JPH0827698B2 - Document processing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus for printing document data such as a document, a figure, and an image, and more particularly to a document processing apparatus for performing optimum printing with reference to a format. It is a thing.

[Prior Art] A conventional document processing device such as a word processor is
Print according to the format attached to the document file. Therefore, even when a plurality of documents are printed together, each can be printed only in a completely independent format.

[Problems that the invention is trying to solve]

Conventionally, when a document is actually created by a document processing device such as a word processor, there is a problem that the capacity of a file of one document is limited, and that the processing speed becomes slow when the document is created to the full capacity. Therefore, when making a relatively large document, the document file is divided at the breaks of large sentences such as chapters and sections. This results in the original large document being multiple document files with the same format,
Since there is no communication between each file, the number, pillar,
It was necessary to preset format information such as heading numbers at the beginning of each file. This is not only complicated to set, but also a change in one document file affects other document files, which is a big problem in terms of man-hours and maintenance of the document file.

[Means (and Action) for Solving Problems]

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a document processing apparatus capable of efficient document creation, operation, and maintenance by using the format of one document file in another document file at the time of printing. The purpose is to provide.

In the document processing apparatus according to the present invention, the format information at the time when the printing of one document file is completed is handed to the document file to be printed next, so that the document file to be printed next is connected to the completed document file. It is provided with a means to become a document file.

Further, in the document printing apparatus of the present invention, a plurality of document files designated as one printing unit are sequentially printed, and the end format of one document file is reflected in the start format of the document file to be printed next. Let

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of a document processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a CRT display unit of a raster scan display system and 2 is a video RAM (VRAM).
Then, the pattern development information for one screen is stored. Reference numeral 3 is a display control unit, which controls pattern expansion to VRAM 2 and CRT display unit 1.
Control the pattern reading to. Reference numeral 4 denotes a microprocessor (MPU) that controls each unit as a whole, controls each unit according to a control program stored in the main memory 5, and stores information for data processing in a work area of the main memory 5. Writing or reading. The main memory 5 is composed of a ROM 5a containing a control program, a RAM 5b serving as a work area, and the like. The MPU4 also serves as the address updating means of the present invention. An external magnetic disk device 6 stores a document file and the like. A pointing device (hereinafter referred to as PD) 7 performs a selection operation for a position designation input operation of a display screen and a format setting operation of a format setting screen (menu). A keyboard 8 is used to input numerical values or documents for formatting. An I / O bus 9 connects each unit to the MPU4. 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes a printing device including a printer such as a laser beam, which prints the document data displayed on the CRT display unit 1 in a bit map. Reference numeral 11 denotes an image memory, in which the raster image displayed on the CRT display unit 1 is expanded, and the contents expanded in the image memory 11 are to be printed by the printer 10. Reference numeral 12 is a direct memory access controller (hereinafter referred to as DMAC) which is a document expanding means of the present invention.
Command to print the contents of the image memory 11 to the printer 10.
Transfer to.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining the memory map in the main memory 5 shown in FIG. ₁ , and P ₁ is a document data sentence portion, and the sentence data is stored as code information. P ₂ is a document data format part, which includes, for example, line pitches, character pitches, numbers and the like (described later) as data. P ₃ row information in the table, and performs positioning in the memory and the display, for example, the data x ₁₁ row by _{row, x 12, x 13, ...} , y 1
Etc.) are stored.

Next, referring to FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, the function relating to the format such as the print format and the column format and the call to the text will be described.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining a part of the data stored in the external magnetic disk device 6 shown in FIG. 1, 31 is a format file table, and 32 is a format file.
Decide which file in the file to select. Reference numeral 33 is a document file, which has a text portion 33a for storing actual document data and a format portion 33b for storing a format corresponding to the document, and which text or format of the document file 33 is selected by the document file table 34. Decide

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining the text and column definition of the text part 33a shown in FIG. 3, and 41 is a column definition part, which is a heaven data definition part, a throat data definition part, a step number data definition part, and a column. It consists of alignment data definition part, line length data definition part, inter-column data definition part, etc. Reference numeral 42 denotes a text definition section, which includes a character spacing data definition section, a line leading definition section, a paragraph indentation data definition section, and the like.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the parameters (terms) regarding the format, and 51 is a display screen, showing the state displayed on the CRT display unit 1. 52 is a printing plate composed of two layers, which is the print target area. The printing plate 52, which is composed of areas indicated by vertical and horizontal arrows, is the printing plate on the left page of the facing page. I shows the sky, II shows the throat, III is a row,
The position where the lower row of the row is aligned is shown. IV indicates the number of rows, and V indicates the distance between columns. VI indicates line spacing. VII indicates a small edge. The above I to VI are determined by the column definition unit 41, and the main unit definition unit 42 has data such as character font, dot number, size and character spacing, paragraph indentation, and color information.

Next, the function related to the above-mentioned format will be described in detail.

[1] Format Registration FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining the format registration setting procedure. In addition, (1) to (6) indicate each step.

When the command to register the format is entered, the work station (W
Of the various functions of S), the format registration routine starts, and paper information, that is, paper size, paper placement direction, vertical writing / horizontal writing, etc., is input (1). Next, the stage format information, that is, the plate surface 52 in the sheet PA is determined by PD7, for example, by inputting two points marked with * as shown in FIG. 7 (a) (2). Then, as shown in FIG. 7 (b), the number of steps, “2” in this figure, is input, and as shown in FIG. 7 (c), the keyboard 8 or PD7 is input.
By, for example, a * mark is specified, and the step width and the step interval are specified (the operation up to this point completes the step definition specification). Then
Judge whether input of style information is completed (3), NO
If so, as shown in FIG. 7 (d), the text definition designation, that is, the page number (page number), the pillar (heading of the margin), the headings, etc. are input (4), and if YES, the set format is set to the third.
It is registered in the format files A, B, C, ... Of the format file 32 shown in the figure (5). In this way, since the column definition information and the text definition can be intuitively specified while looking at the screen displayed on the CRT display unit 1, the format can be set very efficiently. Needless to say, more accurate format setting can be performed by numerically displaying the format setting state and format.

[2] Partial correction of registered format Next, the partial correction operation of the registered format will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram for explaining the format menu display operation, and shows a state in which multi-window display is performed on the CRT display unit 1 shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart for explaining the partial correction operation of the registered format. In addition, (1) to (4) indicate each step.

When part of the registered format is to be modified, a format menu for calling the registered format is displayed on the CRT display unit 1 on a part of the display screen, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, a format file list, For example, the format files A to E are multi-window displayed (1). The format file B is an article, the size of the paper is "A" version, the size of the type is "10 points" (not shown), and the number of columns is "1". There is. Then, move the cursor (K in the figure) with PD7 and turn on the PD7 key (not shown) at the desired format, for example, the report of format file A, and the format file A shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. The entered format is selected by the format file table 31 and displayed on the CRT display unit 1 shown in FIG. 1 as shown in FIG. 7 (2). Then, the format is corrected by numerically or intuitively transforming the image with respect to the parameter such as the line length of the column of the format file A by the keyboard 8 or PD7 (3). Then, the corrected format is rewritten in the format file A shown in FIG. 3 (4).

[3] Formatting of Document Next, the formatting operation of the document will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart for explaining a document formatting operation. In addition, (1) and (2) show each step.

When the command for formatting the document is input by WS, the screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the CRT display unit 1.
In addition, even if this screen is currently being processed on the screen,
It is superimposed and displayed on it. Therefore, in order to make the document easy to see, the box □ shown in the lower right of FIG. 8 can be pointed upward with the cursor K, and the window can be scaled according to the movement of the cursor K. Also, if you specify and move the "format file" portion of the title, you can move the entire window. Therefore, even if the text screen is displayed, the screen shown in FIG. 8 can be moved or scaled to be displayed in an empty space on the text screen, and a desired format in the window can be easily selected according to the text screen. it can.

Now, while the document of the data n ₁ of the sentence part 33a shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the screen, the window of the format file list shown in FIG. 8 can be arbitrarily displayed on the screen by key input from WS. When the desired format, for example, format file A is selected by the PD7 and the cursor K, the format file A shown in FIG. 3 is selected and the format is shown in FIG. A corresponding to the data n ₁ of the format part 33b
Is copied to the part of (2). This deletes the form of the document currently being processed. And the formatted output of the document is
Since the text is formatted according to the new format in the document, the document being processed by the above operation is output in the completely new format format.

[4] Partial Change of Document Format Next, the partial change operation of the document will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart for explaining the partial change operation of the document. In addition, (1) to (3) indicate each step.

When a part of the format of the document created by formatting the document in [3] described above is partially corrected, the document file 33 including the format part 33b and the text part 33a is read by the document file table 34 (1) and the CRT is used. The display unit 1 displays the document in that format. Then, the number of steps mentioned above,
If it is desired to correct parameters related to formats such as column setting, line length, and column spacing (2) and register them, they may be newly or reregistered in the document file 33 shown in FIG. 3 (3).

Next, the document processing and typesetting processing work will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart for explaining the procedure of document processing and typesetting processing work. In addition, (1) to (27) indicate respective steps. Further, the document referred to here is a word including image data. Further, for simplification of description, description of the key controller and the like is omitted, and it is assumed that all are managed by the MPU 4.

The MPU4 waits for an input from the keyboard 8 or PD7 (1), and when a key input is made, it is determined whether or not it is a document call command (2). If NO, the control shifts to another control (this invention). A description of control not directly related to is omitted),
If YES, it is judged whether there is no document data on the image memory 11 or page memory (not shown) and it is blank, that is, whether it is in the initial state (3). If YES, proceed to step (5) and thereafter. , NO, the document data is retrieved from the external magnetic disk device 6 or the like onto the memory (4). Then, the document data 62 and the editing menu expanded on the VRAM 2 are displayed on the CRT display unit 1 as shown in, for example, FIG. 13 (5), (6). Then the keyboard 8 or
Wait for key input from PD7 (7), judge whether the key input is an instruction to move the cursor K (8), YE
If S, the cursor K is moved as a position cursor (9), and the process returns to step (7).

On the other hand, if the result of step (8) is NO, it is determined whether the key input is a command to instruct the "range designation" key in the menu section 61 by the PD7 and arrow AR (10), and YE
If it is S, the cursor K is set as the range cursor (11), and the process returns to step (7).

On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step (10) is NO, it is determined whether the key input in step (7) is an edit command such as line alignment (12). Execute (13), then judge whether to make partial correction (14). If YES, redisplay the corrected part on the CRT display unit 1 (15), return to step (7), and if NO. For example, wait for the full correction command (16), perform the input full correction, display the full correction screen on the CRT display 1 (17),
Return to step (7).

On the other hand, if the judgment at step (12) is NO, it is judged whether the key input at step (7) is a format command (18). If YES, the entered format command is executed (19). , Return to step (14), if NO, determine whether the key input at step (7) is a layout command (20), if YES execute the input layout command (21), and if NO. For example, it is judged whether the key input in step (7) is a print command (2
2) If YES, print processing is executed (23) and the process returns to step (7). If NO, it is determined whether the key input at step (7) is a table setting command (24). For example, the table processing is executed (25), and the process returns to step (7). If NO, it is judged whether the key input at step (7) is another application selection command (26). Application processing such as document updating is performed (27), and the process returns to step (1). If NO, the process returns to step (7).

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the binder of this embodiment. The binder "Product XXX-YYY" 63 has three binders, "operation manual" 64, "guide book" 65, and "service manual" 66. And in "Operation Manual" 64, "Introduction" 67, "Chapter 1" 68,
"Chapter 2" 69, "Chapter 3" 70, "Chapter 4" 71, "Chapter 5" 7
Although there are two document files of “Chapter 6” 73 and “Conclusion” 74, a logically large document is a binder of “Operation Manual” 64. When printing the "Operation Manual" 64 binder, the format information such as the number, pillar, heading number, etc. at the time when the above-mentioned document file "Introduction" 67 has been printed is shown in the next document file "Chapter 1" 68. According to the format information in the document file “Chapter 1” 68, for example, if the heading number ends in Chapter 0, the next heading number is set to Chapter 1 or part of the previous format information. Reconfigure each page of the document with the initial value of. Similarly, the document files “Chapter 2” 69, ...

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of the present embodiment showing an example when the “operation manual” 64 of FIG. 14 is printed. When the document file "Introduction" 67 is printed, there is a heading 75 having an attribute of an automatic heading number in the text, and since the initial value is 0, it becomes Chapter 0. Also, there is a pillar command 76 in the text, so that the pillar 84 is printed on the result 74 of printing the document file "Introduction" 67. Further, since the page number data in the format is set in the form of being linked with the page number, it is printed with the page number like page number 85. When the document file "Introduction" 67 ends on page N, the next document file "Chapter 1" 68 is printed with the information on the pillar command 84 and the heading number information as the end format information at that time. The print result 77 of the document file "Chapter 1" 68 becomes Chapter 1 when the headline 78 is generated according to the above-mentioned end information, and the column 84-1 and the page number 85-1 are also present. In the document file “Chapter 1” 68, there is a two-column set command 79, and hence the two-column set will be used thereafter. Similarly, document file "Chapter 2"
Printed from 69 to “End” 73. In the document file "End" 73, there is a one-column command 84.
It becomes a column. The pillar command 76, the two-column command 79, and the one-column command 84, which are control commands, are not actually printed.

FIG. 16 is a flow chart for explaining the transfer of formats between a plurality of documents in the binder printing routine according to this embodiment. In addition, (1) to (7) indicate each step.

When printing of the binder is started, the initial value of the format correction information and no format correction are taken out (1). The document file to be printed next is taken out from the binder (2). Further, the format information of the document file is taken out (3). Next, the format fetched in (3) is modified according to the current format modification information to obtain print format information at the start of printing the document file (4). The document file is printed according to the print format information (5). When the printing is completed and there is no target document file, the printing routine is ended (6). If there is a document file to be printed, the state of the format at the time when printing is completed is taken out as format correction information, and the process returns to step (2) (7).

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, in the document processing apparatus according to the present invention, even the document data obtained by dividing the document file into a plurality of pieces can be printed like one document file, so that the operator can divide the document file according to the function, This has the effect of making operation and maintenance of the operator very easy.

Further, even if the size of one document file is limited to a small size due to the hardware limitation, a plurality of document files can be printed as one document file, so that it is possible to print as an apparently large document file. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of a document processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining the memory map in the main memory shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a part of the data stored in the external magnetic disk device, and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining the definition of the text and columns of the text part shown in FIG. , Fifth
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining parameters relating to the format, FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining the format registration setting procedure, FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram for explaining the format registration setting operation, and FIG. 8 is for explaining the format menu display operation. FIG. 9 is a flow chart for explaining a partly correcting operation of a registered format, FIG. 10 is a flow chart for explaining a document formatting operation, and FIG. 11 is a document FIG. 12 is a flow chart for explaining the procedure of document processing and typesetting processing, FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram for explaining the document processing and typesetting processing work, and FIG. 14 is a binder. FIG. 15 is an explanatory view showing a printing example of the present embodiment, and FIG. 16 is a flow chart of delivery of a format of a printing routine according to the present invention. 1 …… CRT display unit 2 …… VRAM 3 …… Display control unit 4 …… MPU 5 …… Main memory 6 …… External magnetic disk device 7 …… PD 8 …… Keyboard 10 …… Printing device 11 …… Image memory 12 …… DMAC

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document processing device for printing document data based on a preset document format, and an instructing means for instructing simultaneous printing of two or more document files by the printing device, Document processing characterized by comprising a transmitting means for transmitting format data between a plurality of files, and printing a document in accordance with the transmitted format data or while partially modifying the transmitted format data. apparatus.