JPH05324622A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the concurrent display of a single display or plural page editing screens by controlling a page editing screen display at a character editing area, based on the designated number of concurrent display screens. CONSTITUTION:When the number of the concurrent display screens to be displayed at the document editing area of a display means 2-4 is designated by an input means 2-5, a control means 2-1 controls the single or plural page editing screen display at the document editing area of the display means 2-4 based on the designated number of the concurrent display screens, so that the single display or the plural page editing screens can concurrently be displayed on the page edition screen. And also, a page processing means 2-2 advances each page of document data displayed at each page editing screen in a continuous page state or a non-continuous page state at each time of a page advancing instruction on each page editing screen displayed concurrently, based on a page display mode designation state inputted from the input means 2-5, so that the pages can be displayed on the same screen by referring to the plural contiguous pages and the non-contiguous separate pages for one document.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus for editing document information pages, and more particularly to a document processing apparatus for simultaneously editing a plurality of pages of one document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of document processing apparatus has been constructed so that display and editing by WYSIWYG can be performed page by page.

In such an apparatus, when two pages are edited at one time, a display device for displaying two continuous left and right pages in a two-page spread is provided, and parallel editing of each page can be performed.

On the other hand, in order to execute editing of an arbitrary page while referring to an arbitrary page and a page which is not continuous from the arbitrary page, instead of the continuous page as described above, the document editing process is performed. Launch another application and display the page to be referenced there in a window, and edit the page while scrolling in the display window, or edit the page based on the output obtained by printing the document to be edited in advance. I was going.

[0005]

Therefore, in the multi-page editing involving the activation of a plurality of applications, there is a problem that a considerable processing load is imposed on the CPU and the editing processing performance is deteriorated.

Further, in the case of editing while referring to the print output, if the printing is repeated every time a correction is made in the document by the editing, it takes extra labor and time for editing, and paper resources are unnecessary. There was a problem of consuming it.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and manages the number of parallel display screens displayed on the edit screen while maintaining a single or plural page edit screens in the document edit area of the display means. It is possible to provide a document processing apparatus capable of performing parallel editing while referring to a plurality of continuous pages and distant pages which are not continuous with respect to one document while controlling the display and referring to the pages on the same screen. To aim.

[0008]

A document processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a designating unit for designating the number of parallel display screens to be displayed in parallel in a document editing area of a display unit, and the number of parallel display screens designated by the designating unit. And a control means for controlling the display of one or a plurality of page edit screens in the document edit area of the display means.

Further, a mode designating means for designating a page display mode for each page editing screen displayed in parallel,
Each page of the document data displayed on each page edit screen is set to a continuous page state or a non-continuous page based on the page display mode designation state by the mode designating unit for each page progress instruction on each page edit screen displayed in parallel. A page advancing means for advancing in a state is provided.

[0010]

In the present invention, when the number of parallel display screens to be displayed in the document editing area of the display means is designated by the designating means, the control means moves to the document editing area of the display means based on the designated number of parallel display screens. By controlling the display of a single or plural page edit screens, it is possible to display a single display or a plurality of page edit screens in parallel on the page edit screen.

Further, for each page advance instruction on each page edit screen displayed in parallel, the page advance means displays each of the document data displayed on each page edit screen based on the page display mode designation state by the mode designation means. By advancing the page in continuous page state or non-continuous page state, it is possible to display multiple pages on the same screen while referencing multiple continuous pages and separate pages that are not continuous for one document. And

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of a document processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a CRT display device (CRT) for displaying a document being edited, various messages and the like, 2 is a video RAM (VRAM) for developing an image displayed on the screen of the CRT display device 1, 3 Is a bit move unit (BMU) that controls data transfer between memories or between a memory and each device. Reference numeral 4 is a keyboard provided with various keys for editing a document, 5 is a pointing device (PD) used for pointing icons on the screen, and 6 is a CP that controls the entire apparatus.
The U generally controls each device connected to the I / O bus 12 based on various operation processing procedures stored in the ROM 7 (including control procedures shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 described later).

Reference numeral 8 denotes a RAM, which is used as a work area when the CPU 6 executes the various programs described above or as a temporary save area during error processing. Reference numeral 9 is a hard disk (HDD), and each disk is used for storing application programs, data, libraries, etc. described later. 10 is a floppy disk (FD
In D), each disk is used for storing application programs, data, libraries, etc. described later. 11 is a network interface (Net-I
/ F) indicates data control and diagnosis on the network to transfer data between other document processing devices via the network. The I / O bus 12 connects the units described above.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the functional processing of the CPU 6 shown in FIG. 1. The same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. The configuration and the function processing state will be described below.

The hard disk 9 stores a document file 9a. The document data is passed to the page processing means 2-2 by the control means 2-1 and is allocated page by page. The page information resulting from the allocation is stored in the storage unit 2-3, and the page designated by the control unit 2-1 is displayed on the display unit 2-4. Input of commands and instructions of display pages are performed by the input unit 2-5, analyzed by the control unit 2-1 and analyzed by the page processing unit 2-2 and the display unit 2.
-4 is controlled. The document data of the hard disk 9 is input from the input means 2-5 and the page processing means 2-
It is allocated by 2, stored in the storage unit 2-3, and then stored by the "disk save command". The format of the document data in the storage unit 2-3 may be the same as the format of the document data in the hard disk 9, but it is a dedicated one so that the control unit 2-1 and the page processing unit 2-2 can easily process it. It may have a data structure.

In the thus constructed document processing apparatus, when the designation means (pointing device 5) designates the number of parallel display screens to be displayed in the document editing area of the display means (CRT display device 1), the control means ( Control means 2-
By controlling the display of one or more page edit screens in the document edit area of the display means based on the number of parallel display screens specified in 1), a single display or multiple page edit screens are displayed in parallel on the page edit screen. It is possible to display.

Further, for each page advance instruction on each page edit screen displayed in parallel, the page advance means (page processing means 2-2) causes the page by the mode designation means (pointing device 5 instructs from the display state). By advancing each page of the document data displayed on each page edit screen in a continuous page state or a non-continuous page state based on the display mode designation state, a plurality of continuous pages and continuous pages can be set for one document. It is possible to display pages on the same screen while referring to pages that are not separated.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the input editing screen displayed on the CRT display device 1 shown in FIG.

In the figure, 3-1 is a display screen (document paper) in the case of one page display corresponding to the document paper, and only the grid 3-4 for guiding the input document data (character data) is initially provided. Is displayed. Reference numeral 3-2 is a document edit cursor, which indicates the input edit position of the current data. Three
Reference numeral -3 is a pointing cursor, which operates in conjunction with the pointing device 5 shown in FIG. 1 to move the document editing cursor 3-2, set range designation, and select a menu. Data from the keyboard 4 is input while being converted into kana-kanji characters from the document editing cursor 3-2. 3-5
Is a menu bar in which various functions that can be performed on the document paper 3-1 are displayed according to categories. Reference numeral 3-6 is a scroll bar, and the displayed document size is document paper 3-
Used to scroll the screen to show areas that are larger than one and cannot be displayed. A message area 3-7 stores various information such as a message line 3-7a for indicating that some kind of editing process is currently being executed and a page monitor area 3-7b for indicating the page number being edited. indicate. By inputting a page number from the keyboard 4, the page monitor area 3-7b can change the display to any page.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the first multi-page parallel editing screen on the CRT display device 1 shown in FIG.

As shown in this figure, in the two-page display, the document sheets 3-1 shown in FIG. 3 are arranged side by side as shown in two document editing sheets (document screens) 4-1a and 4-1b. In the horizontal arrangement, the menu bar 4-2 is shared, and the scroll bars 4-3a and 4-3b and the message areas 4-4a and 4-4b are provided separately for each document sheet. In the page monitor areas 4-5a and 4-5b in the message areas 4-4a and 4-4b, the page numbers displayed by the respective documents are displayed, and the pages of the respective document sheets are changed. It is also possible. In order to input on one of the document screens using the keyboard 4, first, one of the document screens 4-1a and 4-1b input by the pointing device 5 is clicked. To switch the input screen, click the screen that is not currently being input.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the second multi-page parallel editing screen on the CRT display device 1 shown in FIG.

As shown in this figure, in the two-page display, two document sheets 3-1 shown in FIG. 3 are vertically arranged as shown in document edit sheets (document screens) 5-1a and 5-1b. In the vertically arranged state, the menu bar 5-2 is shared, and the scroll bars 5-3a and 5-3b and the message areas 5-4a and 5-4b are provided separately for respective document sheets. In the page monitor areas 5-5a and 5-5b in the message areas 5-4a and 5-4b, the page numbers displayed by the respective documents are displayed, and the pages of the respective document sheets are changed. It is also possible. In order to input on one of the document screens using the keyboard 4, first, one of the document screens 5-1a and 5-1b input by the pointing device 5 is clicked.
To switch the input screen, click the screen that is not currently being input.

As described above, there are two display layouts in this embodiment, that is, two pages are vertically placed and two pages are horizontally placed. When two pages are placed vertically, the layout is such that two pages are displayed vertically side by side, as shown in FIG.
When two pages are placed horizontally, the layout is such that two pages are displayed side by side as shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows the menu bar 3-5 shown in FIG.
It is a figure explaining the detailed structure of.

As shown in this figure, menu buttons for displaying various functions according to categories are arranged side by side, and the display menu button 6-1 is a button for selecting an item for display. By clicking the pointing device 5, a pull-down menu 6-2 for display is displayed, in which buttons for selecting various display-related functions are displayed. When the user selects the 2-page display menu button 6-3 from the pull-down menu 6-2 for display with the PD 5,
A page display setting window is displayed, and it is possible to set two-page display. Also, from the pull-down menu 6-2 for display, the menu button 6-4 for displaying one page is displayed.
When is selected, the document edit screen immediately returns to the one-page display. It should be noted that during the display of one page, the characters of the menu button 6-4 for displaying one page do not function even if selected.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a two-page display setting window displayed on the CRT display device 1 shown in FIG.

As shown in this figure, the two-page display setting window 7-1 includes a display mode selection section 7-2 and a display layout selection section 7-3. The display mode selection unit 7-2 includes a continuous display toggle button 7-2a and a non-continuous display toggle button 7-2b. When the continuous display toggle button 7-2a is selected by the pointing device 5, the continuous display mode is set, and when the non-continuous display toggle button 7-2b is selected by the pointing device 5, the continuous display mode is set. The two toggle buttons are ejected, and when either one is selected by the pointing device 5, the other selection is canceled. Further, the display layout selection section 7-3 includes a horizontal-position designation toggle button 7-3a and a vertical-position designation toggle button 7-3b. When the horizontal designation toggle button 7-3a is selected by the pointing device 5, the two pages are placed horizontally and the edit screen shown in FIG. 4 is obtained, and the vertical designation toggle button 7-3b is selected. And the screen is placed vertically, and the editing screen shown in FIG. 5 is obtained. The two toggle buttons are mutually exclusive, and when either one is selected by the pointing device 5, the other selection is canceled. The apply button 7-4 is for applying each mode designated by the display mode selection unit 7-2 and the display layout selection unit 7-3 to start the two-page display,
When the pointing device 5 is pressed, the setting window 7-1 disappears and the document edit screen is switched to the 2-page display. The pages displayed as the initial state of the two-page display are the page that has been displayed until then and the subsequent pages. However, if one is the last page of the document, the other will display the previous page.

The cancel button 7-5 is a display mode selection section 7-
2 and the display layout selection section 7-3 are ignored to stop the editing of two pages. When the pointing device 5 is pressed, the setting window 7-1 disappears, Return to the 1-page display document edit screen. The page displayed when returning to the one-page display is the page last displayed for editing when the two-page display is performed. However, if neither is edited, the page displayed on the left or the upper side is displayed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a one-page display confirmation window displayed on the CRT display device 1 shown in FIG.

As shown in the figure, the one-page display confirmation window 8-1 is composed of a message 8-2 for confirming the user, a confirmation button 8-3 and a cancel button 8-4. The message 8-2 is for notifying the user of returning to the one-page display. The confirmation button 8-3 is a means for returning to the one-page display. When the confirmation button 8-3 is clicked, the one-page display confirmation window 8-1 disappears and one page is displayed from the two-page display. Switch to display. The cancel button 8-4 is a means for stopping returning to the one-page display, and when the cancel button 8-4 is clicked, the one-page display confirmation window 8-1 disappears and the display shows two pages. It remains the same.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a display page management table created in the work area of the RAM 8 shown in FIG.

In the figure, 9-1 is a page display flag, which is used to identify whether the current document editing process is one-page display or two-page display, and is updated when the display is switched. Reference numeral 9-2 is an area in which the display page number is registered, and the page currently displayed is described. This area is divided into two areas, only the upper area is effective when displaying one page, and the contents of each area indicate the display page of each screen when displaying two pages. A display mode flag 9-3 indicates whether the display mode of the two-page display is the continuous page display mode or the discontinuous page display mode. This flag is not referred to while displaying one page. A display layout flag 9-4 indicates whether the layout for displaying two pages is horizontal or vertical. This flag is not referred to while displaying one page.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing an example of a two-page edit processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention. It should be noted that (1) to (13) indicate each step.

First, a menu operation is performed by the pointing device 5 to select the 2-page display (1). The menu operation at this time is the menu bar 3 in FIG.
-5 "Display" button, that is, the menu button 6-1 for display is selected, and then the menu button 6-3 indicating "two-page display" in the pull-down menu 6-2 displayed below the button is selected. It is to be.

Next, the current display mode and the original state of the display layout are saved (2). Initially, the device provides the current display mode and display layout. Next, the current display mode and display layout state are read into the display page management table (3). The 2-page display setting window 7-1 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed based on the state of the display page management table (4).
.. At this time, if continuous is specified in the display layout, the continuous display toggle button 7-2a is pressed, and if discontinuous is specified, the non-continuous display toggle button 7-2b is pressed. It will be in the state of being. If the display layout is set to the vertical orientation, the vertical orientation specification toggle button 7-3b is pressed. If the horizontal orientation is designated, the horizontal orientation display toggle button 7-3 is pressed.
3a is pressed.

Next, the two-page display setting window 7
In -1, it is judged whether or not there is an input (whether the button is pressed) (5). If there is an input, the input is one of the buttons of the display mode selection section 7-2 (the toggle button for continuous display). 7-2a button or non-continuous toggle button 7-2
It is determined whether or not b) is pressed (6), and if YES, the process proceeds to step (7) to rewrite the state of the display page management table and returns to step (4). At this time, if the continuous display toggle button 7-2a is pressed, the table display mode is set to continuous and the non-continuous toggle button 7-2a is set.
If -2b is pressed, the table display mode is set to discontinuous.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (6) is NO, the input is any one of the buttons of the display layout selection section 7-3 (horizontal placement designation toggle button 7-3a and vertical placement designation toggle button 7-). 3b) determine whether or not
(8) If YES, rewrite the state of the display page management table (9) and return to step (4). At this time, the display layout of the table is changed. That is, when the vertical-position designation toggle button 7-3b is pressed, the table display layout is set to vertical, and when the horizontal-position designation toggle button 7-3a is pressed, the table display layout is set to horizontal. Set to.

On the other hand, if the judgment in step (8) is NO, it is judged whether the input is the apply button 7-4 or the cancel button 7-5 (10), and the cancel button 7-5 is pressed. If the application button 7-4 is pressed in step (10), the original table state is loaded (13), the process is terminated, and the display mode and display layout data is written in the table (11). ) Two pages are displayed (12), and the process ends.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing an example of a procedure for returning from two pages to one page editing in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (6) indicate each step.

First, a menu operation is performed using the pointing device 5 to select one page display (1). The menu operation at this time is the menu bar 3 in FIG.
-5 "Display" button, that is, the display menu button 6-1 is selected, and then the menu button 6-4 indicating "1 page display" in the pull-down menu 6-2 displayed below the button is selected. It is to be. Also at this time,
Even if the menu button 6-4 indicating "two-page display" is selected, it does not respond, and the characters are displayed in gray.

Next, the one-page display confirmation window 8
-1 is displayed (2). Next, it is judged whether or not there is an input (whether the button has been pressed) in the one-page display confirmation window 8-1 (3). If there is an input, the apply button 7-4 or the cancel button 7-5 It is determined whether is pressed (4). Note that the one-page display setting window 7-1
Input on the document screen cannot be accepted unless either of these is pressed during display.

In step (4), the apply button 7-4
When is pressed, the one-page display setting window disappears, and the application process for switching the screen display to the one-page display is executed (5). Then, the document can be edited under the one-page display.

On the other hand, when the cancel button 7-5 is pressed in the judgment of step (4), the one-page display setting window disappears and the cancel processing for returning the screen display to the two-page display is executed (6 ) After that, it becomes possible to edit the document while displaying two pages.

The display modes in this embodiment include
There are a continuous page display mode and a non-continuous page display mode. The continuous page display mode is a mode in which page numbers of two document screens to be displayed are displayed consecutively, and the page monitor area 4 in FIG. -5a, 4-
When the page is turned by operating 5b, the pages on both screens change continuously. The page turning processing in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing a page turning processing state in the continuous page display mode in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

In the figure, reference numerals 12-1 to 12-4 respectively indicate display states. In the display state 12-1, the left side screen corresponds to the "2" page and the right side screen corresponds to the "3" page. When the page of one screen is turned over in this state, the screen is switched to the display state 12-2, and both pages continuously change together. If you repeat the same operation in this state,
Although the display state is switched to the display state 12-3, when one of the displays is displaying the last page (5 pages in the figure) of this document, when the page is further turned, the display state is changed from the display state 12-3. Although the display state 12-4 is set, in this case, since the pages cannot be turned over any more, the display on both screens does not change. As described above, the continuous page display mode is a mode in which when a page turning operation is received, the pages of both screens are changed to be continuous.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing a page turning processing state in the discontinuous page display mode in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention. The discontinuous page display mode is the page number of two document screens to be displayed. Page display area 4-5 in FIG.
When a page is turned by operating a or 4-5b, only the page on the operated screen changes.

In the figure, 13-1 to 13-4 indicate the respective display states. In the display state 13-1, the left side screen corresponds to the "2" page and the right side screen corresponds to the "3" page. In this state, if you turn only the page on the right screen,
Only the display on the right side changes to 4 pages, but the page on the left side does not change to 2 pages, and the display state 13-2 is reached. In this state, if only the pages on the right side screen are sequentially turned over, the display state 13-3 , 13-4, the left page remains 2 pages. As described above, the non-continuous page display mode is a mode in which only the page of the screen that has undergone the page turning operation is changed.

[0051]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the number of parallel display screens to be displayed in the document editing area of the display means is designated by the designating means, the control means is controlled by the control means. Since it is configured to control the display of single or multiple page edit screens in the document edit area of the display means based on the specified number of parallel display screens, single page display or multiple page edit screens can be displayed in parallel on the page edit screen. Can be displayed.

Further, for each page advance instruction on each page edit screen displayed in parallel, each page of the document data displayed on each page edit screen based on the page display mode designation state by the mode designating unit by the page progress unit. Since the pages are configured to progress in a continuous page state or a non-continuous page state, the pages are displayed on the same screen while referring to a plurality of consecutive pages and a non-contiguous distant page for one document. be able to.

Therefore, parallel editing can be performed while referring to a plurality of continuous pages and distant pages which are not continuous for one document while referring to the pages on the same screen.
When editing a document, it is possible to avoid a situation in which two document processing applications are activated at one time, which causes a reduction in the processing capability of the CPU. Further, there is an excellent effect that a complicated process such as printing a document to be edited which consumes paper resources in advance becomes unnecessary.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a document processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating functional processing of a CPU shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an input editing screen displayed on the CRT display device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a first multi-page parallel editing screen on the CRT display device shown in FIG. 1.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a second multi-page parallel editing screen on the CRT display device shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a menu bar shown in FIG.

7 is a diagram showing an example of a two-page display setting window displayed on the CRT display device shown in FIG.

8 is a diagram showing an example of a one-page display confirmation window displayed on the CRT display device shown in FIG.

9 is a diagram showing an example of a display page management table created in a work area of the RAM shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a two-page edit processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a process of returning from two pages to one page editing in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing a page turning processing state in the continuous page display mode in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing a page turning processing state in the discontinuous page display mode in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2-1 Control means 2-2 Page processing means 2-3 Storage means 2-4 Display means 2-5 Input means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A document storage means for storing document data,
In a document processing device having an editing unit for editing the document data read from the document storage unit with a print output image page by page, and a display unit displaying the edited print output image, a document editing area of the display unit. Specifying means for specifying the number of parallel display screens to be displayed in parallel with each other, and control for controlling the display of one or more page edit screens in the document edit area of the display means based on the number of parallel display screens specified by the specifying means. A document processing apparatus comprising: means. 2. A mode designating unit for designating a page display mode for each page editing screen displayed in parallel, and a page designated by the mode designating unit for each page progress instruction on each page editing screen displayed in parallel. The page advancing means for advancing each page of the document data displayed on each page editing screen in a continuous page state or a non-continuous page state based on the display mode designation state, the document according to claim 1. Processing equipment.