JPH06195334A - Document editing supporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To constitute the device so that an editing request part is discriminated easily, an editing work is simplified, document data except an editing object is not spoiled by the editing work, input permission setting corresponding to a state can be executed, and also, only at the time of editing, a document is allowed to have a link structure temporarily, and the data can be inputted automatically, in the editing work for editing partially the data of a specific range. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with a document display part 102 for displaying fixed document data 101 at the time of editing the data of a range of a document consisting of a text or image data, an input event control part 103 for superposing a transparent window on the fixed document data 101 displayed in the document display part 102 and setting and inputting editing data 108, and an editing data synthesizing means 109 for synthesizing the original document data 101 and the set and inputted editing data 108, and the editing work is executed by using appropriate editing parts data in accordance with an input data type, while looking at the window on the document display part 102.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing support device for editing a specific range of data on a document editing system consisting of text or image data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional document editing support device, as shown in FIG.
In the editing processing unit 1002, editing is performed by event handling of the keyboard 1003 and the mouse 1004 to obtain new document data 1005.

In such a conventional document editing support device, even if only a specific range needs to be edited, the entire document is edited by the editor tool.
The user has to judge the portion to be edited from the contents of the document and perform the editing work. For example, if you want to edit only the necessary parts for the template of the document, clarify the parts that need to be edited for the template document and edit so that common parts of the template are not changed. There was a need.

Further, even when the same data is input to a plurality of edit items, or data whose value is uniquely determined depending on the editing situation such as the editor and the date and time of editing, the user must I had to enter everything.

[0005]

As described above, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, it is necessary to clearly specify the edit request portion as the content of the document at the time of creating the document, even when only the specific range is edited. However, there is a problem that it is necessary to judge the edit request portion from the content of the document, and further, there is a possibility that the document data other than the edit request portion may be edited by mistake. Further, there is a problem that the user must input all the data that can be automatically given.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. A first object of the present invention is to make it easy to identify an edit request part in an edit operation for partially editing data in a specific range in a document. The purpose of the present invention is to simplify the editing work and to set the input permission according to the situation without damaging the document data other than the editing target by the editing work.

A second object of the present invention is to temporarily link a document with a link structure only at the time of editing when a document having data related to contents is edited even if the data structure does not have a link structure. The purpose of this is to enable automatic data input based on the relation of the document contents, and to convert the edited data into the original data structure again.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is, firstly, according to the present invention, a document display section for displaying fixed document data to be edited, and a fixed display section displayed on the document display section. An input event control unit for setting and inputting edit data by superimposing a transparent window on document data, and an edit data synthesizing unit for synthesizing original document data and edit data set and input are provided. .

Secondly, according to the present invention, a link structure between edit data or between edit data and document data is specified by designating a pointer to another edit data or a pointer to data in a document as a value of edit data. It is designed to be able to have.

[0010]

The present invention has the following effects due to the above configuration. First, when editing, it is easy to identify the edited part, the input operation is simple, and when setting the edited part, the setting is made on the screen displaying the original document, so the position and area can be easily set. Moreover, it becomes possible to easily set the input permission for the editing portion according to the user and the processing state.

Secondly, for a plurality of edited data having the same value, the data input at one place is reflected in all other edited data, or the edited data is automatically edited according to the state of the document data at the time of editing. It becomes possible to set the value of data.

[0012]

【Example】

(First Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 101 is fixed document data to be edited, 102 is document data 1
01 is a document display unit, 103 is a document display unit 102
An input event control unit for setting and inputting edit data 106 by superimposing a transparent window on the upper document data 101, 104 edit data setting means, 105 edit data input means, 106 keyboard, 107 mouse 10
8 is edit data, 109 is edit data synthesizing means, 11
0 is the synthesized document data.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. First, fixed document data 101 that does not require editing
Is displayed on the document display unit 102, and the input event control unit 10
In step 3, a transparent window is created by superimposing it on the window displayed on the document display unit 102. The edit data setting means 104 sets the position and range of the edit parts indicating the data to be edited by the user, the type of data, and the input permission, and stores them as the edit data 108. The edit data input means 105 uses the edit data 108 to create an edit part at the edit position with respect to the document display unit 102, and the user inputs or edits data for the edit part. The data input or edited by the user is stored in the memory as the editing data 108. These operations are performed by event handling of the keyboard 106 and the mouse 107. The edit data synthesizing unit 109 creates the document data 110 as the edit result from the original document data 101 and the created edit data 108.

FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram for explaining the display method in the first embodiment. Reference numeral 201 denotes a document display unit window displayed on the screen of the document display unit 102, which is a transparent input event control unit window 202.
Is displayed so as to be superimposed on the document display window 201, and the contents of the document display window 201 are displayed as they are. The user sees the contents of the overlapped windows and positions the editing component 20 at an appropriate position.
Set 3,204.

FIG. 2 (b) shows the display result of FIG. 2 (a). Reference numeral 205 is an edit data setting input window in which the input event control section window 202 is superimposed on the document display section window 201. Here, the editing parts 203, 2
In the case of edit data that requires selection in 04, the editing component 203 that allows selection of options with the mouse 107 is used, and in the case of edit data that requires text input, text is input. An editing component 204 is used to provide the means and position.

FIG. 2C shows an example of the editing parts group. The user selects an appropriate editing part from the editing parts 207, 208 and 209 in the editing part group display window 206. Select and edit data setting input window 205
Set to.

FIG. 3 shows an edit data setting procedure in the first embodiment. First, the document display window 201
And the input event control unit window 202 are displayed so as to overlap each other so that the document content of the document display unit 102 is displayed through the transparent window of the input event control unit 103 (step 301). Next, the user selects an appropriate editing part from the editing parts group in the editing data 108 (step 302), and determines the position and size of the selected editing part on the editing data setting input window 205. Set with (step 303). Steps 302 to 3
The operation of 03 is, for example, that the user selects the editing component by pressing the mouse button on the editing component (step 302), and moves to the editing data setting input window 205 with the mouse button held down. Then, the separated position is fixed on the edit data setting input window 205 to be the position of the editing part, and then the size of the editing part is fixed by adjusting the size of the frame of the editing part with the mouse. (Step 303). Next, a label and input permission are set for the set editing component, and an edit data initial value is set if necessary (step 304). The setting of one editing component is completed by the processing from step 302 to step 304, and if necessary, this is repeated to set a plurality of editing components. The label of the editing component, the input permission, and the initial value of the editing data set in step 304 may be changeable even after the setting of the editing component is completed.

FIG. 4 shows an edit data input procedure in the first embodiment. The document display unit 102 displays the document display unit window 201 and the input event control unit window 202 in an overlapping manner under the same conditions as in step 301 of FIG. 3, and the document contents of the document display unit are displayed in the input event control unit 10.
3 is displayed through the transparent window (step 401). Next, an editing component is created in the editing data setting input window 205 from the editing data 108 (step 402), and the user inputs data to the editing component on the editing data setting input window 205 from the mouse 107 or the keyboard 106. Yes (Step 40
3). Next, it is checked whether or not the editing part is permitted to input (step 404). If the editing part has input permission, the input event is processed and converted into the editing data 108. Then, it is input to the editing part (step 405). If the editing part does not have input permission in step 404, the input data becomes invalid (step 406) and the process returns to step 403. Input of one editing part is completed by the processing from step 403 to step 405, and if necessary, this is repeated to input or edit a plurality of editing parts. As the input permission data, it is possible to take a binary value with / without input permission in step 304 of FIG. 3, or to specify a condition. When a condition is designated, the condition is processed in the process of determining input permission in step 404 of FIG. 4 to obtain a value with / without input permission.

FIG. 5 shows an edit data synthesizing procedure in the first embodiment. First, the editing data 108 is read (step 501), and then the position and area of the editing data 108 in the document are obtained from the editing part data (step 502). Then, the label and value of the editing component are inserted into the document (step 503). When a document in which the edited part is inserted as the edited result is required, edit data is synthesized. When only the edit data part is required, edit data is synthesized. You don't have to.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, when editing data in a specific range of document data,
The document display unit 102 and the input event control unit 103 are separately provided, and fixed document data that does not need to be edited is displayed on the document display unit 102, data requesting editing is displayed on the input event control unit 103, and edit data input is performed. By receiving the event for the input event control unit 103,
In addition to preventing the data that does not need to be edited from being changed, by using an input component suitable for the input data type in the display method that indicates the edited data area, the part that requires input from the user and the requested data It is possible to easily identify the type, simplify the input operation, and set the input permission for the editing component according to the user or the processing state when editing the editing data.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. This second embodiment is shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
Since the same configuration and display method as those of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3 are adopted, duplicated description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 6 shows an edit data setting procedure in the second embodiment. Step 601 to Step 604
Is basically the same as steps 301 to 304 in FIG. The difference from the processing of FIG. 3 is that if the user wants to specify a link in step 605, a link is specified in step 606 between the two set editing parts, and specified in step 607. The point is to store the addresses that point to each other's editing component data in the link pointers of the respective editing component data.

FIG. 7A shows an edit data input procedure in the second embodiment. The document display unit 102 displays the document display unit window 20 under the same conditions as in step 601 of FIG.
1 and the input event control unit window 202 are displayed in an overlapping manner so that the document content of the document display unit 102 is displayed through the transparent window of the input event control unit 103 (step 701). Next, the editing data 10
Editing data from 8 Edit data setting input window 20
5 (step 702), and the user inputs data to the editing part on the editing data setting input window 205 with a mouse or keyboard (step 70).
3). Next, it is checked whether or not there is an editing part linked to the editing part (step 704). If there is, the link destination is stored from the link address stored in the link pointer of the input editing part data. The editing component data is obtained, and the data value of the link source is copied to the data value of the link destination (step 705).

FIG. 7B shows the data structure of the editing data in the second embodiment. Editing parts data 71
If links 1 and 712 are designated, the respective addresses are entered in the respective link pointers.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, by designating the link between the two editing part data, the user can edit one of the editing parts having the same data value. You can enter both data values at once by simply entering.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. Since the third embodiment has the same configuration and display method as those of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, duplicated description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 8 shows an edit data setting procedure in the third embodiment. Step 801 to Step 80
3 is basically step 301 to step 303 in FIG.
Is similar to. The editing component label setting process of step 804 is similar to the editing component label setting process of step 304 of FIG. The difference from the processing of FIG. 3 is that instead of setting the data value as the data initial value of the editing part in step 805, a pointer pointing to the data in the document is given. The following editing part data is input using this pointer.

FIG. 9A shows an edit data input procedure in the third embodiment. The document display unit 102 displays the document display unit window 2 under the same conditions as in step 801.
01 and the input event control unit window 202 are displayed in an overlapping manner so that the document contents of the document display unit are displayed through the transparent window of the input event control unit 103 (step 901). Next, an editing component is created on the editing data setting input window 205 from the editing data 108 (step 902). Further, it is checked whether or not the pointer to the data in the document is designated as the data value of the editing part data (step 903).
The document data at the pointer destination is obtained and input to the data value of the editing part data (step 904). If the pointer to the document data is not designated as the data value of the editing part data in step 903, the process returns to step 902 without performing the process of step 904. The processing from step 902 to step 904 is repeated until the input of all the editing parts of the necessary editing data is completed (step 905). After all the input on the edit data setting input window 205 is completed, the user inputs or edits the necessary data for the editing component on the edit data setting input window 205 (step 90).
6).

FIG. 9B shows an example of the data structure of the editing part data and the document data in the third embodiment. The values of items other than the document contents of the document data 912 are input between the time of setting the editing part data 911 and the time of data input, and are set as the data value of the editing part data 911 when setting the edit data. A link is set to point to the data item of the data 912. When the editing part data 911 is input, the editing part data 91
The value of the linked document data 912 is substituted for the data value of 1.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, the document data having different values depending on the edit data setting time, the edit data input time, and the state of the user editing the data, for example, after setting the edit data, an electronic mail is sent. When sending document data and editing data and editing at the destination, specify the link between the editing part data and the document data so that the value of the data in the document input after setting the editing part is set. It is possible to set it as the initial value of the editing part.

Each of the above embodiments is merely an example, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied in various ways.

[0032]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, according to the present invention, text and
Is the data of a specific range of a document consisting of image data
Document display part that displays fixed document data when editing
On the fixed document data displayed in the document display area.
Set up and enter edit data by overlapping clear windows
Input event control section, and the original document data and settings are input.
Edit data combining means for combining the edited data
Therefore, it is easy to identify the edited part when editing,
Operation is easy, and the original document is
Since settings are made on the displayed screen, the position and area
It is easy to set, and users and
Edit by setting input permission according to the physical condition
It is possible to specify whether editing is possible or not depending on the person and editing status.
Has the effect of

Further, by providing a link structure between edit data or between edit data and document data, for edit data having a plurality of same values, data input at one place is converted to all other edit data. There is an effect that the value of the edit data can be automatically set according to the reflection or the state of the document data at the time of editing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document editing support device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2A is a schematic diagram showing a display method in the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram showing a display example in the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2C is a first embodiment of the present invention. Schematic diagram showing an example of a group of editing parts in the example

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an edit data setting procedure in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an edit data input procedure in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an edit data combining procedure in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an edit data setting procedure in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7A is a flow chart showing an edit data input procedure in the second embodiment of the invention. FIG. 7B is a schematic diagram showing the data structure of edit data in the second embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an edit data setting procedure in the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9A is a flow chart showing an edit data input procedure in the third embodiment of the invention. FIG. 9B is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of edit data and document data in the third embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional document editing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 Document Data 102 Document Display Unit 103 Input Event Control Unit 104 Edit Data Setting Unit 105 Edit Data Input Unit 106 Keyboard 107 Mouse 108 Editing Data 109 Edit Data Composing Unit 110 Document Data 201 Document Display Window 202 Input Event Control Window 203 , 204 Editing parts 205 Editing data setting input window 206 Editing parts group display window 207, 208, 209 Editing parts

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A document display unit for displaying fixed document data when editing data in a specific range of a document consisting of text or image data, and a fixed document data displayed on the document display unit. A document editing support device comprising: an input event control unit for setting and inputting editing data by overlapping transparent windows; and an editing data synthesizing unit for synthesizing original document data and editing data set and input. 2. A link structure is provided between edit data or between edit data and document data by designating a pointer to another edit data or a pointer to data in a document as a value of edit data. The document editing support device according to claim 1.