JPH08221411A - Document preparation processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the degree of freedom for rearrangement processing or the like to a superimposed part by excluding a character string in the character frame of the superimposed part, inputting and storing information on the range to be rearranged. CONSTITUTION: When the 'execution' of exclusion and the 'execution' of save are set to respective character frames A and B, a CPU judges whether the superimposed part exists in the character frames A and B and when it is judged that a superimposed part exists, display conditions at the superimposed part of the character frames A and B is set like (a). When the 'execution' of exclusion and the 'execution' of save are set for the character frame A as the respective attributes of the character frames A and B and the 'execution' of exclusion and the 'non-execution' of save are set for the character frame B, the CPU judges whether the superimposed part exists in the character frames A and B or not and when it is judged that the superimposed part exists, the display conditions of the character string at the superimposed part of both the character frames A and B are set like (b). In this case, the state in which the character string in the character frame A is excluded and the character string in the character frame B is displayed, are provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a document in which a character string in a superposed portion can be rearranged when character frames or character frames and figures overlap each other in the process of creating and editing a document. Creation processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An electronic editing system for creating and editing documents using a computer, a so-called DTP (desktop publishing) technology, is making great progress. In this DTP technology, when creating a page of a certain character set, if it is necessary to move or rotate the character frame in the process of laying out the character in the character frame where the document should be expanded, another character frame Therefore, it sometimes happens that the characters and figures in other character frames are overlaid by overlapping with the figures and the like. In such a case, the character string in the character frame on the normally covered side or the character string in the character frame on the covered side is rearranged. As a means for determining the character string to be rearranged, in the conventional case, the operator manually moves the character frame on the covered side each time, and moves the character string here.
Further, rearrangement is performed such that the character string of the hidden character frame is avoided in a manner of avoiding the hidden character frame (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 4-
No. 127356).

[0003]

However, the former method requires a great deal of labor and time on the part of the operator, and the latter method requires the characters in the character box covered by the predefined character box. Since only the columns are to be rearranged, it cannot be applied when the character frame and the graphic overlap, and the processing is limited to one pattern.
There is a problem that it is difficult to perform processing considering the importance of figures and the like.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and its purpose is to give a predetermined attribute to a character frame or a graphic, and whether the attribute is acceptable, unacceptable, or in other words Then, the operator sets in advance the handling contents for the overlapped portion, thereby providing a document creation processing device with a high degree of freedom in the rearrangement processing and the like for the overlapped portion.

[0005]

According to the document creation processing method of the present invention, when a character frame or a graphic is expanded on a layout screen to create or edit a document, the character frames or the character frame and the graphic are separated from each other. In a document creation processing device provided with a means for detecting whether or not there is overlap in at least a part, and a means for rearranging the overlap part when there is overlap, information regarding the range in which the overlap part should be rearranged. Means to enter
It is characterized by comprising means for storing this information and means for rearranging based on this information when a superposed portion is detected.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when character frames are overlapped with each other or a character frame and a figure are overlapped with each other, a priority can be arbitrarily set and input to freely select a rearrangement target. The rearrangement process can be performed.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main components of a document creation processing apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU that controls the entire system, other character frames,
Whether there is an overlapping part between the character frame and the figure, photo, etc.
It is provided with a means for judging whether or not it is present, a means for performing a predetermined process such as a predetermined rearrangement of the character string of the superposed portion when it exists, a device for displaying the content of the process, and the like. This CPU 1, ROM 2, RAM 3, font memory 4, VRAM
5, the magnetic storage device 6, the keyboard 7, the mouse 8 and the image memory 9 are mutually connected by a bus. Also VRAM 5
Is connected to the CRT 10, and the image memory 9 is connected to the output device 11. The ROM 2 stores a boot program when the device is powered on, and the RAM 3 stores a program read from an external storage device and character information being edited, and is used as a work area of the CPU 1.

The font memory 4 stores font data for generating a character pattern. The VRAM 5 expands the image to be displayed on the CRT 10 which displays the image. The magnetic storage device 6 includes a flexible disk device, a hard disk device, and the like, and various programs related to document processing,
Document information is stored. The keyboard 7 is an input means for giving a predetermined command to characters forming a document. The mouse 8 controls movement of the graphic cursor displayed on the CRT 10. The image memory 9 develops an image for one page of recording paper and outputs it to the output device 11 during the printing process.
The output device 11 is composed of a printer or the like that forms a visible image on a recording medium based on the image developed in the image memory 9.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of each storage area in the RAM 2. The RAM 2 stores a character frame, for example, a character frame area storage unit 2 that stores the character frame based on the coordinate value of each of the two or four corners.
1, a character storage unit 22 and a character attribute storage unit 23 for storing attributes given to characters. And character box area storage
The page 21 of the document and the character frame area existing for each page can be stored in 21. For example, in the case of a three-page document, the concatenation order of pages 1, 2, 3 and each of them, that is, "after" page 1 is "before" page 2 and "after" page 2
Indicates that it is connected to the "front" of page 3, and conversely, "front" of page 3 is connected to the "back" of page 2, and "front" of page 2 is connected to the "back" of page 1. See page 1
“Before” and “After” on page 3 indicate NULL, in other words, the end.

In addition, the character frame area 1 existing on page 1,
Data relating to the order of connection between the second and third character frame areas 1, 2, and 3 is also stored. For example, character frame areas 1, 2,
Between the three, the "back" of the character frame area 1 is "front" of the character frame area 2, the "back" of the character frame area 2 is "front" of the character frame area 3, and vice versa. "Before" is connected to "rear" of the character frame area 2, "front" of the character frame area 2 is connected to "rear" of the character frame area 1, and "rear" of the character frame area 3 is NULL, in other words, at the end. It indicates that there is something.

Further, the coordinates indicating the position of each of them, whether or not to exclude other character frames or figures in the overlapping portion when overlapping with other character frames or figures, and other character frames or figures when overlapping Stored are attributes such as whether to be excluded by, in other words, whether to save from another character frame or graphic area. For example, regarding the character frame area 1, the upper left coordinates (X1, Y1) and the lower right coordinates indicating the position
(X2, Y2 ) And whether or not characters in other character frame areas are excluded when overlapping occurs with other character frame areas (ON / OFF), and whether characters are excluded by other character frame areas that overlap. The attribute of whether or not, in other words, whether to save from another character frame area (on / off) is stored.

Excluded here is that when one character frame is partially or wholly superimposed on another character frame or figure, it is a character or figure in another character frame, and It is an attribute for excluding the characters or figures of the overlapping portion from within the area of one character frame, meaning that [ON] excludes and [OFF] does not exclude.

Similarly, when the character frame is partially or wholly overlapped with another character frame or figure, the evacuation is performed from the range of another character frame or the area of the figure. This is an attribute indicating whether or not to be excluded. [ON] means to save, and [OFF] means not to save. As the attribute information of the character frame, information on whether to exclude the character string as described above, position information such as upper left coordinates, lower right coordinates, etc. of the character frame in addition to the exclusion width information, the size of the character frame, the margin,
There are the typeface in the character frame, the character size, the line alignment position, the line spacing, the character spacing, the set direction, etc.

In FIGS. 3 and 4, the attributes of the character frames A and B, in particular "exclude" and "save", are "Yes", that is, "On" and "No", that is, "Off". It is explanatory drawing which shows the display and concealment aspect of the character string of the superimposition part mutually when a part of character frame A, B is overlapped depending on whether it is. In FIG. 3 (a), when the attributes as shown on the left side are set, that is, when the exclusion "exit" and the save "exit" are set for each of the character frames A and B, the CP
It is explanatory drawing which shows the display mode in the overlapping part of character frame A, B when it judges whether U1 has the overlapping part in character frame A, B, and whether it exists. In this case, neither the character frame A nor the character frame B is displayed in the overlapping portion.

Similarly, in FIG. 3 (b), the exclusion "execute" and the save "execute" for the character frame A as the respective attributes of the character frames A and B are
Further, when the exclusion “Yes” and the saving “No” are set for the character frame B, the CPU 1 determines whether or not there is an overlapping portion in the character frames A and B, and determines whether there is any overlap. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display mode of the character string in the superimposition part of character frame A, B, and the character string of the character frame A was excluded, and the character string of the character frame B is displayed.

FIG. 3 (c) shows a case where both exclusion and exclusion are set as the attributes of the character frames A and B respectively, and FIG. 4 (a) shows both character frames A and B respectively. In the case where exclusion “do not” and save “exclude” are set as the attributes of FIG. 4B, in FIG. 4B, exclusion “exclude” and save “exclude” for the character frame A, and exclusion “do not” for character frame B 4 (c) indicates that the exclusion is set to "No" and the save "No" is set as the attributes of the character frames A and B respectively. It is determined whether or not there is an overlapping portion in the frames A and B, and the respective displayed modes when it is determined that they are present are shown. As for the rearranged area of the excluded character string, a new area may be set each time as in the conventional case, or a predetermined wraparound process may be performed as conventionally known.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the processing contents when the exclusion width area is set as an attribute. For the character frame area A, the attributes “exclude” is “on” and “save” is “on”, and for the character box area B is “exclude” is “off” and “save” is “on”. When the overlapping portion F ₁ exists in the character frame areas A and B as shown in 5 (a), the CPU
1 determines whether or not there is an overlapping portion in the character frames A and B, and when it is determined that the overlapping portion exists, the character frame area B in which "exclude" is "off" is shown in FIG. 5 (b). As shown in the figure, the exclusion width F ₂ having a predetermined width exceeding this is automatically set outside the character frame area A, and as a result, F ₁ + F ₂ becomes the exclusion area, and the character string excluded from this area is shown in FIG. Are hatched, that is, they are rearranged in a pouring region F ₃ .

The flow-in area F ₃ is an area obtained by geometrically subtracting the area F ₁ (see FIG. 5 (a)) and the exclusion width area F ₂ from the character frame area B overlapping the character frame area A. is there. If a superposed portion occurs between the character frame area and the graphic, photo area, etc., the character string in the character frame area in the superposed portion is to be rearranged.

Next, the operation of the device of the present invention will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the process of re-composition processing, and FIG. 7 is an exclusion area set Avo.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a subroutine showing the process of obtaining id [m].
9 is a flowchart of a subroutine showing a process of obtaining a character flow area (rearrangement area) Area from [m].

The CPU 1 creates each character frame area, figure,
The coordinate data (upper left and lower right coordinates) of each area such as a photograph and the other attribute data that has been set and input are read out from the magnetic storage device 6, and based on these, the character frame areas, or the character frame areas and figures, a photograph, etc. It is detected whether or not the overlapping area with the area of. When there is a superposed portion, processing as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 is performed based on the attribute which is input in advance through an input means such as a keyboard or is input each time. A set of character frame areas (this is referred to as Frame [n].
n: Number of character box areas) A set of areas excluded (or saved)
(This will be referred to as Avoid [m]. M: the number of partial polygon areas forming the excluded area set). Specifically, FIG.
It is obtained according to the subroutine shown in (step S1).

In FIG. 7, first, the excluded area set Avoid
[M] is initialized to an empty set (step S11), and the count value C of the counter for counting the processed character frames is set to C = 1, and the number of partial polygon areas forming the exclusion area set is set to m = 1. It is determined whether the count value C is C ≦ n (step S
12) If it is not satisfied, the process returns, and if it is satisfied, it is determined whether or not the counted character frame region C has the attribute of "exclude" (step S13). If the attribute of “exclude” is not included in this determination, the process proceeds to step S15. If it has the attribute, the information of the C-th character frame area, that is, position information (upper left coordinate, lower right coordinate), character frame area name, etc. To the excluded area set Avoid [m] and add m to m +
1 (step S14), and count value C of the counter
Is set to C + 1 (step S15), and the process returns to step S12.
The above-described cycle is repeated thereafter, and if C ≦ n is not satisfied, the process returns. The excluded area set Avoid [m] is stored in a list structure like the character box area storage unit shown in FIG.
Information regarding the Cth character frame area is added to this list.

Step S1 of the flowchart shown in FIG.
When the excluded area set Avoid [m] is obtained by returning to step 1, the count value i of the counter (which is secured in the RAM 3 in FIG. 1) indicating whether the character frame area currently being processed is being processed i =
It is set to 1 (step S2), and it is determined whether i ≦ n (step S3). If this condition is not satisfied, the process ends. If it does, the character that is the character rearrangement region is displayed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 8 based on the i-th character frame region Frame [i] and the m-th excluded region Avoid [m]. The flow-in area Area is obtained (step S4). In the subroutine shown in FIG. 8, one character frame area and exclusion area set Avoid
[M] is taken in and the count value j of the counter is set to j = 1,
Area information of the fetched character area is set in the character flow area Area (step S21). It is judged whether or not the count value j is equal to or less than m (step S22), and if it is not satisfied, the process returns (step S27). If it is satisfied, whether the j-th exclusion area and Area have an overlapping portion. It is determined whether or not (step S23). If not, step S
Proceed to step 26, and if you have it again, the jth exclusion area Avoid
It is determined whether [j] and Area are not the same character frame area (step S24). If it is the same character frame area, the process proceeds to step S26. If it is not the same character frame area, geometrically subtracts the area where the j-th excluded area Avoid [j] overlaps from Area, and the remaining area is set as Area again. Set
(Step S25), the count value j of the counter is set to j = j + 1 (step S26), and the process returns to step S22.

[0023]

As described above, in the apparatus of the present invention, the superposed portion of the character string in the character frame is eliminated, and the information regarding the rearrangement range is input and stored. Therefore, it becomes possible to selectively adopt various processes based on this stored information even for the overlapping part, and smoother rearrangement processing can be performed by adopting proper processing for each overlapping part. Etc., the present invention has excellent effects.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of the inside of a magnetic storage device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the processing contents of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the processing contents of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the processing contents of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing steps of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the processing steps of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing steps of the device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 Font memory 5 VRAM 6 Magnetic storage device 7 Keyboard 8 Mouse 9 Image memory 11 Output device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When a character frame or figure is expanded on a layout screen to create or edit a document, it is detected whether or not the character frames are overlapped with each other or at least a part of the character frame and the figure are overlapped. A document creation processing device comprising means and means for rearranging the overlapping portion when overlapping, means for inputting information regarding a range to be rearranged for the overlapping portion, and means for storing this information, A document creation processing apparatus comprising: means for rearranging based on this information when an overlapping portion is detected.