JPH0738191B2 - Document processing device with date automatic update output function - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus having an automatic date updating function, and an object of the present invention is to selectively print the document issuing date and the document creating date in accordance with the document creating format. Enter the date automatic update mark that specifies the update of the date data of the created document based on the input data of the date automatic update mark that is input by, and print it based on the date print format specification data specified by the input device. Specify whether to automatically update the date of the created document to the print date or to print according to the date entered in the created document Input control section Document Read the presence or absence of the date update mark in the created data and automatically update the date to create the created document. If the specified date is printed, the date is updated and printed according to the date format created by the document creator. And,
If date update is not specified, the date input by the document creator is printed out according to the created format.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus having a date automatic updating function.

In the document creation processing apparatus, it may be necessary to print the date of the created document on a printing date after the creation date.

In such a case, in the past, the creator had to correct the date of the document and then print again.

In addition, some conventional document processing apparatuses have an automatic date update function that can automatically update and print the date of the table in the tabulation process. However, the conventional automatic date update function has a date format (display format). ) Was fixed,
The date cannot be automatically updated in any format intended by the creator, or it can be done only after updating the document to update the date. It was inconvenient that you had to specify the printing procedure again after performing the procedure.

Also, with the conventional automatic date update method, the date data of the day the document was created was not entered, but only the date automatic update mark was entered in the date field. Was impossible to print.

According to the present invention, a document issue date (document print date) and a document creation date (date input to a created document) can be selected for printing, and a date can be printed according to a format created by the creator.

[Conventional technology]

 A conventional date data updating method will be described with reference to FIG.

The figure shows the automatic date updating method in the tabulation process.

In addition to the conventional method of automatically updating the date, the creator inputs the print date into the created document, and in addition to the method of printing the date, the date for automatically printing the date with the print date using the date data generated by the clock device is used. There is a way to enter the function in the authoring document.

The figure shows the method when the date is automatically updated by the day function.

In the figure, (1) is a tabulation screen, (2) is, for example, a printout of a tabulation when printed on the creation date, (3) is a printout when the created document is updated three days after (2). Indicates.

In each figure, 60 is the tabulation screen of the display, 61 is the input day function, and when the tabulation is updated and printed, the printing date is output to the output form, and 62 is Tabulation, 64 printed output form, 65 printed on May 14, 1990 and printed on that date, 66 date printed, 67 updated, 3 days after (2) In the case of the printed output form, 68 is the date printing of the form updated on the date three days after (2), that is, the day function 61 part of the tabulation screen is 1990.
69 is a table output as May 17, 2014.

The operation of the figure is as follows.

In order to automatically update the date of the printed output form 64 on the printing date, the creation date of the table 66 is not entered, but the day function 61 as shown is entered.

In this way, for example, when the table 62 is created on May 14, 1990 (Fig. (1)) and the table is printed on that day, the portion of the day function in the printed output form 64 is shown in Fig. (2). As shown
It is output as 90-05-14 (65).

Then, three days later, when the table is updated, the portion of the date function 61 is the print date 90-05-17 as shown in FIG.
(68) is printed, and the print output form 67 is output.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

Since the conventional automatic date update function has a fixed date format, the creator selects the year or Japanese calendar, or creates the date format according to the intention of the creator by describing the year, month, and day. I couldn't do that.

In addition, since the date function is only input without inputting the date in the document creation data, it is not possible to automatically print the date back to the date when the document is first created.

The document processing apparatus of the present invention can automatically update and print the date in a format according to the intention of the creator, and input the print date (hereinafter referred to as the document issue date) and the document creation data. The purpose is to be able to select a date (hereinafter referred to as a document creation date).

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In the present invention, when the document creator tries to automatically update the date, the date automatic update mark is added to the input data of the document creation date. Then, by separately selecting and designating the print format of whether to print on the document issue date or the document create date, it is possible to print on either the document create date or the document issue date.

The basic configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, 1 is an input device such as a keyboard, 2 is an input control unit for document creation data input by the input device 1, 3
Is a print control unit for printing the created document data on an output form, 4 is a date output control unit for controlling date output, 5 is input date data, and 5'is the year, month, and day updates. It is an example of the date automatic update mark for specifying, each What is (for specifying the automatic update of the Japanese calendar other than the illustration 6 is an example of the format on the input screen for designating the date print format for printing the document issue date or the document creation date in document printing. As an example, the document issue date is printed. 1 to specify, and 2 to print the document creation date, 7 indicates an automatic date update mark reading unit in the print control unit 3, and 8 indicates the print control unit 3.
The date automatic update processing unit in 10 indicates the date mark reading process in the date automatic update mark reading unit 7, and when the date automatic update mark is read, the automatic date update processing unit 8 specifies whether or not the automatic date update output is designated. If the date automatic update mark is not read, the process proceeds to the document creation date output process in the print control unit 3 (described later), 11 indicates the date in the date automatic update processing unit 8. In the determination process of the presence / absence of automatic update output designation, if the date automatic update output designation is present, the process proceeds to the automatic date update mark type determination process (described later). The process proceeds to the process of outputting the document creation date (which will be described later), and 13 is the process of determining the type of the automatic date updating mark in the automatic date updating unit 8, which includes the date itself. Update mark Which is the process of reading which is, 14 is the process of taking out the date data with the date automatic update mark, 15 is the process of taking out the data taken out in the process 14 from the current date data of the date output control section (described later). , 16 is a process for printing out the input date data of the document creation date, 17 is a process for printing out with the converted date data, 18 is the current date in the date output control unit 4. A timer for obtaining, 19 is the current date and time data, 20 is an example of the output of the document creation date in the output form, and 21 is an example of the output of the document issue date in the output form.

[Action]

In the present invention, in order to automatically update the date of the printed output form, a date automatic update mark is attached to the date data portion of the document creation data.

For example, to use "July 20, 1990 (Friday)" as the date input data and automatically update the date in the year when printing, print as shown in the figure. As shown in, input the year data after specifying the year format after the year automatic update mark. Similarly,
To update the month data automatically, for example, Enter the format of the month as shown in. Similarly, to automatically update the date data, for example Enter the date format as shown. To input the day of the week and automatically update the print date, for example, Specify the format and input.

In the present invention, the date data is input to the created document as shown in the figure, and when printing the document, the date print format is designated.

To automatically update the date when the document is issued and print it, for example, as shown in the figure, "1" is input or the position of the cursor is designated on the screen to select.

When printing on the document creation date, enter "2" in input device 1
Input by selecting or select by specifying the cursor position on the screen.

Next, the operation will be described in different cases according to the presence or absence of the date update mark and the type of the designated date printing format.

(I) When a document is created by inputting date data with a date update mark, and date automatic update output is specified as the date print format.

In the automatic date update mark reading process 10, it is determined that there is an automatic date update mark, and the process proceeds to the automatic date update processing unit 8.

Then, in the determination processing 11 of the presence / absence of the date automatic update output designation, it is determined that the date automatic update output designation is present, and then the processing 13 of the type determination of the date automatic update mark is performed.

Then, the data with the automatic update mark, in the illustrated example, the data of the year, month, day, and day of the week are extracted (process 14), and the current date and time data of the date output control unit 4 is set to the current date and day of the week. Capture and convert.

Furthermore, the year, month, day, and day format are printed out according to the format input at the time of document creation.

For example, if the document creation date is "July 20, 1990 (Friday)" and the document is printed five days later as shown in the figure, specify "July 25, 1990 (Wednesday)". The date is automatically updated according to the format and printed out.

In the example shown in the figure, the date automatic update mark is attached to all data of the year, month, day, and day of the week, but if you want to update only the month, day, and day of the week, Without Enter and enter the date data. In this case,
Only the month, day, and day of the week are automatically updated, and the data entered when the document was created is output as is for the Western calendar.

(II) When a document is created by inputting date data with the date automatic update mark added, and no date automatic update output is specified as the date print format.

In the automatic date update mark reading procedure 10, it is determined that the automatic date update mark is present, and the process proceeds to the determination 11 of the automatic date update output designation.

Therefore, if it is determined that there is no automatic date update output, the date update mark in the date data Is ignored and the document creation date of "July 20, 1990 (Friday)" is output.

(III) When a document is created by entering date data without adding the date update mark.

In the automatic date update mark reading process (10), it is determined that there is no date update mark, and the process proceeds to the document creation date output process (16).

Then, the date data input to the document data is taken out as it is, and the document creation date is output in the format as "July 20, 1990" is input.

〔Example〕

 FIG. 2 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 20 is a CPU, 21 is a keyboard, 22 is an input control unit, 23 is a date output control unit, 24 is a display, 25 is a display control unit, and 26 is a display control unit. Work area for document editing, consisting of RAM, 27 is a print format setting section, 2
Reference numeral 8 is a document creation processing unit that performs document creation processing, 29 is a printing device that prints and outputs the created document, 30 is a print control unit, 32 is an external storage control unit that saves document data in an external storage device, and 33 is It is an external storage device.

FIG. 3 shows a flow of the print control unit in the apparatus configuration of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 7A shows a flow of automatic date change processing.

The flow will be described according to the numbers shown.

 Start the automatic date update process.

Read the document data into the haffa (read buffer).

It is determined whether or not the read document data has a date update mark.

If it is determined that the date update mark is present, the process proceeds to, and if it is determined that the date update mark is not present, the process proceeds to.

If it is determined that the automatic date update output is specified, proceed to, and if it is determined not to proceed, proceed to.

Determine the type of date automatic update mark. That is, the read type determination mark It is determined which one is.

、、 If so, the numerical data after the mark (numerical data up to “year”, “/”, “.”, Etc. indicating year divisions) is taken out and converted into the current year.

、、 If so, the numerical data after the mark (numerical data of “year”, “/”, and “.” Indicating year delimiters) is taken out and converted into the current Japanese calendar.

、、 If so, the numerical data after the mark (numerical data up to “month”, “day”, “/”, “.”, Etc. indicating the month and day delimiters) is extracted and converted to the current month or day.

、、 If so, the day of week data after the mark (day of week data following the mark) is taken out and replaced with the current day of the week.

 Performs processing required for printing other than automatic date update processing.

 The print data is sent to the printing device.

Determine whether there is any remaining data in the buffer (document data read buffer). If no data remains, the next document data is read with and the subsequent processing is repeated.

If there is remaining data in the buffer, the subsequent processing is repeated for that data.

When it is determined that the output of the automatic date updating process is not specified in step S1, the normal date data without the automatic date updating mark is converted, and the subsequent processes are repeated.

FIG. 3B shows a flow of date conversion processing.

The description will be given in the order of the numbers shown.

 Start date conversion process.

 Converts the fetched date to the current date.

Align the number of digits in the original data before conversion (for example, AD
If you enter 1989 as '89' and it is converted to 1990,
Align to 3 digits so that it will be "'90" even after conversion).

The 0 of the original data remains 0 (for example, if you enter July and print July after conversion, leave it as July), and leave the space as the space (for example, _ July If entered and printed in July after conversion, leave as _July) Subscript of the original data ("year", "month", "day",
"/", ".", Etc.) are added.

FIG. 4 shows the automatic date update mark and date input of the present invention.
An example of print output is shown.

FIG. 6A shows an example of the date automatic update mark.

51's Is the automatic update mark of the Christian era, of 52 Is the automatic update mark of Japanese calendar, 53 Of the month automatic renewal mark, 54 Day update mark, 55 Is the automatic update mark for the day of the week.

(B) (1), (2), (3) shows an example of date input with a date automatic update mark, (c) (1),
(2) and (3) are (1) and (1) of FIG.
An example of the print output when the date is automatically updated and printed three days after (2) and (3) is shown.

For example, as shown in (1) of FIG. , And after 3 days, specify the automatic date update output and print it out. Then, as shown in (1) of Figure (c), the format of "year", "month" and "day" It will be printed out 3 days after "May 17".

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of the date input method and date printout of the present invention.

FIG. 3A shows the date input method of the present invention.

The figure shows an embodiment in which "May 14, 1990" is set as the document creation date, and an automatic date update mark is added for input.

The procedure of the date input method is as follows.

(1) Input "Seire Circle" and operate the conversion key.

(2) As a result, the yearly automatic update mark Is entered.

(3) After that, input "1990n" and operate the conversion key.

(4) Is entered.

(5) ~ (12) After that, by the same procedure, May, By inputting 14 days, the date for automatic date update is entered.

Figure (b) shows an example of the form when a document created on May 14, 1990 with the date automatic update mark added is printed out with the automatic date update specified 3 days later. .

"May 17, 1990" 3 days have passed since "May 14, 1990"
The date is automatically updated and printed out in the specified format.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically update the date of issue of a document and print out the produced document in an arbitrary date format created by the document creator.

Further, it is possible to print on the document issue date or the document creation date by a simple operation of simply specifying in the print processing whether to print on the document issue date or the document creation date.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the basic configuration of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow of the print control unit in the embodiment configuration of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a date automatic update mark, date input, and print output. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a date input method and a date print output. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional date data updating method. In FIG. 1, 1: input device, 2: input control unit, 3: print control unit, 4: date output control unit, 5: date data, 5 ': date automatic update mark, 6: date print format, 7: Date automatic update mark reading section, 8: Date automatic update processing section, 10: Date automatic update mark reading processing section, 11: Date automatic update output specification processing, 13: Date automatic update mark type determination processing, 14: Date Process to retrieve data with automatic update mark, 15: Process to convert to the current date, 16: Process to output document creation date, 17: Process to output document publication date, 18: Timer, 19: Present Date and time data, 20: Document creation date, 21: Document publication date.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An automatic date update mark (5 ') is detected in the document creation data input by the input device (1) to specify update of the date data of the created document, and by the input device (1). Input date print format specification data (6)
The input control unit (2) for specifying whether to automatically update the date of the created document to be printed based on the print date or to print according to the date input to the created document, and the input control unit (2) described above. The date update mark is detected in the created data, the update of the date data of the created document is designated, and the date is automatically updated based on the date print format specification data (6) and the date of the created document is printed. In this case, the date is updated and printed according to the date format created in advance by the document creator, and when the date data update is not designated, the document input date is printed out according to the created format. A document processing device comprising a section (3). 2. The automatic date update mark (5 ') can be attached to date data that needs to be updated in units of the Western calendar, Japanese calendar, month, day, and day of the week. Document processing device with automatic date update function.