JPH0619772B2 - Document processor - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus capable of setting an arbitrary frame area on a document. [Prior Art] In a conventional word processor, as a format setting function, a "format setting function" for setting the format of the entire document
And the "partial formatting feature" to set partial formatting
There is. The "format setting function" is a function for setting a basic format of the entire document, and the contents of the following items can be set. That is, (1) Paper: Free / B5 / A4 / B4 / A3 (2) Paper usage: Vertical / Horizontal / Bag binding (horizontal binding)
/ Bag binding (vertical binding) (3) Text direction: horizontal writing / vertical writing (4) Margin (5) Character size: small letters / standard letters / capital letters (6) Typeface: Mincho / Gosic (7) Number of letters / line (8) ) Number of lines / page (9) Character spacing (10) Line spacing. Further, the "partial format setting function" is a function capable of setting the format in page units or line units in a document. [Problems to be solved by the present invention] However, the conventional "partial format setting function" is inflexible because it can set the format only within a predetermined range such as page unit or line unit. Met. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily set a format for a frame area set on a document. [Means for Solving the Problems] Means of the present invention are as follows. Document format storage means for storing document format information relating to a document in association with each of a plurality of format items; setting means for setting a frame area of arbitrary size on one page of a document;
Calculation means for calculating a candidate value for a format item of the number of characters or the number of lines in the frame area based on the size of the frame area set by the setting means, and the format of the number of characters or the number of lines calculated by the calculating means Display means for displaying a list of candidate values of items and document format information corresponding to other format items stored in the document format storage means, and display means for displaying candidate values of the various format items in a list. The document processing apparatus further comprises area format setting means for setting, as the format information in the frame area, values arbitrarily designated by the operator for each of these format items. [Operation] The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. When setting the format for the frame area set on the document,
Based on the size of the frame area, a candidate value of the number of characters or the number of lines in the frame area is automatically calculated, and the candidate value of the number of characters or the number of lines is stored in the document format storage means. A list is displayed together with the document format information regarding the format items, and in this display state, values desired by the operator are arbitrarily set for each of these format items. Therefore, when setting the format for the frame area set on the document, referring to a plurality of candidate values including the candidate values of the number of characters or the number of lines automatically calculated corresponding to the frame area, , It is possible to easily set a value for each format item. Embodiments Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration, and 10 in the figure is a CPU.
(Central processing unit), 12 is an input buffer, and 14 is a word processor program storage means. 16
Is a document management information storage means, including the document name, the date of the last change,
The version number, creator name, creation date, etc. are stored. Reference numeral 18 is a format information storage means, which is a sheet (free / B5 / A4 / B4 /
A3), paper usage (vertical / horizontal / bag binding), character direction (vertical writing / horizontal writing), margin, character size (lowercase / standard characters / uppercase), typeface (Mincho / Godick), number of characters /
Lines, number of lines / page, character spacing, line spacing, etc. are stored. 20
Is a page management information storage means, and as the area management information, the number of areas (frames), the position of each area (frame), the size of each area (frame), the data storage position of each area (frame), each The amount of data in the area (frame) is stored for each page.
Reference numeral 22 is an in-frame data storage means, which comprises an in-frame format storage means 24 and an in-frame document data storage means 26. In the frame format storage means 24, character formats such as character direction, margins, character size, font, number of characters / line,
The number of lines / page, character spacing, line spacing, etc. are stored. The in-frame document data storage means 26 stores the document data in the frame. Reference numeral 28 denotes a document data storage unit that stores document data outside the frame. In the figure, 30 is a key board, 32 is a mouse, 34 is a display memory, 36 is a display device (CRT), 38 is a printing device (printer), and 40 is an external storage device (hard disk, floppy disk). These input / output devices are managed by a basic program called an OS (operating system) 42, and input control means (program) 44, display control means (program) 46, print control means (program) 48, disk, respectively. It is controlled by the control means (program) 50. That is, the key code is input by the key input from the key board 30, the buffering to the buffer 12 and the mouse 32
Storing coordinates by inputting a key, reading a key code from the input buffer 12 by a key input request from a word processor program, passing a key code to a request program, and passing a coordinate to a request program by a coordinate reading request Also, writing of data to the external storage device 40 by the word processor program, reading of the word processor program and data from the external storage device 40, and transfer of print data to the printer 38 are performed. In such a structure, for example, as shown by □ in FIG. 2, two points are designated in the document, and a frame is designated with the two points as diagonal lines. Then, for example, the frame surrounded by the brackets narrows the body area, and the character data in the body area is removed by the frame, and the frame is just cut off from the paper. Such frame setting is performed on the display screen 52 of the CRT 36 shown in FIG. That is, the above operation is the display screen 5 which is an area in which the entire designated page is displayed in a compressed form.
2 in the layout display area 54 (for confirming the print image). Reference numeral 56 in FIG. 3 denotes a fixed display area which is an area which is always displayed at a fixed interval and size even if a character interval, a line interval, a character size, etc. are designated, and a fixed display header section 58. , 60 is a system area. In the figure, 62 is a mouse cursor,
64 is a character cursor. Hereinafter, an example of the frame setting operation and operation will be described. That is, (1) with nothing specified, open the POP UP menu 66 as shown in FIG. 4 (in this case, the mouse cursor 62 may be anywhere), and "open frame"
Select 68. → POP UP menu 66 disappears,

[Open frame: from where? ]

Is displayed in the system area 6 below the CRT screen 52.
Displayed at 0. (2) Use the mouse 32 to specify one point in the margin for the text area. → At the specified position, a marker indicating that it has been specified, for example □
Is displayed,

[Empty frame: How far? ]

Is displayed in the system area 6 below the CRT screen 52.
Displayed at 0. (3) The mouse 32 is used to specify one point in the text area or the margin. → A designated position, a mark indicating that it has been designated, such as □, is displayed. Further, the frame is displayed by, for example, a solid line so that the two points designated for confirmation are the upper left and lower right (or lower left and upper right) of the frame. At this time, the characters are not excluded. further,

[Open frame: can I open the frame? ]

Is displayed in the system area 6 below the CRT screen 52.
Displayed at 0. (4) With the mouse 62, K. / N. G. Is specified. O. K. When: Click the left button of the mouse 32. →

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, when setting a format for a frame area set on a document, a plurality of candidate values including a candidate value of the number of characters or the number of lines automatically calculated corresponding to the frame area are set. It is possible to easily set a value for each format item while referring to it.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a word processor according to an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a frame opening, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a CRT display screen, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a POP UP menu, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a region (frame) format setting screen, and FIG. 6 is a flow chart of the region formatting operation. 10 ... CPU, 12 ... Input buffer, 14 ... Word processor program storage means, 16 ... Document management information storage means, 18 ... Format information storage means, 20 ...
Page management information storage means, 22 ... In-frame data storage means, 24 ... In-frame format storage means, 26 ... In-frame document data storage means, 28 ... Document data storage means, 32 ... Mouse, 52 ... CRT display screen, 54 ... Layout display area, 56 ... Fixed display area, 58 ... Fixed display header section, 60 ... System area, 62 ... Mouse cursor, 64 ... Character cursor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document format storage means for storing document format information relating to a document in association with each of a plurality of format items, and a setting means for setting a frame area of an arbitrary size on one page of a document. Based on the size of the frame area set by the setting means,
Calculation means for calculating a candidate value for the format item of the number of characters or lines in the frame area, a candidate value for the format item of the number of characters or lines calculated by the calculation means, and the document value are stored in the document format storage means. Display means for displaying a list of document format information corresponding to other format items, and in a state in which candidate values of the various format items are displayed in a list by the display means, the operator arbitrarily selects each of these format items. An area format setting means for setting the value designated as the format information in the frame area, and the document processing apparatus.