JPH07325819A - Document processing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When specifying the range for document editing,
You can check whether the currently displayed document data is included in the specified range. [Structure] Document data to be edited is read from the HD 15, and a part of the read data is displayed on the CRT 13. The position to edit the document data read by the CRT 13 is designated by using KB9. Present display means CRT
When the CPU 2 determines that the document data displayed on 13 is included in the range designated, the document data currently displayed on the display unit CRT 13 is highlighted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus and method capable of editing document data and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional technique for specifying a selection range of document data will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the keyboard 9 is used to instruct the start of the selection range designation process. This state is shown in FIG. 3, 30 is the screen of the CRT 13, 31 is a window for displaying and editing document data, 32 is a character cursor for editing document data, Character data is inserted at the position. Reference numeral 33 is the document data itself. Next, the keyboard 9 is instructed to move the character cursor, and the character cursor 32 is moved toward the position of the document data for which the selection range is to be designated. This state is shown in FIG. 4, in which the document data within the range in which the character cursor 32 is currently located is selected from the position of the character cursor 32 that was present when the start of the selection range designation process was instructed and selected. Characters are highlighted in black and white to indicate that If the end of the document data for which the selection range is to be specified exists on the next page or later, the keyboard 9 is instructed to display the page, the document data of the page is displayed in the window 31, and the character cursor 32 is displayed. The selection range of the document data is specified by moving it. The state at this time is shown in FIG. 5, and from the previous page “Notice of Visual Document Workshop ...” to the next page “...
Please contact Hanatani (Tel 4989), Sales Department 1. The document data up to "is selected.

[0003]

Therefore, in the conventional document processing apparatus, when the document data between different pages is designated in the selection range when the document data is edited such as copied or deleted, at least the selection range is designated. Since the first page and the last page of the document data to be processed must be displayed, the processing is complicated and the processing time is long.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a display unit for displaying document data, and a range designating unit for designating a range to be edited of the document data. Controlling means for controlling to highlight the document displayed on the display means when it is determined that the document data displayed on the display means is included in the range designated by the range designating means. Provided is a document processing device characterized by having. Preferably, the range designating means has a first designating means and a second designating means. Preferably, when the position of the document data specified by the second specifying unit exceeds the document data, the final position of the document data is set to the position specified by the second specifying unit. Is characterized by. Preferably, after the range is specified by the range specifying means, the final document data having the specified range is displayed on the display means. Preferably, when the position of the document data designated by the first designating unit is larger than the document data, an instruction to re-execute the range designation is issued. Preferably, the first designating means is
It is characterized in that the first one screen to be the editing target of the document data is designated. Preferably, the second designating means is
It is characterized in that the last one screen to be the editing target of the document data is designated. In order to solve the above problems, the present invention displays document data, specifies a range to be edited of previous document data, and determines that the displayed document data is included in the specified range. In this case, the document processing method is characterized in that the document data displayed on the display means is highlighted. Preferably, the range designation has a first designation and a second designation. Preferably, when the position of the document data designated by the second designation exceeds the document data, the final position of the document data is set to the position designated by the second designation. And Preferably, the final document data having the specified range is displayed after the range has been specified. Preferably, when the position of the document data designated by the first designation is larger than the document data, an instruction is given to execute the range designation again. Preferably, the first designation is to designate the first one screen to be the edit target of the document data. Preferably, the second designation is
It is characterized in that the last one screen to be the editing target of the document data is designated.

[0005]

Embodiments will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, as long as the functions of the present invention are executed, it may be a single device, a system composed of a plurality of devices, or a system in which processing is performed via a network such as a LAN. It goes without saying that the present invention is applied.

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 is a system bus, and each constituent block to be described below is connected to this system bus. 2 is a CPU (Central Process) that controls the entire document processing apparatus.
ng Unit). 3 is a program memory (hereinafter referred to as PMEM), which selects / reads a program for editing processing from the hard disk 14 as appropriate, and executes it by the CPU 2; Further, the data input from the keyboard 8 is stored as code information in the PMEM which is also a text memory. 4 is an image memory (hereinafter IM
EM), 5 is an image scanner, 6 is an image input / output control unit, 7 is a printer, and
The image data read from is expanded into 4 IMEMs, then expanded into the VRAM 11 and displayed on the CRT 13. Further, the print image is developed as bitmap data in IMEM 4 and then output to the printer 7 by the control of the image input / output control unit 6. An input control unit 8 is connected with an input device such as a keyboard 9 and a pointing device 10 (hereinafter referred to as PD) 10. The operator operates the keyboard 9 to issue operation commands for the system. The PD 10 is for selecting and instructing image information, graphic data, character data, and numerical data on the CRT 13 and uses a mouse in this embodiment. Thereby, the mouse cursor on the CRT 13 is arbitrarily moved in the X and Y directions to select menus, image data, graphic data, character data, and numerical data,
Edit. 11 is a video image memory (hereinafter referred to as VRAM), 12 is a display output control unit, and 13 is a CR.
T. The data displayed on the 13 CRT is 11 V
It is developed as bit map data on the RAM.
For example, in the case of graphic data, a graphic pattern corresponding to the position and attribute information is developed on the VRAM, and the cursor can be directly generated and displayed in the display area of the VRAM by software control. Reference numeral 14 is an external storage device control unit, 15 and 16 are data file disks for recording image data, graphic data, character data, numerical data, etc. For example, 15 is a hard disk (hereinafter referred to as HD
16 is a floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as FD).

FIG. 2 is an external view of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 20 is a system bus 1 and a CPU 2
It is a main body of a spreadsheet device having a built-in PMEM3, PMEM3, and IMEM4. 13 is a CRT, 9 is a keyboard, 10 is P
D and 21 are FD drives, which are set to the FD 22 so that image data, graphic data, character data, and numerical data are transferred to the F drive.
The data is written in D22 or the graphic data, character data or numerical data recorded in FD22 is read. The present invention can be realized not only in the document processing apparatus, but also in the FD drive 21 of another document processing apparatus, the FD 22 in which the program realizing the present invention is recorded is set, and the program is stored in the hard disk 15.
And run the loaded program. By doing so, the present invention can be implemented in other document processing apparatuses.

FIGS. 6 to 10 are views for explaining the operation contents of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 shows a CRT 1 during execution of this embodiment.
3 is a diagram showing one screen of FIG. Figure 3 from 30 to 33,
40 is PD10, similar to that used in 4, 5
It is a mouse cursor that works in conjunction with. Reference numeral 41 is a window for displaying the page number of the document data displayed in the document editing window, which is automatically displayed when the document editing window is displayed.
When the page of the document data displayed in the document editing window is changed, the page in the window 41 is automatically displayed again. Reference numeral 42 is a range designation window for designating a range of the document data displayed in the document editing window 31, 43 is a field for inputting a first page for range designation, and 44 is a final page for range designation. This is the field to enter. Reference numeral 45 is a cursor for inputting the number of pages, and when a numerical value is input from the keyboard 9, the cursor for inputting the number of pages 4
The input numerical value is displayed at the position of 5, and the page number input cursor 45 moves to the right by one numerical value. When the right field move key is input from the keyboard 9, the page number input cursor 45 moves to the last page input field 44. Reference numeral 46 is a field for instructing the range designation execution. By moving the mouse cursor 40 into the field 46 and pressing the button attached to the PD 10,
Execute the specification.

FIG. 7 is a view showing one screen of the CRT 13 during the implementation of this patent, which is a state in which the numerical value "1" is input from the keyboard 9 from the state of FIG. The numerical value "1" is displayed at the left end of the first page input field 43.
From the state, the page number input cursor 45 is moved to the right by one numerical value.

FIG. 8 shows a CRT 1 during execution of this embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing one screen of FIG. 3, in which the right field movement key is input from the keyboard 9 from the state of FIG.
It is a state in which the numerical value "6" has been input as the final page for specifying the range. Numerical value "6" at the left end of the last page input field 44
Is displayed, and the page number input cursor 45 is moved to the right by one character from the numerical value “6”.

FIG. 9 shows a CRT 1 during the implementation of this embodiment.
9 is a diagram showing one screen of FIG. 3, and by operating the PD 10 with the mouse cursor 40 in the state of FIG.
When the user moves to the area 6 and presses the button attached to the PD 10, the range designation execution is instructed. Figure 9
In this case, the range from page 1 to page 6 is designated, and the document data being displayed in the document editing window 31 is the data of the fifth page, so that it is highlighted as the designated mark. That is, when the page currently being displayed is included in the range-designated page, the contents of the page currently being displayed are highlighted.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart for explaining an example of the operation of the first embodiment.

First, in step S1, the document data to be edited is selected from the HD 15, the document editing window 31 is displayed on the CRT 13, the document data is displayed in the document editing window 31, and the document editing window 31 is displayed. Window 4 to show the page displayed in window 31
1 is displayed, and the page currently being displayed is displayed in the window 41. In this embodiment, the fifth page is currently displayed. Then, in step S2, it is determined whether or not there is an instruction to perform the document data selection / range designation process from the keyboard 9. If no instruction is given, the process loops at step S2, and if there is an instruction, the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, the range designation window 42 is displayed on the CRT 13. FIG. 6 shows the display state on the CRT 13 at this time. In the first page input field 43 in the range designation window 42, the default page number input cursor 4
5 is displayed, prompting the input of the first page. Then, in step S4, the first page for which the range is specified is input. FIG. 7 shows the display state on the CRT 13 at this time. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the first page is designated as the first page to start the range designation. Next, in step S5, it is determined whether or not the designation of the first page for starting the range designation is finished. If it is not finished, the process returns to step S4. It moves to 44 and progresses to step S6. Here, the determination as to whether the designation of the first page of the range designation has been completed is made based on whether the keyboard 9 has been instructed to end, or whether the right field move key has been input from the keyboard 9. In step S6, the last page for specifying the range is input. FIG. 8 shows the display state on the CRT 13 at this time. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the sixth page is designated as the final page for ending the range designation. Next, in step S7, it is determined whether or not the designation of the last page for which the range designation is finished is finished. If it is not finished, the process returns to step S6. It moves to 43 and progresses to step S8. Here, the determination as to whether or not the designation of the last page of the range designation is completed is made based on whether or not an instruction to finish is given from the keyboard 9 or whether the left field movement key is input from the keyboard 9. In step S8, it is determined whether or not the start of range designation is designated. If no instruction is given, the process loops at step S8, and if there is an instruction, the process proceeds to step S9. Whether or not the execution of the range designation is instructed is determined by "P with the mouse cursor 40 in the field 46" and in that state.
It is determined whether or not the button associated with D10 has been pressed. In step S9, the information that the range is currently specified, the first page and the last page of the specified range are recorded in the buffer. In step S10, it is determined whether the document data being displayed in the document editing window 31 is included in the range designation recorded in step S9. If it is included, the process proceeds to step S11, and it must be included. If so, the process proceeds to step S12, and if it is determined to be included in step S10, step S11.
A mark indicating that the document data being displayed is being selected / specified is displayed in the document editing window 31. In the present embodiment, this is indicated by displaying the document data in reverse video. Then, the step S11 ends,
If it is determined that it is not included in step S10, the process proceeds to step S12, and the range designation window 42 is deleted. FIG. 9 shows a state at the time when the step S12 is judged to be included in the step S10 and the step S12 is ended. The range designation is completed by the above processing.

In the above embodiment, the document data is HD1.
5 is already registered, but a newly created one may be used.

In the above embodiment, the document data is highlighted as a mark indicating that the range of the document data is being specified. However, as shown in FIG. 11, the document data being specified the range is displayed in the number of pages. You may do it. That is,
After the range designating information is recorded in step S9 of the flowchart of FIG. 10, the range designating window 42 is erased, and the range designating page display window 46 is displayed to show the number of pages currently designating the range. FIG. 11 shows the state at this time, and the range designation page display window 46 is displayed until some processing such as copying / deleting is executed and the range designation is canceled.

(Second Embodiment) FIGS. 12 to 13 are views for explaining the operation contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 shows a CRT during execution of this embodiment.
It is a figure which shows one screen of 13. Document editing window 3
1 shows the 6th page of document data, and the window 41 also shows that the currently displayed page is the 6th page.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart for explaining an example of the operation of the second embodiment.

Steps S1 to S9 are the same as in the case of the first embodiment. That is, also in the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8, the document data currently displayed in the document editing window 31 is 5
It is assumed that it is the page number, and it is assumed that the input is made so as to specify the range from page 1 to page 6. In step S10, step S
It is determined whether or not the final page of the range designation input in 6 matches the number of pages currently displayed in the document editing window 31. If they match, the process proceeds to step S12, and if they do not match, the step proceeds to step S12. Proceed to S11. Step S11
Then, the document data of the designated last page is displayed in the document editing window 31, and the number of displayed pages in the window 41 is also changed. If step S11 ends or if it is determined in step S10 that they match each other, then in step S12, the document data in the document edition end window 31 is highlighted so as to indicate that it is being selected / specified. . Finally, in step S13, the range designation window 42
Erase. FIG. 12 shows a state in which the above processing is performed from the state of FIG. The range designation is completed by the above processing.

(Third Embodiment) FIGS. 14 to 15 are views for explaining the operation contents of the third embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a CRT during execution of this embodiment.
It is a figure which shows one screen of 13. Document editing window 3
1 shows the document data of the 5th page, and the window 41 also shows that the page being displayed is the 5th page. Then, the range specifying window 42 is specified to specify the range from the first page to the 18th page.

FIG. 15 is a flow chart for explaining an example of the operation of the third embodiment.

Steps S1 to S5 are the same as in the case of the second embodiment. That is, also in the third embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, it is assumed that the document data currently displayed in the document editing window 31 is the fifth page, and the first page of the range designation is the first page. Is entered. Then, in step S6, the final page for which the range is specified is specified. In the third embodiment, it is assumed that page 18 is designated as the final page. FIG. 14 shows the state at this time. The difference from FIG. 8 is that "18" is designated in the final page input field 44. Steps S7 to S8 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and step S6 is followed by step S6.
It is determined whether or not the last page for which the range designation specified by is larger than the document data currently being edited, and if it is larger, the process proceeds to step S10, and the range designation last page specified in step S6 is the last of the edited document data. Set it again on the page.
When step S10 ends or it is determined in step S9 that the final page for which the range is specified is not larger than the currently edited document data, step S11 is performed. Steps S11 to S15 are the same as steps S9 to S13 of the second embodiment. The range designation is completed by the above processing.

(Fourth Embodiment) FIGS. 16 to 18 are diagrams for explaining the operation contents of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 16 shows a CRT during the implementation of this embodiment.
It is a figure which shows one screen of 13. Document editing window 3
1 shows the document data of the 5th page, and the window 41 also shows that the page being displayed is the 5th page. Then, 21 pages are specified as the range specification first page. FIG. 17 is also a diagram showing one screen of the CRT 13 during implementation of this patent. 21 pages are designated as the first page of the range designation, and 26 pages are designated as the last page of the range designation.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart for explaining an example of the operation of the fourth embodiment.

Steps S1 to S15 are the same as in the case of the third embodiment. But step S4
It is assumed that 21 pages have been specified as the range specification first page with.
FIG. 16 shows the state at this time. Also step S
It is assumed that 26 pages are designated as the range designation final page in 6. FIG. 17 shows the state at this time. Then, after the range designation execution is designated in step S8, step Sa
It is determined whether the range-designated first page designated by 1 is larger than the last page of the document data being edited. If it is determined that it is not larger, the process proceeds to step S9, and if it is determined that it is larger, the process proceeds to step Sa2, clears the designated first page and last page and returns to step S4. Re-specify. That is, assuming that the final page of the document data being edited is page 6, the state of FIG. 17 returns to the state of FIG.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When a range is specified for editing such as copying or deleting the document data, the range of the document data can be specified without displaying the position where the range is desired, so that the range of the document data can be specified quickly.

Further, by automatically displaying the final position of the range specification after executing the range specification, the actual position of the range specified and what the final document data of the range specified is. The user can easily confirm whether the data.

If a sufficiently large position is designated as the final position, the range from a certain starting position to the final position of the document data can be specified, so that the final position of the document data can be easily reached without checking the final position of the document data. You can specify the range.

When the position specified as the start position for specifying the range is larger than the final position of the document data,
Since the processing is performed so as to automatically redo the input of the start position, the user can easily determine that the input of the start position is incorrect, and can redo the range designation processing quickly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the document processing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a conventional processing method.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a conventional processing method.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a conventional processing method.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the operation content of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the operation content of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the operation content of the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the operation content of the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the operation contents of the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the operation content of the third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the third embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining the operation contents of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining the operation contents of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the fourth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 system bus 2 CPU 3 PMEM 4 IMEM 5 image scanner 6 image input / output control unit 7 printer 8 input control unit 9 keyboard 10 mouse 11 VRAM 12 display output control unit 13 CRT 14 external storage control unit 15 hard disk 16 floppy ·disk

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. Display means for displaying document data, range designating means for designating a range to be edited of the document data, and document data displayed on the display means is designated by the range designating means. A document processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls to highlight a document displayed on the display unit when it is determined that the document is included in the range. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the range designating unit has a first designating unit and a second designating unit. 3. When the position of the document data designated by the second designating means exceeds the document data,
3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the final position of the document data is the position designated by the second designating means. 4. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein after the range is specified by the range specifying unit, the final document data having the specified range is displayed on the display unit. 5. The document processing according to claim 2, wherein when the position of the document data designated by the first designating unit is larger than the document data, an instruction to re-execute the range designation is issued. apparatus. 6. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first designating unit designates a first one screen which is an edit target of the document data. 7. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second designating unit designates the last one screen to be the editing target of the document data. 8. The document data is displayed, a range to be edited of the previous document data is designated, and when it is determined that the displayed document data is included in the designated range, the display unit is displayed. A document processing method characterized by highlighting document data displayed in. 9. The document processing method according to claim 8, wherein the range designation includes a first designation and a second designation. 10. When the position of the document data designated by the second designation exceeds the document data, the final position of the document data is set to the position designated by the second designation. 10. The document processing method according to claim 9, wherein: 11. The final document data in which the range is specified is displayed after the range is specified.
Document processing method described. 12. The document processing method according to claim 9, wherein when the position of the document data designated by the first designation is larger than the document data, an instruction is given to re-execute the range designation. . 13. The document processing method according to claim 9, wherein the first designation designates a first one screen which is an edit target of document data. 14. The document processing method according to claim 9, wherein the second designation designates the last one screen to be the edit target of the document data.