JPH08123811A - Document editing device and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a document editing device which can generate a correct logical structure without making a user be conscious of the logical structure. CONSTITUTION: When a logical component element to be newly added is pointed by an operator, it is decided whether the description concerning the logical component element is included in a document logical structure rule or not. If included, a point where the pointed element can be inserted is extracted and an inserting point list is prepared (S4). If plural inserting points exist (S5), the inserting point candidates are put into the document structure data based on the inserting point list (S7) and the re-display processing is carried out (S8). Then an insertion pointer is displayed, and the operator designates an inserting point (S9). Then the pointed element is put into the document structure data, and the logical position of a cursor is updated (S6). If just a single inserting point exists, the procedure proceeds directly up to the step S6 and the cursor position is updated. Then the display is carried out again in response to each mode (S10 to S12).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing apparatus and a document editing method, and more particularly to a document editing apparatus and a document editing method having a function of removing a layout structure from a document to be edited and structuring it into a logical structure for management. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of document editing devices such as computers and word processors, digitization of documents has been promoted, and a huge amount of information has been accumulated as digitized documents. Therefore, attempts have been made to search and extract necessary information and reuse it by using these electronic documents as information sources.

However, a conventional electronic document is a formatted print image or a description of a printing procedure, and since the data structure of each document editing device is different, it can be effectively used as an information source. I couldn't.

Therefore, in order to effectively use the digitized document as an information source, the international standard SGML (Standard Generalized Makeup Language) for removing layout information from the document and structuring and managing it into a logical structure (semantic structure) is established. The standard is approved by the ISO standard.

With this standard, an environment in which a digitized document can be effectively used as an information source is about to be prepared, and a structured editor capable of creating a structured document according to the SGML standard has already been adopted. ing.

[0006]

However, the logical structure of a document is a new concept, which is difficult for a general user to understand, and it is necessary to create a document having a correct logical structure with an existing structured editor to some extent. There was a problem that we had to have knowledge about the logical structure of.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and a document editing apparatus capable of creating a correct logical structure without making the user aware of the logical structure and reducing the burden on the user. The purpose is to provide a document editing method.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a document editing apparatus according to a first aspect of the invention has an output means for outputting a print image of document data, an input means for inputting document data, and a document to be edited. In a document editing apparatus having a logical structure managing unit for structuring and managing data into a logical structure, a logical structure displaying unit for displaying a logical structure of document data being edited and a logical structure element newly inserted by a user are designated. And a position designating unit for designating a position where the logical structure element in the logical structure display unit is to be inserted according to the logical structure element designated by the designating unit. It is a thing.

According to another aspect of the document editing apparatus of the present invention, when the user instructs the logical structure element to be newly inserted by the instruction means, the cursor is moved to the position on the logical structure display means where the logical structure element should be inserted. It is characterized by having a cursor moving means.

According to another aspect of the document editing apparatus of the present invention, when the user instructs the logical structure element to be newly inserted by the instructing means and inputs the content of the logical structure element by the inputting means, the document data being edited is displayed. The content of the logical structure element is output to the position designated by the position designation means on the print image display.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document editing method for outputting a print image of document data, inputting the document data, and structuring the mutated document data into a logical structure for management. When the step of displaying the logical structure of the document data of and the user specifies the logical structure element to be newly inserted, according to the specified logical structure element,
Specifying the position where the logical structure element in the displayed logical structure is to be inserted.

Further, the document editing method of claim 5 has a step of moving the cursor to a position in the logical structure where the logical structure element should be inserted, when the user designates a new logical structure element to be inserted. Is characterized by.

Further, in the document editing method according to the sixth aspect, when the user designates a logical structure element to be newly inserted and inputs the content of the logical structure element, on the print image display of the document data being edited, It is characterized by including the step of outputting the contents of the logical structure element to the position where the specified logical structure element should be inserted.

[0014]

According to the document editing apparatus of the present invention, when the user instructs the logical structure element to be newly inserted by the instructing means, the logic in the logical structure displaying means is specified by the position specifying means in accordance with the instructed logical structure element. The position where the structuring element should be inserted is specified.

According to the document editing apparatus of claim 2,
When the user designates a logical structure element to be newly inserted by the instruction means, the cursor moving means moves the cursor to the position where the logical structure element should be inserted.

According to the document editing apparatus of claim 3,
When a logical structure element to be newly inserted is designated by the designating means and the content of the logical structure element is inputted by the inputting means, the output means designates by the position designating means on the document image print image display being edited. To the designated position,
The contents of the logical structure element are output.

According to the document editing method of claim 4,
When the user specifies a new logical structure element to be inserted, the position in the displayed logical structure at which the logical structure element should be inserted is specified according to the specified logical structure element.

According to the document editing method of claim 5,
When the user specifies a new logical structure element to insert,
The cursor is moved to the position where the logical structure element in the displayed logical structure should be inserted.

Further, according to the document editing method of claim 6,
When the user specifies a logical structure element to be newly inserted and inputs the contents of the logical structure element, the specified logical structure element should be inserted at the position on the print image display of the document data being edited. , The contents of the logical structure element are output.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, “document” is a general term including sentences (including tables), figures, images, moving images, animations, voices and the like.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of a document editing apparatus according to this embodiment.

In FIG. 1, the system bus 1 has a central control unit (Central Proc) for controlling the operation of the document editing apparatus.
essing Unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 2 and a program memory (hereinafter, referred to as P) for storing operation programs of the CPU 2 and the like.
(Referred to as MEM) 3, a communication control unit 4 for transmitting and receiving data to and from an external printer, and input control for inputting system operation commands and document data via input means such as a keyboard 9 and a pointing device 10. Section 8, a video image memory (hereinafter referred to as VRAM) 11 for expanding document data into a bitmap, a display output control section 12 for controlling the operation of the display section 13, and a hard disk 1.
5 or an external storage device control unit 14 for controlling a storage device for a data file such as a floppy disk 16 is connected, and the system bus 1 transmits document data to be edited, operation commands and the like to each component.

A communication port 5 is connected to the communication control section 4, and data such as logical structure information, layout information, and document actual data is transmitted / received to / from an external printer or the like via a communication line 6.

The pointing device 10 includes a display unit 1.
It is used to process and specify the image information displayed on 3 and moves the cursor in any direction to select the command icon on the command menu to give instructions for processing, as well as instructions for editing. Specify the drawing position. In this embodiment, the mouse is the pointing device 1.
Although it is configured as 0, it is not limited to this.

The VRAM 11 is connected to the display output control unit 12, and the document data displayed on the display unit 13 is VR.
It is developed as bit map data in AM11. For example, in the case of character data, a character pattern corresponding to the code is developed on the VRAM 11, and it is also possible to generate and display a cursor directly in the display area of the VRAM 11 by software control of the CPU 2.

When a document is edited in the above configuration, the operator first inputs a system operation command, document data and the like. Input of operation commands and data is performed via the keyboard 9 or the mouse 10. PME
M3 is also a text memory and stores input document data and the like as code information. After that, the CPU 2
The operation program for the editing process is selected from the hard disk 15 or the floppy disk 16 as appropriate, and the PME
The data is read into M3, and the editing operation is performed based on the operation program.

2 to 4 show display images of the structured editor according to this embodiment. The structured editor is displayed on the screen of the display unit 13. 2 shows an example of the document data display image in the tag mode, FIG. 3 shows an example of the form mode display image, and FIG. 4 shows an example of the layout mode display image for displaying the contents of each logical structure element. In each figure, the document data display area 21 of the structured editor is an area for displaying the text data being edited in a specific format.
The current position display area 22 is an area in which the position in the logical structure of the document currently being edited is indicated by a tag. The menu 23 is an area for selecting and instructing the editing operation of the structured editor in this embodiment, and the cursor 24 indicates the position of the document data currently being edited.

The procedure for newly inserting a logical structure element in this embodiment will be described below.

When a logical element is newly inserted, when the operator selects "edit" from the menu 23, the display unit 1
On the screen of No. 3, a submenu as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. In this state, when the operator selects "Insert logical element" from the submenu, the dialog shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 13 in the tag mode or the form mode.

When the operator selects a logical structure element ("affiliation" in this embodiment) to be inserted from this dialog and inputs the "OK" button, it is predetermined according to the selected logical structure element. The logical structure element is inserted at the position. Specifically, in the tag mode, as shown in FIG. 7, the “affiliation” item 71 is automatically inserted after “author”. Further, in the case of the form mode, as shown in FIG. 8, the column 81 in which "affiliation" is described is automatically inserted after the "author" column. At this time, the cursor moves to a position where a new logical component is inserted.

Further, in the layout mode, when the logical element to be inserted is designated in the above dialog and the "OK" button is input, a dialog for inputting the contents of the logical component is displayed as shown in FIG. To be done. In this state, when the operator appropriately inputs the contents using the keyboard 9, the mouse 10, etc. and presses the “OK” button,
As shown in, the input contents are automatically laid out at a predetermined position 101.

When there are a plurality of positions where new logical components should be inserted, the insertion pointers 111 to 113 indicating the insertion positions are displayed, as shown in FIG.
A message 114 requesting the operator to specify the position to be inserted is displayed. Here, when the operator designates the insertion pointer indicating a desired position by using the mouse 10 or the like, thereafter, the operation according to the display mode is executed as described above. Also, when inserting a logical component that can be inserted anywhere in the document, regardless of the logical attribute, such as a memo or footnote, the insertion point is not displayed,
Only the message that prompts the operator to specify the insertion point is displayed.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the internal processing operation procedure when a new logical component is inserted as described above. FIG. 13 shows the structure of the document data currently being edited in this embodiment. The document data consists of document structure data, tagged document data, and the current cursor logical position. As shown in FIG. 14, the document structure data is a list structure representing the inclusive relation and the context between the structural elements of the document currently being edited. In this embodiment, the document structure data is always loaded into the PMEM 3 during editing. It Further, the tagged document data is data including the actual content of the document. The cursor logical position indicates the position currently being edited in the logical structure of the document, as shown in FIG.

First, in step S1, when the operator specifies a logical component to be newly inserted, in step S2, the CPU 2 searches the document logical structure rule, and the logical structure rule including the logical component specified by the operator. To PMEM3
After loading to, proceed to step S3.

Here, the document logical structure rule is a set of inclusive relations and order relations between individual logical components as shown in FIG. In FIG. 16, arrows indicate inclusive relationships, and the order in the list indicates the front-back relationship of display. Also,
An asterisk (*) indicates that one to a plurality of the same logical structure elements are provided.

In step S3, it is determined whether or not the description regarding the logical component to be inserted is included in the document logical structure rule. If it is determined that the description about the logical component to be inserted is included in the document logical structure rule, the process proceeds to step S4, the rule loaded in step S2 is applied to the document currently being edited, and the rule is designated. A place where the logical component can be inserted is extracted, and an insertion point list is created on the PMEM 3 in the format shown in FIG. 17, for example. In FIG. 17, the insertable position is represented by ".", For example (.,
Paragraph) indicates that the text can be inserted before the "paragraph". Also, arrows indicate hierarchical relationships.

Then, in step S5, it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of insertion positions extracted in step S4. If the answer is NO, that is, if there is one extracted insertion position, step S6 Proceed to to insert the specified logical component into the document structure data and update the cursor logical position.

If the answer in step S5 is YES, that is, if there are a plurality of extracted insertion locations, the process proceeds to step S7, and based on the candidate list created in step S4,
A candidate for the insertion location is inserted into the document structure data on PMEM3. Then, redisplay processing is performed in step S8, and the insertion pointers 111 to 11 shown in FIG.
3 is displayed. Further, in step S9, a message 114 for prompting the operator to specify the insertion location is displayed, the operator is prompted to specify the insertion location, and the process proceeds to step S6.

If it is determined in step S3 that the logical structure element to be inserted is not included in the logical structure rule, the logical structure element is an element that can be inserted anywhere in the document, and therefore in step S9. A message is displayed on the display unit 13 to allow the operator to specify the insertion location, and the process proceeds to step S6.

After updating the cursor logical position in step S6, the current display mode is determined in step S10. When it is determined to be the tag mode or the form mode, the process proceeds to step S11, and the steps shown in FIGS. The screen is redisplayed as shown, and this processing is ended.

If it is determined that the layout mode is set, the dialog shown in FIG. 9 is displayed in step S12, and the operator inputs the contents of the inserted logical component, and then in step S11. Then, the display is performed again as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the user designates a logical structure element to be newly inserted,
It is possible to automatically indicate to the user the position where the logical structure element should be inserted. As a result, even without knowledge of the document logical structure, it is possible to reduce the extra burden on the user for editing the document and create a document having the correct logical structure. Therefore, it is possible to further improve the document editing work efficiency.

[0043]

As described above, according to the document editing apparatus of the first aspect, when the user instructs the logical structure element to be newly inserted by the instructing means, the position is determined according to the instructed logical structure element. Since the position where the logical structure element in the logical structure display unit is to be inserted is specified by the specifying unit, the extra burden on the user for editing the document can be reduced and the correct logical structure can be obtained without knowledge of the document logical structure. It becomes possible to create a document having Therefore, the effect that the document editing work efficiency can be further improved is obtained.

According to the document editing apparatus of claim 2,
When the instruction means indicates a new logical structure element to be inserted, the cursor moving means moves the cursor to a position where the logical structure element should be inserted.
It is possible to further improve the efficiency of document editing work.

According to the document editing apparatus of claim 3,
When the user instructs the logical structure element to be newly inserted by the instruction means and inputs the content of the logical structure element by the input means, the position designation means on the print image display of the document data being edited by the output means Since the print image of the content of the logical structure element is output to the position designated by, the document having the correct theoretical structure can be easily created even for a user who does not have knowledge about the logical structure of the document. The effect is obtained.

According to the document editing method of claim 4,
When the user specifies a logical structure element to be newly inserted, the position where the logical structure element in the displayed logical structure should be inserted is specified according to the specified logical structure element. Even if there is not, it is possible to reduce an extra burden on the user for editing the document and create a document having a correct logical structure. Therefore, the effect that the document editing work efficiency can be further improved is obtained.

According to the document editing method of claim 5,
When the user specifies a new logical structure element to insert,
Since the cursor is moved to the position where the logical structure element should be inserted, it is possible to further improve the efficiency of the document editing work.

Further, according to the document editing method of claim 6,
When the user designates a logical structure element to be newly inserted and inputs the content of the logical structure element, a print image of the content of the logical structure element is output at the designated position on the print image display of the document data being edited. By doing so, it is possible to easily create a document having a correct theoretical structure even for a user who does not have knowledge of the document logical structure.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document editing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a document data display image in the tag mode displayed on the screen of the display unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a document data display image in the form mode, which is displayed on the screen of the display unit shown in FIG.

4 is a diagram showing an example of a document data display image in a layout mode displayed on the screen of the display unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of formats of a main menu and an editing submenu.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a format of a logical structure element insertion dialog.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a document data display image when a logical structure element is newly inserted in the tag mode.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a document data display image when a logical structure element is newly inserted in the form mode.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a format of a dialog for inputting contents of a logical structure element to be newly inserted.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a document data display image when a new logical structure element is inserted in the layout mode.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display image when there are a plurality of insertion points.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for inserting a new logical structure element according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a structure of document data currently being edited in the present embodiment.

14 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the structure of the document structure data shown in FIG.

15 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a cursor logical position shown in FIG. 13. FIG.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a document logical structure rule.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of an insertion point list.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 CPU (logical structure management means, cursor movement means,
Position designation means) 9 Keyboard (input means, instruction means) 10 Mouse (input means, instruction means) 13 Display unit (output means, logical structure display means)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A document editing apparatus comprising: output means for outputting a print image of document data; input means for inputting document data; and logical structure management means for structuring and managing document data to be edited into a logical structure. , A logical structure display means for displaying the logical structure of the document data being edited, an instruction means for instructing a logical structure element to be newly inserted by the user, and a logical structure element designated by the instructing means, A document editing apparatus comprising: a position designating unit that designates a position where a logical structure element in the logical structure display unit is to be inserted. 2. A cursor moving means for moving the cursor to a position where the logical structure element is to be inserted in the logical structure display means when the user specifies the logical structure element to be newly inserted by the instruction means. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that 3. The output means, when the user instructs the logical structure element to be newly inserted by the instruction means and inputs the content of the logical structure element by the input means,
3. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content of the logical structure element is output to the position designated by the position designating unit on the print image display of the document data being edited. 4. A document editing method for outputting a print image of document data, inputting the document data, and structuring and managing the document data to be edited into a logical structure, and displaying the logical structure of the document data being edited. And, when the user designates a logical structure element to be newly inserted, according to the designated logical structure element, a step of designating a position where the logical structure element in the displayed logical structure is to be inserted is included. Document editing method. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of moving the cursor to a position in the logical structure where the logical structure element should be inserted, when the user designates a new logical structure element to be inserted. Document editing method. 6. When the user designates a logical structure element to be newly inserted and inputs the content of the logical structure element, the logical structure element on the print image display of the document data being edited should be inserted. 6. The document editing method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of outputting the content of the logical structure element at a position.