JPH05324623A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a document picture edit by individually switching scrolls inside and outside a frame edition area in a page editing screen area. CONSTITUTION:The desired number of frame editing areas are set in the page editing screen area of a CRT display device 16 by a pointing device, and the document picture edit for the inside and outside of the frame editing area set in the page editing screen area is executed by a page processing means 14. At that time, a scroll object area is switched to either the inside of a page edition screen area, or the inside of the frame edition area based on the edit object area instruction state inputted by the pointing device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing device capable of editing data within a frame displayed on a display means, and more particularly to a document processing device capable of scrolling data within a frame.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a document processing apparatus having this type of in-frame editing function, the editing data displayed in the frame is limited to the portion included inside the frame. Further, when the paper size is larger than the portion actually displayed on the screen, it is possible to display the portion that cannot be displayed by operating the scroll bar or the like.

[0003]

However, in the conventional example, when the size of the data edited in the frame is larger than the size of the frame, the displayed part is limited to the part of the frame (clipping). However, there is no means for the user to visually recognize the data outside the frame. Normally, it is rare to handle data larger than the frame inside the frame, but when copying the data created on the other largest frame or page into a smaller frame, the copied data will be inside the frame. There was a problem that it could not be edited in the part that is not displayed outside the frame and not displayed outside the frame. Further, although it is possible to forcibly move the internal data by using the editing function, in that case, there is a problem that the internal data is changed because it is edited.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and individually manages scroll target areas inside and outside the frame edit area set in the page edit screen area to individually manage the page edit screen. It is possible to individually scroll inside and outside the frame editing area.

[0005]

A document processing apparatus according to the present invention includes frame setting means for setting a desired number of frame editing areas in the page editing screen area of a display means, and setting in the page editing screen area. Editing means for editing a document image input in and out of the frame editing area, instructing means for instructing an area to be edited in a page edit screen area to be edited by this editing means, and a screen on the display means in a direction instructed It has scroll means for scrolling and scroll switching means for switching the scroll target area by the scroll means to either the page edit screen area or the frame edit area based on the edit target area instruction state by the instruction means.

Further, the sroll means is configured so that the scroll bar for the page edit screen is shared by the scroll instruction in the frame edit area.

[0007]

In the present invention, a desired number of frame edit areas are set in the page edit screen area of the display means by the frame setting means, and the edit means sets a document for the inside and outside of the frame edit area set in the page edit screen area. When performing image editing, the scroll switching means controls the scroll target area by the scroll means to switch to either the page edit screen area or the frame edit area based on the edit target area instruction state by the instruction means. It is possible to individually execute scrolling inside and outside the frame editing area in the editing screen area.

Further, the scroll means shares the scroll bar for the page edit screen with the scroll instruction in the frame edit area, thereby making it possible to maintain the occupied area of the effective edit area accompanying the scroll bar display.

[0009]

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.
U generally controls each device connected to the I / O bus 12 based on various operation processing procedures (including the control procedure shown in FIGS. 6 and 7) stored in the ROM 7.

A RAM 8 is used as a work area when the CPU 6 executes the above-mentioned various programs or as a temporary save area for error processing. A hard disk (HDD) 9 is used for storing application programs, data, libraries, etc., which will be described later, on each disk. 10 is a floppy disk (FD
In D), each disk is used for storing application programs, data, libraries, etc., which will be described later. 11 is a network interface (Net-
I / F), which performs data control and diagnosis on the network in order to transfer data between other document processing devices via the network. The I / O bus 12 connects the units described above. The CPU 6 also functions as a CRT controller, manages the moving display of the control cursor according to the operation of the pointing device 5, and controls the editing process based on the command instruction on the screen.

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.

A document file 9a is stored in the hard disk 9. The document data is passed to the page processing means 14 by the control means 13 and is allocated for each page. The page information resulting from the allocation is stored in the storage unit 15 and the page instructed by the control unit 13 is displayed on the display unit 16. Input of commands and instruction of a display page are performed by the input unit 17, analyzed by the control unit 13, and controlled by the page processing unit 14 and the display unit 16. The document data of the hard disk 9 is input means 17
Are input by the page processing means 14, allocated by the page processing means 14, stored in the storage means 15, and then stored by the "disk save command". The format of the document data in the storage means 15 may be the same as the format of the document data in the hard disk 9, but a dedicated data structure is provided so that the control means 13 and the page processing means 14 can easily process the data. Is also good.

In the thus configured document processing apparatus, a desired number of frame edit areas are set in the page edit screen area of the display means (CRT display device 1) by the frame setting means (pointing device 5) and edited. When the means (page processing means 14) executes the document image editing for the inside and outside of the frame editing area set in the page editing screen area, the scroll switching means (control means 13) is based on the edit target area instruction state by the instruction means. By controlling the scroll target area by the scroll means (also serving as the control means 13) to be switched to either the page edit screen area or the frame edit area, scrolling inside and outside the frame edit area in the page edit screen area is individually performed. It is possible to execute.

Further, the scrolling means makes it possible to maintain the occupied area of the effective edit area accompanying the scroll bar display by sharing the scroll bar for the page edit screen with the scroll instruction in the frame edit area.

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

In the figure, 18 is a display screen (document paper) corresponding to a document paper (page edit screen area). 1
Reference numeral 9 denotes a document edit cursor, which indicates an input edit position of the current data. Reference numeral 20 denotes a pointing cursor which operates in conjunction with the pointing device 5 shown in FIG. 1 to move the document editing cursor 19, set a range, and control a scroll bar described later. Data from the keyboard 4 is input from the document editing cursor 19 while being converted into kana-kanji characters. Reference numeral 21 is a background portion on which the edited data on the page is displayed. Reference numeral 22 is a frame (frame editing area) in which edited data on the frame is displayed. In the figure, the background is edited, so a grid is displayed on the background.
The frame lines are displayed thinly. Reference numerals 23 and 24 denote vertical and horizontal scroll bars, respectively, which are used for scrolling the screen in order to display a portion that cannot be displayed because the displayed document size is larger than the document paper 18.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the in-frame editing processing state on the CRT display device 1 shown in FIG.

As shown in this figure, when the pointing device 20 is pressed on the frame, the line of the frame 22 becomes thick, and the display of the editing grid is changed from the background portion 21 to only the inside of the frame. Further, the document edit cursor 19 also moves to the inside of the frame. At this time, the targets of the scroll bars 23 and 24 change from the background portion 21 to the frame 22.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a frame data scroll processing state on the CRT display device 1 shown in FIG.
(A) shows before processing, (b) shows after processing.

As shown in FIG. 3A, a figure 25 is displayed in the frame 22. The figure 25 is larger than the frame, and the figure range 26 is partly outside the display area of the frame. At this time, if the scroll bar 24 is operated, the frame 2
The display of the graphic 25 in 2 can be moved. The scroll bar 24 includes a slider portion 24a and an arrow portion 24b,
It is composed of 24c. The leftward arrow 24b is used to move the display unit to the left by operating the pointing device 5 and the pointing cursor 20.
The right-pointing arrow 24c is used to move to the right. The slider portion 24a is the pointing device 5
When the pointing cursor 20 is moved from above by the operation of, the display cursor moves in the left and right direction, and the display data in the frame 22 also moves in accordance with the movement. The configuration and operating method of the vertical scroll bar 24 are substantially the same.

When scrolling is performed by operating the pointing cursor 20 in this way, as shown in (b) of the figure, the figure 25 shows a portion hidden to the right by the scroll bar 24, and instead the left side is displayed. The part that protrudes from the frame in the direction disappears. In this way, the display data in the frame can be scrolled and visually grasped by operating the scroll bar, and the part can be edited.

The frame editing process in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an example of a frame edit registration processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (4) indicate each step.

First, wait for the occurrence of an event from the pointing device 5 or the keyboard 4 (1).
Then, it is judged whether or not the frame or the background is selected by the pointing device 5 (2). If NO, other processing is executed (4) and the process returns to the step (1).

On the other hand, if the judgment in step (2) is YES, it is judged whether or not the selected target area to be edited is on the background, and it is registered in the control means 13 of the CPU 6 (3), The process returns to step (1).

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing an example of the scroll processing procedure at the time of frame editing in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (6) indicate each step.

First, it waits for the occurrence of an event from the pointing device 5 or the keyboard 4 (1).
, It is determined whether the event from the pointing device 5 is an operation that has occurred on the scroll bar (2), and NO.
If so, proceed to step (6), execute other processing, and return to step (1).

On the other hand, if the judgment in step (2) is YES, it is judged from the information managed by the control means 13 of the CPU 6 whether the editing is currently performed on the background or on the page (3).
If editing is performed on the background, background scroll processing is performed (4), and the procedure returns to step (1) and waits for the next event.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step (3) that the frame is being edited, frame scroll processing is performed (5),
Return to step (1) and wait for the next event.

In the above embodiment, the case where the same scroll bar is shared by the frame and the data on the background has been described. However, in order to scroll the frame, a scroll bar different from the background scroll bar is shown in FIG. As shown, it may be installed beside the frame.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the arrangement of the frame editing scroll bar of the document processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in this figure, the pointing cursor 20 is designated to perform editing in the frame 22. Then, scroll bars 27 for scrolling the display in the frame 22 on the right side and the lower side of the frame 22,
28 is displayed. The operations of the scroll bars 27 and 28 are substantially the same as those in the above-mentioned embodiment, and therefore the description thereof will be omitted.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the document processing apparatus configured as described above, a desired number of frame edit areas are set in the page edit screen area of the display means by the frame setting means, and editing is performed. When the means executes the document image editing for the inside and outside of the frame edit area set in the page edit screen area, the scroll switching means sets the scroll target area by the scroll means to the page edit screen area based on the edit target area instruction state by the instruction means. Since it is configured to control switching to either inside or inside the frame editing area, scrolling inside or outside the frame editing area in the page editing screen area can be individually executed.

Further, since the scroll means is configured to share the scroll bar for the page edit screen with the scroll instruction in the frame edit area, the occupied area of the effective edit area accompanying the scroll bar display can be maintained. ..

Therefore, it is possible to refer to the entire document image that cannot be displayed inside the frame editing area while scrolling in the desired direction, and there is no need to perform processing for processing the document image in advance when editing in the frame editing area. It is possible to reduce the processing load of the document image editing processing in the frame editing area, for example, changing the size of the target document image according to the frame size. Further, there is an excellent effect that an unexpected situation such as the document image information in the frame editing area being changed can be avoided.

[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 illustrating an in-frame editing processing state on the CRT display device shown in FIG. 1.

5 is a diagram showing a frame data scroll processing state on the CRT display device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a frame edit registration processing procedure in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a scroll processing procedure when editing a frame in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a layout configuration of a frame editing scroll bar of a document processing device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 CPU 13 Control Means 14 Page Processing Means 15 Storage Means 16 Display Means 17 Input Means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A frame setting means for setting a desired number of frame edit areas in a page edit screen area of a display means, and a document image input in and out of the frame edit area set in the page edit screen area. The editing means for editing, the instructing means for instructing the area to be edited in the page editing screen area to be edited by the editing means, the scrolling means for scrolling the screen on the display means in the instructed direction, and the instructing means A document processing apparatus comprising: scroll switching means for switching the scroll target area by the scroll means to either the page edit screen area or the frame edit area based on the edit target area instruction state. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the scroll means is configured to share a scroll bar for the page edit screen with a scroll instruction in the frame edit area.