JPH06214987A - Document output method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a document output method smoothly outputting texts including index by outputting a blank page with the nomble added if the corresponding page is the index and the nomble is proved to be an even number and applying the next nomble to the next page. CONSTITUTION:'1' is substituted for a nomble variable N and page offset variable P. (step A) A text directed by the page offset variable P is read in a temporary storage area. (step B) If any one of three conditions is negative at all times; (1) the page head of the text is an index control code, (2) the odd-numbered page setting is 'on', (3) the nomble variable N is an even number, the text of the corresponding page with '-N' added is outputted as it is (steps C,D,E,I,J). However, if three conditions are fulfilled, the blank page is outputted and a nomble '-4-' is applied to the blank page (steps F and G). The only nomble variable N is updated (step H), and the next index is outputted (steps I and J).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document output method capable of smoothly outputting a text including a heading page.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a document creating apparatus such as a desktop publishing system or a word processor, a document having a heading page at the beginning of each chapter is sometimes handled. On this heading page, usually a chapter title, a subtitle, etc. are described. It is generally considered good to arrange the heading pages on odd pages so that each chapter starts on an odd page. In fact, most books use this format.

Therefore, even when a user handles a chapter-structured document (for example, the output is a book) by using the document creation apparatus, it is often the case that the heading page is an odd page.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned circumstances have not been taken into consideration in the conventional document creating apparatus, and it has not been possible to specify that a part of the text is always on an odd page. Therefore, when the user himself / herself becomes an odd page at the end of a chapter, a blank page (even page) next to this odd page is set and the next page (odd page)
Was used as the heading page for the next chapter. However,
It is common practice to make corrections such as adding or deleting pages in this chapter after completing a chapter once, and such corrections are often made in the chapter before this chapter. In such a case, even if the heading page is once an odd numbered page, the heading page will shift back and forth,
It may become an even page. As a result, the user has to perform a troublesome operation such as inserting or deleting a blank page each time, resulting in a problem that the efficiency of the document creation work decreases.

In view of the above circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a document output method capable of smoothly outputting a text including a heading page.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when the corresponding page is a heading page and the page number is an even number, a blank page with this page number is output, and the next page of the blank page is
A page number next to the page number is attached, and a text including the heading information is output.

[0007]

With the above structure, the heading information in the text is referred to, and the heading page is always output as an odd page. Therefore, the user does not need to pay attention to whether the heading page is an odd page or an even page, and the document can be efficiently created accordingly.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creating apparatus using the document output method according to the embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a CPU and 2 is software according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2 is a ROM in which is stored, and RAM is a RAM as a storage unit.
This is an area for storing the document information 4, which is composed of the text storage section 12 shown in (a) and the offset storage section 13 showing a page break. Similarly, in the other area of the RAM 3, the format information 5 including the heading setting information shown in FIG.
The page number information 6 such as the page number K, the page number variable N and the page offset variable P in FIG. Further, T is a temporary storage area for temporarily storing a document when outputting a document, 7 is a keyboard, 8 is an image memory for storing image information to be output to the printer 9 or CRT 10, 11 is a CPU 1,
It is a bus for connecting the ROM 2 and the like. In this embodiment, the output means not only printing on the printer 9 but also CRT.
Including displaying on 10.

In FIG. 2 (a), the text storage unit 12 stores text continuously in page order.
Among them, C is a heading control code as heading information and is distinguished from other texts. On the other hand, the information in the offset storage unit 13 starts from the head offset and extends to the next offset ((n + 1) th page offset) after the end page (n page) of the text. The head offset points to the head (that is, the head of the sentence) of the text on the first page, and the first page offset points to the delimiter between the first page and the next page (second page). Therefore, if the text is output such as the first offset to the first page offset, the first page offset to the second page offset, ..., The text can be output page by page. Further, the end of the text is distinguished by the n-th page offset and the (n + 1) -th page offset pointing to the same position.

The heading setting information shown in FIG. 2 (b) includes, in addition to the character size of the heading page, information on odd-numbered page setting regarding whether or not the heading page is an odd page.
Regarding the input of this setting, for example, a setting menu (not shown) may be displayed on the CRT 10 so that the user can select it.

The document creating apparatus according to the present embodiment has the above-described structure. Next, referring to FIG.
A process of storing the document information shown in (a) will be described.

First, in step 1, a head offset is initialized, and this prefetch offset points to the head of the text in the text storage unit 12. Next, the page number K is set to 1, and the characters on the first page are checked to the end of the page,
A break from the next page (second page) is written in the first page offset (steps 2, 3, 4). This completes the processing of the first page. Next, while updating the page number K (step 5), this processing is repeated until there is no remaining text (step 6), and when the processing of the last page (nth page) is completed, the offset of the (n + 1) th page The same delimiter as the offset of the nth page is put in (step 7). This marks the end of this text. Then, the text and the format are saved as a file, and the saving of the document is completed (step 8).

FIG. 5 shows a specific example of such storage. In the content of the text storage unit 12, the first page is the heading page of Chapter 1, and the heading control code C is added to the head of the page. The text of Chapter 1 Section 1 is described on the second page, and the text of Chapter 1 Section 2 is described on the third page. The fourth page (even page) is the heading page of Chapter 2, and if it is output as it is, the heading page cannot be an odd page.

Next, the process of outputting the document of FIG. 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, 1 is substituted into the page number variable N and the page offset variable P (step A), and the text pointed to by the page offset variable P (first page in FIG. 5) is read into the temporary storage area T (step B).

Then, there are three conditions: (1) the head of the page of this text is a heading control code, (2) the above-mentioned odd page setting is on, and (3) the number number N is an even number. If any one of them is not accepted, the text of the corresponding page is output as it is, with the page number "-N-" added thereto (steps C, D, E, I,
J). Then, after confirming that the page offset does not match the next page offset and is not the final page (step K), the page number variable N and the page offset variable P are updated (step L), and the process is repeated.

Here, the first page (heading page) in FIG. 5 is
The number N is an odd number, and a number (for example, “−1−”) is added as it is and output. Further, the second and third pages in FIG. 5 have no heading control code at the top of the page, and are similarly output as they are. Then, FIG.
The third page of is output. Here, the page number variable N and the page offset variable P are updated every time the page of FIG. 5 is revised, and P = 3 and N = 3, and the page number is
It is "-3-".

Then, in step L, the page number variable N and the page offset variable P are updated so that P = 4 and N = 4, and the text of page 4 (heading page of chapter 2) in FIG. 5 is read. (Step B). The text of this page is 3 above.
The conditions are met. Then, in step F, a blank page is output, and the page number is added with the page number "-4-" (FIG. 6 (b), step G). Then, only the number variable N is updated (step H) and N = 5, but the page offset variable P is still P = 4, and the page offset variable P points to the chapter page of Chapter 2. Then, in step I, the chapter 2 heading page is output, and the heading page is appended with the page number "-5" (step J). That is, the heading page of Chapter 2 is the page number (-5), which is the page following the blank page (4th page), and the page number "-5".
Will be output together with. Since the subsequent processing is a repetition of the above processing, description thereof will be omitted. If the page offset and the next page offset match in step K, it means the end of the text and the process ends.

[0019]

According to the present invention, when the corresponding page is a heading page and the page number is an even number, a blank page with this page number is output. Since the text including the heading information is output, the heading page is always output as an odd number page, and the user need not be restricted by the layout of the heading page and the document can be output smoothly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creation apparatus using a document output method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a data configuration diagram of a document creating apparatus using a document creating method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2B is data of a document creating apparatus using a document creating method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Diagram

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of a document storage method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a document output method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a process explanatory diagram of a document output method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6A is a process explanatory diagram of a document output method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6B is a process explanatory diagram of a document output method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Process explanatory diagram of the document output method

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 Document information 5 Format information 6 Page number information 7 Keyboard 8 Image memory 9 Printer 10 CRT 11 Bus 12 Text storage unit 13 Offset storage unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document output method for outputting text stored in a storage unit of a document creation device page by page while adding a page number, wherein the corresponding page is a heading page and the page number is an even number. At this time, a blank page attached with this page number is output, a page number next to the page number is attached to the next page of this page, and a text including the heading information is output.