JPH0619906A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To edit and update document data in another file to be interleaved in a document formed for interleaving printing. CONSTITUTION:A document for interleaving printing read out from floppy disk device 11 by an MPU 4 is stored in a memory 5 and displayed on a CRT display part 1 and then an interleaving command mark specified from a keyboard 8 and displayed on a display screen is switched to the display of document data corresponding to the command by the MPU 4. On the other hand, document data are stored in the memory 5, the contents of the document data stored in the memory 5 are changed by the MPU 4 in accordance with an edition command inputted from the keyboard 8 and the contents of the document data in the device 11 are also changed.

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,
In particular, the present invention relates to a document processing device that formats and edits a document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document processing device for performing high-level typesetting / editing of a document has a merge print function (a merge command for designating only a position where data is included in a document is described, and a separate file is stored). Create data such as numbers and names in the table data, and when printing, insert the data extracted from the table of another file into the location specified by the command in the document one after another) and display the merged data. Some had a function (displayed on the screen as it is in the layout to be merged and printed).

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]
While the document for one mail merge is being edited, only the display mark of the mail merge command is displayed, so the table data in another file cannot be edited / updated. For this reason, there are the following problems.

(1) When an error is found in the table data of another file to be inserted while the document is being edited, the correct document layout cannot be grasped, so the edited document in the working memory is temporarily stored in the floppy disk. Then, after recalling the table data of another file in the floppy disk to the working memory and editing it again, it is stored again in the floppy disk. Next, it is necessary to call the suspended document again from the floppy disk to the working memory and edit the document, resulting in poor operability for the user.

In view of the above points, it is an object of the present invention to be able to edit the data of another file designated by a command while displaying the document to be printed, in the case of merge printing. Another object of the present invention is to provide a document processing device capable of updating the document data in the document.

[0006]

In order to achieve such an object, the present invention is a document capable of executing a merge print of document data of another file by a command described at a merge position in the document. In the processing device, a command in the document and an instruction means for instructing display of document data corresponding to the command, and a document in which the instructed command is replaced with document data of another file instructed by the command are displayed. It is characterized by comprising display means and document processing means for performing document editing on the document displayed on the display means.

When the document data after replacement in the document of the present invention is changed by the document processing means,
It is characterized by further comprising a second document processing means for updating the document data of the another file to the changed document data.

[0008]

In the present invention, the specified insert command in the document is changed to the document data and displayed, so that the user can edit the document data. In addition, by updating the document data after editing with the document in another file by the second document processing means, there is no need for the user's operation to switch the document to be edited and the document data file alternately as in the conventional case. Becomes

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of the document processing apparatus of this embodiment.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a CRT display unit used in a raster scan system, and 2 is a video random access memory (VRAM) for storing display pattern information for one screen. A display control unit 3 controls writing of pattern information to the VRAM 2 and reading of the pattern information to the CRT display unit 1. Reference numeral 5 is a main memory having an area for storing a control program and document data, which will be described later, and 4 is a microprocessor (MPU) for performing main control of the entire document apparatus.

A keyboard 8 for inputting character data and the like and a pointing device (PD) 9 for inputting and editing graphic data by designating a position on the CRT display unit 1 are connected to the MPU 4. Reference numeral 6 denotes a hard disk device in which document files and character fonts are stored.

Reference numeral 10 is a printer for outputting a created document, and 11 is a floppy disk device for storing a document file and the like. These constituent blocks are connected by an I / O bus 7.

Next, the overall flow of the document processing of this embodiment will be described.

First, when the document to be worked is opened, as shown in FIG.
An edit screen as shown in is displayed on the CRT display unit 1.
Here, when the cursor is moved to the position where the table data of another file is to be inserted using the pointing device 9 or the cursor movement key of the keyboard 8 and the menu 21 of FIG. 2 is selected by the pointing device 9, the insertion as shown in FIG. The number setting window is displayed.

Here, the keyboard 8 indicates the column number and the row number indicating the data position of the table data AA as shown in FIG.
To execute the input. As a result, the insert command with the column / row number as shown in FIG. 7 is input at the cursor position.

Next, when the menu 22 of FIG. 2 is selected by the pointing device 9, the insertion file setting window as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. Here, when "YES" of the insertion data display is selected by the pointing device 9 and the table data file name to be inserted is input by the keyboard 8 and executed, the insertion control table shown in FIG. The insertion data display flag in parentheses is turned on (ON-display), and the insertion file name input in the insertion file name is registered as it is in the control table.

When the registration in the insertion control table is completed, the document typesetting process is executed. In this typesetting process, when the insertion command as shown in FIG. 7 is found in the document data, the insertion command check processing routine shown in FIG. 10 is called by the MPU 4 and executed.

In this routine, first, step 62
The data is checked again in step S11, and if it is the insert command, the insert data GET processing routine shown in FIG. 11 is called.

In this insertion data GET processing routine, in step 66, the insertion data display flag in the insertion control table shown in FIG. 5 secured in the memory 5 is checked, and if it is ON (ON-display), Go to step 67. In step 67, the insertion file name in the control table is checked to see if a file with the same name exists in the hard disk device 6 or the floppy disk device 11.

When the insertion file name exists, the insertion data file is loaded (stored) in the memory 5.
Then, the process proceeds to step 68. Here, the column number and row number (see FIG. 7) set in the insert command are further checked to see if data exists in that column / row in the table data.

If the data exists, the process proceeds to step 69. Here, the data in the specified column / row of the loaded merge file is stored in the merge command as shown in FIG. 12 (in FIG. 12, the merge data “Taro Yamada” is stored in the merge command), and the merge command The process of storing the data to be inserted into is completed.

Details after storage are shown in FIGS. Also,
In step 66, if the insertion data display flag (see FIG. 5) is off (OFF), and in step 67, the specified insertion data file does not exist, and in step 68, the specified column /
If the insertion data does not exist in the line number, no data is stored in the insertion data command and the command shown in FIG.

When the insertion data is stored in the insertion command on the memory 5, the typesetting process is performed based on the length in the insertion command (see FIG. 8) and the insertion data character string.
The MPU 4 displays the document in which the display mark of the insertion command as shown in FIG. 6 is replaced with the table data on the CRT display unit 1 by treating and typography the insertion character string in the same manner as a normal character string. Further, for the command (see FIG. 7) in which the merge data is not stored in the merge command, only the display mark of the merge command (the mark displayed in FIG. 6 indicating the place to insert the merge data) is displayed.

Next, the insertion data editing processing and updating processing according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

When the character input / editing process is started, FIG.
Input is accepted in step 82 of 3. In step 83, the type of input and the cursor position are discriminated, and when the input / deletion of the character string is instructed and the cursor is within the insertion data, the processing advances to insertion data editing processing in step 84.
In the insertion data editing process, in step 92 of FIG. 14, it is determined whether or not it is a character string input instruction, and if it is the input instruction, the process proceeds to step 93, the character string input process. In the character string input process, in step 102 of FIG. 15, the input character string is stored in the insertion command on the memory 5 from the cursor position, and in step 103, the number of input characters is added to the current length. Next, in step 104, the display is re-displayed, the cursor is moved by the number of input characters, and the character string input processing ends.

If it is determined in step 92 of FIG. 14 that the character string is not input, the process proceeds to step 94.
In step 94, it is determined whether or not it is a deletion instruction of a character string.

In the character string deleting process, the cursor position is checked in step 108 of FIG. 16, and if the cursor position is located at the beginning of the insertion data, the deleting process is not performed and the process ends. If the cursor position is not at the beginning of the insertion data, the character string in the insertion command is deleted in step 109, and the number of characters deleted in step 10A is subtracted from the current length.

Next, in step 10B, redisplay is performed, the cursor is moved by the number of deleted characters, and the character string deleting process is completed.

In step 83 of FIG. 13, if the cursor position is outside the insertion data or is other than a character string input / deletion instruction, the process proceeds to step 84.
When it is determined in step 84 that the instruction is to move the cursor, the process proceeds to the cursor moving process of step 86. In the cursor movement process, the moving direction of the cursor is determined in step 112 of FIG. 17, and if it is the previous movement instruction, the process proceeds to step 113 to check the character at the cursor position.

When the character at the cursor position is the insertion start command, the process proceeds to step 115 and it is determined whether the range is being specified. If the range is being specified,
Since the character strings whose range has been specified are targeted for deletion or movement as one group, it is necessary to handle the merged data as one group. Therefore, in step 116, the cursor is moved to the character next to the insertion end command.

If the range is not being specified, step 11
At 7, the cursor is moved to the first character (skipping column / row number and length) following the insert start command.

In step 112 of FIG. 17, if the moving direction of the cursor is a backward movement instruction, step 11
Go to step 8 and check the character at the cursor position. If the character immediately before the cursor is the insertion end command, the process proceeds to step 11A to determine whether the range is being specified.

If the range is being specified, step 11
At B, insert the cursor and move to the front of the start command. If the range is not being specified, step 11C
At, insert the cursor and move before the end command.

Next, the insertion data update process will be described.

In step 85 of FIG. 13, if it is not the cursor movement instruction, the process proceeds to step 87 to determine what instruction has been input, and if it is the termination instruction, the process proceeds to step 89 to perform the termination processing. In the end processing, the user is made to determine whether to update the document edited up to that point or to discard it. If the information input by the user via the keyboard 8 is an update instruction,
The insertion data update processing routine is executed by the MPU 4, and the edited document on the floppy disk device 11 and the table data of another file are updated corresponding to the document contents of the memory 5.

In the insertion data update process of FIG. 18, the insertion data comparison process is called in step 122, and the process proceeds to step 125. In the insertion data comparison process, the edited document data is checked from the beginning, and in step 127 it is determined whether the data to be checked is the insertion command.

If the document data is a merge command, the process proceeds to step 128, where the edited merge character string and the table data already loaded in the memory 5 are at the same position ("column / column set in the merge command"). The MPU 4 compares the "row number" with the character string in the same column / within the row number). If the above two character strings differ, step 1
In step 29, the MPU 4 replaces the table data with the edited insertion character string and updates it. This process is continued until the end of the document data, and when it is determined in step 12A that the document data has ended, the insertion data comparison process ends.

Furthermore, when checking a character string within another line number (same column) of table data in another file during editing, if only the line number of the insert command is changed and the typesetting is executed, A character string is displayed, and the table data can be edited / updated in the same manner as the editing / updating process.

The above processing contents are summarized as follows.

The user operates the keyboard 8 in the conventional manner to store the document created for the merge printing on the floppy disk device 11 in the video RAM 2 and display it on the CRT display unit 1. At this time, the document corresponding to the display screen is stored in the memory 5 in the form of character code.

Next, the user gives an instruction from the keyboard 8 to display the insertion data and give an instruction for the command.
At this time, the keyboard 8 operates as an instruction means of the present invention.

In response to this instruction, the MPU 4 reads the document data (table data) corresponding to the specified command from the floppy disk device 11 and inserts it into the insert command on the memory 5.

On the other hand, the MPU 4 erases the display mark corresponding to the command in which the document data is inserted from the stored document contents on the video RAM 2, reads this document data from the memory 5 and writes it on the video RAM 2. As a result, the display on the CRT display unit 1 is switched from the edited document having the insertion command mark to the document having the table data as shown in FIG. At this time, MPU4, video RAM
2. The CRT display unit 1 operates as the display means of the present invention.

Thereafter, when the user sees the display screen and performs an editing operation using the keyboard 8 similar to the conventional one, the MPU 4 corrects the document contents on the video RAM and the video RAM 2 according to the instructed edit contents. MPU4 at this time
Operates as the document processing means of the present invention. Finally, when the user inputs an update instruction from the keyboard 8, the MPU
Reference numeral 8 compares the unedited document and the edited document relating to the document by the control procedure of FIG. 19, detects the edited portion, and updates the document data of another file on the floppy disk device 11. At this time, the MPU 4 operates as the second document processing means of the present invention.

Edit the merged data described in this embodiment /
The update function can be similarly applied to the table set data and the graphic data in addition to inserting the insertion command into the text data, and the inserted table data can be edited / updated.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Document data such as table data in another file specified while editing the document can be edited in the same way as ordinary character strings, and the document data in the saved file can also be updated.
Unlike the conventional case, it is not necessary to alternately switch the text file and the table data file as the file to be edited, and the operability for the user is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a document editing screen on a CRT display unit 1.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for setting columns / rows of table data to be inserted.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen for setting whether or not to display the inserted table data on the screen and for setting the file name of the inserted table data file.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram showing contents of a control table secured on a memory for displaying table data to be inserted on a screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of table data to be inserted.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a merge command before a typesetting process is executed.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a merge command after a typesetting process has been executed.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between table data to be inserted and an insert command.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of storing table data in a merge command.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a flow of storing table data in a merge command.

FIG. 12 is an exemplary diagram comparing the contents before storing the table data in the insertion command with the contents after storing.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a flow of editing table data in a merge command.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a flow for editing table data in a merge command.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a flow of editing table data in a merge command.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a flow of editing table data in a merge command.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a flow of updating table data in a merge command.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a flow of updating table data in a merge command.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a flow of insertion data comparison processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CRT display unit 2 Video RAM (VRAM) 3 CRT display control unit 4 Microprocessor (MPU) 5 Memory 6 Hard disk device 7 I / O bus 8 Keyboard 9 Pointing device 10 Printer 11 Floppy disk

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A document processing apparatus capable of executing a merge print of document data of another file by a command described at a merge position in a document, the command in the document and the document data corresponding to the command. Instructing means for instructing display, displaying means for displaying a document in which the instructed command is replaced with document data of another file instructed by the command, and document editing for the document displayed on the displaying means A document processing device comprising: a document processing unit for performing the processing. 2. When the replaced document data in the document is changed by the document processing unit, a second document processing unit for updating the document data of the another file to the changed document data is further included. A document processing device characterized by being equipped.