JPH08137867A - Device and method for document processing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily select a range within which document data has a desired attribute. CONSTITUTION: When an operator specifies a desired position according to the document data and also inputs the range specification, an attribute range command instruction acquisition part 1 acquires the position and a specific attribute acquisition part 2 acquires an attribute of an underline, etc., including the specific position. An attribute range detail information acquisition part 3 inputs conditions when plural attributes are included and a range segmentation position condition determination part 4 determines conditions indicating the segmentation position of the acquired attribute. Under the conditions, a range meeting the conditions is determined on the basis of the specific position by an attribute range determination part 5. When the desired range is thus determined according to the document data, the part is displayed distinctively as the selected range at an attribute display part 6. Thus, the desired position is specified without specifying the front or rear of the character string, and the character string can be specified with the attribute of the position.

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 such as a word processor and a method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to specify a range of a character string having a specific attribute such as an underline in a document, the start and end of the character string to be specified while confirming the attribute of the character string on the display are specified. It was necessary to specify the position using the mouse or moving the cursor.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional example, when the range of the attribute is specified, the start position and the end position of the attribute must be specified, which has the following drawbacks.

(1) The user himself has to find the start position and the end position, which requires time and effort. In particular, when spanning multiple pages, page switching operations were required, and it was not possible to specify the range easily.

(2) When the start / end positions of the same attribute portion are difficult to understand on the display, it is difficult for the user to specify the range. For example, depending on the resolution and display mode of the CRT display device, there may be a case where the fonts such as Gothic font and Mincho font having different attributes are displayed almost the same.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional example, and it is not necessary to specify the start position and the end position of the character string of the attribute to be specified, and the character string of the desired attribute can be easily specified. An object of the present invention is to provide a document processing device that eliminates the need to determine the delimiter position of a character string according to an attribute from a displayed document, and also eliminates the inefficiency of designating two positions, a start position and an end position. And

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] and

In order to achieve the above object, the document processing apparatus of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, when the range is specified only for the portion of the document data having the attribute, the attribute range specification command acquisition process, the specified position attribute state acquisition process, the attribute range detailed information acquisition process, the range delimiter position condition determination process, the attribute range specification By providing the determination process and the attribute range display process, without specifying the start position and the end position,
It is possible to specify the range of attributes with a simple operation.

A document processing apparatus for processing document data in which a desired attribute is added to a desired character string, and a designating unit for designating a desired position in the document data, and a position designated by the designating unit. And a range determining means for determining a character string having an attribute at the position as a specified range.

Further, the document processing method of the present invention comprises the following steps. That is, a document processing method for processing document data in which a desired attribute is added to a desired character string,
The method includes a designation step of designating a desired position in the document data, and a range determination step of determining a character string including the position designated by the designation step and having an attribute at the position as a designated range.

[0010]

【Example】

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a processing configuration example of an embodiment according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an attribute range designation command acquisition processing unit that receives a command for designating a range of character string attributes. That is, the operator inputs an attribute range designation command from a keyboard, a mouse or the like while designating a desired position in the document data, thereby declaring that the range is designated by the attribute of the character string. The attribute range is a range of character strings having a certain attribute. Reference numeral 2 denotes a specified position attribute state acquisition processing unit that acquires the attribute of the character string at the specified position acquired by the attribute range specification command acquisition processing unit 1. Reference numeral 3 denotes an attribute range detailed information acquisition processing unit for acquiring detailed information of a specified range from the operator according to the attribute information acquired by the specified position attribute acquisition processing unit 2, if necessary.
Reference numeral 4 is a range delimiter position that determines the conditions of the start position and end position of the range of the character string to be specified according to the attribute information acquired by the specified position attribute acquisition processing unit 2 and the detailed information acquired by the attribute range detailed information acquisition processing unit 3. It is a condition determination processing unit.
Reference numeral 5 denotes an attribute range determination processing unit that determines the range of the character string according to the condition determined by the range division position condition determination processing unit 4. An attribute range display processing unit 6 displays the range determined by the attribute range determination processing unit 5 on the CRT display device 11.

<Description of Apparatus> FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the arrangement of a document processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.
Each block shown in FIG. 1 can be realized by executing a program by the CPU 11 in FIG.

In FIG. 2, 11 is a CRT display device,
Display the document being edited, various message menus, etc. Reference numeral 12 is a video RAM (VRAM), which expands and stores an image displayed on the screen of the CRT display device 11. 1
A bit move unit (BMU) 3 controls data transfer between memories or between a memory and each device. Reference numeral 14 is a keyboard having various keys for editing a document, 15 is a pointing device (PD) used for pointing icons on the screen, and 16 is a CPU, which is a control program stored in the ROM 7. Each unit of the apparatus is controlled based on (a program for executing document processing and an error processing program, as well as a program for realizing the processing of the present invention described later are stored). 18 is the above-mentioned various programs CP
A RAM used as a work area when U6 executes, a temporary save area at the time of error processing, 19 indicates a hard disk drive (HDD), 20 indicates a floppy disk drive (FDD), and each disk indicates an application program or data described later, It is used for storing the library. Reference numeral 21 denotes a network interface (Net-I / F), which performs data control and diagnosis on the network in order to transfer data with other document processing devices via the network. 22
Is an I / O bus (comprising an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus) that connects the above-mentioned units.

The program stored in the ROM in this embodiment may be stored in a storage medium such as a hard disk (HD) or a floppy disk (FD) directly connected to the apparatus. Further, it may be stored on another device connected to the network.

Further, the program of the present invention is FD or HD.
Can be supplied to other systems or devices via a storage medium such as or a network.

<Explanation of Processing Procedure> FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of the processing procedure of the present embodiment. Although this flowchart is a series of processes for realizing each block in FIG. 1, it can also be realized by executing a program stored in the ROM 17 by the CPU 11 in FIG.

In FIG. 3, step S1 is an operation in which the user uses the input device of the keyboard 14 or PD 15 to specify the position in the document data and execute the attribute range command. This operation can be performed by a simple operation such as double-clicking at an arbitrary position included in the character string of the desired attribute in the document data without designating the start position and the end position. Alternatively, the cursor may be moved to a desired position in the document to position it, and then the attribute range designation command displayed as a menu may be selected. This attribute range command is acquired by the attribute specification command acquisition processing unit 1.

Step S2 is a step of acquiring the attribute acquired by the attribute specification command acquisition processing section 1 and applied to the specified position of the user. FIG. 4 shows an example of the structure of the document data in this embodiment. With this data structure, in the document of FIG. 4A, the start mark CS1 of attribute 1 and the end mark CE1 of attribute 1 are arranged in the data so that the attribute 1
The range is specified. In this embodiment, the start mark of the attribute i is indicated by CSi and the end mark of the attribute i is indicated by CEi. FIG. 4B is a display example of the document data shown in FIG. 4A when the attribute 1 of the character string sandwiched between CS1 and CE1 is underlined. When the position of the number 10 (hereinafter referred to as P10) is designated by the cursor to this document data as shown in FIG. 5, for example,
The attribute acquired from the position included in the character string of attribute 1 is “attribute 1”. If the designated position is P19, the attribute acquired is "no attribute". This step S
The processing of No. 2 is executed by the designated position attribute acquisition processing unit 2.

Step S3 is a process of determining the delimiter position condition for the start and end of the range to be specified based on the attribute information acquired in step S2. As shown in FIG. 6, when the acquired attribute information is “attribute 1”, the start delimiter position condition of the designated range is “CS1” and the end delimiter position condition is “CE1”. That is, when any attribute at the designated position is given, the start position code and the end position code are set as the delimiter condition. If the attribute information of the specified position is “no attribute”, the start delimiter position condition is “end position (CE) of any attribute or end of sentence”, and the end delimiter position condition is “start position of any attribute (CS ), Or the beginning of the sentence ”.
This step S3 is executed by the range division position condition determination processing unit 4.

Step S4 is a step of determining the specified range according to the condition determined in step S3. Based on the designated position designated in step S1, data that satisfies the start delimiter position condition is searched in the forward direction to determine the start delimiter position. Further, the end delimiter position is determined by searching for data that satisfies the end delimiter position backward from the designated position. For example, when the designated position is P10 in FIG. 5, since the attribute is “attribute 1,” the start delimiter position condition is “CS1”. Therefore, the designated position P
When searching for a data string from 10 forward, "CS1"
Is found at P7, and the start delimiter position is P7. Similarly, from the designated position P10 to the rear, the end position condition "CE
“1” is retrieved to obtain the end delimiter position P14. Also, FIG.
When the designated start position in P is set to P18, the attribute is “no attribute”. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, it is “CE1” that searches in the forward direction and satisfies the start delimiter position condition “arbitrary CE or beginning of sentence”, so the start delimiter position becomes P13 and the backward search is performed. The end delimiter position condition "any CS or end of sentence" satisfies P2 of "end of sentence"
Becomes 1. The process of step S4 is performed by the attribute range determination processing unit 5
Performed by

In step S5, the range determined in step S4 is displayed on the CRT display device 11. In FIG. 7A, the designated position in FIG.
7B is a diagram showing a display result in the case of designation in P18. The highlighted part indicates that the range has been specified.

As described above, even if the operator finds out the underline and the character type from the displayed document data and does not specify the start position and the end position, if the character string having the desired attribute is specified, the specified position can be specified. The character string of the attribute in can be specified including the specified position.

In the processing of steps S2 to S4 in FIG. 3, the attribute is first acquired, and then the range of the acquired attribute is searched. However, the attribute is moved forward and backward at the designated position. Codes CS and C indicating the range of
Search E and include the specified range, CS (CE) and C
It is also possible to perform a process in which a character string sandwiched between E (CS), the beginning of a sentence and CS, or CE and the end of a sentence is regarded as a designated character string. [Second Embodiment] Similar to the first embodiment, the second embodiment is similar to the document processing apparatus having the configurations of FIGS. 1 and 2.

As a result of step S2 of the first embodiment, there are cases where a plurality of attributes are applied to the designated position. Figure 8 (a)
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a case where a plurality of attributes are present at the designated position when the position P10 is designated. In this example, the position P10
Is included in the character string sandwiched between CS1 and CE1 (attribute 1), and also included in the character string sandwiched between CS2 and CE2 (attribute 2). FIG. 7B is an example in which FIG. 7A is displayed. Attribute 1 indicates a character string with emphasis marks and attribute 2 indicates an underlined character string. In such a case, the area for specifying the range cannot be uniquely determined. In the present embodiment, a process of acquiring detailed information necessary for specifying the range and uniquely determining the specified range is provided.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a flow chart of this embodiment. Since steps S1 to S5 are the same as those in the first embodiment, description thereof will be omitted.

Step S21 is a step of interpreting the user's operation of the range designation command input in step S1 and acquiring detailed information. Step S21 is executed by the attribute range detailed information acquisition processing section 3.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the relationship between the operation of the range designation command performed by the user in step S1 and the detailed information of the attribute range designated at that time. For example, in FIG. 10A, when the user's attribute range designation command is a double click, "detailed product" is acquired as detailed information, and when the user is triple clicked, detailed information "sum of attributes" is acquired. . When the detailed information is "product of attributes", the start position and end position of a character string having all the attributes at the specified position are given as the delimiter position, and when it is "sum of attributes", the delimiter position As, the start position and the end position of the character string including the specified position, which has at least one attribute at the specified position, are given.

As another range designation command operation, a detailed attribute can be uniquely interpreted and acquired by a combination operation of a plurality of keys as shown in FIG. In this example, the "Control" key and the down arrow "↓"
Press the keys at the same time to display detailed information "product of attributes", and press the "Control" key and the upward arrow "↑" key at the same time to display detailed information "sum of attributes".
Is an example of acquiring. In any case, the detailed attribute range information is acquired from a simple operation.

The following is the same processing as in the first embodiment.

In step S3, the break position condition is determined according to the detailed attribute range information acquired in step S21. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between the detailed attribute range information and the break position condition. That is, when the detailed information is “product of attributes”, the start delimiter position condition is the closest to the designated position among the attribute start positions (CS) related to the designated position, and the end delimiter position condition is Among the end positions (CE) of the attribute related to the designated position, the end position is closest to the designated position. When the detailed information is “sum of attributes”, the start delimiter position condition is the farthest from the specified position among the start positions (CS) of all attributes related to the specified position, and the end delimiter position. The condition is the farthest from the specified position among the end positions (CE) of all the attributes related to the specified position.

The result of this embodiment displayed in step S6 is shown in FIG. FIG. 12A shows a case where the user instructs "product of attributes" by "double click" at the designated position P10 in FIG. 8, and FIG. 12B shows "sum of attributes" by "triple click". Is the result of specifying each attribute range.

Even when a character string having a plurality of attributes is present in the document, by specifying a desired position, the character string can be easily specified according to the attribute of the position. it can. [Third Embodiment] In the second embodiment, the attribute range detailed information is acquired by a simple operation. However, the present embodiment is an example in which a process for inquiring a user to obtain complicated detailed information is provided. is there.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a flow chart of this embodiment. The description of the same steps as those in FIG. 3 of the second embodiment is omitted. Step S22 is a step of inquiring the user according to the attribute information of the designated position acquired in step S2 and acquiring detailed information. This step is different from the second embodiment in that more detailed information is obtained from the user.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display screen when the user is inquired about the detailed information in step S22 when the attribute range designation is instructed at the position P10 in FIG. 8A. Buttons "product of attributes" and "sum of attributes" are on panel 14
It is displayed as 1 and designated by the operator instructing them. It is also possible to specify each attribute as detailed information based on the attribute information of the specified position. For example, it can be seen from the attribute information at the designated position P10 that the underline and the emphasis mark lie at that position. Therefore, the inquiry panel 141 is provided with buttons for "underline" and "emphasis point" for designating the range to which those attributes are applied. The processing in step S22 is executed by the attribute range detailed information acquisition processing section 3.

In accordance with the detailed information obtained in step S22, the break position condition is determined in step S3. As shown in FIG. 6, when “weight point” is specified in the detailed information, the start break position condition is “CS of weight point (CS
2) ”, and the end delimiter position condition is“ CE of the emphasis point (CE
2) ”. In step S4, the attribute range that satisfies these conditions is determined.

The display result of this embodiment output in step S5 is shown in FIG. If "weight point" is designated as the range designation detailed information in step S22, only the portion having the weight point attribute is designated, and if "underline" is designated, the portion having the underrun attribute is designated. In addition,
When "product of attributes" and "sum of attributes" are designated, they are displayed for the fields of FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b), respectively.

As described above, by designating the desired position of the document data, the character string can be designated according to the attribute at that position, and the character string having the desired attribute can be easily designated. it can.

[0038]

As described above, in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention, the operation for designating the range depending on how the attributes in the document are applied becomes very simple. Further, since the user does not need to search the range of attributes by himself, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) When the range of attributes spanning a plurality of pages is specified, work such as page turning is not required and work efficiency is improved. (2) Since it is not necessary to determine the delimiter position of fine attributes, the user Visual fatigue is reduced.

[0040]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a processing configuration example of an attribute range designation device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a document creation device including an attribute range designation device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of document data including attributes.

5 is a diagram in which position information is added to the document data shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a relationship between attribute information and break position conditions.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display result in which an attribute range is designated.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of document data including a plurality of attributes at the same position.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a relationship between an operation and detailed attribute range information.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a relationship between detailed attribute range information and a break position condition.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a display result in which an attribute range is designated.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the third embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a panel for inquiring a user of detailed attribute range information.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a display result in which an attribute range is designated.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Attribute range designation command acquisition processing unit 2 Specified position attribute acquisition processing unit 3 Attribute range detailed information acquisition processing unit 4 Range division position condition determination processing unit 5 Attribute range determination processing unit 6 Attribute range display processing unit 11 CRT 12 Video RAM 13 BMU 14 keyboard 15 pointing device 16 CPU 17 ROM 18 working RAM 19 hard disk 20 floppy disk 21 network interface 22 I / O bus

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A document processing device for processing document data in which a desired attribute is added to a desired character string, comprising: specifying means for specifying a desired position in document data; and a position specified by the specifying means. And a range determining unit that determines a character string having an attribute at the position as a specified range. 2. The range deciding means obtains the attribute at the position designated by the designating means, and the attribute start position condition and end based on the attribute obtained by the attribute obtaining means. And a search unit for searching for a position matching the condition acquired by the condition acquisition unit, based on the position specified by the specifying unit. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a range surrounded by the positions searched by the means is determined as a designated range. 3. A detail specification unit for specifying details of the attribute acquired by the attribute acquisition unit, further comprising a specified range according to the details of the attribute when there are a plurality of attributes at the position specified by the specification unit. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an attribute for determining is determined. 4. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying document data so that the designated range determined by the range determining means can be identified. 5. The range determining means has a searching means for searching for a code giving a start position of an attribute at the position and a code giving an end position based on the position designated by the designating means. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a range sandwiched between the start position and the end position searched by the search means is determined as a designated range. 6. A document processing method for processing document data in which a desired attribute is added to a desired character string, comprising: a designating step of designating a desired position in the document data; and a location designated by the designating step. And a range determining step of determining a character string having an attribute at the position as a designated range. 7. The range determination step includes an attribute acquisition step of acquiring an attribute at a position designated by the designation step, and a start position condition and an end of the attribute based on the attribute obtained by the attribute acquisition step. The method further includes a condition acquisition step of acquiring a position condition and a search step of searching for a position matching the condition acquired by the condition acquisition step based on the position specified by the specification step. 7. The document processing method according to claim 6, wherein a range surrounded by the positions searched by the process is determined as a designated range. 8. The method further comprises a detail specifying step of specifying details of the attribute acquired by the attribute acquiring step, and when there are a plurality of attributes at a position specified by the specifying step, a specified range according to the details of the attribute. The document processing method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein an attribute for determining is determined. 9. The document processing method according to claim 6, further comprising a display step of displaying document data so that the designated range determined by the range determining step can be identified. 10. The range determining step includes a search step of searching for a code that gives a start position of an attribute at the position and a code that gives an end position based on the position specified by the specifying process. 7. The document processing method according to claim 6, wherein a range sandwiched between the start position and the end position searched by the search step is determined as the designated range.