JPH0764977A - Document preparing device and format change method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily change the format of a document based on the sample format displayed on a screen at the preparation of the document or at the end of the document preparation. CONSTITUTION:In the document preparation screen, when the format change is specified, a CPU 1 reads out the sample format data stored in a ROM 2 in advance and displays it on an LCD panel 10. In this case, the data showing the contents of the format and the format image are displayed and a format number is selected by a cursor. When the sample format is selected, the selected format state is displayed for the confirmation. When the format needs no change, the 'selection/execution' key is operated as it is. By the key control, the CPU 1 stores the format data in a document format data storage area 3a of a RAM 3 corresponding to the document data in preparation. According to the format data, the display state or the like of the screen is changed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus and a format changing method having a format changing function based on a sample format.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A document creating apparatus, when creating a new document, has a document format, for example, paper size (A4, B5, etc.), paper orientation (portrait or landscape), number of characters per line, number of lines per page, character spacing. , Line feed pitch, character size, etc. are set. Further, this format can be changed even while the document is being created. In this case, when creating a new document, it is generally common to select a standard format by automatic setting, and then change the format and print the document during or after the creation of the document.

In a conventional document creating apparatus, when a format is changed during the creation of a document, after specifying a mode of format setting, each item of the format is selected with a cursor and a set numerical value is input by a key. , I am trying to set the format content.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional document creating apparatus, when the format is changed during the creation of the document, each item of the format must be selected with the cursor and the set numerical value must be keyed in. The operation was very troublesome.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document creation apparatus and a format modification method that can very easily perform format modification during or after the completion of document creation. To do.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in a document creating apparatus, sample format data storage means for storing sample data of various document formats, means for designating format modification, and format modification by this means are designated. At this time, means for reading the sample format data from the sample format data storage means and displaying it on the screen, means for designating an arbitrary format from the sample formats displayed by this means,
Means for executing a format change based on the sample format designated by this means.

[0007]

When a format change is designated on the document creation screen, a plurality of sample format data is read from the sample format data storage means and displayed on the screen. For example, "paper size", "horizontal writing / vertical writing", "number of characters per line", "number of lines per page"
The format image is displayed together with data such as, and the format number can be selected by the cursor.

The user selects a desired format from the displayed sample formats. When this sample format is selected, the status of the selected format is displayed for confirmation. If it is not necessary to change the format, the confirmation key is operated as it is. If the format is to be changed, the confirmation key is operated after performing the change operation. When this confirmation key operation is performed, the format data is stored in association with the document data being created, and the screen display state or the like is changed according to the format data.

By displaying a plurality of sample formats on the screen when changing the format as described above, it becomes possible to easily change the document format based on the sample formats.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1 denotes a CPU that controls the entire control.
ROM 2, RAM 3, keyboard interface (KB-IF) 4, display controller 5, floppy disk drive interface (FDD-IF) 6, printer interface (P) via a bus line BUS.
RT-IF) 7 etc. are connected.

The ROM 2 is a read-only non-volatile memory for storing a program for controlling the CPU 1, a kana-kanji conversion dictionary and various data. The ROM 2 has a format setting program and sample format data as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, for example, “1.A4 / horizontal writing.40 characters × 36” for a portrait document in “Japanese / general document”.
Line "," 2.B5 / horizontal writing. 34 characters x 30 lines ", ..." 6.
B4, vertical writing. 72 characters x 30 lines ", ..., etc. are stored. For landscape documents," 1.A4 / horizontal writing. 60 characters x 23 lines "," 2.B5 / horizontal writing. 52 characters x 1 "
9 lines ", ..." 6.B4 vertical writing. 52 characters x 46 lines "and other sample format data are stored. Note that FIG. 4 shows a display example of a sample format for a portrait document of “Japanese / general document”, and FIG. 5 shows a display example of a sample format for a landscape document. In ROM2, "Japanese
A plurality of sample format data such as "postcard body", "English / general document", "English / postcard body", "report paper", etc. are stored.

The RAM 3 is a readable / writable memory used by the CPU 1 for temporarily storing various data. This RAM 3 has a document format data storage area 3
a, a document data storage area 3b, etc. are provided.

The KB-IF4 has a keyboard (K
B) 8 is connected. This keyboard 8 has "characters"
Key, "numerical value" key, etc., "conversion / next candidate" key,
Various function keys such as a "select / execute" key and a "format setting" key are provided. Various input data from the keyboard 8 is input to the CPU 1 via the KB-IF 4.

The display controller 5 displays the contents of the VRAM 9 on a display such as an LCD panel 10 under the control of the CPU 1. The VRAM 9 is the LCD panel 10
It is a readable / writable memory that stores the contents to be displayed on, and is controlled by the CPU 1.

The FDD-IF 6 writes / reads data to / from the floppy disk device (FDD) 11 under the control of the CPU 1. PRT-IF7 is a CPU
Print data is output to the printer (PRT) 12 under the control of 1.

Next, the format change control in the above embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. When the format setting mode is specified by operating the "format setting" key on the document creation screen, the contents of the format setting shown in FIG.
Is displayed in. That is, on the screen 21, three setting items are displayed as format setting contents: [Create new document, change format], [General document postcard text, manuscript paper, report sheet] [Japanese sample format, English sample format detailed setting]. It can be selected by the diamond cursor 22, and the contents of each item can be designated by a cursor (underline, reverse display, etc.) 23. Then, in the guide area 24 provided at the bottom of the screen 21, "After selecting with the cursor,
A guide message "Please press the" Select / execute "key" is displayed.

In the above display screen 21, for example, in the case of changing the format of a general document in Japanese by using the sample format, the diamond cursor 22 and the cursor 23
Select [Specify Format], [General Document], [Japanese Text Sample Format].

When the format setting mode is set, the CPU 1 judges whether or not the format change is designated as shown in step A1 of FIG. 2, and if not, the process proceeds to a new document creation process.

When the format change is designated, it is judged whether or not the sample format is used (step A2). When the sample format is not used, the normal format change screen is displayed and the sample format is designated. If yes, RO
LCD to read the corresponding sample format data from M2
Display on panel 10 (step A3). When [general document] and [Japanese sentence sample format] are specified as described above, the CPU 1 first reads sample format data for the vertically long document of "Japanese sentence / general document" from the ROM 2 as shown in FIG. 21 is displayed. In this case, each sample format displays the format image together with data such as "paper size", "horizontal writing / vertical writing", "one line character number", "one page line number", etc. for six example formats. Then, the cursor 23 is used to select the format number, and a guide message "Select with cursor and press select / execute key. Horizontal sample → conversion / next candidate" is displayed in the guide area 24. At this time, when the "conversion / next candidate" key is operated, the CPU 1 reads the sample format data for the horizontally long document from the ROM 2 and displays it on the screen 21 as shown in FIG.

The user designates a desired format number from the sample formats with the cursor 23 and clicks "select / execute".
Operate the key. When the sample format is selected (step A4), the state of the selected format is displayed on the screen 21 as shown in FIG. 6 (step A5). In this screen, "Paper size", "Paper orientation", "Number of characters per line", "Number of lines per page" for the selected sample format,
“Horizontal writing / vertical writing” and “Japanese / English writing” are displayed, and the setting contents can be changed by designating the diamond cursor 22 and the cursor 23 and inputting a numerical value as necessary while confirming the format. If it is not necessary to change the format, the "select / execute" key is operated as it is, and if the format is to be changed, the change operation is performed and then the "select / execute" key is operated.

The CPU 1 determines whether or not there is a change by the operated key (step A6). If there is no change, the setting contents are fixed as it is, and if there is a change, the changed portion is input (step A7). ). When the "select / execute" key is operated, the format is changed based on the set format data (step A8). That is, the set document format data is stored in the document format data storage area 3a of the RAM 3 in association with the document data being created, and the screen display state of the LCD panel 10 is changed according to the format data. After that, when the created document is printed, print control is performed according to the format data changed as described above.

In the above explanation, the case where the sample format of "Japanese / general document" is set has been described, but in addition, for example, "Japanese / postcard text", "English / general document", "English / postcard text", The format can be changed using various sample formats such as "original paper" and "report paper".

[0023]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, when the document format is changed during or after the creation of the document, a plurality of sample formats are displayed on the screen so that detailed change data can be obtained. The document format can be easily changed based on the displayed sample format without the need to input.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing operation of format change control in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example when a format setting mode is designated in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a sample format display example of a portrait document in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a sample format display example of a landscape document in the same embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example when confirming / changing a sample format in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... CPU, 2 ... ROM, 3 ... RAM, 3a ... Document format data storage area, 3b ... Document data storage area, 4 ...
Keyboard interface (KB-IF), 5 ... Display controller, 6 ... Floppy disk drive interface (FDD-IF), 7 ... Printer interface (PRT-IF), 8 ... Keyboard (KB), 9 ...
VRAM, 10 ... LCD panel, 11 ... Floppy disk device (FDD), 12 ... Printer (PRT).

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A document creating apparatus, wherein sample format data storage means for storing sample data of various document formats, means for designating a format change, and sample format data storage when the format change is designated by this means. Means for reading the sample format data from the means and displaying it on the screen, means for designating an arbitrary format from among the sample formats displayed by this means, and executing a format change based on the sample format designated by this means A document creating apparatus comprising: 2. A method for changing the format of a document creation device, comprising:
It stores various sample format data, and when a format change is specified, it reads the previously stored sample format data and displays it on the screen. Based on the sample format selected from the displayed sample formats. A format changing method characterized by executing a format change.