JPH0683820A - Document data output device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To arrange document data containing ruled line data while being well balanced on one page and to output them so as not to disorder relation between the digit and line positions of the ruled line data on one page. CONSTITUTION:A document shaping part 26 develops the document data of the designated page in a layout develop memory 28 by successively changing character sizes stored in text and table format memories 20 and 22. When these developed document data occupy over the 3/4 of a print enable area, those data are printed in that format by a printing part 32. When the character size exceeds a critical value set by a format table 18 before the data occupy over the 3/4 area, the line interval and the upper margin are successively changed similarly. When ruled lines get over in the case of changing the character size of the ruled line data, the ruled line is prevented from being shifted by returning the character size for one stage.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document data output device for printing out document data including text data such as character numbers and ruled line data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a word processor or an office computer, document data including text data such as character numerical values and ruled line data can be created. The created document data will be printed out on a predetermined paper page by page. At this time, the position on the paper where each data of the document data is arranged and output is determined by the document data. It is determined by the print format, that is, information such as paper size, character size, character spacing, line spacing, and the like.

[0003]

Since the above print format can be arbitrarily set by the operator's designation,
In some cases, the print format may not be suitable for the corresponding document data. That is, when the character size, the character spacing, and the line spacing are small with respect to the entire amount of document data, the entire document data may be biased upward with respect to one page of the output target paper. , It will be very unbalanced.

In such a case, conventionally, there is a problem that the operator himself has to change the print format and repeatedly change the print format until the document data is arranged in a well-balanced manner on one page of paper. there were.

A particular problem in changing the print format is when the document data includes ruled line data as well as text data. This ruled line data is input when a table surrounded by ruled lines is created on a document. A line containing such ruled line data has its physical column position on the paper changed by changing its print format. It is a problem if the line positions are misaligned.

FIG. 10 shows a physical output position of each data in the document data, that is, a column position and a line position on one page when the document data which is logical data is printed on the actual paper. Shows a case in which the relationship between the two becomes completely different depending on the character size, character spacing, line pitch determined by the line spacing, and line pitch specified in the print format at that time.

Here, one line of the logical line data 100 stored in the document memory (not shown) is an actual paper 1
02 does not correspond to one line on the line 02, but is one line delimited by the line feed code 104. Further, the arrangement pitch of each character on the paper 102 (next character, pitch to the next line) varies depending on the character size. That is, the number of lines of one logical line on the actual paper 102 is determined by the maximum (MAX) width of the paper 102 and the character size and character spacing of the format data. This is determined as follows. That is, the number of characters in one physical line = width of paper MAX / (character size × character spacing), the number of physical lines for one logical line = the number of characters in logical line data / the number of characters in one physical line.

As described above, when the print format, for example, the character size is changed, the text data is appropriately line-wrapped, so that there is no problem that the text data runs off the paper 102 and disappears, but the ruled-line data cannot be line-broken. In addition, a part of the sheet 102 may not be printed out or may not be printed out, or a line feed may be forced to destroy the appearance of the table and render the table useless.

An object of the present invention is to enable document data including ruled line data to be arranged and output on a 1-page paper in a well-balanced manner, and at that time, the relationship between the column position and the line position of the fixed data is 1. The goal is to keep it from collapsing on the page.

[0010]

The means of the present invention are as follows. The document data output device of the present invention is a document data output device for outputting page-by-page document data including text data capable of automatic line feed output according to a change in output format and ruled line data for which automatic line feed output is undesired. is there. The storage means stores the first arrangement pitch on one page of the document data assigned to one page. The identification means is the above 1
In the document data assigned to the page, a text area made up of lines not containing the ruled line data and a fixed line area made up of lines containing the ruled line data are identified. The first changing unit changes the first arrangement pitch stored in the storage unit to the second arrangement pitch so that the arrangement pitch of each data in the text area becomes large. The second changing means stores the first data stored in the storage means in a range in which each data in the fixed row area does not wrap around to the next row and in which the arrangement pitch of each data in the fixed row area is large. The arrangement pitch of is changed to the third arrangement pitch. The output means arranges and outputs the data in the text area at the second arrangement pitch, and arranges and outputs the data in the fixed line area at the third arrangement pitch.

[0011]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. When the document data including the text data capable of automatic line feed output according to the change of the output format and the ruled line data for which automatic line feed output is not desired is output in page units, the identification means is the document data assigned to one page. In the table, a text area made up of lines not containing the ruled line data and a fixed line area made up of lines containing the ruled line data are identified. Also, the first changing means stores the first data stored in the storage means so that an arrangement pitch of each data in the text area becomes large.
To a second arrangement pitch, and the second changing means increases the arrangement pitch of each data in the fixed row area within a range in which each data in the fixed row area does not wrap around to the next row. Thus, the first arrangement pitch stored in the storage means is changed to the third arrangement pitch. Then, the output means arranges and outputs the data of the text area identified by the identifying means at the second arrangement pitch changed by the first changing means, and the fixed portion identified by the identifying means. The data in the row area is the second
The third arrangement pitch is changed and output by the changing means. Therefore, the document data including the ruled line data can be arranged and output in a well-balanced manner on one page paper, and at the same time, the fixed (ruled line)
It is possible to prevent the relationship between the digit position and the line position of data from being broken on one page.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration thereof, and reference numeral 10 in the figure is a CPU for controlling the whole. 12
Reference numeral 14 is an input unit for inputting document (document) data including text data such as character numerical values and ruled line data for a table and designating an output page, and 14 is document data for storing the input document data. It is a memory.

As shown in FIG. 2A, reference numeral 16 denotes an upper margin 16A, a character size 16B, a character interval 16C, and a line interval 1.
A document format memory 6D stores each document format data, and a format table 18 stores the limit value of each setting information in the document format data as shown in FIG. 2B. Reference numeral 20 is a text format memory for storing the document format data in the text area where the text data is output, and 22 is a table format memory for storing the document format data in the fixed line area where the ruled line data is output. . Similar to the document format memory 16, the text format memory 20 and the table format memory 22 store the document format data of the upper margin, the character size, the character spacing, and the line spacing.

Reference numeral 24 is a page value storage unit for storing page value information indicating how many pages the output designated from the input unit 12 is. A document shaping unit 26 operates the contents of the text format memory 20 and the table format memory 22 within a limit value stored in the format table 18 so as to arrange the document data in a page in a well-balanced manner. , 28 by the document shaping unit 26, converts the data of the page indicated by the page value information stored in the page value storage unit out of the document data stored in the document data memory 14 into the text format memory 20.
And a layout development memory having a capacity of one page developed in the format indicated by the contents of the table format memory 22.
The document shaping unit 26 uses the layout expansion memory 28.
The balance of the document data in one page is determined by referring to the layout developed in the above.

Reference numeral 30 is a display unit such as a CRT, and 32 is a printing unit such as a printer. Reference numeral 34 is a page memory in which data output in page units is written in the display unit 30 or the printing unit 32 in accordance with the document format data stored in the document format memory 16 or the text format memory 20 and the table format memory 22. . A character generator (CG) 36 converts the text data (character code) stored in the document data memory 14 into a character and writes the character in the page memory 34.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the upper margin 16A stored in the document format memory 16 as shown in FIG. 2A extends from the upper end of the printable area 40 of the printing paper 38. This is information indicating the size of the margin, and the unit is mm. The character size 16B is represented by points, and the character spacing 16C and the line spacing 16D are represented with the basic character size being "1". That is, the relationship between the character size 16B and the character spacing 16C (line spacing 16D) is as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B.

The character spacing and line spacing limit values for these character sizes are stored in the format table 18 in correspondence with the upper margin limit values, as shown in FIG. 2B. The format table 18 also stores the maximum (MAX) horizontal width and the MAX vertical width of the printing paper 38. These MAX widths correspond to the size of the printable area 40, as shown in FIG.

Further, the document data memory 14
As shown in (B) of FIG. 3, the document data stored in is to identify whether the logical line is a text line or a ruled line at the beginning of each logical line delimited by each line feed code. The identification flag is added and stored.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.

5 to 7 are a series of flowcharts showing the operation at the time of print output.

That is, document data consisting of text data and ruled line data is stored in the document data memory 14
Stored in the printing unit 3 by the input unit 12
When the printout of a certain page is instructed from step 2 (step S1), the document shaping section 26 stores the page value of the designated page in the page value storage section 24 (step S2).
Then, the document format data stored in the document format memory 16 is converted into the text format memory 20 and the table format memory 22.
(Step S3).

Next, the layout ratio calculation routine is called to calculate the layout ratio. This layout ratio calculation routine is performed as shown in FIG. That is, first, one logical row data of the page is read from the document data memory 14 according to the designated page value stored in the page value storage unit 24 (step S41). Then, the identification flag arranged at the beginning of the logical line data is judged (step S42), and if it indicates a text line, the text format memory 2
The digit pitch and the row pitch are determined based on the contents of 0 (step S43). Here, the digit pitch and the line pitch are the lengths from the leading coordinates of a certain character to the leading coordinates of the next character, as shown in FIG. That is,
The digit pitch can be determined by character size × character spacing, and the line pitch can be determined by character size × line spacing.

Then, the logical row data is expanded in the layout expansion memory 28 based on the determined digit pitch and row pitch (step S44), and if there is other logical row data in the designated page (step S45), Step S4
Returning to 1, the process for the next logical row data is performed.

On the other hand, if it is determined by the identification flag that the line is a ruled line in step S42, the digit pitch and the line pitch are determined based on the contents of the table format memory 22 (step S46). Then, the logical row data is expanded in the layout expansion memory 28 based on the determined digit pitch and row pitch (step S47), and if there is another logical row data in the designated page (step S4).
5) Returning to step S41, the process for the next logical row data is performed.

When the expansion of all the logical row data in the designated page is completed in this way, the final position of the expanded data is next searched in the layout expansion memory 28 (step S48), and the last searched position is searched. The ratio of the position to the maximum (MAX) position within one page (paper MAX vertical width) is calculated, and the process returns to the upper routine.

Then, it is judged whether or not the ratio calculated by this layout ratio calculation routine is a ratio of 3/4 or more (step S5), and if so, the document data is arranged in one page in good balance. Based on the contents of the text format memory 20 and the table format memory 22, the pattern data of the document data of the page stored in the document data memory 14 is developed in the page memory 14 by the CG 36 (step S6). Printing is performed by the printing unit 32 (step S7).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S5 that the ratio is smaller than 3/4, for example, as shown in FIG. 9A, then the character size of the text format memory 20 is set. Is checked (step S8), and it is determined whether the value is equal to or less than the limit value stored in the format table 18 (step S9). If it is less than the limit value, the character size of the text format memory 20 is increased by one step (step S10), and then the process returns to the step S4 to calculate the layout ratio with the character size. By the loop of steps S4 to S10, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (B) of, the character size of the text data gradually increases with the ruled line data, that is, the table,
The line pitch and column pitch of the text lines are increased (in some cases, the number of physical lines may be increased).

When the character size of the text line reaches the limit value and a ratio smaller than 3/4 is obtained, the character size of the table format memory 22 is checked (step S11). It is determined whether it is less than or equal to the limit value stored in the format table 18 (step S12). If it exceeds the limit value, the process proceeds to step S19 described later, and if it is less than the limit value, the character size of the table format memory 22 is increased by one step (step S1).
3). As a result, for example, as shown in FIG.
The ruled line also has a large column pitch and a large line pitch, and extends one page in the horizontal and vertical directions. Following the increase of the character size, the layout ratio calculation routine is called (step S14). The layout ratio calculation routine in step S14 is based on the above step S4.
It is the same as that of.

After the layout ratio is calculated, it is checked whether or not the ruled line expanded in the layout expansion memory 28 is over, that is, the ruled line is broken (step S15). If there is not (step S16), it is determined whether or not the calculated ratio is equal to or more than 3/4 (step S1).
7). If the ratio is 3/4 or more, it is assumed that the document data are arranged in one page in a well-balanced manner, and the above step S
In step 6 and S7, printing is performed.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the ratio is smaller than 3/4, the process returns to step S11 and the above process is repeated.

If it is determined in step S16 that the developed ruled line is over,
The character size of the table format memory 22 is reduced by one step so that the ruled line is not broken (step S18).

Thus, when both the character sizes of the text line and the ruled line have reached the limit values but have not yet reached the ratio of 3/4, the text format memory line interval is checked (step S19). , It is determined whether it is less than or equal to the limit value stored in the format table 18 (step S20). If it is less than the limit value, the line spacing of the text format memory 20 and the table format memory 22 is increased by one step (step S21). As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 9D, the line spacing between the text line and the ruled line extends in the vertical direction of one page. Following the increase of the line spacing, the layout ratio calculation routine is called (step S22). The routine for calculating the layout ratio in step S22 is also the same as in step S4.
It is the same as that of. Then, it is determined whether or not the calculated layout ratio is equal to or higher than the ratio of 3/4 (step S23), and if the ratio is equal to or higher than 3/4, it is determined that the document data are arranged in one page in good balance. Then, the process proceeds to steps S6 and S7 to perform printing.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the ratio is smaller than 3/4, the process returns to step S19 and the above process is repeated.

In this way, the line spacing is increased, and if it is determined in step S20 that the limit value has been exceeded, then the upper margin of the text format memory 20 is checked (step S24), which is the format table 18. It is determined whether or not it is less than or equal to the limit value stored in (step S2
5). If it is less than or equal to the limit value, the upper margin of the text format memory 20 is increased by one step (step S26), and then the layout ratio calculation routine is called (step S2).
7). The layout ratio calculation routine in step S27 is the same as that in step S4.
Then, it is determined whether the calculated layout ratio is equal to or higher than the ratio of 3/4 (step S28), 3/4
If the ratio is above, it is determined that the document data are arranged in one page in a well-balanced manner, and the process proceeds to steps S6 and S7 to perform printing.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the ratio is smaller than 3/4, the process returns to step S24 and the above process is repeated.

In this way, if the limit value is exceeded in step S25, no further format changes (because it cannot be done) are performed, and the format at that time is used for step S25.
In step 6 and S7, printing is performed.

As described above, the character size of the text data is sequentially changed, and when the document data is arranged in a good balance by this, printing is performed in that format. When the document data is not arranged in a good balance, the ruled line is next. Sequentially change the character size for data. Then, if the document data is arranged in a good balance, printing is performed in that format. If the document data is not arranged in a good balance, then the line spacings of both the text and ruled line data are sequentially changed. Then, when the document data is arranged in a good balance by this, printing is performed in that format, and when the document data is not arranged in a good balance, the upper margin is adjusted further, and when the document data is arranged in a good balance by this. Even if the printing is performed in that format and the arrangement is not balanced, it is impossible to change the setting any further, so printing is performed based on the limit value of each document format data. Therefore, the document data including the text data and the ruled line data can be arranged and output in a well-balanced manner on one page paper.

Further, when the character size of the ruled line data is changed, the ruled line is over-checked and the character size is returned by one step to prevent the ruled line from being broken. . Therefore, when the document (document) data including the ruled line data is arranged and output in a well-balanced manner on one page paper, the relationship between the column position and line position of the fixed (ruled line) data is not broken on one page. can do.

Although the upper margin check in step S24 and the step of increasing the upper margin in step S26 by one step are performed on the text format memory 20,
Since the table format memory 22 has the same content as the upper margin data, this data may be processed, and in step S6, the upper margin 16A of the document format memory 16 is processed.
If it is changed so as to refer to these steps S24,
The processing target of S26 may be the document format memory 16.

The printable area 4 is used as a ratio for determining whether the document data are arranged in a well-balanced manner.
The maximum value of 0 in the vertical direction, that is, 3/4 of the vertical width of the sheet MAX is adopted, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be set as appropriate.

Of course, various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the present invention.

[0043]

According to the present invention, document data including ruled line data can be arranged and output in a well-balanced manner on one page paper, and the digit position of fixed (ruled line) data at that time and It is possible to prevent the relationship of the row positions from being broken on one page.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment.

2A is a diagram showing stored contents of a document format memory shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2B is a diagram showing stored contents of a format table shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2C is a digit pitch and a line pitch. It is a figure for explaining.

3A is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the document format memory and the actual print paper stored in the format table in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3B is a document data memory in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining logical row data stored in FIG.

4A and 4B are diagrams showing the relationship between the character size and character spacing and the actual character, respectively.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the first part of a series of flowcharts for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the middle part of a series of flowcharts for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the last part of a series of flowcharts for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a layout ratio calculation routine called at various places in the series of flowcharts of FIGS. 5 to 7.

9A to 9D are diagrams showing layout layouts of text data and ruled line data at various points in the series of flowcharts of FIGS. 5 to 7, respectively.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing how the physical layout changes when the character size is changed.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... CPU, 12 ... Input unit, 14 ... Document data memory, 16 ... Document format memory, 18 ... Format table, 20 ... Text format memory, 22 ... Table format memory,
24 ... Page value storage unit, 26 ... Document shaping unit, 28 ... Layout development memory, 32 ... Printing unit, 38 ... Printing paper, 4
0 ... Printable area

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document data output device for outputting, in page units, document data including text data capable of automatic line feed output according to a change in output format and ruled line data for which automatic line feed output is not desired. Storage means for storing a first layout pitch on one page of the document data assigned to a page, a text area made up of lines not including the ruled line data in the document data assigned to the one page, and the ruled line Identification means for identifying a fixed line area composed of lines containing data, and the first arrangement pitch stored in the storage means so as to increase the arrangement pitch of each data in the text area. First changing means for changing the pitch, and a layout pattern of each data in the fixed row area within a range in which each data in the fixed row area does not wrap around to the next row. As Chi is increased, a second for changing the first arrangement pitch stored in the storage means in the third arrangement pitch
And changing means for arranging and outputting the data in the text area at the second arrangement pitch and outputting and outputting the data in the fixed line area at the third arrangement pitch. Document data output device.