JPH05298317A - Doucment forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The purpose is to obtain a well-balanced and beautiful European text output without dividing words at the end of lines. [Structure] The length of the word "morning" at the end of a line that extends beyond the end of the line (the length from the end of the line to the end of the word)
However, if it is within the fillable amount specified by the operator, the space before this word is evenly reduced to push the word into the line, and if it is equal to or more than the fillable amount, the length within the line end of the word Check (the length from "m" to the end of the line), and if the length is within the ejectable amount specified by the operator, the word is ejected to the next line, and the space in the line is expanded evenly. , Align the words before the word that was kicked out.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation device such as a word processor or a desktop publishing system for outputting document data to an output device such as a display or a printer according to format data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as seen in the popularization of outline fonts, there has been a strong demand for high quality output of how beautifully a created document is output. Even if the quality of output is improved, it is possible to create a document with a beautiful layout such as using fonts or image data, such as using outline fonts or increasing the resolution of images, and individual data to be output. It is being examined from various perspectives, such as about various functions. An example of the latter case is processing relating to European languages.

In a conventional document creation apparatus, when a word is output at the end of a line when it is output in a European language, the word is first divided into syllables so that the word is not unnaturally divided. Even if there is no problem, you can add a hyphen (“-”) to the beginning of the next line (that is, the part after the word that was divided) (hereinafter, such a function is called hyphenation). When it was not possible, the process of forcing a line break from the beginning of the word was performed.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional document creating apparatus, the word is divided at the hyphenated portion to make it difficult to see, and the forcibly broken line is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, there is a problem that a blank is formed at the end of a line, which impairs the quality of the layout of the entire document.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a document creation apparatus capable of neatly aligning the end of each line without dividing words and neatly balancing words when outputting a document in European languages. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention stores a document file having a text file including a text such as a character code and format data, and a document storage unit that stores the document file. A document file based on the output data converted by the data conversion means and the data conversion means for converting the document file into output data having the output position information of the character code and the character corresponding to the character code. When the output position information of the character to be calculated at the time of converting the data is out of the predetermined range, the data conversion unit changes the word including the character to the word before the word. A determination unit that determines whether or not the output can be performed within a predetermined range by reducing the interval, and if it is determined that the output can be performed by the determination unit, With to reduce the spacing of the word,
When the output position information of the first character immediately after the word is set as the start position of the next line and it is determined that the output cannot be performed by the determination unit, the interval between the words before the word is increased and the word And means for setting the output position information of the line and the character as the start position of the next line.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when the word at the end of a line cannot fit in a line by the above means, if the interval between words before the word at the end of the line is reduced, if the word at the end of the line fits within the line, the word spacing is reduced. If the size of the word is reduced and if it still does not fit, the word at the end of the line is sent to the next line, and the space between the words before the word is increased to perform line justification.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) for controlling the apparatus and processing data, and 2 is a CPU 1. A read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as a ROM) that stores programs and the like for processing
3 is a random access memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM) for storing data, 4 is a font memory for storing font data used for character output, and 5 is a keyboard or mouse to which various data and instructions from the user are input. 1, an image memory 6 for storing output bitmap data, a display device 7 for displaying the bitmap data in the image memory 6, and a printer 8 for printing out the bitmap data.

The data stored in the RAM 3 will be described below. In the RAM 3, as shown in FIG. 2, a document file, output data, typeface information, space information,
Amount of drive-in / amount of drive-out, current output position (xD, yD
), Next character output position (x1, y1), line counter l, txt
_Point, out _point, ch_start0, ch_start1, po
Data such as int0, point1, sp_count, ch_start_x, etc. are stored.

As shown in FIG. 3, the document file has a text consisting of character code strings of characters constituting the document and format data for outputting the text. Further, the format data specifically includes data such as character size, character feed amount, line feed amount, typeface name, paper size, page position, page width, and page height. The page position referred to here means a position of a page defined in the output paper defined by the paper size (that is, an output area in which data is output) with reference to the upper left point of the paper. The output position of a character or the like is represented by relative coordinates with respect to this page position, and in actual output, the coordinates are converted into coordinates with the paper as a reference. In this example,
Hereinafter, the description of the conversion from the relative coordinates to the coordinates based on the paper will be omitted.

The output data is obtained by converting the above-mentioned document file, and as shown in FIG. 4, is composed of output text consisting of character code strings, output format data, line management information and the like. The output format data has an output position and a typeface name for each character in the output text.
The amount of data for each character in the output format data is fixed, so if you know which character in the output text is stored in the output text, the output format data for that character can be easily obtained. It Further, the line management information stores the number of the character in the output text data, which is the last character of each line, when the character string in the output text data is output. In this line management information, "0" is preset as the last character position of the 0th line.

As shown in FIG. 5, the typeface information stores a character width and a character height unique to each English character for each typeface name. In the case of English, the character width differs depending on the typeface.
In addition, even in the same typeface, the character width is different for each character. For example, in the characters "A" and "I", "A" has a wide character width, and "I" has a narrower character width than "A". Therefore, such typeface information is required.

The space information has a basic full-width space width, a 1/2 space width, and a 1/3 space width. In the document creating apparatus of the present embodiment, there are three types of spaces: full-width, half-space having half the character width for the full-width, and one-third space having the width of 1/3 for the full-width. Spaces can be processed, and a basic full-width space has the same character width as a 12-point Japanese character. This space is not limited to three kinds as in the case of the present embodiment, and if the character code can be assigned, the number of kinds such as ¼ space can be further increased.

The reposable amount and the releasable amount are real variables designated by the user. The term "push-in / push-out" as used here means, when a word is output at the end of a line when it is output in a European language, the process of adding that word to other lines in the line and outputting it to that line Is output to the next line and the other words in the original line are expanded to perform line ending justification (exit). What is the amount that can be pushed in?
This is a value that is the reference value for the tracking process, that is, if the length of the part of the word at the end of the line that extends beyond the end of the line is smaller than this amount, it is the standard value for the add-in process. This is a reference value for the eviction process, in which eviction is performed if the length of the portion is smaller than this amount. Although it is possible to define the number of characters that can be driven in and the amount of characters that can be driven out as real variables as in the present embodiment, in the case of English characters, there is a large variation in the character width depending on the character. For the word "HAWAII" and the word "TOKYO", the amount
If a character is specified, the embedding process is performed for both words, although the actual widths of the "II" part and the "YO" part are completely different. In other words, "TOKY
In the case of "O", it is necessary to perform the letter packing larger, so
That line feels tighter than the "HAWAII" line, and overall the document is out of balance. As in the present embodiment, by defining the amount that can be pushed in and pushed out by a real variable, it is possible to obtain a clean output without impairing the balance of the Roman characters between the lines when performing the pushing in or pushing out process.

The current output position (x0, y0) is position information for outputting the character read from the text in the document file, and is calculated for each character according to the character width and the line feed amount. Then, the output position of the output format data is set. The next character output position (x1, y1) is data calculated based on the current output position and represents the position where the character next to the character being processed should be output. When outputting characters, font data corresponding to the designated character code / typeface name is read from the font memory 4,
As shown in, the upper left point of the font data is used as a reference and is output at the position calculated according to the formula of the document.

The line counter 1 is data indicating which line in the document is being processed.

Txt_point is a pointer into the text in the document file, and out_point is a pointer into the output text in the output data. These values are data indicating the number of characters from the beginning of the text and output text, and access to the text and output text is performed by using these pointers and the start address of the text or output text that is held separately. (Not specifically shown)
Is done using and.

Ch_start0, ch_start1, point0, point1
Is the above txt_poin when a specific process is performed.
This is a variable that stores t and out_point. Also sp
_Count is a counter for counting the number of spaces in the line, and ch_start_x is a variable for temporarily storing the output position information of the character read from the output data.

Various data other than these data are stored in the RAM 3, which will be described below.
A detailed explanation will be given as necessary.

The operation of the document creating apparatus of this embodiment constructed as described above will be described below.

The CPU 1 converts the document file in the RAM 3 into output data, reads the data from the output data character by character, reads the font corresponding to the character from the font memory 4, and outputs the font to the character output position. Based on this, the font is written in the image memory 6. The data in the image memory 6 is output to the display 7 or the printer 8.

The detailed operation will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 to 13. (1) Designation of possible drive-in amount and drive-out possible amount First, in step 1, the CPU 1 waits for the input of the driveable amount from the input unit 5, and when the input is made, the input value is the driveable amount. Is written in RAM3. Next, in step 3, this time, the state of waiting for input of the ejectable amount is entered, and when input is performed, step 4
In the RAM3, the input value is set as the savable amount.
Write in.

In the present embodiment, the reposable amount and the releasable amount are defined in units of millimeters and can be set at a minimum interval of 0.1. (2) Conversion from Document File to Output Data First, in step 11, the current output position (x0, y
0) is initialized to (0,0). Then, step 1
At 2, the row counter 1 is initialized to 1. Furthermore,
In steps 13 and 14, txt_point
And out_point are initialized to 1.

When the predetermined initialization is completed, the CPU 1 determines in step 15 that the text in the document file is tx.
Reads the character code indicated by t_point for one character.
If the read character code is a line feed code,
The process proceeds to step 101, and when it is not the line feed code, the process proceeds to step 17. Further, in step 17, it is checked whether the read character code is a code (EOF) indicating the end of the text, and EO
If it is F, the process ends, and if it is not EOF, the process proceeds to step 18.

In step 18, the CPU 1 calculates the next character output position x1. The next character output position x1 is obtained by adding the character width of the character read in step 15 to the current output position x0. At this time, the CPU 1 checks the typeface name in the format data in the document file,
Refer to the character width related to the corresponding typeface name and character code in the typeface information in M3. When the next character output position x1 is calculated, it is checked in step 19 whether or not the character read in step 15 can fit within the line (within the page). In reality, x1 and the page width defined in the format data in the document are compared in size, and if x1 is larger, it is determined that the character is out of the line, and the process proceeds to step 29. If x1 is smaller, it is determined that the character is in the line, and the process proceeds to step 20. This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 14. As shown in FIG. 14, the next character output position x1 is the position information at which the next read character should be output, and at the same time, the next character output position x1 indicates the character currently processed. It can be seen that this is also end position information. That is, if this next character output position x1 is after the end of line (x1
> Page width), the character does not fit in the line, and if the next character output position x1 is before the end of the line (x1 ≦ page width), the character fits in the line.

When the character read in step 15 falls within the line, in step 20, the character code of the character is first written in the output text of the output data (the position designated by out_point). Next, in step 21, the current output position (x0, y0) is associated with the character code written in step 20 and written in the output format data. Further, in step 22, the typeface name defined in the document file is written in the output format data in the same manner as the current output position (x0, y0). By the processing from step 20 to step 22, the conversion of the data for one character is completed.

When the data conversion for one character is completed, in step 23, the value of the current output position x0 is rewritten to the value of the next character output position x1. Where step 24
In step 20, it is checked whether or not the character code written in the output text in step 20 is a space code (out_point is used), and if it is a space code, steps 25 and 26 are performed, If it is not a space code, those operations are not performed.

In step 25, ch in the RAM 3
The value obtained by adding 1 to txt_point is set to _start0,
At step 26, to ch_start1 in RAM3,
The value obtained by adding 1 to out_point is set. Between words,
Since it is divided by spaces, the document creation device recognizes an English character string sandwiched by spaces as one word. Therefore, there is always a space at the beginning of the word, and in the processing of steps 25 and 26, the starting position of the word is held.

After the above processing from step 15 to step 26, in steps 27 and 28, the values of txt_point and out_point are respectively +1.
Updated (indication of next character), the process is step 1
Return to 5.

The process from step 15 to step 28 is repeated until the character reaches the end of the line. Next, the process when the character reaches the end of the line will be described.

If it is determined in step 19 that the characters read from the text in the document file in step 15 cannot fit within the line (x1> page width), in step 29, is the character an English character? I can investigate. Since the document creating apparatus of the present embodiment is intended for inputting European characters, non-English characters are either line feed codes, EOF, or spaces (there are three types of full-width, 1/2, and 1/3). Since the line feed code and EOF have already been determined in steps 16 and 17, it is determined in step 29 whether or not the character is a space.

If the target character is an English character, the above-described data conversion process is performed from step 20 onward. That is, the process from step 15 to step 28 is repeated via step 29 until the next space comes. If it is determined in step 29 that the target character is not an alphabetic character, in step 30, RA
The value of txt_point to point0 in M3 is also step 3
1, the value of out_point is set to point1 in the RAM3. That is, point0 and point1 store the pointer value in the text in which the character next to the last character of the word protruding from the end of the line and the output text are stored.

After the processing of steps 30 and 31, in step 32, the drive-in amount is calculated, and in step 33, the calculated drive-in amount and the drive-in possible amount stored in the RAM 3 are compared in magnitude. .. The amount of embedding is determined by (x0-page width). As of step 33, txt_point is the position of the last character (space) read from the text, and out_po
int points to the next write position after the last write to the output text (the last character read from the text was not written to the output text). In other words, the current output position x0 at that time is the position where the last read character (space) should be originally output, and this is the end position of the character before that, that is, the word that extends beyond the end of the line. At the end position, if the page width is subtracted from this value, the amount of the word protruding (= the amount of trailing) can be obtained. This will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 15, it is assumed that the word "morning" is placed at the end of the line and the space following the word is read. In this state,
Text in the document file in RAM3, output text / output format in output data, txt_point, o ut
_Point and x0 are as shown in FIG. That is, x0 is the position ch3_x at which the space should be originally output, as is apparent from FIG. 15, and the value obtained by subtracting the page width from this value is the amount of padding.

In step 33, as a result of the size comparison of the reposable amount stored in the RAM 3 and the refillable amount calculated in step 32, if the refillable amount is larger (the drive-in amount is within the refillable region). If it is), the process shown in FIG. 8 is performed.

In FIG. 8, first, in step 41, the number of spaces before the word at the end of the line in the line being processed is counted. Step 4 based on this result
In 2, the maximum possible amount of drive-in indicating how much the drive-in is actually possible is obtained, and in step 43, by comparing the amount of drive-in and the maximum possible drive-in amount,
You can check whether it is really possible to drive in. That is, if the amount of drive-in is smaller than the maximum possible amount of drive-in, step 43
In step S31, the close-up process is performed, and if it is large, the process proceeds to step 51 without performing the close-up process. After the drive-in process in step 44, step 45
Is stored in RAM3 at txt_point
The value of point0 is set, and the process proceeds to step 101.

First, the process of counting the space in step 41 will be described.

The space counting process is performed according to the procedure of the flowchart shown in FIG. In this process, first, in step 61, ch is set to txt_point.
The value obtained by subtracting 1 from _start0 is set (this causes tx
(t_point indicates the last space entered in the line, that is, the space immediately before the word that extends beyond the end of the line). In step 62, the space counter sp_count in the RAM 3 is set to 0. Then, in step 63, one character is read from the text in the document file, and in step 64, it is determined whether the read character is a space. If it is a space, the value of sp_count is determined in step 65. Is updated by +1. In the processing from step 63 to step 65, while the value of txt_point is reduced in step 66,
This is repeated until the value of txt_point becomes equal to the last character position on the (l-1) th line. The final character position of the (l-1) th line is obtained by referring to the line management information in the output data by using the value of the line counter l. If the line being processed is the first line, the final character position "0" of the 0th line is obtained.

In step 42, the maximum amount that can be inserted is calculated by the calculation of (sp_count) × (full-width space size) × (1/12).
When filling characters (words) in European languages, it is not necessary to unconditionally fill spaces between characters, and at most 1/4 of the space
Until then, it is generally said that the balance between letters is not compromised. In the present embodiment, since three types of spaces are supported, the maximum packing amount in one space is set to 1/4 of the 1/3 space, that is, 1/12 of the full-width space. Although it is possible to set the filling amount to 1/12 of each space,
In that case, the space of the space is large, and the space of the space is relatively small. As a result, there is no difference in the size of each space. The balance of the size of the space between the characters that is intentionally changed is lost. As in the present embodiment, if the filling amount in each space is made uniform and the upper limit value is determined based on the minimum space size, the balance between characters is not impaired, and
It's not too clogged to make the document hard to read.

Next, the follow-up process in step 44 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

As described above, the padding is performed by uniformly reducing (filling) the space in the line before the word that extends from the end of the line.

First, at step 71, the value of sp_count is set to the number of spaces to be reduced. Next, in step 72, the drive-in amount calculated in step 32 is
The packing amount for each space is calculated by dividing by the number of spaces set in step 71. Subsequently, in step 73, a value obtained by adding 1 to the last character position of the (l-1) th line (indicating the first character of the line) is set to out_point, and in step 74, a variable (natural number) i Are initialized to 0.

After setting out_point and the variable i,
By the processing of steps 75 to 79, the output position (x
Coordinate) is changed. That is, in step 75, C
The PU 1 reads one character from the output text of the output data, and updates the output position (x coordinate) in the output format data corresponding to the read character by subtracting (padding amount × i) in step 76. .. Then step 77
In step 78, it is checked whether or not the character read in step 75 is a space, and only when it is a space, the variable i is updated by +1 in step 78. In the processing from step 75 to step 78, in step 79, the value of out_point is updated by +1 while
This is repeated until the value of point becomes equal to the value of point1 stored in RAM3. Since point 1 points to the space next to the word that runs off the line, step 7
The processing from 5 to step 78 is repeated from the beginning of the line to the end of the word to be added.

Up to this point, the process has been described in step 33 when the drive-in amount obtained in step 32 is within the drive-in amount, but the process in the case where the drive-in amount is not within the drive-in amount is described below. Will be described.

When it is determined in step 33 that the amount of drive-in is not within the amount of drive-in, the process shown in FIG. 9 is performed.

First, in step 51, out_poin
A value obtained by subtracting 1 from ch_start1 stored in the RAM 3 is set in t, and in step 52, the out_
The output position (x coordinate) of the output format data corresponding to the character in the output text designated by point is acquired, and RA
It is set as ch_start_x in M3. Next, in step 53, the ejection amount is calculated, and based on the result, the ejection amount and RA obtained in step 54 are calculated.
A comparison is made with the expellable amount stored in M3. If the ejection amount is smaller than the ejection possible amount, the word ejection process is performed in step 55, and if the ejection amount is larger than the ejection possible amount,
After the hyphenation process is performed in step 56, the RAM is stored in txt_point in step 57.
The value of point 0 stored in 3 is set, and the processing shifts to step 101.

The processing of steps 51 to 54 will be specifically described with reference to FIG. Step 51
At the point of time, ch_start1 stores the position in the output text of the first character of the word at the end of the line. Therefore, by the processing of step 51, out_poin
t will indicate the space immediately preceding the word. That is, the value of ch_start_x acquired in step 52 is the value of the position registered as the start position of the space. In the eviction process, since it is necessary to send the space immediately before the word at the end of the line and the subsequent lines to the next line,
As shown in, the value obtained by subtracting the value of ch_start_x from the page width is the ejection amount. In step 54, it is determined whether to perform the ejection process or the hyphenation process by comparing the ejection amount with the ejection possible amount stored in the RAM 3.

Next, the eviction process in step 55 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The eviction process is performed by erasing the space after the space immediately before the word at the end of the line from the line, and evenly expanding the space between the words and aligning the ends of the lines.

First, in step 81, the CPU 1 counts the number of spaces in the line to be processed (the space counting process is performed according to the procedure of the flow chart shown in FIG. 10. , Which has already been described in step 41, so detailed description will be omitted here). Next, in step 82, a value obtained by subtracting 1 from the value of sp_count is set as the number of spaces, and in step 83, the ejection amount calculated in step 53 is divided by the number of spaces set in step 82. The feed amount in each space is calculated by. The number of spaces for the ejection process is sp_co
The value obtained by subtracting 1 from the value of unt is used, because in the eviction process, the space immediately before the word at the end of the line is ejected from the line. Subsequently, in step 84, a value obtained by adding 1 to the last character position of the (l-1) th line (indicating the first character of the line) is set to out_point, and in step 85, a variable (natural number) i Are initialized to 0.

When out_point and the variable i are set,
By the processing from step 86 to step 90, the output position (x
Coordinate) is changed. That is, in step 86, C
The PU 1 reads one character from the output text of the output data, and in step 87, updates the output position (x coordinate) in the output format data corresponding to the read character by adding (feed amount × i). Then, in step 88, it is checked whether or not the character read in step 86 is a space, and only when it is a space, the variable i is updated by +1 in step 89. Step 86
From step 89 to step 90,
out _point while updating the value of t _point by +1
Is repeated until the value of is equal to the value of ch_start1 stored in the RAM3 plus one. ch_start1 is
Since the leading character of the word in the line is designated, the processes of steps 86 to 89 are repeated from the beginning of the line to the end of the word immediately before the word to be scavenged.

Even when it is determined in step 43 that it is not possible to add the data, the same processing as described above is performed.

By the above process, after any of the process of adding, extruding and hyphenating, or
A line feed process in the case where it is determined in step 16 that the character read in step 15 is a line feed code will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step 101, the final output character position (l
_Last) is set to the value of point1 stored in the RAM 3, and the row counter l is incremented by 1 in step 102.
Update. Next, in step 103, txt_poin
The value of t is updated by +1. Further, in step 104, the line feed amount defined in the format data in the document file is added to the current output position y0, and in step 105, the line start position 0 is set to the current output position x0. Return to step 15.

In the hyphenation process shown in step 56 of the present embodiment, for example, information about clauses between words may be stored in a dictionary or the like, and the dictionary may be referred to to determine the position where a word is delimited by hyphenation. After hyphenation, in the same way as the eviction process,
Aligns the ends of the line by expanding the space between words evenly.

Although various methods of hyphenation can be considered, detailed description thereof will be omitted in this embodiment.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a word occurs at the end of a line, line endings are aligned after processing such as padding / pushing out according to the situation, so that a well-balanced European output can be obtained. You can

Further, since hyphenation is performed only when it is judged that neither entry nor exit is possible, it is possible to minimize word division.

Furthermore, since the amount of embedding / discharging can be directly specified by the length, not the number of characters, it is possible to specify an appropriate amount of embedding / discharging that is not affected by the character width of the characters in the word.

In this embodiment, the entire document data is once converted into the output data and then output, but the data is converted into one character word (calculation of position information etc.) and the character is output. It is also possible to go.

[0062]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the word at the end of a line cannot fit in the line, if the interval between words before the word at the end of the line is reduced, the word at the end of the line can fit in the line. Words are divided at the end of the line because the word spacing is reduced, and if it still does not fit, the word at the end of the line is sent to the next line, and the word spacing before the word is expanded to align the lines. It is possible to obtain a well-balanced output result with neat line ends.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a data configuration diagram in the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a data configuration diagram in the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a data configuration diagram in the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a data configuration diagram in the example.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the same embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the same embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the same embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the same embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the same embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the same embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of the same embodiment.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of the same embodiment.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional document creation device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 Font memory 5 Input section 6 Image memory 7 Display 8 Printer

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A document storage means for storing a document file having text including a character code and format data.
Data conversion means for converting the document file stored in the document storage means into output data having a character code and output position information of a character corresponding to the character code; and an output converted by the data conversion means. A device for outputting a document based on the data for use, wherein the data conversion means outputs the character when the output position information of the character calculated when converting the data is out of a predetermined range. When a word included is judged to be output by the judging means, it has a judging means for judging whether or not the word before the word can be output within the predetermined range by reducing the interval between the words before the word. Is to reduce the interval between the words before the word, the output position information of the first character immediately after the word as the start position of the next line,
If it is determined that the word cannot be output by the determination unit, the word interval before the word is increased, and
A document creating apparatus characterized in that the output position information of the line and the character of the word is set to the start position of the next line. 2. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data converting means uniformly reduces the word interval according to a predetermined condition when it is judged by the judging means that the data can be outputted. 3. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determining means determines that the output cannot be performed when the reduction amount of the word interval exceeds a predetermined condition.