JPH07230459A - Document preparation assisting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To refer to a document substantial body on the basis of the reference format definition of, for example, a document as to the document preparation assisting device using a central processor. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with a display part 10b for displaying input data on the screen, a document name analysis part 10c which analyzes a document name from the input data, a document name registration part 10a which registers the document name in a memory 20, a position analysis part 10e which analyzes the position of a link line of the input data on the screen, a position registration part 10f which registers the position of a frame analyzed by the position analysis part 10e, a link symbol generation part 10g which prepares link symbols of two document names corresponding to the position of the link line analyzed by the position analysis part 10e, and a link symbol registration part 10h which resisters the link symbols prepared by the link symbol preparation part 10g in the memory 20; and a document is prepared while stored corresponding to the two document names in the frame on the screen.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation support device by a central processing unit, and more particularly to (1) design work of a document processed by a central processing unit (computer), including a plurality of document configurations and document types. A document creation support device for displaying a screen on a computer, inputting a screen, storing in a storage device, and referring by a reference medium in order to edit information about a definition and a relationship between document elements between two documents, and (2) The present invention relates to a document and a graphic to be edited by various data processing devices, and relates to a document creation support device which edits the original display of the original and the edited version of the document and the graphic to be displayed at the same position and the overlapping display of the edited version of the document. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A document designing operation by a computer and editing of a document and a figure will be briefly described below.

[Document Design Work] In recent years, the sophistication of document editing / printing functions using a computer, the digitization of document information, and the standardization of the information format have been advanced.

Up to now, the information format of a document has been defined by using general sentences and legends, and it has been difficult for a computer to process a document in accordance with this, but it is an international standard. Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
ge) makes it easy for a computer to process the definition of the information format of a document and the document according to it.

However, since the definition of a document by SGML is in the same language as a computer program up to now, a high level technique is required for its design and description like a computer program. .

[Editing of Documents and Figures] With the spread of computers and the development of communication technology, it is becoming common to electronically manage documents and figures, and due to the difficulty of securing an information storage area and the demand for resource saving, documents And the expectation for digitization of graphics is increasing.

For example, the document area of a word processor is made common, and a document is transferred using electronic mail. A person who edits a document and a graphic stores the document and the graphic (hereinafter referred to as an edited version) edited for the original when the document and the graphic (hereinafter referred to as an original) are edited. In order to compare the difference between the edited version and the edited version, both documents are displayed and they are arranged side by side. Alternatively, the method is to edit while checking the additional information at the time of editing and the contents of the edited version.

[0008] As a method for comparing the small differences between the original plate and the edited plate made from old paper, there is also a method of printing by printing on paper and overlaying the original plate and the edited plate toward the light source for watermarking. is there.

[0009]

Therefore, in the technique of the conventional example, (1) a document is processed by a computer, and in order to effectively utilize the information, a plurality of document configurations, a document type definition, and a space between two documents are provided. It is necessary to design the document, such as organizing the relationships among the document elements in advance.

However, from the experience of designing and describing computer programs up to now, there is a problem that the load on the operator of the design work as described above is expected to be extremely large.

(2) There is a method of comparing the difference between the original plate and the edited version, but in order to compare the small differences, it is necessary to print the original plate and the edited plate on paper and to make them transparent one by one. There are challenges.

The present invention provides (1) a plurality of document configurations,
Document type definition, relationship of document elements between two documents, reference format definition of documents can be visually edited, these can be displayed and saved, and the relationship of document elements between documents can be cross-referenced in document entity. It is possible to reduce the load of the document design work for computer processing by referring to the document entity based on the document reference format definition.

(2) An object of the present invention is to enable a minute difference between the original version and the edited version to be compared immediately while the edited version is being created.

[0014]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, for example, a first invention is a document creation support apparatus for designing a document using a central control unit as shown in FIG. A display unit 10b for displaying a screen 1 showing a document structure designed by the user, and input data for the document name input by the user in the frame of the screen 1 are input at the input unit 10a, and the document name is input from the input data. Document name analysis unit 10c for analyzing 1a and 1b and document name 1 analyzed by the document name analysis unit 10c
Document name registration section 10d to register in memory 20a that temporarily stores a and 1b, and input section for input data for screen 1
10a, the position of the frame surrounding the document names 1a and 1b described on the screen 1 and designated by the input data, and the link line that connects the two frames with the other input data. Position analysis unit 10e that analyzes the position of 1c
And a memory 2 for temporarily holding the position of the frame analyzed by the position analysis unit 10e in association with the corresponding document name 1a, 1b.
The position registration unit 10f registered in 0b and the position analysis unit 10e.
The two document names 1a and 1b corresponding to the position of the link line 1c analyzed in step 1 are read from the stored data in the memories 20a and 20b via the registration information input unit 10i and correspond to the two document names 1a and 1b. Data including a link symbol generation unit 10g that generates a link symbol and a link symbol registration unit 10h that registers the link symbol generated by the link symbol generation unit 10g in the memory 20c in association with the two document names 1a and 1b. A processing unit 10 is provided so that the document can be created by storing the two document names 1a and 1b in the frame of the screen 1 in association with each other with a unique link symbol.

Further, an original input processing means 41 for inputting an original document and figures, an original storage means 42 for storing the documents and figures used by the original input processing means 41, and an edited version of the documents and figures are input. Edited version input processing means 43, edited version storage means 44 for saving the documents and figures used by the edited version input processing means 43, and two outputs of the original version input processing means 41 and the edited version input processing means 43. Overlap processing means for overlapping
45 and display means 46 for displaying the output of the superposition processing means 45
A command input means 47 for inputting a command corresponding to the superposed state of the display means 46, and an edition edition editing means for controlling the edition edition input processing means 43 based on the command
48 is provided, and the display state of the display means 46 is observed, and the original version and the edited version of the document are displayed in an overlapping manner for editing.

[0016]

According to the first to sixth inventions, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 16, design information such as a document structure, a document type definition, a link definition, and a reference format definition is input according to a user's input, and corresponding to the design information. Then, document name analysis, position analysis, link symbol generation, structure analysis, type definition conversion, range analysis, link definition conversion, relation analysis, relation conversion, reference format definition conversion, and reference format analysis are performed for each circuit part. After that, it is held in the corresponding storage device.

Therefore, it is possible to perform document conversion and document reference by utilizing these held information. Further, in the seventh invention, as shown in FIG. 17, the original data is input from the original input processing means 41, the edited version data is input from the edited version input processing means 43, and both data are overlapped by the overlay processing means 45. Data is output to the display means 46 after being processed at the same position so that the original plate and the edited plate can be distinguished from each other.

Therefore, during or after editing the document and the graphic stored in the edited version storage means 44, the command from the command input means 47 is stored in the edited version storage means 44 in addition to the edited version edit means 48. By controlling the document and the graphic, the difference between the original version and the edited version can be compared on the display means 46.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A document designing operation by a computer will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 16 and editing of a document and a graphic by a data processing apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS.

[Document Design Work] (1) Circuit Configuration FIGS. 1 to 16 are views for explaining the first to sixth embodiments of the present invention. It should be noted that FIGS. 1 to 16 mainly show functions.

(A) First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the circuit configuration and information flow in the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the processing flow in FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a screen, and the user looks at this screen 1 and as design information of the document configuration,
For example, the document names 1a and 1b are input.
A data processing unit 10 includes an input unit 10a to a registration information input unit 10i, and processes the data displayed on the screen 1.

Reference numeral 10a is an input unit for receiving the information input by the user on the screen 1, 10b is a display unit for displaying the document structure according to the information input by the user, and 10c is a document name analysis unit. And 10d is a document name registration section for extracting the document name to be registered, and is for registering the document name input by the user.

10e is a position analysis unit for analyzing the position information of the document structure, and 10f is a position registration unit for registering the position of the document analyzed by the position analysis unit 10e in association with the document name. Is.

Reference numeral 10g denotes a link symbol generator, which adds a unique link symbol to the link line 1c connecting the frame of the document name 1a and the frame of the document name 1b on the screen 1.
h is a link symbol registration unit that registers the link symbol generated by the link symbol generation unit 10g in association with the document name, and 10i is a registration information input unit that registers the registered document name and position information and links. This is for inputting the symbol information.

Further, 20a to 20c are storage devices (memory), 20a temporarily stores the document name registered by the document name registration unit 10d, and 20b a position registration unit 10.
20c temporarily stores the positional information registered in f in association with the document name, and 20c temporarily stores two document names (for example, document names 1a and 1b) corresponding to the link symbol registered in the link symbol registration unit 10h. It is a thing.

Then, in FIG. 2, S ** (for example, S
11) indicates processing steps. In addition, the following FIG.
6, 8 and 10 and 12 are also described similarly. Hereinafter, FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described in the order of processing flow.

S11: When the process is started, the user displays the screen 1 on the display unit 10b in order to input the document structure. S12: Input data (??
? ? ? ? ? ) A document name (????????????) is input, and the document name analysis unit 10c analyzes the document name described by the user on the screen 1 from the input data.

S13: The document name analyzed by the document name analysis unit 10c is registered in the memory 20a by the document name registration unit 10d. S14: Input data for the screen 1 is input by the input unit 10a, and the position analysis unit 10e performs position analysis on the frame surrounding the document name described by the user on the screen 1 from the input data.

S15: The position information analyzed by the position analysis unit 10e is registered in the memory 20b in association with the document name analyzed by the document name analysis unit 10c and the position registration unit 10f.

S16: Input section for input data for screen 1 (link line 1c for associating two documents)
Enter the line with 10a. S17: Input data input by the input unit 10a (link line 1c)
The position is analyzed by the position analysis unit 10e.

S18: The two document names 1a, 1b corresponding to the position information analyzed by the position analysis unit 10e are read from the data in the memories 20a, 20b, 20c into the position analysis unit 10e via the registration information input unit 10i, The link symbol generator 10g generates the corresponding link symbol.

S19: The link symbol generated by the link symbol generating unit 10g is registered in the memory 20c by the link symbol registering unit 10h in association with the two document names 1a and 1b. (End) (b) Second Embodiment FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration and a flow of information in the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of processing in FIG.

In FIG. 3, reference numerals 1 and 2 denote screens, and screen 1 (the same as screen 1 shown in FIG. 1) selects document names 1a and 1b because the user defines the document type. Is for the user to define the document type.

Reference numeral 11 is a document determining unit including circuit parts 11a to 11e. 11a is a registration information input section,
Inputting the registered document name, location information, link symbol information, 11b is the display section, and the document configuration is displayed from the registered document name, location information, link symbol information, 11c is the input section That is, the position designated by the user is input.

Reference numeral 11d is a position analysis unit that analyzes the position designated by the user, and 11e is a document name determination unit that determines the document name for which the document type definition is made from the position information analyzed by the position analysis unit 11d. To do.

Reference numeral 12 is a type definition creating section including circuit parts 12a to 12e. 12a is a display unit for displaying the screen 2 of the document type definition, 12b is an input unit for receiving the information input by the user on the screen 2, 12c is a structural analysis unit for inputting on the screen 2 The document structure is analyzed according to certain rules from the information obtained.

Reference numeral 12d is a type definition conversion unit, which is a structure analysis unit 12
Convert the document type definition from the result of c, 12e
Is a type definition registration unit, which registers the created document type definition in the memory 20d.

Further, 20a to 20c are the same storage devices (memory) as in FIG. 1, and 20d is for temporarily storing the document type definition registered by the type definition registration section 12e. Hereinafter, FIGS. 3 and 4 will be described in the order of processing flow.

S21: When the process is started, the user is in the memory
The data of 20a, 20b, 20c is read by the registration information input section 11a, and the document composition (document name 1a, 1b and link line 1c) is displayed on the display section 11b on the screens 1 and 2 for the user to specify the document name. indicate.

S22: Input data for the screen 1 (specified document names 1a, 1b by the user) are input in the input section 11c, and the input data and the memories 20a, 20b, 20c read through the registration information input section 11a are stored. The position of the frame surrounding the document names 1a and 1b specified by the user from the data is determined by the position analysis unit 11
The document names 1a and 1b specified by the user are analyzed by the document name determination unit 11e.

S23: The screen 2 corresponding to the document names 1a and 1b determined by the document name determination unit 11e, that is, the document type definition screen is displayed on the display unit 12a. S24: Input data for the screen 2, that is, the document element (hierarchical description of the document element name) is input by the input unit 12b.

S25: Input data for screen 2, that is, document structure (line connecting between document element names)
In the input section 12b. S26: The structure analysis unit 12c analyzes the document element and the document structure input by the input unit 12b, and the type definition conversion unit 12d converts the document type definition.

S27: The document type definition converted by the type definition conversion unit 12d is registered in the memory 20d by the type definition registration unit 12e. (c) Third Embodiment FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the circuit configuration and information flow in the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the processing flow in FIG.

In FIG. 5, reference numerals 1, 3 to 5 denote screens,
Screen 1 (same as screen 1 in FIG. 1) displays the document structure, and is for the user to select the link line 1c for link definition. Screen 3 displays the document type. The document-related range (shaded part) is designated, and the screen 4 displays the document type, and the related range (shaded part) of the other document corresponding to the screen 3 is designated. In addition, 5 is a screen for inputting the relationship type between documents, and the link line
Input the relationship of 1c.

Reference numeral 13 is a relationship determining unit including circuit parts 13a to 13e. Reference numeral 13a is a registration information input section for inputting registered document name, position information and link symbol information, and 13b is a display section for document composition from registered document name, position information and link symbol information. , 13c is a data input section for inputting the position pointed by the user.

13d is a position analysis unit for analyzing the position pointed by the user, 13e is a link determination unit,
The link line 1c for creating the link definition is determined. Further, 14 is a link definition creating unit including circuit parts 14a to 14g.

Reference numeral 14a is a registration information input section for inputting registered document type definitions and temporary registration information of a relation range between documents, and 14b is a display section for displaying the screen 3,
A document type screen of No. 4 and a screen for inputting the type of relationship between documents of Screen 5 are displayed. Reference numeral 14c is an input unit for inputting the range of relationships between documents and the type of relationship between documents.

Reference numeral 14d is a temporary registration unit for temporarily registering the information on the range of relation between the documents input on the screens 3 and 4, and 14e is a range analysis unit for the relation range between the documents designated by the user. To analyze which part of the document type definition corresponds, 14f is the link definition conversion part, and the link line 1c is obtained from the analysis result of the range analysis part 14e.
14g is a link definition registration unit that registers the link definition of the link line 1c in the memory 20f.

20a to 20e are the same storage devices (memory) as in FIGS. 1 and 3, and 20f is the link definition registration unit 1
The information of the link definition registered in 4g is temporarily saved. Further, 20g and 20h are for temporarily holding information of the relation range between documents registered by the temporary registration unit 14d.

5 and 6 will be described below in the order of the processing flow. S31: When the processing is started, the user reads the data in the memories 20a to 20c by the registration information input section 13a, and the user specifies the link line 1c. Therefore, the document configuration is displayed on the screen 1 by the display section 13b.

S32: Input section for link line 1c for screen 1
Enter the link with 13c and enter the input data and the registration information input section 13
The position analysis unit 13d analyzes the position of the link line 1c for associating the two documents 1a and 1b designated by the user from the data of the memories 20a to 20c read via a, and
The link determination unit 13e determines the link symbol corresponding to the link line 1c designated by the user.

S33: The document type definition corresponding to the two document names 1a and 1b corresponding to the link symbol determined by the link determination unit 13e is read from the data of the memories 20d and 20e by the registration information input unit 14a, and the user can read the document In order to specify the relationship range of, the display unit 14b displays screens 3 and 4 showing the document type.

S34: Input data of screens 3 and 4 (relationship range between documents) is input by the input unit 14c, and the temporary registration unit is entered.
Temporarily register in memory 20g, 20h with 14d. S35: The user displays the screen 5 on the display unit 14b in order to input the relation type between the documents, and inputs the input data for the screen 5 and the screens 3 and 4 with the input unit 14c.

S36: Memory via the registration information input section 14a
20d (Document type definition for Document 1a), memory
Data of 20e (type definition between documents of document 1b), memory 20g (relationship range between documents of document 1a) and memory 20h (relationship range of documents of document 1b) are read, and the documents on screens 3 and 4 are read. The range analysis unit 14e analyzes the relationship range between them.

S37: The link definition conversion unit 14f converts the link definition from the result analyzed by the range analysis unit 14e and the input data for the screen 5. S38: The link definition created by the link definition conversion unit 14f is registered in the memory 20f by the link definition registration unit 14g.

(D) Fourth Embodiment FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the circuit configuration and information flow in the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the processing flow in FIG.

In FIG. 7, reference numerals 1, 6, and 7 denote screens.
Screen 1 (same as screen 1 in Fig. 1) is the display screen of the document structure, and the document name 1a, 1 to be converted by the user
Select b, screen 6 is a document entity list selection screen, the user selects the document entity to be converted, screen 7 is a related document list selection screen, and the document selected in screen 1 The user selects the related document to be used for conversion from the documents related by the link definition.

Reference numeral 11 is a document determination unit, which has the same structure as that shown in FIG. Also, 15 is a circuit part
A document conversion unit including 15a to 15f. 15a is a registration information input section for inputting registered link definitions and document entities, and 15b is a display section for screen 1
Of the document entity list selection screen and the related document list selection screen of screen 2 are displayed. 15c is an input unit that receives the information input by the user on screens 6 and 7. 15d is a relation analysis unit. Yes, the part that performs the conversion of the document is analyzed from the link definition, 15e is the one that converts the document entity from the analysis result of the relationship analysis unit 15d, and 15f is the document registration unit that stores the converted document entity in the memory 20i. To be registered with.

7 and 8 will be described below in the order of the processing flow. S41: When the process is started, the user inputs the data of the memories 20a to 20c in the registration information input section 11a, and the user specifies the document names 1a and 1b, and the document configuration shown in the screen 1 is displayed in the display section 11b. indicate. S42: Input data for screen 1 (specified document 1
a, 1b) in the input section 11c, and the position of the frame surrounding the document name 1a, 1b specified by the user from the input data and the data of the memories 20a to 20c input via the registration information input section 11a. The position analysis unit 11d analyzes the document names, and the document determination unit 11e determines the document names 1a and 1b designated by the user.

S43: The document entity list corresponding to the document names 1a and 1b determined by the document determination unit 11e is read from the memory 20i via the registration information input unit 15a,
The screen 6 showing the document entity list is displayed on the display unit 15b.

S44: The document name list determined by the document name determination section 11e and the document name associated with the link definition are read from the data in the memory 20f via the registration information input section 15a and displayed on the screen 7 by the display section 15b. Display on the screen as a list of related documents.

S45: Input data for the screen 6 (name of document entity to be converted by the user) is selected and input by the input unit 15c. S46: Input data for the screen 7 (the related document name of the conversion destination of the document entity selected by the user on the screen 6) is selected and input by the input unit 15c.

S47: The document entity selected by the user on the screen 6 and the link definition corresponding to the related document selected on the screen 7 are stored in the memory 20 via the registration information input section 15a.
Read from the data of f (link definition) and memory 20i (document entity), analyze the conversion part with the relation analysis part 15d,
The relation conversion unit 15e converts the document entity selected on the screen 6 by the user into the relation document selected on the screen 7,
Create a new document.

S48: The document registration unit 15f registers the related document created by the relationship conversion unit 15e in the memory 20i. (End) (e) Fifth Embodiment FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the circuit configuration and the flow of information in the fifth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the flow of processing in FIG.

In FIG. 9, reference numerals 1 and 8 are screens. Screen 1 (the same as screen 1 shown in FIG. 1) is a document configuration display screen, and the user selects a document for which a reference format definition is to be created. Screen 8 is a reference format definition screen. The created document element name is placed to create the reference format definition.

Reference numeral 11 is a document determination unit, which has the same structure as that shown in FIG. 16 is the circuit part
It is a reference format definition creation part including 16a to 16e. 16a is a display section for displaying the reference format definition screen 8
b is a data input section that accepts information entered by the user on the screen 8, and 16c is a structural analysis section, which is displayed on the screen 8
16d is a reference format definition conversion unit that analyzes the structure of the reference format definition according to a certain rule from the information input in step 16d. The format definition registration unit registers the reference format definition in the memory 20j.

9 and 10 will be described below in the order of the processing flow. S51: The data in the memories 20a to 20c are stored in the registration information input section 11a.
Then, since the user specifies the document names 1a and 1b, the screen 1 showing the document structure is displayed on the display unit 11b. S52: Input data (designated document name) for screen 1 is input in the input unit 11c, and the data and the registration information input unit are input.
The position analysis unit 11d analyzes the position of the frame surrounding the document name specified by the user from the data of the memories 20a to 20c input via 11a, and the document name 1a, 1b specified by the user is analyzed.
Is determined by the document name determination unit 11e. S53: The display unit 16 displays the screen 8 of the reference format definition corresponding to the document names 1a and 1b determined by the document name determination unit 11e.
Display the screen with a. S54: Input data for the screen 8 (arrangement of document elements at the time of referring to the document) is input by the input unit 16b. S55: The structure analysis unit 16c analyzes the structure of the input data for the screen 8 input by the input unit 16b, and the reference format definition conversion unit 1
Convert to reference format definition with 6d. S56: The reference format definition converted by the reference format definition conversion unit 16d is registered in the memory 20j by the reference format definition registration unit 16e.
(End) (f) Sixth Embodiment FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the circuit configuration and information flow in the sixth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the processing flow in FIG.

In FIG. 11, reference numerals 1, 6 and 9 denote screens.
Screen 1 (the same as screen 1 in FIG. 1) is a display screen of the document structure, and the user selects a document to be referred to. Screen 6 is a selection screen of the document entity list, and the document referred to by the user. A screen for selecting an entity, screen 9 is a screen for selecting a reference format definition, which is used by the user to select a reference format definition to be used at the time of reference.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a document determination unit, which has the same structure as that shown in FIG. Also, 17 is a circuit part
It is a reference format output section including 17a to 17f. Reference numeral 17a is a registration information input section for inputting registered link definitions, document entities, and reference format definitions from the memories 20f, 20i, 20j, and 17b is a display section for selecting a document entity list on screen 6 and Displaying the screen of the reference format definition list of screen 9, 17c is the input section, which accepts the information entered by the user on screens 6 and 9, 17d is the reference format analysis section, the structure of the reference format definition 17e is a reference format conversion unit, which converts the document entity from the analysis result of the reference format analysis unit 17d into a reference format, 17f is a document output unit, and the reference converted by the reference format conversion unit 17e It outputs the document entity of the format to the medium 20k for the final storage of the reference.

11 and 12 will be described below in the order of processing flow. S61: The data in the memories 20a, 20b, 20c are registered in the registration information input section 11
Input with a and the user specifies the document names 1a and 1b, so the screen 1 of the document structure is displayed on the display unit 11b.

S62: Input data (designated document name) for the screen 1 is input in the input section 11c, and the data and the memories 20a, 20b, 20 input via the registration information input section 11a.
Document name 1a, 1b specified by the user from the data in c
The position analysis unit 11d analyzes the position of the frame surrounding the, and the document name 1a, 1b specified by the user is determined by the document name determination unit 11d.
determined in e.

S63: Based on the document entity data of the memory 20i read via the registration information input section 17a,
Document name determined by the document name determination unit 11e 1
The screen 6 of the document entity list corresponding to a and 1b is displayed on the display unit 17b.

S64: The reference format definition list screen 9 corresponding to the document names 1a and 1b determined by the document name determination section 11e is displayed from the reference format definition data of the memory 20j read through the registration information input section 17a. The screen is displayed on the part 17b.

S65: Input data for the screen 1 (document entity name to be referred to by the user) is selected and input by the input unit 17c. S66: Input data for the screen 9 (reference format definition corresponding to the document entity selected by the user on the screen 1) is selected and input by the input unit 17c.

S67: From the data of the memories 20f, 20i, 20j read via the registration information input unit 17a, the reference format analysis unit 17
The reference format is analyzed by d, and the document entity is converted into the reference format by the reference format conversion unit 17e.

S68: The document output unit 17f converts the document converted into the reference format by the reference format conversion unit 17e into the medium 20.
Output to k. (End) (2) Display Screen FIGS. 13 to 15 are views (No. 1) to (No. 3) showing the contents of the screens displayed in the first to sixth embodiments of the present invention. 13 to 15, (A) to (I) show screen examples of document design operation, and (J) to (N) show data configuration examples of document design information.

In FIG. 13, (A) is a screen for inputting a document name (for example, screen 1 shown in FIG. 1), in which the document name is input in the frame of the screen, and (B) is for inputting. Link line drawing screen (for example, screen 1 shown in Fig. 1)
And is a link line connecting two frames in which the document name is described.

(C) is a screen for document type definition (see FIG. 3).
The screen 2) shown in Fig. 1 is used to enter the relationship between the document element names (text, chapters, sections) displayed on screen 1, and describe the document structure with vertical and horizontal lines. (D) is the relationship between documents. These are screens (screens 3 and 4 shown in FIG. 5) for designating a range, and are for designating a range of relation (shaded portion) between the document and the other document.

(E) is a screen (screen 5 shown in FIG. 5) for inputting the type of relationship between documents.
Input the type and direction of the relation range between the documents specified in. For example, A → B indicates that document A is referenced to create document B, A ← B indicates that document B is referenced to create document A, and text reference indicates that the reference information is text. , Table reference indicates that the reference information is a table, and reference to the figure indicates that the reference information is a figure.

(F) is a document entity list selection screen (screen 6 shown in FIG. 7), which has the same document name (same document type definition) but different contents.
Indicates that a document entity is selected from TEXT 1, 2, 3.

In FIG. 14, (G) is a screen for selecting a related document list associated with document A (see FIG. 7).
7), which indicates that the documents associated with document A are documents B and C, and (H) is the reference format definition screen (screen 8 shown in FIG. 9). The name (title, text, item 1, item 2, signature) is arranged to create a reference format definition.

(I) is a reference format definition selection screen for document A (screen 9 shown in FIG. 11).
The reference format definition that defines the reference format of is made selectable. For example, CRT1.VIEW is the reference format name observed on the first display, CRT2.VIEW is the reference format name observed on the second display, and PRN1.VIEW is the first printer. It is a screen of the reference format name observed in.

(J) is a structure of position information of the frame of the document A (for example, information held in the memory 20b shown in FIG. 1), and the position of the document A (vertical X and horizontal Y).
, (K) is a structure of information of a link symbol of a document (for example, information held in the memory 20c shown in FIG. 1), and a link between two documents A and B associated by a link line. It shows the information of symbols.

In FIG. 15, (L) is the information of the document type definition of the document A (for example, the memory shown in FIG. 3).
Information held in 20d) and document A
And the document type definition name M indicates the document type definition.

(M) is a structure of the information of the link definition of the document (for example, the information held in the memory 20f shown in FIG. 5), the link symbol of the document A, the relationship type between the documents, and the relationship between the documents. The range name and the range of relation between documents are shown.

(N) is the information of the reference format definition of the document (for example, the information stored in the memory 20j shown in FIG. 9).
Of the document A, the reference format N, the document element name corresponding to the reference format N, and its position information X,
It shows Y.

(3) Device Configuration FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the configuration of the device used in the present invention.
16 is a hardware-oriented connection diagram in the configuration of FIG. 15. FIG. In addition, for simplification of description, description of the configuration relationships in FIGS. 1 to 12 will be omitted.

In FIG. 16, reference numeral 30 is a display device for displaying input instructions to the user and design information of the document, 31 is a keyboard device for inputting various information by the user, and 32 is input / output. Is a control device,
The input / output control of the input instruction to the user and the display of the design information of the document and the instruction to the system of the user is performed.

Further, 33 is a central processing unit, which executes the program of the present system, and 34 is a main memory, which stores the program of the present system. Further, 35 and 36 are storage devices (memory), and in the memory 35, relation range between documents, document name, position information, link symbol information, document type definition, link definition, reference format definition, intermediate document entity. Information and the like are accumulated, and the memory 36 holds the final information.

To briefly explain FIG. 16, the user inputs predetermined design information (for example, a command) from the keyboard device 31, and the design information is sent to the central processing unit 33 via the input / output control device 32. The central processing unit 33 is the main storage unit 34.
The process is executed according to the program stored in.
Further, the design information is displayed on the screen of the display device 30 via the input / output control device 32.

Next, the user presses the key of the keyboard device 31 to execute the process, and the data on the screen of the display device 30 is transferred to the central processing unit via the input / output control device 32.
At 33, the central processing unit 33 executes processing in accordance with the program stored in the main memory 34. Then, if necessary, the processing result is temporarily stored in the memory 35 as intermediate information.

Thereafter, these processes are repeatedly executed, and when the process is completed, the final information is stored in the memory 36. The final information includes a document name, position information, link symbol information, document type definition, link definition, reference format definition, and document entity.

[Editing of Document and Graphic] FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the circuit configuration of the seventh embodiment of the present invention, and is a diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the method for displaying the original and edited documents.

In FIG. 17, reference numeral 41 is an original plate input processing means, 42 is an original plate storage means, 43 is an edited plate input processing means, and 44 is an edited plate storage means. Reference numeral 45 is an overlay processing means, and 46 is a display means. Further, 47 is a command input means, and 48 is an edition edition editing means.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the flow of processing in FIG. 17, and S ** (eg, S71) is the step of each processing in the circuit of FIG. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the contents of the screen displayed in the seventh embodiment of the present invention, showing the overlay display screens (A) to (G) of the original and edited documents displayed on the display means 46. There is. The details of FIG. 19 will be described later.

First, FIGS. 17 and 18 will be described. When the user starts the processing, the original input processing means 41 reads the original data from the original storage means 42 and inputs the original data to the overlay processing means 45 (S71).

Next, the edited version input processing means 43 reads the edited version data from the edited version storage means 44, and the overlay processing means 45.
Input the edited version data to (S72). In the overlay processing means 45, the original data from the original input processing means 41 and the edited version data from the edited version input processing means 43 are input, and the overlay processing of both the original and edited data is performed (S73). Then, both the original data and the edited data are overlaid on the display means 46 (S74).

The screens displayed on the display means 46 (S74) are the screens (A) to (G) shown in FIG. When the user judges that editing is necessary by looking at the overlay display screen of both the original and edited data on the display means 46, he / she inputs an edit command through the command input means 47 (S75). Under the control of the edited version editing means 48, the edited version stored in the edited version storage means 44 is edited (S76).

Here, the user looks at the overlapping display screen of both data and judges whether or not the editing process is completed (S77), and if the judgment in the step (S77) is the editing process completed (YES), the process is finished as it is. To do. If the determination in step (S77) is not completed (NO) in the editing process, steps (S72) to (S76) are repeated.

By performing the above processing, when the editing command is input from the user (S75), the original version stored in the original version storage means 42 and the edited version stored in the edited version storage means 44 are always stored. Since and are displayed on top of each other, the difference between the original version and the edited version can be compared immediately.

Further, by replacing the display means 46 with a printing device, both the original data and the edited data are displayed in an overlapping manner (S7).
4) When doing, for example, display screen (A) shown in FIG.
It is also possible to print on paper or the like in the same format as (G).

Next, FIG. 19 will be described. FIG. 19 shows a display screen of seven kinds of overlapping processing of (A) to (G). On the display screen (A), the original is blue line (─)
The red line (━) indicates the edited version, and the purple line (─) indicates the overlap between the original version and the edited version. The difference between the display colors simplifies the comparison between the original version and the edited version.

On the display screen (B), the edited version is shown in the position of the thin graph pattern, the original version is shown in the position of the dark graph pattern, and the lines of the edited version and the original version are shown differently, so that the two can be compared easily. To

On the display screen (C), the original plate (dotted line in FIG. 19) and the edited plate (solid line in FIG. 19) are moved from the position where they overlap with each other to the lower right of the original plate, and the original plate and the edited plate are compared due to the difference in position. Keep it simple.

On the display screen (D), the edited version (solid line in FIG. 19) and the original version (dotted line in FIG. 19) are alternately blinked to facilitate comparison between the two. On the display screen (E), the original plate is indicated by a low-intensity line (-), the edition plate is indicated by a high-intensity line (-),
The mid-intensity line (-) indicates the overlap between the original and edited editions, and the difference in luminance simplifies the comparison between the original and edited editions.

On the display screen (F), the edited version is shown in Gothic type and the original version is shown in Mincho type, so that the comparison between the two is simplified by the difference in the character type. On the display screen (G), the original plate is indicated by a thin line (─), the edited plate is indicated by a thick line (━), and the overlapping portion of the original plate and the edited plate is indicated by a dotted line (─). Simplifies the comparison of.

[0108]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, (1) in document design work, a plurality of document configurations, document type definitions, and relationships of document elements between two documents are visually recognized. Since it can be edited, the load on the operator for designing a document for computer processing can be reduced.

By processing the document information based on the design information, it is possible to accurately and simply perform the document processing on the computer.

Further, in editing the document and the graphic, it is possible to immediately confirm the difference between the original version and the edited version during or after the editing of the document and the graphic.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration and information flow in a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the flow of processing in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration and a flow of information in a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of processing in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration and a flow of information in a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the flow of processing in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration and information flow in a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the flow of processing in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration and information flow in a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the flow of processing in FIG. 9.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration and a flow of information according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the flow of processing in FIG. 11.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the contents of screens displayed in the first to sixth embodiments of the present invention (No. 1)

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the contents of screens displayed in the first to sixth embodiments of the present invention (No. 2)

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the contents of screens displayed in the first to sixth embodiments of the present invention (part 3).

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a configuration of an apparatus used in first to sixth embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the flow of processing in FIG.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the contents of a screen displayed in the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-9 Screen 1a Document name 1b Document name 1c Link line 10 Data processing part 10a Input part 10b Display part 10c Document name analysis part 10d Document name registration part 10e Position analysis part 10f Position registration part 10g Link symbol generation part 10h Link symbol registration Part 10i Registration information input part 20a to 20j Memory 20k Medium 11 Document determination part 11a Registration information input part 11b Display part 11c Input part 11d Position analysis part 11e Document name determination part 12 Model definition creation part 12a Display part 12b Input part 12c Structural analysis Part 12d type definition conversion part 12e type definition registration part 13 relationship determination part 13a registration information input part 13b display part 13c input part 13d position analysis part 13e link determination part 14 link definition creation part 14a registration information input part 14b display part 14c input part 14d Temporary registration section 14e Range analysis section 14f Link definition conversion section 14g Link definition registration section 15 Document conversion section 15a Registration information input section 15b Display section 15c Input section 15d Relation analysis section 15e Relation conversion section 15f Document registration section 16 Reference format definition creation section 16a Display section 16b Input section 16c Structural analysis section 16d Reference format definition conversion section 16e Reference format definition registration section 17 Reference format output section 17a Registration information input section 17b Display unit 17c Input unit 17d Reference format analysis unit 17e Reference format conversion unit 17f Document output unit 30 Display device 31 Keyboard device 32 Input / output control device 33 Central processing unit 34 Main storage device 35 Memory 36 Memory 41 Original input processing means 42 Original storage Means 43 Edited version input processing means 44 Edited version storage means 45 Overlay processing means 46 Display means 47 Command input means 48 Edited version editing means

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Kei Hirashima, 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Fujitsu Kansai Communication Systems Co., Ltd. In-house (72) Inventor Makoto Shinji 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Fujitsu Kansai Communication Systems Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoshinori Hosono 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Fujitsu Kansai Communication Systems Co., Ltd.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A document creation support device for designing a document using a central control unit, comprising: a display section (10b) for displaying a screen (1) showing a document configuration designed by a user; The document name analysis unit (10c) that inputs the input data of the document name that the user inputs in the frame of the screen (1) in the input unit (10a) and analyzes the document name (1a, 1b) from the input data. And a document name registration unit that registers the document name (1a, 1b) analyzed by the document name analysis unit (10c) in the memory (20a) that temporarily holds
(10d) and input data for the screen (1) in the input section (10a)
Enter with the position of the frame surrounding the document name (1a, 1b) described on the screen (1) and indicated by the input data and the other input data so as to connect the two frames. Position analysis unit (1c) that analyzes the position of the link line (1c)
0e), and a position registration unit (10f) that registers the position of the frame analyzed by the position analysis unit (10e) in the memory (20b) that is temporarily stored in association with the corresponding document name (1a, 1b), Holding two document names (1a, 1b) corresponding to the position of the link line (1c) analyzed by the position analysis unit (10e) in the memory (20a, 20b) via the registration information input unit (10i) A link symbol generator (10g) that reads from data and generates a link symbol corresponding to the two document names (1a, 1b), and a link symbol generated by the link symbol generator (10g) in the two documents. Memory (20c) associated with name (1a, 1b)
A data processing unit (10) having a link symbol registration unit (10h) to be registered in is provided, and the two document names (1a, 1) in the frame of the screen (1) are provided.
A document creation support device characterized in that a document is created by storing it by associating it with a unique link symbol and storing it. 2. The document name (1a, 1b) desired by the user
In order to specify the screen, the retained data of the document name (1a, 1b) read from the memory (20a, 20b, 20c) is displayed on the screen.
The display section (11b) displayed in (1) and the input data when the user specifies the desired document name on the screen (1) is input from the input section (11c), and the input data and registration information input section
A position analysis unit (11d) that analyzes the position of the frame surrounding the specified document name (1a, 1b) from the stored data in the memory (20a, 20b, 20c) read via (11a), and the position analysis Department
The document name (1a, 1a, specified based on the analysis result of (11d)
Document determination unit (11) having a document name determination unit (11e) that determines 1b), and the document name determined by the document determination unit (11)
The display section (12a) that displays the document element name of (1a, 1b) as the screen (2) of the hierarchical description, and the input data of the hierarchical description of the document element name input by the user on the screen (2) and The input section (12b) for inputting line data connecting between the document element names, and the line data connecting between the hierarchical description of the document element names input in the input section (12b) and the document element names are input to the structure analysis section (12c). ), The type definition conversion unit (12d) that converts it to the document type definition, and the type definition registration that registers the document type definition converted by the type definition conversion unit (12d) in the memory (20d) that temporarily holds A type definition creating section (12) including a section (12e) is provided to convert the relationship between the document element name of the document name (1a, 1b) and the document element name into a document type definition according to a certain rule. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein Document creation support device. 3. A display unit (1) for displaying the screen (1) for the user to read the data held in the memories (20a, 20b, 20c) by the registration information input unit (13a) and to specify the link line (1c) by the user. 13b),
The user inputs the input data by inputting the link line (1c) on the screen (1) in the input section (13c), and reads it through the input data and the registration information input section (13a). The position analysis unit (13d) analyzes the position of the designated link line (1c) based on the data held in the memories (20a, 20b, 20c) and determines the designated link line (1c). Link decision unit
(13e), and the document type definition of the document corresponding to the link line (1c) symbol determined by the relation determining unit (13) is stored in the memory (20d, 2).
Screen where the registered information input part (14a) reads from the retained data of (0e) and the user specifies the range of relation between documents
Input the display section (14b) to be displayed as (3,4) and the input data to specify the range of relation between the documents input by the user on the screen (3,4) at the input section (14c). , A temporary registration part (14d) for temporary registration in the memory (20g, 20h) and a screen for the user to enter the type of relationship between documents.
Screen showing relationship type between document in (3) and screen (4)
(5) is displayed on the display unit (14b) and the input unit (14c) for inputting the input data corresponding to the screen (5) and the registration information input unit
The two data, the memory (20d, 20e) holding the data of the document type definition read via (14a) and the memory (20g, 20h) holding the data of the range of the relation between the documents, are read, and the screen ( 3) and a range analysis unit (14e) that analyzes the range of relationships between documents on the screen (4),
A link definition conversion unit (14f) that creates a link definition from the result of analysis by the range analysis unit (14e) and input data corresponding to the screen (5), and a link converted by the link definition conversion unit (14f) A link definition creation unit (14) having a link definition registration unit (14g) for registering the definition in the temporary storage memory (20f) is provided, and one of the document type definitions corresponding to the specification of the range of relation between two documents is provided. 3. The document creation support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the relationship type between the copy and the input document is stored in association with each other. 4. A document determining unit for performing various processes by inputting data held in the memories (20a, 20b, 20c) in the registration information input unit (11a) and outputting the determined document name (1a, 1b). (11) is provided, and the document entity corresponding to the document name (1a, 1b) determined by the document determination unit (11) is read from the memory (20i) via the registration information input unit (15a) and the screen is displayed.
The document name displayed in the display section (15b) in (6) and associated with the document name (1a, 1b) determined in the document determination section (11) in the link definition is displayed in the registration information input section ( The screen (15b) that reads the data stored in the memory (20f) via 15a) and displays it as the screen (7).
Input data for the selection of the document entity to be converted by the user corresponding to (6) and data of the document name of the conversion destination of the document entity selected by the user on the screen (6) corresponding to screen (7). Input section (15c) for inputting the
5c) input data and the relationship analysis unit (15d) that analyzes the converted part of each data of the link definition read from the memory (20f, 20i) via the registration information input unit (15a), and the user Convert the document entity selected in 6) into the relational document selected in screen (7) and create a new document, and the relational document created by the relational conversion unit (15e) in the memory ( Document conversion unit (15) with document registration unit (15f) to register to 20i)
4. The document entity is converted into a format defined by another document type definition by providing a related document name associated with the document name to which the document entity belongs. Document creation support device. 5. The document determination for outputting the determined document name (1a, 1b) by inputting the retained data of the memory (20a, 20b, 20c) in the registration information input unit (11a) and performing various processing. And a display section (1) for displaying a screen (8) corresponding to the document name (1a, 1b) determined by the document determination section (11).
6a) and the input section (1) for inputting the input data for arranging the document element when the document corresponding to the screen (8) is referenced.
6b) and a reference format definition conversion section (16d) that analyzes the structure of the input data corresponding to the screen (8) input in the input section (16b) by the structure analysis section (16c) and converts it into the reference format definition , A reference format definition creating section (16) having a reference format definition registration section (16e) for registering the reference format definition converted by the reference format standard conversion section (16d) in the memory (20j), and providing a document type definition By arranging the document element name in, according to the relative position when it is output by display or printing, the arrangement information of the document element name is converted into the reference format definition according to a certain rule and stored. The document creation support apparatus according to claim 4, wherein 6. The document determination for outputting the determined document name (1a, 1b) by inputting the held data of the memory (20a, 20b, 20c) in the registration information input unit (11a) and performing various processing. A section (11) is provided, and a document entity corresponding to the document name (1a, 1b) determined by the document determination section (11) is read from the memory (20i) via the registration information input section (17a). screen
As (6), read the reference format definition corresponding to the document name (1a, 1b) determined by the document determination unit (11) from the memory (20j) via the registration information input unit (17a), and Display section (17b) displayed as (9) and the screen
Enter the input data of the document entity name referred to by the user in (6), and the user enters the screen (6) in the screen (9).
The input section (17c) for inputting the reference format definition data corresponding to the document entity selected in step 1, and the memory (20f, 2f) read through the registration information input section (17a).
(0i, 20j) The reference format is analyzed by the reference format analysis section (17d) from the stored data and the reference format is converted by the reference format conversion section (17e) and the reference format conversion section (17e). By providing a reference format output section (17) having a document output section (17f) for outputting the document converted into, the document entity is specified by instructing the reference format definition corresponding to the document name to which the document entity belongs. The document creation support apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the document creation support apparatus is adapted to be converted into a reference format and output. 7. An original input processing means (41) for inputting an original document and a figure, an original storage means (42) for saving a document and a figure used by the original input processing means (41), and an edited edition. Edited version input processing means (43) for inputting documents and figures, edited version storage means (44) for saving documents and figures used by the edited version input processing means (43), and the original version input processing means (41) ) And the edited version input processing means (43), the superimposing means (45) for superimposing the two outputs, the display means (46) for displaying the output of the superimposing means (45), and the display means ( Command input means (47) for inputting commands corresponding to the overlapping state of (46)
And the edit version input processing means (43) based on the command
And an edition edition editing means (48) for controlling the display means, observing the display state of the display means (46), and performing editing by superimposing the original edition and the edition edition document. Document creation support device. 8. The method for distinguishing the display of the original and the edited version by the display means (46) is a function of different display colors of the original and the edited version and the overlapping portion of the original and the edited version, and the line of the original and the edited version of the document. Different function, the function to display the edited version or only the modified version by moving it from the position where the original version and the edited version overlap, the function to display the original version and the edited version by blinking alternately, the original version and the edited version, and the original version and the edited version. At least one of these functions is available, including the function to change the brightness of the overlapping part, the function to change the character style of the original and edited versions, the function to change the line type of the original and edited versions, and the overlapping part of the original and edited versions. The document creation support apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising: