JPH0916590A - Document editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a document editing device enabling the edition of a document according to paragraph unit by the edition of tables of contents and unnecessitating the repreparation of tables of contents accompanying the edition of the document. CONSTITUTION: In a document editing device 1 having table of contents preparation function which extracts an arbitrarily designated line as a caption from a document and preparing a table of contents, a table of contents storing the positional information on each caption line composing the table of contents in a memory 6 is extended when the contents is prepared by the table of contents preparation function, the prepared table of contents is edited, a table of contents edition part 8 updating the table of contents of the memory 6 according to this edition and a document edition part 7 editing a document main body based on this updated the table of contents are provided, the edition of the document by the paragraph unit corresponding to the caption can be enforced by the edition of the table of contents.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing apparatus suitable for application to, for example, a word processor, and more particularly to a document editing apparatus capable of editing a document in paragraph units corresponding to headings by editing a table of contents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various document editing devices applied to word processors and the like have been developed, and the functions of these document editing devices are increasing year by year. And one of them is a function called the table of contents creation function.

The table-of-contents creating function is used when the operator edits a document by arbitrarily designating an arbitrary line as a heading line and performing an operation to instruct the creation of a table of contents. It automatically creates a structured table of contents.

For example, when the document 11 having the structure shown in FIG.
If is set as a heading line and an operation for instructing to create a table of contents is performed in this state, the table of contents 13 as shown in FIG. 8A is automatically created.

The created table of contents can be stored in an auxiliary storage such as a floppy disk as a file separate from the document body, and can be inserted as document data at any position in the document body. Is. Then, the created table of contents is managed as additional information of the document body, and can be referred to as appropriate by opening a window for the table of contents during editing work.

On the other hand, in a document editing apparatus applied to a conventional word processor or the like, when a document is edited in units of paragraphs, for example, when any paragraph is moved to another position by paragraph, a table of contents creating function is provided. Even if the table of contents is created by, the range of movement in the document is specified (start point and end point, etc.) and then the destination is specified without using the table of contents. . At this time, it may be necessary to operate across multiple pages depending on the location of the destination, and forcing the operator to perform such a procedure significantly deteriorates the operability of the word processor, etc. It was a cause of lowering the efficiency.

When a document is edited in such a manner as to change the arrangement of paragraphs, the conventional document creating apparatus has to re-instruct the table of contents by instructing the table of contents again.

[0008]

As described above, in a document editing apparatus applied to a conventional word processor or the like, a document is processed in paragraph units (move, delete, copy, exchange, print and jump to paragraph position). If you want to), you can't do it using the table of contents,
The source and destination of the document must be specified in the document, and the operability is extremely poor.

Further, when the document is edited with such a change in the arrangement of paragraphs, there is a problem that the table of contents must be recreated. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and makes it possible to edit a document on a paragraph-by-paragraph basis by editing the table of contents, and to eliminate the need to recreate the table of contents associated with the document editing. An object of the present invention is to provide a document editing device that dramatically improves efficiency.

[0010]

The document editing apparatus according to the present invention is a document editing apparatus having a table of contents creating function for creating a table of contents by extracting from a document all lines arbitrarily designated as headings. A table of contents table that stores the position information of each heading line that composes the table of contents created by the table of contents creation function, a table of contents editing unit that edits the created table of contents, and a table of contents table that is created according to the editing of the table of contents editing unit. Paragraphs corresponding to headings are provided, which include a table-of-contents table updating unit for updating and a document-editing unit for editing the document body based on the updated table-of-contents table when the table-of-contents table is updated by the table-of-contents table updating unit. It is characterized in that the unit document can be edited by editing the table of contents.

In this document editing apparatus, when a table of contents is created by the table of contents creating function, the position information of each index row forming the created index is stored in the index table.

Here, for example, in the case of moving one paragraph to another position for each paragraph, the operator does not specify the corresponding part in the document and move it to a desired position, but a table of contents. Move the paragraph by opening a window and moving the heading.

When the heading is moved by editing the table of contents,
The table of contents table updating means updates the table of contents table according to this movement. Then, the document editing means re-edits the relevant part of the document body based on the table of contents to move it to the destination. This re-editing is performed, for example, by rearranging the document developed in the main storage device (memory) in another free area.

As a result, the operator does not need to operate the document body over a plurality of pages, and can edit the paragraphs by simply editing the table of contents, such as moving, deleting, copying and replacing headings. be able to.

Further, since the table of contents stores the position information of each heading line constituting the table of contents, when printing or displaying, it is possible to print or display in paragraph units corresponding to the table of contents. Becomes

Further, in this document editing apparatus, when the arrangement of the lines designated as the heading lines is changed by editing the document body, the table-of-contents table updating means follows the table-of-contents table editing in accordance with the editing of the document body. To update. Then, the table of contents editing means edits the table of contents in accordance with the update of the table of contents table updating means.

As a result, even when the document body for updating the heading row array is edited,
There is no need for the operator to recreate the table of contents.

[0018]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a document editing apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the document editing apparatus 1 of the embodiment has a control unit 2, an instruction input unit 3, a display unit 4, an auxiliary storage unit 5, a memory 6, a document editing unit 7, a table of contents editing unit 8 and printing. It comprises a part 9.

The control unit 2 controls the entire document editing apparatus 1. Further, the instruction input unit 3 inputs into the document editing apparatus 1 an instruction requested by the operator by operating a keyboard or a mouse. The display unit 4 displays a document or a window for a table of contents on a display device such as a CRT or LCD. Further, the auxiliary storage unit 5 stores the created document in a floppy disk or the like, and takes in the document stored in the floppy disk into the document editing device 1.

The memory 6 is composed of a ROM and a RAM, and the ROM stores programs, dictionaries, font patterns and the like. On the other hand, when the basic program stored in the ROM is copied and made resident in the RAM and the document to be edited is expanded to an appropriate address and the table of contents is created by the table of contents creation function, the table of contents and The table of contents table that holds the position information of the header lines that make up this table of contents is expanded to an appropriate address.

The character editing unit 7 edits the document developed in the memory 6 according to the instruction of the operator input through the instruction input unit 3. Further, the document is edited according to the editing of the table of contents by the table of contents editing unit 8 described later.

The table-of-contents editing unit 8 edits the table of contents expanded in the memory 6 in accordance with the instruction of the operator input through the instruction input unit 3 while the window for the table of contents is opened. The table of contents table expanded in the memory 6 is updated according to this editing. Further, the table of contents and the table of contents table are updated according to the editing of the document body by the document editing unit 7. Then, the printing unit 9 prints a document or the like on the printer.

It is assumed that the document shown in FIG. 2 is being edited. And the handlers are 14a to 14c.
It is assumed that the three lines of "installation", "provided software" and "system startup" indicated by are set as heading lines.

When a table of contents is created by the table of contents creating function in this state, the document editing apparatus 1 of the embodiment creates a table of contents table as shown in FIG. This table of contents table stores the address indicating the starting position of each heading line in the document and the size of the paragraph corresponding to each heading line.

Here, when the paragraph corresponding to the heading line 14a is moved after the paragraph corresponding to the heading line 14b (that is, when the "installation" paragraph is moved after the "provided software" paragraph). think of.

In this case, the operator opens the window for the table of contents and edits the table of contents to edit the header line 14a.
Is moved to the back of the heading line 14b. At this time, the table-of-contents editing instruction input via the instruction input unit 3 is delivered to the table-of-contents editing unit 8, and the table-of-contents table expanded in the memory 6 is updated by the table-of-contents editing unit 8. The update result is shown in FIG.

Next, the document editing unit 7 uses the table of contents editing unit 8
The document body expanded in the memory 6 is rearranged in accordance with the table of contents table updated by. FIG. 3C shows the table of contents after this rearrangement, and FIG. 4 shows the document body.

As described above, the operator does not need to perform an operation such as designating a moving range in the document and then further designating a moving destination when performing editing such as moving in paragraph units. This can be realized only by moving the heading line in.

That is, for example, in the case of deleting each paragraph, the window for the table of contents may be opened and the corresponding heading line may be deleted. You can copy it to. Also,
Since the start address and size are stored as the position information of each heading line in the table of contents table, if you want to print only one of the paragraphs, open the table of contents window and specify the desired heading. By giving a print instruction, it is possible to print only a desired paragraph. The same applies when it is desired to display only one of the paragraphs.

Next, consider a case where the document body is edited to move it in paragraph units. Here, for example, in FIG.
Consider a case where the document as shown in FIG. 6 is being edited and the paragraph 16a is moved after the paragraph 16b as shown in FIG.

Movement of a paragraph by this document is usually performed by designating a start position and an end position (start point and end point) indicating the range of the paragraph, and then designating a movement position.

A table of contents table before movement is shown in FIG. Then, when a paragraph is moved by editing the document body, the table-of-contents editing unit 8 detects from the table-of-contents table that the heading line has moved beyond the start addresses of other heading lines, and the table-of-contents table Change the array.

The changed table of contents is shown in FIG. 7 (b). As the address at this time, a start address after rearrangement due to document editing is stored. Then, the table of contents editing unit 8 updates the table of contents expanded in the memory 6 according to the changed table of contents table.

As a result, the operator does not need to recreate the table of contents associated with the editing of the document, that is, the document can be edited without being aware of the state of the document body and the table of contents. Become.

[0035]

As described above in detail, according to the document editing apparatus of the present invention, when a document is edited by, for example, a word processor or the like, when moving, deleting, copying and replacing in paragraph units, the document body is deleted. Instead of editing
Since it can be performed by editing the table of contents, the operability is dramatically improved.

Further, even if the document body is edited such that the arrangement of paragraphs is changed, the table of contents is also edited according to the editing of the document, so that it is not necessary to recreate the table of contents. , Work efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a document editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a document before editing according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a process of updating a table of contents table according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an edited document according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a document before being edited according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an edited document according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a process of updating a table of contents table according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a table of contents creating function.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Document editing device, 2 ... Control unit, 3 ... Instruction input unit, 4 ...
Display unit, 5 ... Auxiliary storage unit, 6 ... Memory, 7 ... Document editing unit, 8 ... Index editing unit, 9 ... Printing unit.

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A document editing apparatus having a table of contents creating function for creating a table of contents by extracting all lines arbitrarily specified as headlines from a document, wherein each table heading line forming the table of contents created by the table of contents creating function A table of contents table that stores the position information of the table, a table of contents editing means for editing the created table of contents, a table of contents table updating means for updating the table of contents table according to the editing of the table of contents editing means, and a table of contents table updating means. When the table of contents table is updated, the document main body is edited based on the updated table of contents table, and the document editing means is provided, and the document can be edited in paragraph units corresponding to the heading by editing the table of contents. A document editing device characterized by the above. 2. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the editing by the table of contents editing means includes moving, deleting, copying and replacing headings. 3. The printing system according to claim 1, further comprising a printing unit that extracts only the paragraph corresponding to the heading specified in the table of contents from the document body by the table of contents table and prints it. Document editing device described. 4. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for searching the paragraph corresponding to the heading specified in the table of contents by the table of contents table and displaying the searched paragraph. . 5. The table of contents table updating means, when the arrangement of heading rows is changed by editing the document body,
The table of contents editing means further comprises means for updating the array of each heading row of the table of contents table in accordance with this change.
3. The document according to claim 1, further comprising means for editing the table of contents according to the update of the table of contents table updating means, and dynamically editing the table of contents according to the editing of the document body. Editing device.