JPH08161517A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a document processor which can automatically arrange a document and a graphic corresponding to it in the same page and then can speedily create the document. CONSTITUTION: When graphic data 31 in the document 41 are arranged for the 1st time, the data are enlarged, graphic data 32 referred to by a document 42 first are expelled to a document 43 in a next page together with a reference source, and the reference source and the graphic corresponding to it are arranged in the same page.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Industrial field of use] Document data is separated into text data and graphic data, which are the element data, and is retained.
The present invention relates to a document processing device to manage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document processing apparatus has described a document as element data composed of text (hereinafter referred to as "text data") and element data composed of other figures (hereinafter referred to as "text data").
(Referred to as "graphic data") is managed separately, and when arranging a document in which text data and graphic data are mixed on the same page, the layout is performed by pouring the text data while avoiding the arranged graphic data. . Therefore, in a conventional document processing apparatus, in order to lay out graphic data corresponding to a sentence, such as an explanatory diagram, on the same page as the sentence, manually specify another figure and scale the text data. The layout was realized by the method of reflowing the text and pushing the sentence and the explanatory diagram to the next page.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional document processing apparatus, since the text data of a certain page is reflowed, the same inconvenience may occur in another page after that, It was necessary to reconfirm the page behind from the correction point. For this reason, there is a problem in that the text cannot be created quickly.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is possible to automatically arrange a sentence and its corresponding figure on the same page, which enables rapid sentence creation. An object is to provide a possible document processing device.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, the present invention separates and holds document data into text data and graphic data which are element data thereof, and each element data has a reference source and a reference destination. Is a document processing apparatus for processing document data by providing link information for linking each element data with each other by associating each element data by the provided link information, wherein the graphic data is set to a preset upper and lower limit. Enlarging / reducing means for arbitrarily enlarging / reducing within a range, and storage means for storing the same page arrangement presence / absence information indicating whether or not it is necessary to arrange the reference source and the reference destination in association with the link information. And an arranging means for arranging the element data on a predetermined page according to the link information including the same page arranging presence / absence information, and an error for detecting a portion which cannot be arranged by the arranging means. Output means, interruption means for interrupting the placement processing by the placement means when the error location is detected, and the detected error location in the display area of the graphic data placed before the error location. A correction unit that corrects by changing the magnification within the range in which the scaling is possible; and a start-up unit that activates the arrangement unit to rearrange the element data starting from the corrected position. Document processing device.

Further, preferably, when the error location is detected, the correction means scales the graphic data arranged in front of the error location within the expandable range and displays it on the next page. It is characterized in that the correction is performed by erasing or changing the magnification within the reducible range and driving the same page.

[0007]

According to the structure of the present invention, when an element data is arranged according to the link information including the same page arrangement information, if an error point which cannot be arranged is detected, the arrangement processing is performed. Is interrupted, the display area of the graphic data arranged before the error location is scaled and corrected within a range in which it can be scaled, and the element data is rearranged starting from the corrected position. Therefore, when the reference source element data and the reference destination element data are to be arranged on the same page, they are automatically arranged on the same page.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic arrangement of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the document processing apparatus of this embodiment has a CPU 1 for controlling the entire apparatus, a display 2 for displaying a document being created, and a display 2 such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display (LCD), and a user. A keyboard 3 for executing various processing commands, inputting characters and symbols, and a ROM 4 storing various processing programs
A RAM 5 for temporarily storing the result of arithmetic processing by the CPU 1 and various kinds of information; and a printer 6 for printing the created document on a recording medium. The respective constituent elements 1 to 6 are connected by a bus 7 so that data can be transmitted and received mutually.

The ROM 4 stores a processing program 4a called a page layouter for arranging (laying out) element data in page units, and the RAM 5 has an element data storage area 5a for storing element data and a link of the element data. Element data link information storage area 5 for storing information
b is secured.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional arrangement of the page layouter 4a.

In the figure, the page layouter 4a stores the link information between the element data management unit 11 that manages each figure data together with the upper and lower limit range that can be scaled when arranging the page, and the element data that forms the document. An element data link information management unit 12 that manages together with the same page layout presence / absence information (flag) indicating whether the reference destination and the reference source need to be arranged on the same page, and the element data link information management unit 12 and graphic data Arrangement unit 13 arranged on a page designated in advance in order to print the element data managed by management unit 11.
Then, among the arranged elements, a portion which is not arranged based on the link information managed by the element data link information management unit 12 is detected as an error portion, and the arrangement unit 1
3, an error detection unit 14 for interrupting the placement process performed by the third embodiment, a correction unit 15 for correcting the error location detected by the error detection unit 14 by appropriately scaling the display area of the graphic data, and the correction unit 15 It is configured by a starting unit 16 that restarts the layout unit 13 with the page corrected in step 1 as the head and rearranges subsequent pages.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of document data in which text data and graphic data are linked. Here, the graphic data is not limited to those formed by straight lines and circles, but also includes image data such as photographs and table data.

When arranging element data on a page, the document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment pours text data so as to avoid graphic data that has already been arranged, and also deletes graphic data that has already been arranged. It can be resized to a similar shape and placed. For this reason, the element data management unit 11 manages the graphic data together with the upper and lower limit ranges in which magnification can be changed. In addition, the element data link information management unit 12 refers to the location in the text where the reference is made, together with a flag indicating whether the reference destination and the reference source should be placed on the same page for each element data. You are managing the diagram.

The control processing performed by the document processing apparatus configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the page layouter 4a, which is executed by the CPU 1. This process is started, for example, when the user inputs a command from the keyboard 3 to inject text data into a predetermined frame in the document.

In the figure, first, in step S1, text data is poured. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example in which text data is poured into a text area of a certain document page. As shown in FIG. 6, the text area indicated by a thick line excluding the margin area 22 of the document page 21. Two
Text data is poured into 3.

Next, in step S2, it is determined whether or not this processing is completed, that is, whether or not the layout of all pages is completed, and when completed, this processing is completed, while still arranging. When there are pages remaining, the process proceeds to step S3, and it is determined whether or not the text data has a portion linked to the graphic data.

If it is determined in step S3 that the text data is not linked, the process returns to step S1 to continue the flow of the text data. On the other hand, if the text data is linked, the process proceeds to step S4 to place the text data. Whether or not the graphic data should be arranged on the same page as the text data of the link source is judged from the flag in the element data link information.

If it is determined in step S4 that the same page does not need to be arranged, the process proceeds to step S8, where the arrangement process is performed and the pouring of the text data is continued.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining how to arrange graphic data linked to text data.
(A) shows the state before the placement process, and (b) shows
The state after performing arrangement processing is shown. As shown in the figure,
The graphic data 31 is arranged on the page, and the text data is poured so as to avoid the area of the graphic data 31.

Returning to FIG. 4, as a result of the determination in step S4, if it is necessary to arrange the same page, step S5
Then, the remaining area where graphic data can be arranged in the page is calculated.

In the following step S6, it is determined based on the result whether or not the text can be arranged. If the text can be arranged, the process proceeds to step S8, and after the text is arranged, the pouring of the text data is continued, while the text is arranged. When it is not possible, the pouring process is interrupted and the correction process subroutine of step S9 is started.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example in which the layout is not possible. The document 41 shows the layout processing result described in FIG. 7B, and the document 42 shows the subsequent page. That is, the document 42 includes the reference graphic data 32 (see FIG. 7A).
(Reference) should be placed on the same page, but the area from the position of the reference source to the end of the page is the graphic data 3
2 shows a state in which two are not vacant.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the detailed processing procedure of the correction processing subroutine of step S9.

In the figure, when the correction process is started,
First, in step S11, the drive-out area is calculated. The drive-out area means the area of a frame necessary to drive out the link portion between the text data and the graphic data to the next page.

Next, in step S12, the drive-in area is calculated. The drive-in area is an area insufficient for inserting the linked graphic data into the page being processed.

In a succeeding step S13, a portion in which graphic data that can be enlarged or reduced is arranged from the currently processed position in the forward direction (that is, in the direction in which the page number becomes younger) is searched, and the image can be enlarged or reduced. It is determined whether graphic data is detected. At this time, if the corresponding figure data is not found, the correction is impossible, so this correction processing subroutine is ended. On the other hand, if the corresponding figure data is found, the process proceeds to step S14, and the figure data By expanding within the upper limit range of the expansion rate, it is determined whether or not it exceeds the ejection area calculated in step S11.

When it is determined in step S14 that the area exceeds the drive-out area, the flow advances to step S16 to determine the magnification, and then the flow advances to step S17 to reflow the text data from the page where the graphic data is arranged. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S14 that the drive-out area is not exceeded, the flow advances to step S15 to determine whether or not the drive-in area calculated in step S12 is exceeded by reducing within the lower limit range of the reduction rate of the graphic data. To do.

If it is determined in step S15 that the driving-in area is exceeded, the process proceeds to step S16, and the above-described processing is performed.
Returning to step 13, the next graphic data is searched.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a document completed by completing the correction process and reflowing the text data. As shown in the figure, the graphic data 31 in the document 41 in FIG. 8 is enlarged, and the graphic data 32 referred to in the document 42 is expelled to the document 43 on the next page together with the reference source, and is referred to as the reference source. The corresponding figure is placed on the same page.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
A flag controls whether or not the reference source text data and the graphic data linked to it need to be placed on the same page. Depending on the state of this flag, the reference source text data and the reference destination graphic data can be displayed on the same page. When it must be arranged, the graphic data of a page younger than that page is scaled within the upper limit range that can be expanded and pushed to the next page, or the scaled data is scaled within the lower limit range that can be reduced and driven to the same page. , Since the same processing is performed for the subsequent pages, the sentence and the corresponding figure can be automatically arranged on the same page, and thus the sentence can be quickly created. .

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Moreover, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the case where it is achieved by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus.

Further, although the graphic data storage area 5a is placed on the RAM 5 in this embodiment, the spirit of the present invention is not changed even if a secondary storage device such as a hard disk or a magneto-optical disk is used. .

[0036]

As described above, according to the document processing apparatus of the present invention, when the element data is arranged in accordance with the link information including the same page arrangement presence / absence information, an error that is a portion that cannot be arranged is generated. When a location is detected, the placement process is interrupted, the display area of the graphic data placed before the error location is scaled and corrected within the range that can be scaled, and the corrected location is set to the top. Since the element data is rearranged in this way, it is possible to automatically arrange the graphic data corresponding to the sentence on the same page, and thus it is possible to quickly create the sentence.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a page layouter shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of document data in which text data and graphic data are linked.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the page layouter in FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing a detailed processing procedure of a correction processing subroutine of step S9 in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example in which text data is poured into a text area of a document page.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining how graphic data linked to text data is arranged. .

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example in which graphic data cannot be arranged on the same page.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a document completed by completing correction processing by the document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment and reflowing text data.

[Description of Reference Signs] 1 CPU (enlarging / reducing means, arranging means, error detecting means, interrupting means, correcting means, starting means) 5 RAM (storage means)

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Document data is separated into text data and graphic data, which are element data thereof, and is held, and link information for linking a reference source and a reference destination is given to each element data, and the given link is given. A document processing apparatus for processing document data by associating each element data with information, the enlarging / reducing means for arbitrarily enlarging / reducing the graphic data within a preset upper / lower limit range in which enlargement / reduction is possible, According to the storage means for storing the same page layout presence / absence information indicating whether or not it is necessary to arrange the reference source and the reference destination on the same page, and the link information including the same page layout presence / absence information. Arranging means for arranging the element data on a predesignated page, error detecting means for detecting a portion that cannot be arranged by the arranging means, and when the error portion is detected, Correction means for interrupting the placement processing by the placement means, and correcting the detected error location by scaling the display area of the graphic data placed before the error location within the range in which the scaling can be performed. A document processing apparatus, comprising: a correction unit for performing the operation, and an activation unit for activating the arrangement unit for rearranging the element data with the corrected position as a head. 2. When the error portion is detected, the correction means scales the graphic data arranged before the error portion within the expandable range and pushes it to the next page, or 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document processing apparatus corrects the image by changing the magnification within the reducible range and driving the same page.