JPH06110881A - Method and device for layout of document with marginal notes - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To match marginal notes in the same page to a tally as much as possible and to lay out them in the same page. CONSTITUTION:When each page is provided with a marginal notes area besides a text area and the layout processing of a document is performed, a text layout part 6 flows a text with one page as the unit to lay out the text, and a marginal notes layout part 7 detects notes in the text, namely, a tally and prepares marginal notes corresponding to this tally in the marginal notes area as a marginal notes frame, and marginal notes frames are temporarily laid out successively closely from the upper end of the marginal notes area. When layout of the text with a page or a document as the unit is finished thereafter, a residual area calculating part 8 calculates the residual area of the marginal notes area after layout, and a marginal notes layout part 9 lays out the document again based on this residual area and position information of the tally.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sidenote document allocating device and a sidenote document allocation method for providing a sidenote region and allocating a sidenote to the sidenote region in association with a matching mark in the text.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a layout processing apparatus for documents including annotations, there is Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-242417, which is related to footnotes and not related to sidenote layout processing.

In general, it is desirable for sidenotes to match the starting position of the annotation body with the position of the annotation symbol (hereinafter referred to as "match mark") in the text as much as possible.

However, when trying to align the annotation body with the position of the mark, the position of the mark moves due to increase or decrease in the text, so that the user manually arranges the frame of the annotation body at the position of the mark that has been moved. However, there is a problem that it is very troublesome.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of allocating a document with a side note having a side note expressed by a fixed-position frame in the side note area. In FIG. 9A, first, the side-marking frame WW1 in the left side-marking area corresponding to the match mark SS1 is arranged at a position where the upper end of the side-mark frame WW1 is aligned with the position of the match mark SS1. In FIG. 9B, if a document is added to the text after that, the mark SS1 moves, but the sidenote frame WW
Since the position of 1 is fixed, the position of 1 does not follow the position of the mark, and the user needs to manually adjust the side-marking frame WW1 to the position of the moved mark SS1. Therefore, as described above, if the text frequently moves, that is, flows frequently, the position of the sidenote frame must be manually corrected each time, which is very troublesome. It was

[0006] Further, in general, the sidenote is by its nature arranged that the annotations existing in the page are arranged so as to exist on the same page as much as possible, and it is prioritized that the annotations are arranged on the same page rather than being aligned with the position of the mark. To be done. Therefore, only the function of arranging the sidenote frame by designating the relative position of the sidenote frame from the anchor point cannot realize the priority sidenote placement in the same page.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of allocating a sidenote document in which the sidenote frame is moved and corrected in accordance with the matching mark. Figure 1
In FIG. 0 (a), similarly to FIG. 9 (a), the side-marking frame WW2 in the side-marking area on the left side corresponding to the anchor point (mark) SS2 is initially located at the position of the anchor point SS2 with the upper end of the side-marking frame WW2. It is placed at the combined position. Then, in FIG. 10B, the anchor point SS2 also moves in accordance with the flow of the text, and the sidenote frame WW2 also moves in accordance with the movement of the anchor point SS2. However, in FIG. 10C, when the text further flows, the anchor point SS2 also moves correspondingly, and the sidenote frame WW2 moves corresponding to the anchor point SS2, but the lower side area of the sidenote area is insufficient, so the sidenote The frame WW2 is displayed over the next page. In this case, FIG.
As in (d), it is desirable to display a sidenote on the same page near the anchor point SS2.

That is, as described above, in the method of simply moving the position of the sidenote corresponding to the anchor point,
Even if the side note can be displayed on the same page, there is a problem that it may not be displayed on the same page.

As described above, when a sidenote region is conventionally provided and the sidenote is assigned to the sidenote region in association with the mark in the text, the sidenote frame is a fixed frame. When the flow moves and the sign in the text moves, the user must manually move and correct the sidenote frame each time, which is very troublesome.

[0009] Further, in general, the sidenotes are given priority over arranging the sidenotes of the indicia in the same page so that they are in the same page as much as possible, rather than aligning them with the position of the indicia. , It is not possible to realize the above-mentioned sidenote placement within the same page that should be prioritized simply by arranging the sidenote frame by specifying the relative position from the mark, and the sidenote allocation giving priority to the original sidenote function. There was a problem that I could not do it.

In view of the above, the present invention eliminates such a problem, and allows a sidenote allocation within a page and a sidenote allocation within the same page to match the matching mark as much as possible and to allocate within the same page. The purpose is to provide an allocation method.

[0011]

According to the present invention, a sidenote region is provided, and in a sidenote document allocating device for allocating a sidenote in association with a mark in the text, a sidenote region is provided in the sidenote region. , A sidenote provisional allocating means for tentatively allocating sidenotes to the sidenote area of a page with a sign corresponding to the sidenote, and a remaining area calculating means for obtaining a sidenote area remaining as a result of the temporary allocation, and the remaining It is characterized in that it further comprises sidenote reassignment means for reassigning the temporarily assigned sidenotes with reference to the area and the position of the mark in the text.

[0012]

According to the present invention, when a sidenote is allocated in association with a sidenote associated with the sidemark in the body corresponding to the sidenote, the bodyside allocation means first allocates the bodywork in page units, and the sidenote temporary allocation means , The side-note corresponding to the side-mark in this text is tentatively allocated by filling the side-note area of this page with the side-notes, and the remaining area is calculated when the text allocation for each page or document is completed. Based on the sidenote area remaining by the temporary allocation calculated by the means and the position information of the mark to be allocated, the sidenote reassignment means,
Prioritize the allocation of sidenotes on the same page to the same page, and perform re-allocation to match the mark as much as possible.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the construction of a document assigning device with sidenotes, which is an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG.
The control unit 1 performs overall control such as document editing, layout, storage, display, and input. Under the control of the control unit 1, the display unit 2
Displays and outputs a menu for selecting with the input unit 3, a document edited / assigned, and the like. The editing unit 4 edits the document having the logical structure of the document data based on the document input from the input unit 3, and the layout processing unit 5 performs the process regarding the layout of the document based on the document input from the input unit 3. . The allocation processing unit 5 allocates a text of a document, a text allocation unit 6,
A sidenote temporary allocation section 7 that detects a signature in the text and sequentially fills and allocates the sidenote frames corresponding to this signature in the sidenote area, and when the text allocation in page units or document units is completed, the sidenote temporary allocation section 7 The side-note reassignment unit 9 that associates the frame of side-notes assigned in step # 1 with the position of the mark and optimally assigns them so that they are on the same page, and the remaining region of the side-note region necessary for re-assignment of the side-note reassignment unit 9 The remaining area calculation unit 8 calculates The auxiliary storage unit 10 also stores the documents processed by the editing unit 4 and the allocation processing unit 5.

Here, an outline of a method of allocating a document with sidenotes will be described.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of allocating a document with a side note processed by the side note temporary allocating unit 7. In FIG. 2, first, a region is set in advance in the sidenote region E1 and the body region E2 by inputting a predetermined instruction. Then, when the matching marks S1 to S3 are output during the text allocation process in the body area E2, the side-note frame W in the side-note area E1 corresponding to the matching marks S1 to S3.
1 to W3 are sequentially packed and allocated from above the side-note area E1. In this way, the temporary side-note allocation processing is performed in the side-note area E1 for the time being. Here, L1 is the sidenote area E
1 is the width of the remaining side-note area.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an allocation example of the side-note allocation document processed by the side-note re-allocation unit 9. In FIG.
The temporarily allocated document of FIG. 2 is subjected to the side-note re-allocation processing by the side-note re-allocation unit 9 at the time when the page unit of the document for the document allocation is completed or when the entire document is completely allocated. Done. In this processing, a reference position for allocation is obtained for each allocation of each sidenote frame, and allocation is performed to a position corresponding to the matching mark as much as possible. For example,
The allocation of the sidenote frame W1 corresponding to the match mark S1 is the reference position B
It is determined from the distance L2 from P1 to the position of the mark S1 and the remaining side-note area width L1 shown in FIG. 2 whether or not the position corresponding to the mark S1 can be allocated, and the allocation process is performed based on the result. The side-note frames W1 and W3 are allocated corresponding to the positions of the matching marks S1 and S3, and the side-mark frame W2 cannot be allocated corresponding to the position of the matching marks S2. Therefore, the side-mark frames W1 are packed and allocated. Of course, the added value of the distance L2 and the distance L3 that are appropriately taken by the side-note re-allocation becomes equal to the remaining side-note area width L1 shown in FIG.

Next, the side note allocation process will be described using a flowchart.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the sidenote allocation processing of one page by the sidenote processing unit 5.

In FIG. 4, first, it is judged whether or not there is a sidenote mark on the layout target page for which the document flow has been completed (step 101). In step 101, if there is no sidenote matching mark on the page to be allocated, the sidenote allocation process for the page ends. On the other hand, if there is a sidenote matching mark, the reference position is set to the upper end of the sidenote area (step 102). Then, the remaining side-note area width, which is the side-note area obtained by subtracting the side-note frame, is obtained (step 1
03).

Next, it is judged whether or not there is the remaining sidenote area (step 104). If the remaining sidenote area does not exist, the current reference position is set as the reference position of the next matching mark (step 110). Control goes to step 111. On the other hand, when the remaining side-note area exists, the position of the target mark is obtained (step 105). Then, the current reference position is compared with the position of the mark obtained in step 105 to judge whether the reference position is below the mark (step 106). If the reference position is not below the mark, the current reference position is set as the reference position of the next mark (step 110), and the process proceeds to step 111. On the other hand, in step 106, when the reference position is below the mark, the distance from the reference position to the mark is further compared with the remaining sidenote region width to determine whether or not the remaining sidenote region width is larger. If it is larger, the upper end of the target sidenote frame is moved to the position of the target mark (step 108), the next reference position is set to the lower end of the moved sidenote frame, and the current remaining sidenote frame width is set. The amount of movement of the side-note frame is subtracted from (step 111). On the other hand, if the remaining sidenote region width is not large in step 107, the target sidenote frame is moved by the remaining sidenote region width (step 109),
In step 111, the movement amount of the target sidenote frame is subtracted from the current remaining sidenote area width.

Next, it is judged whether or not there is a next mark on the page (step 112), and if there is a mark,
The process proceeds to step 104, it is determined whether there is a remaining side note area, and the side note allocation processing similar to the above is performed. On the other hand, in step 112, if the next sign does not exist on the page, the sidenote allocation process for the page ends.

Next, the side note reassignment process will be described in detail based on a specific example.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which the sidenote temporary allocation process has been completed.

In FIG. 5, the edited text is assigned by the text allocating section 5, and the signatures S11 and S12 as annotations are present in the text flow of the target page. On the other hand, sidenote frames W11 and W12 in which sidenotes are described
In the side-note area E11, a predetermined margin is provided between the side-note frames, and the side-note frames are sequentially arranged and allocated from the upper end. At the time when this sidenote provisional allocation processing is completed, the remaining sidenote area width L1
1 is required. Then, the reference position BP11 necessary for the initial allocation is set at the upper end of the side-note area E11. Further, the distance d1 from the reference position BP11 to the matching mark S11 is obtained. Then, in order to allocate the side-note frame W11, the distance d1 is compared with the remaining side-note area width L11.
In FIG. 5, the remaining side-note area width L11 is the distance d1.
Sidenote frame W11 has a corresponding sign S1
It is judged that it can move to one position.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state where the side-note frame W11 is moved. In FIG. 6, the upper end of the side-note frame W11 moves by the distance d1 and is arranged at the position of the matching mark S11.
When the movement of the side-note frame W11 is completed, the reference position B
The setting of P12 is changed to the lower end of the moved side-note frame W11. Furthermore, since the sidenote frame W11 has moved by the distance d1, the remaining sidenote area width is corrected. That is, a value obtained by subtracting the moved distance d1 from the remaining side-note area width L11 is set as the next remaining side-note area width L12.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the movement of the side-note frame 12. In FIG. 7, when moving the sidenote frame W12, the distance d2 from the new reference position BP12 to the matching mark S12.
1 is required. Here, if the distance d21 is a positive value, the position of the sidenote frame can be corrected, but if it is not a positive value, the upper end of the sidenote frame 12 cannot be aligned with the position of the matching mark S12. It is placed at the position of the reference position BP12. In the case of FIG. 7, since the distance d21 is a positive value, the distance d21 is further compared with the remaining side-note area width L12. Here, when the remaining side-note area width L12 is smaller, the upper end of the side-note frame W12 cannot be aligned with the position of the matching mark S12. Therefore, in this case as well, the upper end of the side-note frame W12 is placed at the position of the reference position BP12. Get burned. In the case of FIG. 7, since the remaining side-note area width L12 is larger, the side-note frame W
12 moves by a distance d21 and is aligned with the matching mark S12.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state where the side-note frame 12 has moved. In FIG. 8, the lower end of the moved sidenote frame W12 is set as a new reference position BP13, and the remaining sidenote area width L13 is calculated and updated. Then, the same processing as above is repeated for the number of sidenotes.

By the sidenote allocating process, it is possible to align the position of the mark in the text as much as possible and to allocate the corresponding sidenote in the same page as the mark.

In the present embodiment, the side-note allocation is performed by setting the original reference position at the upper end of the side-note region and setting the original reference position at the lower end. Sidenote allocation processing may be performed.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, when allocating a sidenote with a sidenote associated with a matching mark in the text corresponding to the sidenote, the text allocating means first makes the text in page units. The sidenote tentative allocating means tentatively allocates sidenotes corresponding to the sidenotes in this text in the sidenote area of this page by stuffing the sidenotes with each other and assigning the text in page or document units. At the time of completion, the side-note reassignment means calculates the side-notes within the same page based on the side-note area left by the temporary allocation calculated by the remaining area calculation means and the position information of the mark to be allocated. Prioritize the allocation within and reallocate to the match mark as much as possible.

Therefore, there is an advantage that the sidenote allocation of the sidenote document can be performed automatically and at any time.

Moreover, in this sidenote allocation, all the sidenotes corresponding to the matching mark in the same page are processed in preference to the allocation in the sidenote area in the same page, rather than the allocation corresponding to the position of the matching mark. Therefore, there is an advantage that optimal side-note allocation can be performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a side-by-side document assignment document according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of allocating a document with side note processed by a side note temporary allocating unit 7.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of allocating a side note allocation document processed by a side note reallocating unit 9.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of side note allocation processing for one page by the side note processing unit 5.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state where the sidenote temporary allocation process has been completed.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state where a side-note frame W11 has been moved.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating movement of the side-note frame 12.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state where the side-note frame 12 has moved.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of allocating a document with a side note having a side note expressed in a fixed frame in the side note area.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of allocating a sidenote document in which the sidenote frame is moved and corrected following the matchmark.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 control unit 2 display unit 3 input unit 4 editing unit 5
Allocation processing unit 6 Body allocation unit 7 Sidenote allocation unit 8 Remaining area calculation unit 9 Sidenote reassignment unit 10 Auxiliary storage device 11, 12, 13 Input / output interface

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A text allocating device for allocating a text in a text allocating device for allocating text in a text comment allocating device, wherein a text comment allocating device is provided in which a text comment allocating device is provided for allocating a text side order in association with a comment mark of text comment in the text in the text comment area. The sidenote temporary allocation means for tentatively allocating sidenotes to the sidenote area of the page with the sign, the remaining area calculation means for obtaining the sidenote area remaining as a result of the temporary allocation, and the remaining area and in the text A side note reassigning device for reassigning the temporarily assigned side note with reference to the position of the matching mark. 2. A method for allocating a sidenote in which a sidenote is associated with a signature in the text and is allocated, wherein the body is allocated, and the sidenote is tentatively packed in the sidenote area of the page with the corresponding signature. Allocation, obtaining the sidenote region remaining by the result of the temporary allocation, referring to the position information of the remaining sidenote region and a mark in the text, the sidenote that is temporarily allocated is re-allocated. How to assign attached documents.