JPH07160683A - Method and device for processing information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the document information from becoming unexpected information by displaying the corresponding processing information on a display screen when the document information does not fulfill the restrict conditions. CONSTITUTION:An entire control device 3 is provided with an input information control part 31 which sends and accepts the information signals with an input device, display control part 33 which controls the display device, part 34 analyzing the restrict conditions which recognizes the inputted restrict conditions, document data calculation part 35 calculating the various number of data of the prepared document information, format information control part 36 to be prepared, and part 37 discriminating the restrict conditions judging whether or not the prepared document information satisfies the specified restrict conditions. It confirms whether or not the prepared document information fulfills the restrict conditions when the end of preparing the document information or the preservation of the document information are specified from the input device. When the conditions are not fulfilled, the corresponding processing information which requires the corresponding processing is displayed on the display screen and performs the specified corresponding processing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing method and an information processing apparatus, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for creating and editing document information satisfying certain constraint conditions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In character string creation using a word processor and information processing using a personal computer, it is sometimes desired to combine them as document information within a certain constraint condition. Incidentally, the certain constraint condition is the total number of printed pages or the total number of characters of the document information.

In order to collect the document information under such a constraint condition, the document creating method and the document creating apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-70370 have a constraint that the document information being created according to certain format information is restricted. It monitors whether the conditions are satisfied, and when the condition is not satisfied, the format information is automatically changed so as to be satisfied and the document information creation process is continued. When that happens, a message to that effect is displayed, and the document information creation process that exceeds the constraint conditions is automatically continued.

In the process of creating document information, it usually happens that the constraint conditions initially set are not satisfied, and therefore such a document creating method and a document creating apparatus are convenient.

[0005]

However, it is specified that the document information created in the process of creating the document information that exceeds the constraint condition will be treated as the final document information by overlooking the message to that effect. Unexpected document information does not satisfy the constraint conditions.

An object of the present invention is to prevent the document information created exceeding the constraint condition specified by the input device from becoming document information that is unexpected to the creator. The purpose is to make sure that the creator is informed that the constraint has been exceeded and to make it possible to match the constraint with the constraint if necessary.

[0007]

The present invention is an information processing method for creating desired document information while displaying character information or the like input by an input device on a display screen according to format information by a control device. The control device holds constraint conditions such as the total number of characters and the number of pages of document information instructed from the input device, and document information created based on input of character information from the input device satisfies the constraint conditions. It is automatically determined whether or not it is satisfied, and when the constraint condition is not satisfied, the format information is automatically changed so as to satisfy the constraint condition, and the format information is satisfied so that the constraint condition is satisfied. In the information processing method of continuing the document information creation that exceeds the instructed constraint condition when it is not possible, the control device inputs an instruction of document information creation end or document information storage from the input device. If it is, check whether the created document information satisfies the constraint condition, and if it does not satisfy the constraint condition, request the corresponding process. Display the corresponding process information on the display screen and take the specified action. An information processing apparatus, characterized by performing processing, or creating target document information while displaying character information or the like input by an input device on a display screen according to format information by a control device, the control device Holds the constraint conditions such as the total number of characters and the number of pages of the document information instructed from the input device,
It is automatically determined whether or not the document information created based on the input of character information or the like from the input device satisfies the constraint condition, and if the constraint condition is not satisfied, the constraint condition is satisfied. In the information processing apparatus that automatically changes the format information so that the format information satisfying the constraint condition cannot be changed, and the document information creation that exceeds the instructed constraint condition is continued, When the document information creation end or the document information saving instruction is input from the input device, the constraint condition confirmation means for confirming whether the created document information satisfies the constraint condition, and the case where the constraint condition is not satisfied Is equipped with a response processing means for displaying response processing information for requesting a response processing on the display screen and performing the instructed response processing.

[0008]

[Operation] When the document information created when the document information is created or when the document information is saved does not satisfy the constraint condition, the corresponding process information for requesting the corresponding process is displayed on the display screen. It is possible to surely recognize that the obtained document information does not satisfy the constraint condition, and it is possible to perform a corresponding process as necessary.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a word processor according to the present invention, in which 1 is an input device, 2 is a display device, 3 is an overall control device, and 4 is a storage device. The input device 1 generates information signals such as format information, constraint conditions, character information, processing function instruction, and creation end instruction based on the operation of the operator. The display device 2 is controlled by the overall control device 3 described later to display a format setting screen, constraint condition setting and changing screen, document information being created, processing function instruction screen, and the like. Storage device 4
Is a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk memory, or the like, and includes a constraint condition storage area 41 and a format information storage area 4.
2, document information storage area 43, data number storage area 4
4, a dedicated format information storage area 45, a standard format information storage area 46, an initial constraint condition storage area 47, an initial format information storage area 48, a saved document information registration area 49, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 5, the overall control device 3 includes an input information control part 31 for mediating the exchange of information signals with the input device 1, and a document data creation / editing part for creating and editing document information. 32, a display control unit 33 that controls the display device 2, a constraint condition analysis unit 34 that grasps the input constraint conditions, a document data calculation unit 35 that calculates the number of various types of created document information, and a creation process. A format information control unit 36 for automatically creating format information for controlling the format of the document to be written,
A constraint condition determination unit 37 that determines whether the created document information satisfies a specified constraint condition is provided.

The document data creation / editing unit 32, the constraint condition analysis unit 34, the document data number calculation unit 35, the format information control unit 36, and the constraint condition determination unit 37 are realized by the data processing function of a microcomputer. .

A method of creating and editing document information by the word processor thus constructed will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a data processing flowchart for creating and editing document information performed by the overall control device 3.

When the creation and editing of document information is started, processing 101 sets a constraint condition for the document information to be created and edited. In this process 101, a constraint condition setting screen as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display device 2 in order to specify and input the constraint condition from the input device 1. The constraint condition items that can be specified in this embodiment are the paper size of the setting field 201, the paper direction of the setting field 202, the character string direction of the setting field 203, the number of characters in the setting field 204, the treatment after the punctuation in the setting field 205, and the setting field. The number of characters in one line 206, the number of lines in the setting field 207, and the number of pages in the setting field 208. It is a designated input for selecting any of the items such as paper size, paper direction, character string direction, and handling after a punctuation mark, but is an arbitrary designated numerical value input for other items.

"Handling after a punctuation mark" means whether or not to include the number of spaces in the marginal part in the number of characters in the constraint condition when the character string is delimited by the punctuation point and the margin part extends to the right edge of the paper after the punctuation point position. Means This item
This is used when the range for storing articles is fixed, such as newspaper articles, and the text restrictions of articles are specified by the number of characters. The selection specification input of this "Handling after punctuation" is
It becomes effective when the restricted number of characters is input in the number-of-characters setting field 204. As an initial setting condition of the “handling after punctuation” setting field 205, as a standard condition, only the actual number of input characters is a constraint condition, and the number of characters (spaces) in the blank space formed after the punctuation is counted as the number of characters. Not to be. 1
The number of characters in line / number of lines setting field 206.207 is divided into several stages in one page like a newspaper, and the number of characters that can be arranged in one line of one stage and the number of lines in a page are determined. It is used to specify constraint conditions in such cases.

Such constraint conditions input from the input device 1 are transmitted from the input information control unit 31 to the constraint condition analysis unit 34. The constraint condition analysis unit 34 treats items for which there is no designated input as having no constraint condition. The constraint conditions set in this way are stored and held in the constraint condition storage area 41 and the initial constraint condition storage area 48 of the storage device 4.

The process 102 is a process of setting the format information of the document information to be created and edited, and the format information control unit 36 refers to the constraint condition and automatically creates it and stores it in the format information storage area 42. Specifically, the dedicated format information created by the operator and stored in the dedicated format information storage area 45 is stored in the format information storage area 42. When there is no dedicated format information, the standard format information storage area 4 is stored.
The standard format information stored in No. 6 is stored in the format information storage area 42. After that, this format information is completed by adding necessary corrections to satisfy the constraint conditions.

In the correction of the format information, first, the paper size specified by the constraint is prioritized to determine the paper size. Next, decide the character spacing. If the number of characters in one line is set in the number of characters in one line setting field 206 in the constraint condition, the length obtained by subtracting the size of the left and right margins not to be printed from the paper width dimension is divided by the number of characters in one line. The length for one character is obtained, and the character interval is obtained from the character size of the format information set in the format information storage area 42 of the created document. If the character spacing becomes large and exceeds the physical constraints of the device, the size of the left and right margins of the paper is increased uniformly so that the character spacing is determined to be within the physical constraints of the device.
On the other hand, when the characters overlap with each other, the size of the left and right margins of the paper is uniformly reduced for adjustment. If the characters overlap due to the adjustment of the left and right margins of the paper, the character size is reduced by one rank so that the characters do not overlap. By calculating the character spacing in this way, when the left and right margin dimensions and the character size are changed, the changed value is used as the format information of the document information.

Next, the line spacing is obtained. The line spacing is obtained when specified values are set in the row number setting column 207 and the page number setting column 208 of the constraint condition. First, the set number of lines is divided by the set number of pages to obtain the number of lines for one page. The width dimension for one line is determined from the determined number of lines for one page and the dimension of the print portion excluding the margins above and below the sheet. Sought 1
The line interval is obtained from the width dimension of the line and the character size of the format information set in the format information storage area 42. If the calculated line spacing is too large to exceed the physical constraint of the apparatus, the dimensions of the upper and lower margins of the paper are uniformly increased to determine the line spacing within the physical constraint of the apparatus. On the other hand, if the lines overlap each other, the size of the upper and lower margins of the paper is adjusted to be uniformly reduced.
If the lines overlap due to the adjustment of the upper and lower margins of the paper, the character size is reduced by one rank so that the lines do not overlap. By thus determining the line spacing, when the upper and lower margin dimensions and the character size are changed, the changed value is used as the format information of the document information.

If the various types of format information thus obtained are different from the dedicated or standard format information set in the format information storage area 42, the format information in the format information storage area 42 is changed to the required format information. Fix it. Then, the format information of the format information storage area 42 determined by the correction is stored in the initial format information storage area 48 as the initial format information. This format information automatic setting process 102 has an advantage that format information can be automatically created only by inputting a constraint condition.

A process 103 discriminates whether the input information signal which is being inputted and is being edited and edited is character information or end instruction information. If it is character information, the process branches to a process 104. Branch to 112.

A process 104 is a document data updating process performed by the document data creating / editing unit 32, which performs a character string creating and editing process based on document data such as character information input from the input device 1 to store a document information storage area. 43 updates the document information data. The character string being created and edited is sent to the display device 2 by the display control unit 33 and displayed on the screen.

The processes 105 and 106 are processes for comparing the document information created and edited in this way with the constraint conditions and monitoring whether or not the document information satisfies the constraint conditions. A process 105 is a process of calculating various data numbers of document information and storing them in the data number storage area 44, and is performed by the document data number calculation unit 35. A process 106 compares whether the number of various types of data of the document information stored in the data number storage area 44 with the constraint condition stored in the constraint condition storage area 41, and whether the document information being created and edited satisfies the constraint condition. Is a process of determining
If it is satisfied, the process returns to the process 103, and if not satisfied, the process branches to the process 107.

The process 107 is a process for automatically changing the format information set in the format information storage area 42 so that the document information being created and edited satisfies the set constraint condition. This is performed by the format information control unit 36. Specifically, the constraint conditions are satisfied by changing the number of lines (line spacing), the number of characters in one line (character spacing), the margin size, the character size, the number of pages, or the paper size.

Here, a specific example of the format information automatic changing process 107 will be described, taking as an example the case where the number of pages and the paper size are designated and set as constraint conditions.

In the process of creating and editing character information, when the document information does not satisfy the constraint condition of the number of pages,
First, with reference to the format information set in the format information storage area 42, the current number of lines for one page is obtained from the upper and lower margin dimensions of the paper and the line spacing. Next, calculate a new line spacing from the new number of lines obtained by adding only one line to the calculated number of lines for one page, and the margin size above and below the paper, and reduce to this new line spacing.
Make sure that the document information fits within the set number of pages.
Here, the line spacing in the format information stored in the format information storage area 42 is changed to a new line spacing. By repeating this process, the document information satisfying the constraint condition is obtained.

However, if the lines are overlapped by adjusting the line spacing, then the character spacing is adjusted. First, referring to the format information storage area 42, the current number of characters in one line is obtained from the left and right margin sizes of the paper and the character spacing. Next, add 1 character to the calculated number of characters in one line to obtain a new number of characters, calculate a new character interval from this new number of characters and the margins on the left and right sides of the paper, and reduce it to the new character interval. Make sure the document information fits within the number. Here, the character spacing in the format information stored in the format information storage area 42 is changed to a new character spacing. By repeating this process, the constraint condition is satisfied.

However, if the constraint cannot be satisfied even by adjusting the line spacing and the character spacing, the margins on the top, bottom, left and right of the paper are adjusted. First, the upper and lower margin dimensions and the character size of the paper are obtained from the format information set in the format information storage area 42. The length of half the height dimension of the obtained character size is reduced from the margin dimensions at the top and bottom of the paper to obtain a new line number in which the number of lines on one page is increased by one line. The reduced new upper and lower margin dimensions are stored as new margin dimensions in the format information in the format information storage area 42. If the adjustment of the upper and lower margins of the sheet is limited due to the physical limitation of the apparatus, the left and right margins are similarly adjusted to satisfy the constraint condition.

If the above conditions do not satisfy the constraint conditions, the character size is adjusted by one rank. First, the character size of the format information in the format information storage area 42 is reduced by one rank. Then, the line spacing, the character spacing, and the margin sizes of the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the paper, which have been changed so far, are returned to the values before the change set in the format information setting process 102 with reference to the initial format information storage area 47. This process is for recovering the deterioration of the appearance of the document information due to the line spacing, the character spacing, and the margin sizes of the top, bottom, left, and right of the paper, which have been changed to the minimum values by the adjustments so far.

In this state, it is again judged whether or not the constraint condition is satisfied, and if not satisfied, the line spacing adjustment, the character spacing adjustment, and the margins on the top, bottom, left, and right of the paper are carried out as described above. By sequentially adjusting the size and the character size, the format information that creates the document information satisfying the constraint condition is created, and the format information in the format information storage area 42 is changed to a new value.

The process 108 judges whether or not the format information which satisfies the constraint condition is obtained in the format information automatic changing process 107, and when the new format information is obtained, As a normal change, the process moves to the format information change display process 109 to perform the necessary display control process, and then returns to the process 103 to continue the document creation and edit process.

If the format information that satisfies the constraint condition cannot be obtained, the process proceeds to the warning message display processing 110 because it cannot be changed and the automatic format unchangeable warning mark is displayed outside the document display area of the display device 2. Is performed, then the constraint condition automatic changing process 111 is performed and the process returns to the process 103. This constraint automatic change processing 111
Is performed by the constraint condition analysis unit 34, and a temporary constraint condition excluding a constraint condition that cannot be satisfied by changing the format information is automatically created to generate the constraint condition storage area 4
1 and then return to the processing 103 to enable continuous creation and editing processing of document information.
These processes have the advantage of not interrupting the thinking of the operator in the process of creating and editing document information.

When a signal for creating and editing document information is input from the input device 1, the process 103 to the process 11
Branch into 2. The process 112 is performed by the document data calculation unit 35 to calculate the number of various types of data of the created and edited document information and store it in the data number storage area 44. The process 113 is performed by the constraint condition determination unit 37, and is created and edited by comparing the various data numbers of the document information stored in the data number storage area 44 with the constraint conditions stored in the initial constraint condition storage area 47. It is determined whether the document information satisfies the constraint condition, and if so, the process 11
If not satisfied, the process proceeds to step 115.

Process 114 is a process of registering the created and edited document information in the saved document information registration area 49.

The process 115 is a display process for making the operator surely recognize that the created and edited document information does not satisfy the constraint condition, and asking for a necessary corresponding process. As shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display device 2 with a message indicating that is not satisfied, a constraint condition that is not satisfied, and a corresponding process selection menu. The constraint conditions that are not satisfied are indicated by blinking the item name and / or setting value in the corresponding setting field.

The process 116 is a process of judging the selection input of the corresponding process and branching. When "temporary end" is selected, the process proceeds to the registration process 114, and the document information that does not satisfy the constraint condition is stored and registered.

When "condition correction" is selected and input, processing 11
7, the constraint condition change screen is displayed, and the constraint condition set by the correction input of the designated condition is changed. The constraint condition change screen is displayed in the same manner as the constraint condition setting screen shown in FIG. 2, the setting fields of the unsatisfied constraint conditions are displayed in blinking, and the input cursor is positioned in the setting field of high modification priority. Then, the modified constraint condition is stored in the constraint condition storage area 41 and the initial constraint condition storage area 47, and the process 112 is returned to.

When "correct document" is selected and input, the process returns to the process 103 to restart the process of creating and editing the document information,
When “End” is input after the revision, the process moves to the process 112, and thereafter, the same process as described above is repeated to complete the target document information.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the document information is created and edited under the specified constraint condition, the creation and edit process is continuously continued even if the document information exceeds the constraint condition. Since it can be done without interrupting the thought of the creator, and when the document information is created exceeding the constraint conditions, the creator can be surely informed by the screen display at the end and necessary. Accordingly, since it can be matched with the constraint condition, there is an effect that it is not unexpected document information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a data processing flowchart for creating and editing document information, which is executed by an overall control device of a word processor according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a constraint condition setting screen displayed on the display device of the word processor according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a constraint condition satisfaction status and corresponding process selection menu display screen displayed on the display device of the word processor according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a word processor according to the present invention.

5 is a functional block diagram of an overall control device in the word processor according to the present invention shown in FIG. 4. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Input device, 2 ... Display device, 3 ... Overall control device, 4 ...
Storage device, 31 ... Input information control unit, 32 ... Document data creation / editing unit, 33 ... Display control unit, 34 ... Constraint condition analysis unit,
35 ... Document data number calculation unit, 36 ... Format information control unit, 3
7 ... Constraint condition determination unit.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An information processing method for creating target document information while displaying character information or the like input by an input device on a display screen according to format information by the control device, wherein the control device is the input device. It holds the constraint conditions such as the total number of characters and the number of pages of the document information instructed from, and automatically determines whether the document information created based on the input of the character information from the input device satisfies the constraint conditions. When the constraint information is not satisfied, the format information is automatically changed so as to satisfy the constraint condition, and when the format information that satisfies the constraint condition cannot be changed, the specified constraint is determined. In the information processing method for continuing the document information creation that exceeds the conditions, the control device may create the document information when an instruction to end the document information creation or to input the document information is input from the input device. It is confirmed that the information satisfies the constraint condition, and if the constraint condition is not satisfied, the corresponding process information for requesting the corresponding process is displayed on the display screen, and the instructed corresponding process is performed. Information processing method. 2. The control device according to claim 1, wherein when the control device cannot change the format information to satisfy the constraint condition, the control device displays a message to that effect and continues to create the document information exceeding the specified constraint condition. A document creation method characterized by the above. 3. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the control device performs a correction process of the document information and / or a temporary end in a document information state that exceeds the constraint condition as a corresponding process of the document information created over the constraint condition. A document creating method characterized by performing a saving registration process and / or a constraint condition changing process. 4. The document creation method according to claim 1, wherein the control device displays the unsatisfied constraint conditions as corresponding processing information on the display screen in a form different from other constraint conditions. 5. An information processing method for creating target document information while displaying character information or the like input by an input device on a display screen according to format information by a control device, wherein the control device is the input device. It holds the constraint conditions such as the total number of characters and the number of pages of the document information instructed from, and automatically determines whether the document information created based on the input of the character information from the input device satisfies the constraint conditions. When the constraint information is not satisfied, the format information is automatically changed so as to satisfy the constraint condition, and when the format information that satisfies the constraint condition cannot be changed, the specified constraint is determined. In the information processing method for continuing the document information creation exceeding the condition, the control device creates a document based on a constraint condition such as the total number of characters or the number of pages of the document information instructed from the input device. When the format information of the information is automatically set and the instruction to create the document information or the instruction to save the document information is input, it is confirmed whether the created document information satisfies the constraint conditions, and the constraint conditions are satisfied. If not, the corresponding processing information for requesting the corresponding processing is displayed on the display screen, and the instructed corresponding processing is performed. 6. An information processing device for creating desired document information while displaying character information or the like input by an input device on a display screen according to format information by the control device, wherein the control device is the input device. It holds the constraint conditions such as the total number of characters and the number of pages of the document information instructed from, and automatically determines whether the document information created based on the input of the character information from the input device satisfies the constraint conditions. When the constraint information is not satisfied, the format information is automatically changed so as to satisfy the constraint condition, and when the format information that satisfies the constraint condition cannot be changed, the specified constraint is determined. In an information processing device that continues to create document information that exceeds the conditions, the control device creates the created document information when an instruction to end the creation of document information or an instruction to save the document information is input from the input device. Information confirming whether the information satisfies the constraint conditions, and if the constraint condition is not satisfied, response processing information for requesting the response processing is displayed on the display screen, and the instructed response processing is performed. An information processing apparatus comprising: a corresponding processing unit for performing. 7. The correspondence processing means according to claim 6,
An information creating apparatus comprising: a correction processing unit for document information and / or a temporary termination storage registration processing unit and / or a constraint condition changing processing unit in a document information state that exceeds a constraint condition. 8. The control device according to claim 6, further comprising automatically generating format information of document information created based on constraint conditions such as the total number of characters and the number of pages of the document information instructed from the input device. An information processing apparatus comprising a format information automatic setting means for setting.