, the line pitch is smaller than the character pitch and the characters may overlap. If they do not overlap,
It is as it is. In the case of overlap, the display magnification at which the display character size becomes the display line pitch is calculated again based on the display character size designated in advance. Then, the display character pitch is obtained from this display magnification.

The operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 to 28. 14 to 28 show only the screen of the display unit (20). FIG. 14 shows the basic display mode. The displayed document is called a background and is a kind of document area. The range of the background (B) is a range surrounded by a triangular right margin symbol and a left margin symbol.

When the print execution key is pressed in the state shown in FIG. 14, the print format of the background (B) of the print format information section (16) is displayed. This is shown in FIG. As can be seen from FIG. 15, in this word processor, the value of the character pitch is not directly displayed on the screen, but since the character pitch can be determined from the print width and the number of characters in one line, the character pitch is substantially included. is doing.

From the display state of FIG. 14, the WYSIWYG display mode is displayed.
FIG. 16 shows the screen after performing the operation for changing the mode. The scale at the top of this screen indicates centimeters (cm).
FIG. 17 shows a screen after an operation for increasing the WYSIWYG display by 1.2 times from the display state of FIG. FIG. 18 shows a screen after performing an operation in the DTP standard display mode which is a feature of this embodiment from the display state of FIG. The display character size at this time is selected to be 16 dots.

FIG. 19 shows the WYS when the area (W) is created.
Shows IWYG display. In addition, the area (W) other than the base (B)
The display mode after creating is that WYSIWYG display and DTP standard display are allowed, but basic display is prohibited. This area (W)
20 shows a screen after the operation of displaying the menu screen showing the attribute of.

FIG. 21 shows a screen after the operation for increasing the WYSIWYG display by 1.2 times from the display state of FIG. 20. FIG. 22 shows a screen after an operation for increasing the WYSIWYG display by 1.6 times from the display state of FIG. From the display state shown in Fig. 22, the display character size is selected to 16 dots and the DTP
The screen after performing the operation in the standard display mode is shown in FIG.
Shown in.

As can be seen from FIG. 23, in this DTP standard display, the size of the character and the typeface of the character are uniformly displayed without considering them. The document creating / editing operation in FIG. 23 will be described. First, the cursor is moved to the area (W) with the cursor movement key. The cursor is
Within this area (W), it moves according to the attributes of this area (W).

As shown in FIG. 24, the cursor is moved to the position of "NOTE" in the text of the area (W). Next, the user presses the character key.
Type "ne", "n", "ma", "tsu", "ni". As shown in Fig. 25, "Nenmatsu ni" with an underline (sideline is vertical because the region (W) is written vertically) indicating that it is a kana-kanji conversion target character is displayed at the next character position "ri". The cursor is displayed.

When the Kanji conversion key is pressed in this state,
As shown in FIG. 26, “at the end of” in FIG. 24 becomes “at the end of the year”. Next, as shown in FIG. 27, the cursor is moved to the “down” position of the text in the area (W). Next, the user taps the one-character delete key. This character is deleted and the result is as shown in FIG.

In this way, the creation / editing work of the text is performed. In addition, these writing and editing work of the text, WYSIWY
The same can be done on the G display screen. FIG. 29 shows this print output. In the second embodiment, the character pitch and the line pitch for display are determined based on the character size to be displayed. Therefore, the display character size is set to the character pattern memory (22).
If the number of dots is the same as the number of dots of the character font pattern of, the character font pattern held by the character pattern memory (22) can be used for display as it is. Therefore, it is possible to display the character font pattern without enlarging or reducing it.

The description of the DTP standard display of the second embodiment is only for the case where the display character size is 16 dots.
The user can also select and set other values. Further, in the DTP standard display of the above description of the second embodiment, the magnification of this pitch is determined so that the smaller pitch of the character pitch and the line pitch is 16 dots, and the remaining pitch is enlarged at the same magnification.
(Or reduced). However, this is the display character size (1
The character pitch may be 6 dots). This is because the character pitch is usually smaller than the line pitch. Therefore, if the character pitch is larger than the line pitch, it does not matter so much even if it is ignored.

Further, the present application is particularly effective in a word processor in which a plurality of areas (B) and (W) can be set.
Is effective even if it is used in a word processor with only the base. Also,
In the DTP standard display of the second embodiment, the print format information section (1
Print format data (line pitch, character pitch) for background (B) in 6)
The enlargement ratio was set with, but this is the background (B) and the area.
Of both print format data (W) (line pitch, character pitch), the smaller print format data may be set as a reference.

Further, the present application is particularly effective in a word processor in which a plurality of areas (B) and (W) can be set.
Is effective even if it is used in a word processor with only the base.

[0046]

According to the present invention, when the character size is too large or too small on the WYSIWYG display screen, according to the present invention, an appropriate character size is obtained, and while confirming the print image,
Characters can be easily created and edited.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of first and second embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the basics of a display screen (basic display) of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the basics of a display screen (WYSIWYG display) of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the basics of a display screen (DTP standard display) of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the appearance of the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the display screen contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the display screen contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the display screen contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the display screen contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the display screen contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the display screen contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing the display screen contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the display screen contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing the display screen contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the display screen contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing the display screen contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing the contents of the display screen of the second embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing the display screen contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing the contents of the display screen of the second embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing the display screen contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 29 is a diagram of print output according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (10) key board, (10a) cursor movement key, (10c) character key, (14) text buffer, (16) print format information section, (20) display section, (22) character pattern memory , (24) calculation unit, (26) display mode unit, (B) background (first document region), (W) document region (second document region).

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Masuo Kondo 2-18, Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoshinori Hatayama 2-18, Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Sanyo Electric Within the corporation

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. The character pitch and the line pitch are reduced or enlarged in the same ratio as the printed image or in the same ratio in the vertical and horizontal directions,
A document editing method characterized by comprising display means for displaying an arbitrary character size. 2. The document editing method according to claim 1, wherein the displayed character size has the same size or the same size as the character pitch in which the vertical and horizontal dimensions are reduced or expanded at the same ratio. 3. The document editing method according to claim 1, wherein the displayed character size is the same size or the same size as the line pitch in which the height and width are reduced or expanded at the same ratio. 4. The reduction or enlargement ratio is set so that the displayed character size has the same size as the line pitch reduced or enlarged in the vertical and horizontal directions at the same ratio. Document editing method of 1. 5. The reduction or enlargement ratio is set so that the displayed character size has the same size as the character pitch obtained by reducing or expanding the height and width at the same ratio. Document editing method of 1. 6. The character pitch and the line pitch are reduced or enlarged in the same ratio as the printed image or in the same ratio in the vertical and horizontal directions,
A document editing apparatus comprising a display unit for displaying an arbitrary character size. 7. The document editing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the displayed character size is the same size as the character pitch reduced or enlarged in the same size or in the vertical and horizontal directions at the same ratio. 8. The document editing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the displayed character size is the same size as the same size or the line pitch in which the vertical and horizontal are reduced or expanded at the same ratio. 9. The reduction or enlargement ratio is set so that the displayed character size has the same size as the line pitch reduced or enlarged in the vertical and horizontal directions at the same ratio. 6 document editing device. 10. The reduction or enlargement ratio is set so that the displayed character size has the same size as the character pitch obtained by reducing or expanding the height and width at the same ratio. 6 document editing device. 11. The reduction or enlargement ratio is set so that the displayed character size becomes the same size as the smaller one of the line pitch and the character pitch reduced or expanded in the vertical and horizontal directions at the same ratio. The document editing method according to claim 1, wherein the setting is performed. 12. The relative relationship between the character pitch and the line pitch in the printed output is set as it is, and the character pitch and the line pitch for display are set, and the relative relationship between the character size and the character pitch in the printed output is different. A document editing method, comprising: a display unit for displaying characters of a related size.