JPH06301672A - Document creation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to confirm an image at the time of printing out a character to which a character attribute is added in a document. CONSTITUTION:A text mode developing part 8 reads out the text code data of a cursor position on a display device 2 from within a text code memory 9, reads out the bit map data of a code indicating the character attribute and the text code data from a CG 11 and develops the text code data and the bit map data in a text displaying memory 12 so as to superpose them on each other. On the other hand, a printing image developing part 10 reads out a text to which the character attribute of the cursor position is added and the bit map data of a text existing in the vicinity of the text concerned and developes these data in a printing image memory 13 and an image synthesizing part 14 synthesizes both the bit map data developed in the memories 12, 13 and outputs the synthesized bit map data to a display device 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document preparation device such as a word processor and desktop publishing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in a document creating apparatus such as a word processor for business use, a word processor for personal use, or desktop publishing, each character in a created document is displayed by replacing each character with a dot, and the actual image at the time of printing is reduced. In many cases, the layout display function is provided so that the appearance of the character string in the document can be seen.

However, such a layout display function is mostly for confirming the arrangement of each character in the document, and it is difficult to confirm the actual image of each character at the time of printing. .

Therefore, a document creating apparatus provided with a layout editing function capable of editing a document as an actual image such as a print image on the layout display is provided. Since the image is developed and displayed according to the actual image, the number of characters that can be displayed on one screen is reduced, and for example, the layout in a page may not be confirmed in one display.

Further, since it is necessary to expand all the characters that have been modified or modified to an image that is modified or modified, it takes time to develop the image, and the speed of inputting and editing characters is slowed down. There was an occasion. In addition, the operation for changing to the layout edit mode is necessary, and the operability is poor.
It was not possible to operate at the same time as the text mode in which the character size etc. are the same and input and editing can be performed.

Therefore, in order to represent the character attributes such as various character modifications and character transformations for each character in a document, a function that allows a symbol indicating the character attribute to be superimposed on each character in the text mode is displayed. The document preparation device provided is provided. In other words, in such a function, character spacing, line spacing,
Character size can be edited in a fixed state, and characters can be input and edited at high speed. In text mode, the character attribute symbols displayed on each character are used to check the modification or transformation of the character. be able to.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of a symbol indicating a character attribute. In this case, a display example of the image of the symbol corresponding to the character modification and transformation, a display example of the image when the symbol is overlaid on the character "A" in the text mode, and a real image at the time of printing The display examples of and are shown in correspondence with each other.

[0008]

However, in the document creating apparatus having the function of displaying the image in which the symbols indicating the character attributes of the respective characters in the document are superimposed, the characters are added to the characters in the document. The amount of information is increasing, and it has become necessary to represent not only character attributes such as character modification and character deformation, but also information such as the typeface and color of characters.

Therefore, in displaying an image in which a symbol indicating a character attribute is overlaid on a character as usual, when the number of character attributes added to a character increases, the symbol indicating the character attribute may be overlaid. There was a problem that the characters themselves and each symbol became unreadable.

For example, if the character "A" is given the right italic, shaded, and quadruple-width character attributes, the actual image at the time of printing is as shown in FIG. In the mode, if the symbols having the character attributes shown in FIG. 9 are used, as shown in FIG. 10A, three types of symbols are overlapped, making it difficult to identify not only the letter “a” but also the respective symbols.

Further, when the characters themselves or the respective symbols become unreadable due to the overlapping of the symbols, the characters that are subjected to a plurality of character modifications such as character modification or character modification in the text mode are further modified or modified. There is also a problem in that when a character is deformed, the character cannot be easily edited.

Further, only by displaying in the text mode, the balance of character spacing, line spacing, and character size in a document,
There was a problem that it was not possible to easily check the balance of how to apply character attributes such as character modification and character deformation with the surrounding characters.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is possible to confirm an image at the time of printing a character in a document to which a character attribute is added so as not to impair display and editing performance. To aim. Another object is to improve operability at the time of editing a character to which a character attribute is added. Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to make it possible to confirm the balance between the actual characters, line spacing, character size, etc., between the character added character and its surrounding characters.

[0014]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has an input means for inputting text such as characters, and a character attribute such as character modification or character transformation for the text input by the means. In a document creation device comprising a character attribute adding means for adding a character attribute and a display means for displaying the image of the symbol indicating the character attribute added by the means and the image of the text to which the character attribute is added in an overlapping manner. Real image display means for displaying a real image at the time of printing the text to which the character attribute is added is provided.

Further, the above real image is changed,
It is advisable to provide a means for automatically changing, deleting, or adding a character attribute added to the text corresponding to the edited real image when editing such as deletion or addition is performed. Further, it is preferable to provide means for arbitrarily changing the display range of the real image.

[0016]

The document creating apparatus according to the present invention inputs text such as characters, adds character attributes such as character modification or character transformation to the input text, and adds a symbol indicating the added character attribute. The image and the image of the text to which the character attribute is added are displayed in an overlapping manner, and the real image at the time of printing the text to which the character attribute is added is displayed. It is possible to refer to the image at the time of printing according to the attribute.

Moreover, the real image is changed,
When editing such as deletion, addition, etc., the character attribute added to the text corresponding to the edited real image is automatically changed, deleted, or added. Editing such as character modification or character modification can be performed through the real image of.

Furthermore, if the display range of the real image is arbitrarily changed, it is possible to refer to the actual image at the time of printing the text to which the character attribute is added and the surrounding characters.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creating apparatus which is an embodiment of the present invention. This document creation device comprises an input device 1, a display device 2, a printing device 3, an auxiliary storage device 4, and a control processing device 5.

The input device 1 is a keyboard, a mouse or the like, and inputs text such as characters, numbers and symbols and various operation information and control information for creating a document. The display device 2 is a display such as a CRT or LCD, and displays the contents of the created document, various messages, and the like.

The printing device 3 is a dot printer, a laser printer, or the like, and prints the content of the document on paper. The auxiliary storage device 4 is a memory device such as a hard disk device, an optical disk device, and a floppy disk device, and stores various data such as the content of a document in a storage medium.

The control processing unit includes a CPU, a ROM, and an RA.
Incorporating a microcomputer consisting of M, controlling the entire document creation apparatus, displaying a real image of a text that has been character-modified or character-modified in the text mode, character modification or character modification, etc. Various processes including a process of automatically changing, deleting, and adding the character attribute of the text corresponding to the applied real image at the time of printing, a process of changing the display range of the real image at the time of printing, and the like are executed.

The control processing device 5 has therein an input control unit 6, a file control unit 7, a text mode expansion unit 8, a text code memory 9, a print image expansion unit 10, a character generator (CG) 11, and a text display. The memory 12, the print image memory 13, and the image composition unit 14 are provided.

The input control unit 6 stores in the text code memory 9 the character code of the text such as characters input from the input device 1 and the text code data of the character attribute, and the text mode expansion unit 8 and the print image expansion unit. Part 10
To start. Further, in the case of file operation related key input such as file reading or writing, the file control unit 7 is activated.

The file controller 7 writes the text code data in the text code memory 9 to the auxiliary storage device 4, reads the text code data, and stores it in the text code memory 9.

The text mode expansion unit 8 reads from the CG 11 bit map data and vector font data of characters and symbols of character attributes corresponding to the text code data on the text code memory 9, and stores them in the text display memory 12. Expand to text mode. Therefore, with respect to the text to which the character attribute is added, the symbol indicating the character attribute and the bitmap data or vector font data of the text to which the character attribute is added are developed in an overlapping manner.

The print image development unit 10 reads the bitmap data and vector font data of the text corresponding to the text code data on the text code memory 9 from the CG 11 and outputs it to the print image memory 1.
Develop in 3 print image. Therefore, for the text to which the character attribute data is added, bitmap data or vector font data corresponding to the character attribute of the text code data is developed in a print image.

The CG 11 includes bitmap data and vector font data for text such as characters, bitmap bitmap data and vector font data for symbols indicating character attributes,
It also stores text bitmap data and vector font data corresponding to character attributes. The text display memory 12 is a bitmap memory that stores the data of the expansion result by the text mode expansion unit 8.

The print image memory 13 is a bit map memory for storing the data of the expansion result by the print image expanding unit 10. The image synthesis unit 14 synthesizes the bitmap data developed in the text display memory 12 and the print image memory 13 and outputs the synthesized bitmap data to the display device 2.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a data storage format in the text code memory 9 of FIG. 1, and the text code data of the text input from the input device 1 or the text read from the auxiliary storage device 4. Code data consists of a character code and a character attribute.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the bit assignment format in the character attributes of FIG. 2, in which characters such as white, bold, inverted, shaded, right italic, left italic, superposed characters, etc. When an attribute is added, it is set by bit ON in the bit assign area corresponding to the character attribute, and bit O is set.
Release by FF.

Next, a description will be given of a process of displaying a real image at the time of printing a text which is character-modified or character-modified in the text mode in the document creating apparatus. First, the text code data of the text input from the input device 1 or the text code data read from the auxiliary storage device 4 is stored in the text code memory 9.

Next, the text mode expansion section 8 reads the text code data corresponding to the address of the cursor position displayed on the display device 2 from the text code memory 9.

Then, the bit map data corresponding to the text code data and the bit map data of the symbol added to the text are designated and read out from the CG 11, and the designated character is read into the text display memory 12. The bit map of the code and the bit map of the symbol corresponding to various attributes specified in the character attribute are overlapped and expanded.

On the other hand, the print image development unit 10 is arranged to output the text code data of the address corresponding to the cursor position displayed on the display device 2 from the text code memory 9 and the text code data located near the text. Of the bitmap data of and is expanded in the print image memory 13. At that time, with respect to the text to which the character attribute is added, the bit map data subjected to the character modification or the character transformation according to the added character attribute is expanded.

Then, the image synthesizing section 14 expands the bitmap data expanded in the text display memory 12 by the text mode expanding section 8 into the print image memory 13 by the print image expanding section 10. The bitmap data is combined and output to the display device 2. Therefore, on the screen of the display device 2, a real image at the time of printing the text to which the character attribute is added and a real image of the text in the vicinity thereof are displayed.

Next, the process of automatically changing, deleting, and adding the character attribute of the text corresponding to the real image at the time of printing, which is subjected to the character modification or the character transformation, in the document creating apparatus will be described.

First, when the operation information in the character modification / transformation designation mode is input by the operation information from the input device 1,
The input control unit 6 sends the operation information to the print image developing unit 10. The print image development unit 10 displays the target text in the real image at the time of the cursor in the text mode display on the display device 2 according to the operation information so as to be distinguishable from other texts.

For example, the print image expansion unit 10 expands the data of a frame such as a dotted line and a broken line surrounding the target text in the print image memory 13, and the image synthesis unit 14 converts the data into a target image on the screen of the display device 2. Display it.
Further, the text itself may be made to blink or may be displayed in a color different from other texts.

After that, the mode is changed to the character modification / character modification designation mode, and when the operation information for editing such as changing, deleting, or adding is input from the input device 1 to the real image at the time of printing, the input control unit 6, the text code data to be edited in the text code memory 9 is edited such as changing, deleting, or adding a character attribute according to the operation information.

For example, a data example when a character attribute with a shadow is further added to the text "many" to which the character attributes of right italic and double-height characters are added will be described. First, the target data in the text code memory 9 before editing in this case is as follows. Character code = "many" Character attribute = "right italic" and "vertical double-width" bits are ON

Here, when editing is performed to add a shadow to the real image at the time of printing the text "many", the target data in the text code memory 9 is changed to the following contents. Character code = "Multiple" Character attribute = "Shadowed", "Right italic", and "Double-height" bits are ON

Therefore, the target text "many" on the text mode display is added with the right italic, double-height, and shaded character attributes, and the real image portion at the time of printing is immediately updated according to the newly updated character attributes. It is expanded and displayed in.

Next, the process of changing the display range of the real image at the time of printing in this document creating apparatus will be described. When the operation information of the display range of the real image at the time of printing is inputted from the input device 1, the operation information is sent to the print image developing section 10 by the input control section 6.

The print image developing section 10 is arranged to display the text code data of the address corresponding to the cursor position displayed on the display device 2 in the text code memory 9 and the display range of the operation information based on the text. The bitmap data of the text code data located at is read and expanded in the print image memory 13. At that time, with respect to the text to which the character attribute is added, the bit map data subjected to the character modification or the character transformation according to the added character attribute is expanded.

Therefore, when there is an instruction from the input device 1 to change the display range of the real image at the time of printing, the display device 2
Change the display frame of the real image at the time of printing centering on the text with the current cursor displayed above. At this time, for the text that has newly become the display range, the text (character) code and the character attribute data are read from the text code memory 9 and developed as a real image at the time of printing.

Next, a display example when displaying a real image at the time of printing text that is character-modified or character-modified in the text mode in this document creation device, character modification or character-modification on the real image at the time of printing A description will be given of a display example when the same is applied and a display example when the display range of the real image at the time of printing is changed.

FIG. 4 shows a screen displaying an example of text in the text mode, FIG. 5 shows a screen displaying a real image at the time of printing with respect to the cursor position in the text of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 shows FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen when the text to be edited in the real image at the time of printing is specified.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a screen when characters are edited on the text to be edited in FIG. 6, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen when the display range of the real image at the time of printing in FIG. 5 is enlarged. Is.

First, the created sentence is displayed as text on the screen 20 shown in FIG. 4, and the character string "text mode" is displayed with a white character attribute. Also, in the character string "when there is a lot of overlap", a symbol indicating that the right italicized character attribute is added is displayed in an overlapping manner,
A symbol indicating a double-height character attribute is further displayed on the character "many" in a superimposed manner.

When the cursor CS is placed on the character "many" on the screen 20, the character "many" and the characters in the vicinity of the character "many" are printed on the screen 20, as shown in FIG.
Print image 21 showing character size, character attributes, etc.
Is displayed.

Further, when the mode is changed to the character modification / character transformation designation mode, as shown in FIG. 6, a frame 22 (indicated by a broken line frame in the figure) showing the character to be edited is displayed on the character "many" in the print image 21. Then, when the character "many" in the frame 22 is shaded, for example, the character "many" in the print image 21 is displayed in the right double italic shadow with double-height, as shown in FIG. The character "many" in the text mode is changed to a character with a shadow while the symbols indicating the right italic and the double height are displayed.

If an instruction to change the display range of the print image 21 is issued on the screen 20 of FIG.
When the print image 21 is expanded in the horizontal direction by a predetermined range, as shown in FIG. 8, the character "many" and characters in the expanded range are printed on the screen 20 between the line spacing, the character space, the character size, and the like. A print image 23 indicated by a character attribute or the like is displayed.

Next, the effects of the document creating apparatus of this embodiment will be listed. (1) Since characters can be input and edited in the text mode while checking the print image, more characters can be processed at higher speed than in the layout edit mode, and moreover, it is possible to check the addition status of the character attribute.

(2) When a character attribute or the like is edited on the real image at the time of printing, the character attribute code is automatically added to the target character in the text mode in response to the editing. You can add attributes while watching. (3) By changing the display range of the real image at the time of printing, it is possible to add a character attribute while checking the relationship between the upper, lower, front and rear characters, and the layout of the document is facilitated.

[0056]

As described above, according to the document creating apparatus of the present invention, the text image of the input character and the image of the symbol indicating the character attribute are displayed in an overlapping manner and the character attribute is added. Since the real image at the time of printing the selected text is displayed, it is possible to confirm the image at the time of printing the character to which the character attribute is added in the document so as not to impair the display and editing performance. Therefore, even if a plurality of character attributes are added to a character, each character attribute can be read together with the character.

Also, change to the real image,
When editing such as deletion or addition is performed, the character attribute added to the text corresponding to the edited real image is automatically changed, deleted, or added, and the character attribute is added. It is possible to improve the operability when editing the written characters. Therefore, when a character to which a plurality of character attributes such as character modification or character modification is applied in the text mode is further subjected to character modification or character modification, the character editing can be easily performed.

Furthermore, if the display range of the real image is arbitrarily changed, it is possible to confirm the balance between the characters added with the character attribute and the surrounding characters such as the actual character spacing, line spacing, and character size. You can Therefore, it is possible to easily confirm the balance of the character spacing, the line spacing, the character size in the document, and the balance of the character attributes such as the character modification and the character deformation with the preceding and subsequent characters.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a data storage format in a text code memory 9 of FIG.

3 is a diagram showing an example of a format of bit assignment in the character attribute of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen displaying an example of text in a text mode.

5 is a diagram showing a screen displaying a real image at the time of printing with respect to a cursor position in the text of FIG.

6 is a diagram showing a screen when an edit target text in the real image at the time of printing in FIG. 5 is clearly shown.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a screen when character editing is performed on the text to be edited in FIG. 6;

8 is a diagram showing a screen when a display range of a real image at the time of printing in FIG. 5 is enlarged.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of a symbol indicating a character attribute.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an image of a character “A” in which symbols indicating the conventional right italic, shaded, and quadruple-width character attributes are superimposed, and an image at the time of printing.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Input Device 2 Display Device 3 Printing Device 4 Auxiliary Storage Device 5 Control Processing Device 6 Input Control Unit 7 File Control Unit 8 Text Mode Development Unit 9 Text Code Memory 10 Print Image Development Unit 11 Character Generator (CG) 12 Text Display Memory 13 print image memory 14 image compositing unit 20 screens 21, 23
Print image 22 frames

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting text such as characters, character attribute adding means for adding character attributes such as character modification or character deformation to the text input by the means, and means added by the means. In a document creation device having a display unit for displaying an image of a symbol indicating a character attribute and an image of a text to which the character attribute is added in an overlapping manner, a real image at the time of printing the text to which the character attribute is added. A document creation device characterized by being provided with a real image display means for displaying. 2. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1,
Means for automatically changing, deleting, or adding a character attribute added to the text corresponding to the edited real image when the real image is edited, such as changed, deleted, or added A document creation device characterized by being provided with. 3. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for arbitrarily changing a display range of the real image.