JPH086934A - Document editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display different modes on respective divided screens and to improve operability by dividing an editing document into plural areas to display it and displaying the arrangement of the whole editing document on an optional area out of the plural areas. CONSTITUTION:A display device 57 displays an editing document dividing into four areas and displays the arrangement of the whole editing document on an optional area out of the four areas. In order to control a four-divided editing screen mode, a memory control circuit 55 switches a document memory 54 consisting of a normal edition memory, a graphic edition memory, a graph edition memory, and a layout displaying memory in accordance with a mode and a display memory switching circuit 59 switches the contents of a display memory 56 consisting of memories for displaying the upper left, lower left, upper right, and lower right parts of a display screen for the four-divided editing mode. Consequently different modes can be displayed on respective screens divided by the four-divided screen editing mode and a document can be edited while referring to a graphic, graph or layout display.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing device such as a Japanese word processor having functions such as input, display and printing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a Japanese word processor, in order to create or edit a document containing figures, graphs, etc., different editing methods were required depending on the mode switching. Although it is possible to display characters and symbols in a document and graphics and graphs on the screen at the same time, it is not possible to edit them at the same time. Editing is performed in each edit mode, and the entire document is displayed in full view. I was editing the document by switching to the mode that enabled it.

[0003]

Conventionally, in order to create or edit a document including figures and graphs, figures, graphs and mathematical expressions are edited by switching to a graphic mode by key operation. Ordinary documents can be edited again by switching to ordinary mode. At this time, in the graphic mode, a normal document can be displayed for reference. In the normal edit mode, figures and graphs are not displayed, and when they are referenced, the layout display mode is changed to display the entire display. When a normal document is edited with a document including figures and graphs, the layout display mode is switched to, the positions of the figures and graphs are confirmed in the layout display, and the document is edited by returning to the normal document mode. In addition, when aligning or correcting figures and characters, it was necessary to switch between layout display mode and normal mode and make corrections.

An object of the present invention is to perform screen division, enable display of different modes on each of the divided screens, and edit in the on-screen mode on each screen in the screen-divided state. And at the same time, graphics, graphs,
Alternatively, the layout display may be referenced to edit the document to improve usability in operation.

[0005]

In order to achieve the object, according to the present invention, a four-division screen editing mode is provided, and the screen is divided into four parts to display and edit different modes on the respective divided screens. Made possible.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the screen is divided by the four-division screen editing mode, and different modes can be displayed on the respective divided screens. Further, in the divided screen state, each screen is displayed on the screen. Edit in mode is possible,
At the same time, it becomes possible to edit a document by referring to a figure, a graph, or a layout display, which improves usability in operation.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. For example, an example is given in which a document with a figure and a graph is created in a four-division display with a document editing device.

FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of the operation up to the screen display in the four-split screen edit mode when creating a document containing figures and graphs. On the menu screen or the document edit screen immediately after the power is turned on, the four-split screen edit mode is selected by pressing the screen split key. The condition setting screen is displayed. On the condition setting screen, set the conditions for each of the four screens and press the Enter key. Next, when a figure is selected in the four-division screen, the figure area is set, and when the graph is selected, the graph area is set. When the condition is set and the enter key is pressed, the quad split screen edit mode screen is displayed.

FIG. 3 shows a condition setting screen in the four-split screen editing mode. In the 4-split screen edit mode condition setting screen, first press the numeric key or numeric key to select the upper left, lower left, upper right, or lower right edit mode of the four split screen.
Select by number. The normal edit mode is 1, the graphic mode is 2, the graph mode is 3, and the layout display is 4. As an example, the upper left is set to the normal edit mode, the lower left is set to the graphic mode, the upper right is set to the graph mode, and the lower right is set to the layout. Here, a plurality of screens may be set to the same mode.
If you select each number and press the Enter key, the figure is set in the lower left and the graph is set in the upper right. First, the size and position of the graphic area are set in order. Select the size of the figure area by number and press the Enter key. Use the cursor keys to set the position. The graphic area is displayed in black on the screen, and it moves on the screen by operating the cursor keys. Move to any position and press the Enter key to fix the position. Next, the size and position of the graph area are set in the same manner, and when the execute key is pressed, the graphic area and the graph area are displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. Check the position and press the Enter key to display the 4-split screen edit mode screen.
If you want to specify the position again, press the cancel key to return to the graph area setting screen. Press again to return to the graphic area setting screen. If a figure or graph is not set on the quad screen, the area setting of the figure and the graph is omitted, and the condition setting screen of the quad screen edit mode is changed to the quad screen edit mode screen. When a plurality of graphic areas or graph areas are selected, for example, when the graphic areas are selected at the lower left and upper right, the size and position of the graphic area are set twice. First, set the size and position of the lower left graphic area, and press the Enter key. The figure area size and position setting screen is displayed again. Set the figure area size and position in the upper right, and press the Enter key.

FIG. 1 shows a screen in the four-split screen edit mode. The upper left screen 11 is the normal edit mode, the lower left screen 12
Is a graphic mode, the upper right screen 13 is a graph mode, and the lower right screen 14 is a layout display. On the screen of the four-split screen edit mode, the mode of the cursor position is automatically set. When the cursor is on the upper left normal mode screen 11, the normal edit mode is set. Graphic mode when the cursor is on the lower left screen 12, screen 1 on the upper right
When the cursor is on 3, graph mode is entered. The layout is always displayed on the lower right screen 14. You can move the cursor from one area to another by pressing the area move key. If you press the area move key, it moves in the order of upper left, upper right, lower left, lower right, upper left. For example, when the cursor is on the screen 11 in the upper left normal edit mode, pressing the area movement key moves the cursor to the screen 13 in the upper right graph mode to enter the graph edit mode.

A graphic on the lower left screen 12 is displayed in the graphic area 15 of the layout display screen 14 on the lower right, and a graph on the upper right screen 13 is displayed in the graph area. When a character or symbol is input on the screen 11 in the upper left normal edit mode, the input character or symbol is also displayed on the layout display screen 14. When displayed on the layout display screen 14, the graphic area 15 and the graph area 16 are automatically arranged so as not to overlap with each other, and characters and symbols are displayed in the layout of the edited document together with the graphic and graph.

Here, the four divided screens are set to different modes, but when a plurality of screens are set to the same mode, for example, when the upper left and the lower left are set to the normal mode, the upper left screen and the lower left screen are set. You can also edit different parts of the document on the screen. Editing is possible in which the first page of the document is displayed on the upper left screen and the second page of the document is displayed on the lower left screen.

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the display control of the document editing apparatus of the present invention. It comprises a main control unit 51, an input control unit 53 for controlling the input device 52, a document memory control unit 55 for controlling the memory 54 of the edited document, and a display control unit 58 for controlling the display memory 56 and the display device 57. In order to control the four-division edit screen mode, the document memory control unit 55 controls switching of the document memory 54. The display unit has a switching circuit 59 for switching the display memory 56. The document memory 54 includes a normal editing memory, a graphic editing memory, a graph editing memory, and a layout display memory, and the memory control circuit 55 switches the memory depending on the mode. The display memory 56 is composed of memories for displaying the upper left, lower left, upper right and lower right of the display screen in the four-division edit mode, and the display memory control circuit 59 switches the memory depending on the mode. FIG. 6 shows an external view of the document editing device 61 of the present invention. It consists of a main unit and a printing unit,
The main body section includes an input device 62, a display device 63, and the printing section includes a printing device 64.

[0014]

According to the present invention, screen division is performed by the four-division screen editing mode, and different modes can be displayed on each of the divided screens, and the screen is divided and displayed on each screen. It becomes possible to edit in the above mode, and at the same time, it becomes possible to edit the document by referring to the figure, graph, or layout display.
Improves usability in editing documents with graphs.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a display screen of a four-division screen editing mode of a document editing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of operations up to screen display in the four-division screen editing mode of the document editing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a condition setting screen in a four-division screen editing mode of the document editing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen when the size and position of the graphic and graph areas of the document editing apparatus of the present invention are set.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of display control of the document editing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an external view of a document editing apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of Codes] 61 ... Document editing device, 62 ... Input device, 63 ... Display device, 64 ... Printing device.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An input device for inputting at least a desired character, a display device for displaying a document of input and editing results, an output device for outputting a document of editing results, the input device, the display device, and the output device. In a document editing device having a control device for controlling the display, the display device displays the edited document in four areas, allows different areas to be edited, and displays the entire layout of the edited document. Is displayed in any of the four displayed areas of the display device. 2. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display device displays the edited document in four areas, and the edited document is displayed in an arbitrary area of the four areas displayed on the display device. When the entire layout of is displayed and a part of the edited document is edited in any of the four areas, the edited part is automatically changed and placed even when the entire layout is displayed. A document editing apparatus, which displays the entire layout of a document and simultaneously displays a screen for editing a part of the document and a screen for the automatically arranged document. 3. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display device displays the edited document divided into four areas, and an arbitrary area among the four areas displayed on the display apparatus is displayed.
A document editing apparatus, which simultaneously displays a screen for inputting characters and symbols, a screen for inputting figures and pictures, and a screen on which the entire document is arranged. 4. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display device displays the edited document by dividing it into an area for inputting characters and symbols, an area for inputting figures and pictures, and an area for creating a graph. A screen for inputting characters and symbols, a screen for inputting figures and pictures, a screen for creating graphs, and a screen on which the entire document is arranged are displayed on the display device at the same time. A document editing device characterized by editing.