JPH0822551A - Character input editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transfer printed data on a fundamental printed matter to a similar printed matter with a simple operation. CONSTITUTION:An input part 1 for input of attribute information, form information, and position information of characters and position information or a specific, a storage part 5 where these information are stored as composition data of the fundamental printed matter, a font memory 7 where an arbitrary number of character style data are preliminarily stored, a magnification varying processing part which obtains a ratio in accordance with X-direction or Y- direction length of corresponding entire areas of the fundamental printed matter and a desired printed matter to expand or reduce the surface of paper of the desired printed matter, and a correction processing part 2 which expands or reduces each character based on this ratio and moves the specific frame without expansion neither reduction and expands and reduces the area of character input information in a specific position including a blank area are provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to character typesetting, and more particularly to a character input / editing apparatus for character information using a computer system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The digitization of characters in the field of digitization has made remarkable progress. However, there are many problems in diverting print data of the same format little by little and changing the applicable medium. That is, there are many cases in which it is desired to divert a basic printed matter, which is typeset for the lower section of a newspaper, to a similar advertisement with the same content and appearance, such as a weekly magazine or a train suspension advertisement.

However, since the aspect ratio is naturally different in a complicated print layout, it is often preferable to recreate it from the beginning for easy adjustment. However, it is necessary to improve work efficiency, productivity, and reduce the operator's psychological burden of repeating the same thing over and over again. This is because there is a strong demand from clients to comply with the delivery date.

[0004]

Therefore, Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-4
151, Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-72432, Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-553
Prior arts such as No. 2 and Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 6-72432 exist, but they cannot be realized in a form close to one-touch, and there is a strong demand for automation.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and a character editing apparatus capable of diverting one print data to create a similar printed matter of the same type and appearance by a simple operation. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

A character editing apparatus according to the present invention comprises an input section for inputting attribute information, appearance information and position information of a character and position information of a specific frame, and these information for typesetting data of a basic print. Storage unit, a font memory in which an arbitrary number of character typeface data is stored in advance, the X of the entire area corresponding to the basic printed matter and the desired printed matter.
The ratio is obtained from the length in the direction or the Y direction, and the scaling unit that expands and contracts the paper surface of the desired print, and the characters are expanded or contracted or italicized based on this ratio without expanding or contracting the specific frame. A correction processing unit that moves and expands or contracts the area of the character input information at a specific location including the margin area.

[0007]

Therefore, the character editing apparatus of the present invention obtains the ratio from one or both of the vertical and horizontal lengths of the basic print made from the original document and one or both of the vertical and horizontal lengths of the desired print. After expansion and contraction, one or more elements of the input information (position, typeface name, series, transformation) of each character of the original basic print are converted, and position information and other typesetting information are calculated for each character. Then, the processing result is displayed to check the appearance, and if it is inconvenient to change the size of the specific frame such as a photograph, only move the area, and include the margin area. Make corrections.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment suitable for carrying out the present invention.

In the figure, an input unit 1 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, etc., and inputs position information and size of a specific frame into which character attribute information, appearance information and position information, and a photograph etc. are pasted. The arithmetic processing unit 2 includes a CPU for processing these pieces of information, and the processing result is sent to the display unit 4 such as a CRT for display via the control, address and data buses 3.

The data memory 5 is a RAM that stores the input information as the typesetting data of the basic print, and also stores the input and edited character data. The work memory 6 forms a work area used for editing work and display. The font memory 7 is a ROM in which outline data of an arbitrary number of character typefaces such as Mincho and Gothic is stored in advance. The mass storage medium 8 is a hard disk or a floppy disk for storing basic print data and diversion data.

Further, the arithmetic processing unit 2 cooperates with the display unit 4 to obtain a ratio from the lengths in the X direction or the Y direction of the corresponding entire areas of the basic printed matter and the desired printed matter, A scaling unit that expands and contracts the paper surface of the desired print, and expands and contracts each character based on this ratio, moves without expanding and contracting the specific frame, and an area for character input information at a specific location including a margin area. Expansion and contraction are done interactively.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6, one procedure for processing using the input editing apparatus according to the present invention will be described.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the character editing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG.
4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of FIG. 4, FIG. 4 shows basic print data, FIG. 5 shows data after expansion / contraction of paper, and FIG. 6 shows desired data after area correction.

First, in step 11 shown in FIG. 2, the operator inputs individual characters which are the basis of character typesetting. Next, in step 12, character editing is performed such as the grade of the logo title, what type of font is used, designation of the photo sticking point (atari ruled line), and designation of the area for text composition. The completed basic print is the basic print data shown in FIG.

It is assumed that this is for a weekly magazine. If the client requests that the same content be converted into a hanging advertisement for a train (vertical-centimeter, horizontal-centimeter) within the delivery date of one day, the character editing device according to the present invention is promptly used. It will be useful.

FIG. 3 shows a menu screen displayed on the display unit 4 when the paper expansion / contraction shown in step 13 of FIG. 2 or the area expansion / contraction of step 15 is performed. First,
The operator first uses the mouse of the input unit 1 of FIG. 1 to click the button for expanding and contracting the paper surface in FIG. 3, and inputs each numerical value using the numeric keypad of the input unit 1 as the size requested by the client.

Alternatively, the operator keys in a corresponding length ratio, such as 150%. When these operations are completed and the execute key is pressed, the arithmetic processing unit 2 of FIG. 1 performs arithmetic processing to calculate the position information of each character of the basic print data, and the work memory 6 specifies the calculated coordinates. ,
The appearance after the scaling processing is displayed on the display unit 4 via the bus 3 as shown in FIG.
It is displayed as shown in.

When a satisfactory result is obtained, the data may be output as shown in step 17 of FIG. If necessary, it is convenient to store the data in the hard disk or floppy disk 8 shown in FIG. On the other hand, step 1
In 5, when the operator judges that it is inconvenient in the typesetting, for example, when it is not desired to change the position or size of the logo or photograph as shown in FIG. 6, the portion is corrected.

For that purpose, the area expansion / contraction of FIG. 3 is clicked, and while confirming the layout of the character string or the specific frame of the specific area on the screen, the individual correction is sequentially performed so that the blank area does not remain. That is, the work of restoring the horizontal widths of d and e shown in FIG. 5 and the work of changing the composition of the character strings of, for example, two columns shown in f and g into one column are performed. These operations can be easily performed by using a function such as Windows. Finally, the print data of the desired print is obtained as shown in FIG.

If there is no room for correction, that is, if it is judged that the newly edited version is better, the process returns from step 16 to the character editing step.

In the present invention, the object is achieved by correcting only code data, not vector data or raster data. By doing so, each part can be corrected, the basic data can be effectively used as a whole, and the work can be completed in an extremely short period of time.

[0022]

As described above, according to the editing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to instantly divert the print data that has been hard-created by a simple operation, which is extremely useful in terms of labor, time and cost. Benefits are obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example suitable for implementing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a menu screen displayed when the paper surface expansion / contraction or area expansion / contraction is performed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a basic print based on basic print data.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a reference printed matter obtained by extending the basic printed matter shown in FIG. 4 in a lateral direction, for example.

6 is a diagram showing an example of a desired printed material after area correction of the reference printed material shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 input section 2 CPU 4 display section 5 data memory 6 work memory 7 font memory 8 HDD

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting character attribute information, appearance information and position information, and position information of a specific frame, a storage unit for storing these information as typesetting data for a basic print, and an arbitrary number of character typefaces. A font memory in which data is stored in advance, a ratio from the length in the X direction or the Y direction of the entire area corresponding to the basic printed matter and the desired printed matter is obtained, and a variable for expanding or contracting the paper surface of the desired printed matter. Double processing unit and each character is expanded or contracted or transformed into italic based on this ratio,
A character input editing apparatus comprising: a correction processing unit that moves the specific frame without expanding or contracting and expands or contracts the area of character input information at a specific location including a margin area.