JPH06162020A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To connect and print plural document as one document by a simple operation by reading out successively each document data of a group name from a document storage means and printing it continuously. CONSTITUTION:When a connected name in a connected printing information memory 14 is designated and inputted by an operation of an input part 1, and a printing key 1b is operated, a CPU 2 reads out the head page number corresponding to its connected name from the connected printing information memory 14, and initializes it to a page number register R in the CPU 2. Subsequently, format information of a document related to the head document name corresponding to the designated connected name is read out of a document memory 4. Next, document data of the document related to the read-out format information is read out by a one-page portion each from the head of the document memory 4, a page number in the page number register R is put thereto and it is printed, based on the format information. Accordingly, even if the next document name is not designated by a key operation of the input part 1, and also, printing is not instructed by the printing key 1b, the next document can be printed automatically and continuously.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus suitable for printing a plurality of documents, each of which is stored as an independent document and is linked and printed as one document.

[0002]

[Summary] The present invention stores, in a document creation device, a document name of a plurality of set document data to be linked and a group name for the entire linked document data,
When a group name is specified and a print instruction is issued, the document data corresponding to the document name corresponding to this group name is continuously printed, and the page numbers are automatically updated and printed on each page. With this, it is possible to automatically print consecutive page numbers across each page of a plurality of documents.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document creating apparatus such as a word processor has been realized in which each page of one document is automatically given a continuous page number for printing, but the original document itself is an independent document. When it is desired to create a report or the like in which a plurality of documents are connected and printed with consecutive page numbers, the following complicated operation is performed. For example, the documents A, B, and C shown in FIG.
When connecting and printing consecutive page numbers, first set at least the first page numbers “1”, “3”, and “6” as the print formats of the documents A, B, and C, respectively. Next, when the document A is designated and the printing is instructed, when the printing of the document A is finished, the document B is designated and the printing is instructed, and when the printing of the document B is finished, the document C is designated and the printing is instructed. Had to do. Then, after that, the first page number on the print format of the documents B and C is returned to "1", or in the apparatus having the function of automatically setting the first page number to "1", the first page number is set to "1". I needed to clear it. Moreover, the first page of the second and subsequent documents B and C had to be set by calculating the total number of pages of the previous documents. Although FIG. 5 shows an example in which the formats of the documents A, B, and C are different, the same can be said when the formats are the same.

[0004]

As described above, in order to perform the above-described linked printing, a very complicated operation has conventionally been required. This is because printing and automatic pagination are executed in units of one document, but the document name for identifying each document is always set in one-to-one correspondence with each document. It is considered to be a thing. Therefore, if a predetermined document name (group name) can be set for the entire group of plural independent documents, when the document name is designated, the apparatus treats the group of plural documents as one document. It is obvious that all of the plurality of documents can be recognized and continuously printed, and continuous page numbers can be automatically assigned to all of the plurality of documents. An object of the present invention is to set a predetermined group name for a group of a plurality of independent plural documents so that the plural documents can be continuously and collectively printed with consecutive page numbers. is there.

[0005]

The means of the present invention are as follows. The document storage means a (see the functional block diagram of FIG. 1, the same applies hereinafter) stores a plurality of document data. The setting means b sets the document names of a plurality of pieces of document data to be linked and printed in the document storage means a and the group name for all the linked document data. The linked print information storage means c stores a plurality of document names and group names set by the setting means b in association with each other. When the printing is instructed by designating the group name stored in the linked print information storage unit c, the print control unit d sequentially reads each document data of each document name corresponding to this group name from the document storage unit a. In addition to continuous printing, the page number is sequentially updated every time a new page is printed during this continuous printing, and continuous page numbers are printed across a plurality of documents.

[0006]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. now,
The document storage means a stores document names “A”, “B”, “C”,
Five independent document data "D" and "E" are stored, and these respective documents are left as independent documents in the document storage means a, and the document names "B" and "D" are stored.
Suppose that you want to create a report with consecutive page numbers by concatenating each "E" document data. In this case, the document name “B” of the document to be linked and printed by the setting means b,
"D" and "E" are set, and "G1" is arbitrarily set as the group name of those documents. Then, the linked print information storage unit c stores the document names “B”, “D”, and “E” and the group name “G” set by the setting unit b.
1 ”is stored in association with the group name“ G ”.
When "1" is designated by key input or the like and printing is instructed by the print key or the like, the print control means d causes the group name "G".
Each document name corresponding to 1 "is searched in the linked print information storage means c, and in this case, the corresponding document names are" B "," D ",
Since it is "E", the respective document data corresponding to these are sequentially read from the document storage means a and continuously printed, and at the time of this concatenated printing, the page number is sequentially updated every time a page break is made and printing is performed. Print consecutive page numbers across multiple documents. Therefore, a predetermined group name can be set for a group of a plurality of independent documents, and the plurality of documents can be collectively printed with continuous and continuous page numbers.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of the document creating apparatus, which includes an input unit 1, a CPU 2, an input buffer 3, a document memory 4, a CG pattern memory 5, a program RAM 6,
It has a display memory 7, a display driver 8, a display unit 9, a print memory 10, a print driver 11, a print unit 12, a language dictionary memory 13, and a linked print information memory 14.

The input unit 1 includes a data input key 1a such as a kana key and a symbol key, a print key 1b for printing a document in the document memory 4, and a link key for designating a document to be linked and printed. It has various function keys such as 1c, and the operation signal of each key is transferred to the CPU 2.

The CPU 2 converts the key operation signal from the input unit 1 into a corresponding character code, etc., temporarily stores it in the input buffer 3, converts the kana into Kana by referring to the Japanese language dictionary memory 13, and displays it as a conversion candidate. Then, various controls such as storing the confirmed conversion candidates in the document memory 4, displaying the contents of the input buffer 3 or the document memory 4 on the display unit 9, printing by the printing unit 12, and the like are performed.

Character pattern data is stored in the CG pattern memory 5 in association with a character code.
When displaying or printing the contents of the input buffer 3 or the document memory 4, the character code is converted into character pattern data and the display memory 7 or the print memory 10 is converted.
Stored in.

The program RAM 6 is loaded with various programs for performing editing control such as input control and kana-kanji conversion control as described above, and a program for connection printing processing described later from a floppy disk or the like (not shown). It

The display driver 8 generates a display control signal based on the character pattern data stored in the display memory 7, and controls the display drive of the display unit 9. The print driver 11 generates a print control signal based on the character pattern data stored in the print memory 10 and performs print control on the printing unit 12.

The Japanese dictionary memory 13 is for converting an input kana character string into a kana-kanji mixed character string in units of phrases, phrases, compound phrases, etc., and stores a large number of Japanese words in character codes. Has been done. Linked print information memory 14
3, as shown in FIG. 3, the document names of a plurality of documents in the document memory 4 that have been designated and input as the documents to be linked by the key operation of the input unit 1 and the designation and input arbitrarily for the plurality of documents. The linked names (group names) are stored in association with each other. Further, the top page designated and input by the key operation of the input unit 1 is also stored.

Although only one group is illustrated in FIG. 3, it is also possible to store a plurality of groups. Further, each document name is stored in the order of input. Further, this storage is executed under the connection registration mode set by operating the connection key 2c. Next, the linked printing process will be described with reference to FIG.

When the concatenated name in the concatenated print information memory 14 is designated and operated by operating the input section 1 and the print key 1b is operated, the CPU 2 sets the first page number corresponding to the concatenated name to the concatenated print information memory. Read from 14, CPU2
The page number register R is initialized (step S
1). Next, the format information of the document associated with the first document name corresponding to the specified concatenated name is read from the document memory 4 (step S2). Then, the document data of the document related to the read format information is read page by page from the beginning of the document memory 4, the page number in the page number register R is added, and printing is performed based on the format information (step S3).

Next, the page number in the page number register R is incremented by "1" (step S4).
Then, it is judged whether or not the printing of one document is completed (step S5), and when it is not completed, the process returns to step S3 and the printing of the same document is continued. In this case, step S
By incrementing by 4, the page number added is 1 added from the previous time.

On the other hand, when the printing of one document is completed, it is judged whether or not the printing is completed for all the documents corresponding to the specified concatenated name (step S6). As a result, when all the printing is completed, the linked printing is completed. on the other hand,
If not completed, the format information related to the document having the next document name corresponding to the designated concatenated name is read from the document memory 4 (step S7), the process returns to step S3, and the printing of the next document is continued.

That is, even if the next document name is designated by the key operation of the input unit 1 and the print key 1b is not instructed to print, the next document is automatically printed continuously. Further, in this case, the page number in the page number register R is not cleared or initialized to "1", and the updated value in step S4 is continuously used as it is. Consequently, consecutive page numbers will be automatically assigned. That is, it is not necessary to set the first page numbers of the second and subsequent documents one by one in order to give consecutive page numbers across a plurality of documents. Further, as is clear from the above description, the plurality of documents are virtually linked by the document name in the linked print information memory 14, and each linked document is stored in the document memory 4 as an independent document. It is kept as it is. Since the actual document data itself is not divided as described above, it is not necessary to secure an area for storing the combined document data itself.

In this embodiment, each document is printed according to the original format. However, by setting a desired format in the linked print information memory 14 in association with the linked name, a plurality of documents having different original formats can be obtained. It is also possible to print by linking in a uniform format.

[0020]

According to the present invention, a predetermined group name is set for a group of a plurality of independent documents, and a plurality of these documents can be collectively printed with continuous page numbers. Therefore, with a simple operation, a plurality of documents can be linked and printed as one document while maintaining the independence of the original document.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of linked print information in a linked print information memory.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a linked printing process.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Input Section 1b Print Key 1c Link Key 2 CPU 4 Document Memory 6 Program RAM 12 Printing Section 14 Linked Print Information Memory R Page Number Register

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document storage means for storing a plurality of document data, a document name of a plurality of document data to be linked and printed in the document storage means, and a setting for setting a group name for the entire linked document data. Means, a concatenated print information storage means for storing a plurality of document names and group names set by the setting means in association with each other, and a group name stored in the concatenated print information storage means are designated to instruct printing. At this time, each document data of each document name corresponding to this group name is sequentially read from the document storage means and continuously printed, and at the time of this continuous printing, a page number is sequentially printed every time a new page is printed. A document creation apparatus comprising: a print control unit that prints updated and consecutive page numbers across a plurality of documents.