JPH09223133A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make plural documents having respectively different style information such as layout information and format information coexist in a book consisting of plural documents to be hierarchically managed and to easily set up the style information. SOLUTION: A data storage part 40 has a document file group 42 including plural documents as files, a style file group 43 consisting of various style files and a book file group 41 for hierarchically managing plural documents in a book together with the style information. A book managing part 32 hierarchically executes style setting corresponding to respective documents in the book stored in the book file group 41 based upon an instruction from an input part 10. The overlapped setting of the style setting is permitted in each document, each group and each book, the setting is hierarchically executed and a style is applied to each document so that a style set up on hierarchy upper than each document and nearest to the document is prior to others.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus capable of efficiently setting and editing various styles for a plurality of documents in a document composed of a plurality of documents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional document processing apparatus, a plurality of formats cannot be mixed in one document. Therefore, a control code for each page, a management table for each page, or a management table for each line is provided, and by making full use of these, a plurality of formats can be set in one document.

For example, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Application No. 4-305761 discloses a method of changing the paper size of each page or providing a control code indicating the paper direction at the beginning of each page to
Although it is one document, a word processor capable of specifying and processing the format of each page is described.

In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-297123, a master page is created on a page-by-page basis for different format information in a document, and when the document is displayed, the format set in the master page is used. It describes that you can create an image of each page by referring to the page management table based on the information.
Documents with different formats can be created continuously and efficiently.

Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-73544, a chapter management table, a section management table, a page management table, and a line management table are used to hierarchically manage chapters and sections of a document, and these management tables are used. While referring to or changing the, the instructions for editing basic data such as characters, figures, images, and ruled lines are described. In particular, by specifying vertical writing / horizontal writing as the line information of the line management table, Writing / horizontal writing are mixed.

[0006]

However, in the conventional document processing apparatus capable of coexisting a plurality of formats in one document by making full use of the control code, the page management table, or the line management table, line units or pages are used. Since the management is performed in units, the operation becomes complicated, and the load on the document processing device is large.

Here, in the document creating apparatus described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-297123, a master page can be used to set and manage a format over a plurality of pages.

However, in a logically structured document or the like in which a plurality of documents are hierarchically managed, even if the format for each page is managed, the number of pages of the target document changes depending on the layout process, that is, the layout process. To do. Therefore, there is a problem in that it is impossible to determine in advance how many pages the target document corresponds to, or how many pages the target document corresponds to, and it is impossible to set and manage the format over a plurality of pages. .

Moreover, in the conventional document processing apparatus, only the format of the sheet such as the sheet size or the orientation of the sheet is set, and the setting of the information regarding the layout cannot be mixed in one document. there were.

Therefore, according to the present invention, such a problem can be eliminated, and a plurality of documents having different style information, which is format information of the document including layout information and the like, can be mixed in one document. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing apparatus that can perform such setting of style information easily.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a document processing apparatus for managing, editing, and outputting one document composed of a plurality of documents, duplicate setting is permitted for each document in the one document. Management means for managing style information set for one or more documents in the one document, and one style information from the style information set for each document in the one document. Based on a predetermined rule to be applied, one style information for each document in the one document is determined by referring to the management content of the management means, and each document is based on the determined one style information. And an output processing unit for performing an allocation process for each.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in a document processing apparatus for managing, editing and outputting one document composed of a plurality of documents, a first holding means for holding the one document and various style information are stored. Second holding means for holding each style, instructing means for instructing desired style information to one or more documents in the one document, and the desired style for one or more documents instructed by the instructing means Based on a management unit that holds information in association with each other and a predetermined rule that applies one style information from the style information designated for each document in the one document, the management content of the management unit is set. An output processing unit that refers to each style information for each document in the one document and refers to the determined style information to perform an allocation process for each document. It is characterized in.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in a document processing apparatus for managing, editing, and outputting one document composed of a plurality of documents, a first holding means for holding the one document and various style information are stored. Second holding means for holding each style, instruction means for instructing desired style information to one or more documents in the one document, identification information of one or more documents instructed by the instructing means, and Management means for holding the style information designated by one or more documents in association with each other, and a predetermined rule for applying one style information from the style information designated for each document in the one document. Based on the management contents of the managing means, one style information for each document in the one document is determined, and an allocation process for each document is performed based on the determined one style information. Characterized by comprising a Cormorant output processing means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in a document processing apparatus for managing, editing and outputting one document composed of a plurality of documents, a first holding means for holding the one document and various style information are stored. Second holding means for holding each style, instruction means for instructing desired style information to one or more documents in the one document, identification information of one or more documents instructed by the instructing means, and Management means for associating and storing storage location information indicating storage location in the second storage means in which style information designated in one or more documents is stored, and for each document in the one document Based on a predetermined rule that applies one style information respectively from the style information designated by the above, the management information of the management means is referred to determine one style information for each document in the one document, One style information determined, characterized by comprising an output processing unit that performs assignment processing of the respective per document basis.

In a fifth aspect based on the first to fourth aspects, a plurality of documents in the one document are managed by a hierarchical structure, and the managing means manages the style information by the hierarchical structure. It is characterized by

In a sixth aspect based on the fifth aspect, the identification information of the one or more documents is information indicating the type and / or logical structure of each document.

In a seventh aspect based on the fifth aspect, the predetermined rule of the output processing means is one style information applied to each document in the one document, and the style information to which the document is connected. It is characterized in that the style information set in the closest upper hierarchy in the hierarchy is preferentially determined as the style information of the document.

In an eighth aspect based on the seventh aspect, the predetermined rule of the output processing means is such that when there is a document that does not have style information set for the one or more documents, the document is preliminarily set. It is characterized in that the held style information is determined as the style information of the document.

In a ninth aspect based on the first to eighth aspects, a style editing means for editing various style information held by the second holding means or style information held in the managing means. Is further provided.

A tenth invention is characterized in that, in the first to ninth inventions, a management content editing means for editing the management content of the management means is further provided.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the concept of style editing processing according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 2, a "book" is a document composed of a plurality of documents, "table of contents document", "document 1" to "document 5", and "index document". That is, the “book” literally means a book and is a cohesive document composed of a plurality of documents. This "book" may consist of multiple files,
Here, it is assumed that the file is composed of one file. Further, in the "book", a hierarchical structure can be formed by performing a predetermined grouping on a plurality of documents. For example, by setting "group 1", "document 2", "document 3", and "document 4" are set as documents in "group 1". Furthermore, by setting "Group 2" under "Group 1", "Document 4"
Is set as a document in “group 2”. Therefore, by adopting the form of “book”, a plurality of documents can be edited and processed as one document called “book”. Here, each document forming the “book” includes not only text data but also various data such as image data, table data, graphic data, and style data set in the document. What is style?
As will be described later, the page format such as the paper size and the paper direction, the layout design of the text, the notes, the headings, the page numbers, etc. are included, and not only the document format.

For the style setting for a plurality of documents in this "book", the final style setting for each document is efficiently performed by using the hierarchical structure of the "book". That is, the style setting for the document in the "book" is set for each document, for each "group", and for the entire "book" as needed. In the case of "group" unit, it is set for all the documents linked to the "group", and for the whole "book", it is set for all the documents in the "book". To apply the final style to each document of these set styles, 1) Style set to each document 2) Style set to "Group" (at the same level or higher as your own document) 3) "Book" Styles set as a whole 4) Set the styles that are individually stored in the document in order of priority. Where 1)
As described above, the styles 3 to 3 are styles set by the editor by the document unit, the “group” unit, and the “book” unit, and the style 4) is stored in the document in advance. It is a style.

The application of the style according to this priority order to each document is 2) unless the style of 1) is set.
The style having the highest priority is applied such that the style is set, the style 2) is not set, the style 3) is applied, and so on. For example, in FIG. 2, since no style is set for “document 1”, the style S1 as the basic style set for the entire “book” is applied. Further, the style of “document 4” is not set in “document 4” itself and “group 2” itself, but the style S3 as the style for group 1 set in “group 1” is applied.

By thus giving priority to the style set in the upper hierarchy and determining one style to be applied to each document, one style corresponds to each document in the "book". Even if the styles are set to one document and the styles are duplicated, one style is flexibly and efficiently set to each document according to the above-described priority order.

Next, with reference to FIG. 1, the structure of the document processing apparatus for realizing the above-mentioned style setting function will be described.

In FIG. 1, the document processing apparatus includes an input unit 10, a display unit 20, a processing unit 30, and a data storage unit 40.
Having.

The input unit 10 is realized by a keyboard, a mouse, etc., and makes various style settings for each document in the "book" and gives an instruction to edit style data or document data.

The display unit 20 is realized by a display or the like, and displays and outputs the GUI screen for style setting, the allocation processing result of each document in the "book", and the like.

The data storage unit 40 includes the book data group 4
1, a document data group 42, and a style data group 43.

In the book file group 41, data finally hierarchically managed as "book" is held in "book" units. That is, the document data including image data and the set style data are hierarchically managed as one document, and the hierarchical state of each document in the “book” as shown in FIG. 2 and each document according to this hierarchy The style data set in and are maintained and managed. here,
A plurality of style data set in the book file group 41 can be held. If a plurality of style data are held, it is necessary to select and specify any style data. For example, the book data of the book file group 41-1 holds two style data DA and DB of style “A” and style “B” as a style storage group.
In the item, one style data item must be selected and designated, and the style data DA of the style “A” is selected and designated here.

The document file group 42 is composed of a plurality of document files, and each of the document files holds the same document as each document constituting the "book". Each document file is an independent document file, and is composed of final style data and document data applied to this document. Each of the document files serves as a basic unit when forming one "book".

The style file group 43 is composed of a plurality of style files, and each style file holds various style data. The style data in each style file is used when the style is set in the “book”.

The processing section 30 includes a book processing section 31 for processing the entire "book", that is, a book file group 41, a document file group 42 and a style file group 4.
3 and a data editing unit 36 that edits each data content.

The book processing section 31 includes a book file group 4
1 includes a book management unit 32 that manages data in the “book” and a page organizing unit 35 that performs page organizing processing such as allocation based on the data in the “book” and outputs the result to the display unit 20. To be done.

Further, the book management unit 32 includes each in-book document management unit 33 that manages each document in each "book",
A document attribute management unit 34 that manages the document attributes of each document in the “book”.

The data editing unit 36 has a style data editing unit 37 and a document data editing unit 38, and the style data editing unit 37 updates the style data for each style file stored in the style file group 43. The document data editing unit 38 performs editing processing such as addition processing,
Editing processing such as updating and adding of style data or document data for each document file stored in the document file group 42 is performed.

Next, referring to the flow charts of FIGS. 3 to 6, the "book" editing process by the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

FIG. 3 is an overall flowchart of the "book" editing process by the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1. First, the editor uses the book processing unit 31 to create a new book file constituting the book file group 41. Create
A book name for this book file is set (step 101). After that, the target document forming the book file is created and the target document is edited (step 102). In this target document, unique style data is held in advance in each target document. After that, a style file to be applied to each document in the book is created (step 103). Further, the contents of the style file are changed and editing processing such as setting is performed (step 10
4). After that, the style data of the edited style file is set to one or more documents according to the hierarchy of the in-book document (step 105). As described above, this style setting is set for each document, for each group, or for the entire “book” as necessary. Then, each in-book document management unit 33 manages the relationship between the style data set in step 105 and each in-book document based on the hierarchical structure (step 106). After that, the page organizing unit 35 sets 1 for each document in the book based on the correspondence between the style data in the book file managed in step 106 and each document in the book, that is, the above-mentioned priority order. One style data is determined, and pages are arranged for each document in the book, that is, a layout process is performed based on the determined one style data (step 107). After that, it is determined whether or not a correction for the page-organized "book" is instructed (step 108), and if the correction is instructed,
In step 102, the above-described processing such as the creation or editing processing of each document in the book is repeated, and if no correction is instructed, this processing ends.

Next, referring to the flow chart of FIG.
The style creation processing procedure in step 103 will be described.

In FIG. 4, when the desired style data is created, it is first determined whether or not the base document having the desired style exists in the document file group 42 (step 201). If the base document exists, the style data is extracted from the document file that is the existing base document (step 202). If the base document does not exist, the style file group 4
Desired style data is extracted from the plurality of style files in 3 to create new style data (step 203), and the process returns to step 103.

Next, with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. 5, the page arrangement processing procedure in step 107 will be described.

In FIG. 5, first, the book file group 4
The first document in the book file to be processed is acquired from 1 (step 301). Then, the style name of the style data set in the extracted document is acquired (step 302), and it is determined whether style data is set in the document based on the result of the acquisition process (step 303). ). The style name acquisition process in step 303 is performed based on the above-described priority order.

If the style name is obtained in step 303, that is, if the style data is set, the set style data is set in step 30.
It is applied to the in-book document acquired in step 1 (step 30
4) If the style name is not acquired, that is, if the style data is not set, the style data stored in the document acquired in step 301 is used as the style data of the document (step 30).
5). After that, step 304 or step 305
Thus, page rearrangement processing, that is, layout processing is performed on the in-book document to which one final style data is applied (step 306).

Thereafter, it is judged whether or not the in-book document currently being processed is the last document in the book file (step 307), and if it is not the last document, the next in-book document is taken out (step 308). ), The one final style application process described above is repeated for the extracted document, and if the document is the last document, the process returns to step 107.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The procedure for acquiring the setting style name in step 302 will be described.

In FIG. 6, first, the attributes of the taken-out book document are acquired (step 401), and it is determined whether or not style data is set in the taken-out attributes (step 402).

If it is determined in step 402 that the style data has not been set, the closest upper group attribute in the extracted document is acquired (step 40).
3). And the top group or root (book)
As long as there exists (step 404, NO), step 4
The process (step 402) of determining whether or not the style data is set in the attribute extracted in 03 is repeated.
On the other hand, in step 404, if there is no higher-ranked group, it is determined that style data is not set, and the process proceeds to step 302.

On the other hand, in step 402, when style data is set in the attribute, the style name of the set style data is acquired (step 406) and the process directly returns to step 302.

If the style name of the set style data is acquired in step 406, it is determined in step 303 that style data has been set, and if it is determined in step 405 that no style has been set,
In step 303, it is determined that the style data is not set.

Next, the style data content actually stored in the book file will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of style data set in one or more documents in a book file.
Each style data is composed of a style name, a comment for the style data, and the style data body. This style data body consists of various style data, as will be described later, and is roughly divided into basic style data and individual style data. Basic style data includes body style, page heading, and page number. There are data such as styles, frame heading styles, and note styles, and individual style data includes paragraph style data, paragraph style / tab style data, and character style data.

In FIG. 7, one style data is
A style name D1, a comment D2 for the entire style data, and a style data body D3 are sequentially described. The style data body D3 is the basic style data D3.
1. Described in the order of individual style data. In addition, both the basic style data and the individual style data sequentially describe various style data constituting the one style data in a predetermined order. That is, the basic style data is described in the order of body style data, page heading / page number style data, frame heading style data, and note style data. The individual style data is also described in the order of paragraph style data, paragraph style / tab style data, and character style data.

For example, the body style data D3 shown in FIG.
In 11, the style related to the text is "PageSize = A4"
, The page size is specified as "A4",
By specifying "Orient = landscape", specify the page orientation as "landscape", and by describing "MSize = [297.00 210.00]", specify the actual page size as vertical "297.00 mm" and horizontal "210.00".
mm "is specified. Also, by specifying "PageSet = SprdPage", specify both-sided / single-sided as "double-sided",
The number of columns is specified as "2 columns" by the description of "ClmNo = 2".

As described above, in the document processing apparatus according to the first embodiment, the style data is hierarchically stored in the book file.

The GUI screen used for setting the style data displayed and output on the display screen of the display unit 20 and the contents of the style attributes stored in various style files will be described.

8 to 10 show G for setting the body style.
FIG. 18 shows a UI screen, and an example of the management data for setting the text style data is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 18, the management data for setting the body style data includes "item" to be set, "setting contents" for this item, "standard value" set as default, and "error check" at the time of setting. , "Relevant item" related to this item, "remark" at the time of setting, and "unit" to be set hold necessary data. Here, each “item” is each attribute of the body style, and the value selected or set according to the “setting content” is the attribute value.

The "items" include "typeface structure" for designating the corresponding print language, page format, and layout design.

Regarding the page, "size", "direction", "real size" set when the page size is arbitrary, "format" designating one side or both sides, the first page is left page or right There is a "leading designation type" that specifies whether to make a page, a "first page" that is set when the leading designation type is set to, and a "rotation direction" when rotating a page. "Set direction", "number of columns", "equalization of columns", "column spacing", "designation of plate size", "number of characters", "number of lines" that specifies horizontal or vertical writing
"Spread Format", "Page Margin Specification Method", "Page Margin", Body Text, "Typeface",
A "face" that specifies bold or italic,
"Size", "Line spacing", "Margin", "Indentation at first line", "Paragraph indentation", "Alignment" to specify one of left / center / right / justify, and whether to hang the text "Hanging", "Automatic hyphen insertion" that specifies whether or not, "Presence", "Line type",
There are "line width" and "line color".

GUIs for style setting for these body styles include those relating to page formats and those relating to layout design.

FIG. 8 shows a GUI screen regarding the format of a body style page. In FIG.
Since the display content is set to “page”, the format setting screen for the page is displayed. In this setting screen, page size "A4", direction "portrait",
The format is "single-sided", and the rotation direction is indicated by the direction of the letter A. Here, "A" indicating 0 degree is set.

At the bottom of the GUI screen, operation buttons for editing instructions are provided. The “OK” button is an instruction button for holding the setting contents when it is determined that the setting contents are good, and the “Apply” button is an instruction button for holding the edited setting contents and closing the screen, The "Cancel" button is an instruction button that retains the edited settings and does not close the screen.
The button is an instruction button for initializing the setting screen.

FIG. 9 shows a GUI screen when the display content shown in FIG. 8 is designated as "body". This setting screen is
The attribute value for the attribute related to the layout design of the text is selected or specified. Here, the typeface of the body text is set to "MS Mincho", its size is set to "11" points, the space between character lines is set to "10" points, the left and right margins are set to "0", and the first line indentation is set to "1". Characters and alignment are set to "justify", and hanging and automatic hyphens are set to "not".

Further, FIG. 10 shows a GUI screen when the display contents of FIG. 8 are designated as “print face / intersection rule”.
Attribute values are selected or set for the attributes related to the "print surface" and the "intersection ruled line" described above. Here, the set direction of the printing plate is "horizontal set", the number of columns is "2", the space between columns is "2.5",
The plate size is set to "25" characters and the number of lines is "34", the left, right, top, and bottom page margins are set to "center", and the step equalization is set to "not". Further, the inter-stage ruled line designation is set to "Yes", the line type of the inter-stage ruled line is set to a solid line, the line width is set to "0.2" mm, and the line color is set to "black".

Next, the setting of the page heading / page number style will be described.

FIG. 11 shows a GUI screen for setting the page heading / page number style, and FIG. 19 shows the management data contents of this page heading / page number style.

As shown in FIG. 19, the page style management data is managed in the same format as in FIG. 18, and the items are "name", "comment", which designates the name of the page heading / page number. Common items for page headings and page numbers are "Display page", "Position" to specify the top / bottom position, "Alignment" to specify the left / center / right position, and "Vertical / vertical".
Horizontal offset value "," character typeface "," face "," character size ". As for the type of page heading, there are "page heading format", "page heading pattern", "reference heading level", "reference content", "reference method", and "reference external document". , Regarding the page number, "prefix character string", "postfix character string", "number type", which are character strings added before the page number,
"Number range", "Starting number", "Page number format",
There are "reference heading level", "reference content", "reference method", "reference of external document", and "heading position".

In the GUI screen for setting the page heading / page number style shown in FIG. 11, the page number is set by specifying the setting for the page number with respect to the page whose name is set to "page number 1". ing. That is, set the position to "bottom", the vertical / horizontal offset value to "0", the alignment to "center", the typeface to "Nakamincho", and the character size to "9" points for the page number setting. There is.

Next, the setting of the heading style will be described.

FIG. 12 shows a GUI for setting a heading style.
FIG. 20 shows the screen, and FIG. 20 shows the management data contents of this heading style.

As shown in FIG. 20, the heading style management data is managed in the same format as that in FIG. 18, and the item is a "heading level" indicating the hierarchy of headings 1 to 8,
"Heading type" such as single-lined heading, "paragraph style name in heading frame", "heading frame size specification", "character direction size", "line direction size specification", "frame margin", line Regarding "Drill", "Line Dri", "Line Dripping Number", "Automatic Margin Setting", "Outside Margin", "Line Dripping", "Heading Alignment", "Character Direction", "Line Direction" , Regarding layout designation, “advanced layout designation”, “concatenation designation”, regarding heading patterns, “prefix character string”, “postfix character string”, “separation character string”, “number type” such as Arabic numeral, “ Start number ",
"Upper number" to specify whether to add a higher level number, "Delimiter string" to specify whether to delimit the upper number and your number, regarding the frame line specification,
There are "position", "line type", "line width", "corner", and "background color" for specifying the background color.

G for setting the heading style shown in FIG.
On the UI screen, "type / paragraph style name in frame / frame" is specified as the display content, and the heading type for this is set to "one-level heading". The hierarchical level of the heading structure is level 1.

Next, the setting of the frame heading style will be described.

FIG. 13 shows a GU for setting a frame heading style.
FIG. 21 shows the I screen, and FIG. 21 shows the management data contents of this frame heading style.

As shown in FIG. 21, the frame heading style management data is managed in the same format as that shown in FIG. 18, and the items are "frame heading type" such as text, figure, image, and column heading. "Heading type", "Paragraph style name in heading frame" that specifies whether the heading is the same heading, "Character direction size specification", "Character direction size", "Line direction size specification", "Frame margin", Regarding "Heading frame alignment", "Character direction", "Outside margin", and Heading pattern, "Prefix character string", "Postfix character string", "Separation character string", "Serial number range", "Number type" , "Starting number", "upper number", and "delimited character string".

The GUI screen for setting the frame heading style shown in FIG. 13 is for setting the frame heading style for a graphic frame. In this setting screen, for this figure frame, the heading type is set to "do not include" in the heading, and the size of the heading frame in the letter direction is specified to be "fixed at the specified size", and the size is set to "10". Character is set.

Next, the setting of the note style will be described.

FIG. 14 shows a GUI screen for setting the note style, and FIG. 22 shows the management data contents of the note style.

As shown in FIG. 21, the management data of the note style is managed in the same format as that of FIG. 18, and in that item, the “note type” for specifying footnote or fixed note, and the delimiter rule is set. There are “presence / absence”, “line type”, and “line color” of the ruled line, and further, there are “note-to-note interval”, “in-note paragraph style name”, and “mark mark pattern”. The "matching pattern" includes "prefix character string", "postfix character string", "separation character string", "serial number range", "number type", and "start number". When "Footnote" is specified, the "maximum height type" that indicates the height of 1/2 of the printing plate, "maximum height" that specifies the height numerically, and "the length of the dividing line" If "fixed note" is specified and "fixed note" is specified, "position 1" such as top / bottom, "position 2" such as left / right, "distance from text", "note width", "position""Noteheight","Number of columns", "Column width determination method", "Column width", which specifies whether the column width or the column interval is specified
There are "between steps" and "alignment".

GUI for setting the note style shown in FIG.
On the screen, the type of note is set to "fixed note". As for the ruled lines, the line type is solid, the line width is "0.2" mm,
The line color is set to "black". The position of the fixed note is set to "down", the distance from the text in the area designation is set to "3" characters, and the height of the note area is set to "5" lines. For columns, set the number of columns to 2 columns, set the column width to "Specify column interval", set the column width to "18.4" characters, and the column interval to "2" characters. There is. The interval between notes is
Set to "10" points, set the prefix character string of the sign pattern to "(Note), the trailing character string to") ", the separation character string to" double-byte space ", and set the range of serial numbers. "Entire document", number type is set to "1, 2, 3 ...", and start number is set to "1".

Next, a paragraph style, which is one of the individual styles, will be described.

FIG. 15 shows a GUI screen for setting a paragraph style, and FIG. 23 shows the management data contents of this paragraph style.

As shown in FIG. 23, the paragraph style management data is managed in the same format as in FIG. 18, and the items are "name", "comment", and "typeface" for designating the names of individual paragraph styles. , "Face", "character size",
"Character color", "Line spacing", "Alignment", "Margin",
"Start line indentation", "Paragraph indentation", "Break layout specification", "Concatenation specification", "Text alignment", "Automatic hyphen insertion" whether automatic hyphen is specified or not, and automatic hyphen specified If you do, there is a "number of consecutive lines allowed".

GU for setting the paragraph style shown in FIG.
On the I screen, the default paragraph style name is set to "Unused paragraph style", the font is "MS Mincho", the font size is "11" points, the font color is "black", and the justification is "justy". "Phi", margin "0", line spacing "1"
Set "0" point, first line indentation to "1" character, paragraph indentation to "0" character, and further change layout designation and concatenation designation to "result", text line alignment to "Yes", automatic hyphen insertion It is set to "No".

Next, the setting of the paragraph style / tab style will be described.

FIG. 16 shows a GUI screen for setting a tab style, and FIG. 24 shows the management data contents of this tab style.

As shown in FIG. 24, the tab style management data is managed in the same format as in FIG. 18, and the items are "tab position", "tab type", "alignment character", and "reader type". There is.

GU for setting the tab style shown in FIG.
On the I screen, the movement unit of the tab position is designated in character units.

Next, the setting of the character style will be described.

FIG. 17 shows a GUI screen for setting a character style, and FIG. 25 shows the management data contents of this character style.

As shown in FIG. 25, the character style management data is managed in the same format as in FIG. 18, and the items are "name", "comment", and "character typeface" which are the names of the individual character styles. , "Face", "character size",
There are “character color”, “character background color”, and “underline”. When this “underline” is set, the “color” of this underline is set. In addition, there are "strikethrough", "dots", and "circle ruled". If "strikethrough" is set, the "color" of this strikethrough is set and the "enclosed rule" is set. In this case, the “left / right (upper / lower) margin” is set.

GU for setting the character style shown in FIG.
On the I screen, the character style name is set to "Unused character style" which is the initial value, the typeface is set to "MS Mincho", the character size is set to "11" points, and the character color is set to "black".
“Character background color”, “underline”, “strikethrough”, “dot”, and “enclosed rule” are all set to “none”.

The error check in the management data of each style in FIGS. 18 to 25 indicates a predetermined condition for the setting contents, and the data editing unit 36
An error check is performed on the edit processing content for the style data in the document file group 42 or the style data in the style file group 43 based on this error check content. If there is an error, a message to that effect is displayed on the edit processing screen. The error content is displayed and the editor is notified by a beep sound or the like. The contents of this error check are, for example, in the case of setting the actual page size of the body style, "5
The condition is that the value is 0 mm or more and 600 mm or less ”. Also, in setting the name of the page heading / page number style, there is a condition that "the name must not be duplicated in the page heading / page number. One character or more and 40 characters or less." In setting the character size, there is a condition that "mm, points, and the number of characters are all positive values." The data editing unit 36 performs an error check based on the error check condition of the corresponding item when setting the style for the corresponding item.

Regarding the contents of the related items and remarks in the management data of each style shown in FIGS. 18 to 25, when the so-called help function is instructed, the contents of the related items and remarks are displayed and output on the screen. , Contribute to the editing process of the editor.

Next, a specific example in which documents of different page formats and different layout designs are mixed due to the style application in the book will be described.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of applying a style to each document in a book. The attribute sheet W1 of the corresponding document in the book is opened, and the style name registered in the book in this attribute sheet is opened. Is selected from the menu M1, the selected style is applied to the corresponding document, here, the document “about other styles mixed”. By such selection and designation, the style name set corresponding to each document is displayed on the right side of the window W2 that displays a list of book structures. This allows
You can list the style names applied to each document.

FIG. 27 is a diagram in which the style set for each document in the book in this way is displayed and output on the actual display screen by the page organizing process. In FIG. 27, the document “About other styles mixed” in the book displayed and output in the window W3 and the document “IP sheet” in the book displayed and output in the window W4 are shown, and different formats and It can be seen that a plurality of documents having different layout designs are mixed and managed in the book.

Next, a second embodiment will be described.

In the first embodiment, the style data set for each document in the "book" is held in the "book". That is, the actual data of the style data set in "book" is stored in one book file. Therefore, in the first embodiment, it is necessary to consider the hierarchical structure of each "book" and select and set the style data suitable for the hierarchy.

On the other hand, as style data applied to a structured document belonging to a certain type or field, a certain style data is often applied according to the hierarchical structure in the "book".

Therefore, in the document processing apparatus according to the second embodiment, the actual data of the style data is not held in the book file, but a plurality of objects corresponding to a plurality of objects on the hierarchical structure of "book" are stored in advance. Style data is stored as a separate file (style hierarchy management information file), and multiple style data corresponding to multiple objects on the hierarchical structure of this "book" are stored in multiple "books" belonging to a certain type or field. "Can be used in common. Here, the object is, for example, each document in the “book” in which style data is set,
Refers to each group and route (entire book) in a "book".

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing the configuration of the document processing apparatus according to the second embodiment. This document processing apparatus has a new style hierarchy in the data storage unit 40 of the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. The management information file 44 is provided. The style hierarchy management information file 44 is "book".
The designation of each object in the table and the style data already selected to correspond to each object are held. By specifying this object, the correspondence relationship with the object in the "book" is defined, and so to speak, a general-purpose style data group for each "book" is held as a separate file. On the other hand, the book files in the book file group 41 hold only the object name corresponding to each hierarchical structure, not the style data. In addition, a style hierarchy management information editing section 39 is newly provided in the data editing section 36, and the style hierarchy management information editing section 39 creates and edits the style hierarchy management information file 44. 28, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a correspondence relationship between objects in the book file 41 and style data stored in the style hierarchy management information file 44 according to the second embodiment. Book file 41 shown in FIG. 29
The hierarchical structure of each document in the "book" is the same as the hierarchical structure shown in FIG. On the other hand, the style hierarchy management information file 44 holds style data corresponding to each object which is one or more documents generated by the hierarchical structure in the book file 41. Here, since the actual data of the style data is described in the style hierarchy management information file 44 together with the object name, the correspondence C between the object in the book file 41 and the style data in the style hierarchy management information file C Occurs.

For example, in the object B1 representing the entire "book", the style data S representing the book style is set.
S1 corresponds, style data SS2 indicating the style for the table of contents corresponds to the object B2 indicating the “contents document”, and style data SS41 indicating the style for the first level corresponds to the object B3 indicating the “group 1”. Correspondingly, the object B4 indicating "group 2" corresponds to the style data SS42 indicating the second level style, and the object B5 indicating "index document" corresponds to the style data SS3 indicating the index style. It will be.

It should be noted that each object of the book file 41 needs to hold the object name of each object as its attribute when the hierarchical structure is generated.

As a result, the correspondence between the objects on the hierarchical structure in the "book" described above and the style data in the style hierarchy management information file is automatically set, and the editor is "book". It is possible to reduce the labor for selecting and setting the style data for each object in the. Further, since each style data can be commonly used for a plurality of "books", the storage capacity becomes efficient.

Here, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 30, the second of the book editing processing procedures of the second embodiment is performed.
A page organizing process procedure unique to the embodiment will be described. The other processing procedure is the same as that of the first embodiment.

In FIG. 30, first, the book file 41
It is determined whether or not reference to the style hierarchy management information in the style hierarchy management information is instructed (step 50).
1). When the reference of the style hierarchy management information is instructed, the style hierarchy management information in the instructed style hierarchy management information file 41 is expanded as an attribute in “book” (step 502) and the process proceeds to step 503. . As a result, the corresponding style data is set for each object in the "book", and the same style setting state as that of the "book" in the first embodiment is set. On the other hand, if it is not instructed to refer to the style hierarchy management information, the process directly proceeds to step 503.

The processing from step 503 to step 510 is the same as the processing from step 301 to step 308 in FIG. 5, and therefore its explanation is omitted.

The style hierarchy management information file 44
Is created by the style hierarchy management information editing unit 39.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing the data structure of the style hierarchy management information of the style hierarchy management information file 44.

In FIG. 31, the style hierarchy management information is held as a set of an object and actual data of the style for this object. For example, 1
An object DD1 indicating a second level group and style data DS1 to be applied to this object DD1 are held as a set, and an object DD2 indicating a second level group and this object DD2 should be applied. The style data DS2 is held as a set, and the object DD3 indicating the index document and the style data DS3 to be applied to this object DD2 are held as a set. Further, since each object specifies an object in the "book" to which this object corresponds, the object name is described. For example, by specifying BookObj = 'GroupLevel1', the object name "GroupLevel" in "Book"
It corresponds to an object having “1”, and here, the group of the first level corresponds to it.

Next, a third embodiment will be described.

The style hierarchy management information in the second embodiment is designed to hold the actual data of the style applied to each object, but in the third embodiment it is applied to each object. The storage location of style data applied to an object is stored instead of the actual style data. This storage destination is the storage destination of the style data stored in the style file group 43.

The structure of the document processing apparatus according to the third embodiment is similar to that of the document processing apparatus shown in FIG. 28, but the actual data of the style in the style hierarchy management information file 44 is stored in the style data storage destination. Is different from that of the second embodiment.

The book editing processing procedure of the document processing apparatus according to the third embodiment is also similar to that of the second embodiment. However, since at least the storage destination of the style data is described in the style hierarchy management information file 44, in applying the style data to the object in which the storage destination of the style data is described, the search processing of the style file group 43 is performed. Is required.

Here, the data structure of the style hierarchy management information of the style hierarchy management information file 44 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The style management information shown in FIG. 31 is shown in FIG.
This information is substantially the same as the style management information shown in FIG. However, while the style data DS1 to be applied to the object DD1 in FIG. 30 is described as the actual style data, the object DD11 in FIG. 31 describes the storage destination data of the actual style data. There is. Similarly, the style data DS2 of FIG.
Is the actual style data, whereas the style data DS12 of FIG. 31 describes the storage destination data of the actual style data. Note that the object DD in FIG.
The style data DS13 for 13 describes the actual data of the style as in the second embodiment. In this way, the actual style data and the storage destination of the actual style data may be held as style hierarchy management information in the style hierarchy management information file in a mixed form.

[0121]

As described above in detail, in the first aspect of the invention, the management means allows duplicate setting for each document in one document, and sets it for one or more documents in the one document. Managing the style information, and based on a predetermined rule, the output processing means applies one style information from the one or more style information set for each document in the one document, based on a predetermined rule. One style information for each document in the one document is determined with reference to the management content of 1. and the allocation process for each document is performed based on the determined one style information.

Therefore, it is possible to set a plurality of style information for one or more documents in one document composed of a plurality of documents, and it is possible to duplicately set the style information. It has an advantage that style setting becomes easy.

Moreover, since the style information also includes layout information, there is an advantage that setting of the allocation process for each document in one document can be efficiently and uniformly set.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the management means stores the desired style information in association with one or more documents, there is an advantage that the editing process for one document can be performed in a unified manner. Have.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the management means associates the identification information of one or more documents with the style information designated by the one or more documents and holds them as separate files. This has the advantage that the style information can be commonly used by a plurality of documents common to the documents in the above fields.

In the fourth invention, the management means stores the storage information in the second storage means in which the identification information of one or more documents and the style information instructed by the one or more documents are stored. Since the previous information is held in association with each other, there is an advantage that the storage capacity is efficient.

In the fifth invention to the eighth invention, a plurality of documents in one document are managed by a hierarchical structure, the managing means manages the style information by the hierarchical structure, and the output processing means manages the style information in the one document. One style information applied to each document is determined as style information of the document by prioritizing the style information set in the closest upper hierarchy in the upper hierarchy to which the document is connected, and the allocation processing is performed. Therefore, it is easy for the editor to set style information for one or more documents in one document, and there is an advantage that an efficient and reliable style setting can be performed.

In the ninth invention, the style editing means edits various style information, and in the tenth invention, the management content editing means edits the management content of the management means. It has an advantage that various styles can be set and changed more flexibly and efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a document processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a concept of style editing processing according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an overall flowchart showing a book editing process procedure according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a detailed flowchart showing a style creation processing procedure in step 103 of FIG.

5 is a detailed flowchart showing a page organizing process procedure in step 107 of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a detailed flowchart showing an acquisition processing procedure of a setting style name in step 302 of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of style data stored in a book file 41.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a GUI screen for setting regarding a page format of a body style.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a GUI screen for setting regarding a body of a body style.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a GUI screen for setting relating to a plate / intersection rule of a text style.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a GUI screen for setting a page heading / page number style.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a GUI screen for setting a heading style.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a GUI screen for setting a frame heading style.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a GUI screen for setting a note style.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a GUI screen for setting a paragraph style.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a GUI screen for setting a tab style.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a GUI screen for setting a character style.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a part of the content of management data of a body style.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a part of the content of management data of page heading / page number style.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a part of the management data content of a heading style.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a part of management data contents of a frame heading style.

FIG. 22 is a view showing a part of the management data contents of a note style.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a part of management data contents of a paragraph style.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing the contents of management data of a tab style.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a part of content of management data of character style.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of applying a style to each document in a book.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a specific example of a book in which documents of different formats and different layout designs are mixed.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a configuration of a document processing device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 29 is a book file 41 according to the second embodiment.
Objects in Style and Style Hierarchy Management Information File 44
The figure which shows the correspondence with the style data stored in.

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing a page organizing process procedure according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a data structure of style hierarchy management information of a style hierarchy management information file 44 according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a data structure of style hierarchy management information of a style hierarchy management information file 44 according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Input part 20 ... Display part 30 ... Processing part 31 ... Book processing part 32 ... Book management part 33 ... Each document management part in a book 34 ... Document attribute management part 35 ... Page rearrangement processing part 36
Data editing unit 37 Style data editing unit 38 Document data editing unit 40 Data storage unit 41 Book file group 42
Document files 43 ... Style files

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A document processing apparatus that manages, edits, and outputs one document composed of a plurality of documents, allows duplicate settings for each document in the one document, and sets one or more documents in the one document. Management means for managing style information set for a document, and the management based on a predetermined rule for applying one style information from the style information set for each document in the one document Output processing means for determining one style information for each document in the one document by referring to the management content of the means, and performing allocation processing for each document based on the determined one style information; A document processing apparatus comprising: 2. A document processing apparatus that manages, edits, and outputs one document composed of a plurality of documents, and a first holding unit that holds the one document, and various style information for each style. Second holding means, an instructing means for instructing the desired style information to one or more documents in the one document, and 1 instructed by the instructing means.
Based on a management unit that holds the desired style information in association with the above document, and a predetermined rule that applies one style information from the style information designated for each document in the one document An output that determines one style information for each document in the one document by referring to the management content of the management means, and performs an allocation process for each document based on the determined one style information A document processing apparatus comprising: a processing unit. 3. A document processing apparatus that manages, edits, and outputs one document composed of a plurality of documents, and a first holding unit that holds the one document and various style information for each style. Second holding means, an instructing means for instructing the desired style information to one or more documents in the one document, and 1 instructed by the instructing means.
A management unit that holds the identification information of the above document and the style information designated by the one or more documents in association with each other, and one of the style information designated for each document in the one document. Based on a predetermined rule for applying the style information, one style information for each document in the one document is determined with reference to the management content of the management means, and based on the determined one style information A document processing apparatus comprising: an output processing unit that performs an allocation process for each document. 4. A document processing apparatus that manages, edits, and outputs one document composed of a plurality of documents, and a first holding unit that holds the one document, and various style information for each style. Second holding means, an instructing means for instructing the desired style information to one or more documents in the one document, and 1 instructed by the instructing means.
Management means for associating and holding the above-mentioned document identification information and the storage location information indicating the storage location in the second storage means in which the style information designated by the one or more documents is stored; Based on a predetermined rule for applying one style information from the style information designated for each document in one document, referring to the management content of the managing means, 1 for each document in the one document is referred to. A document processing apparatus, comprising: output processing means for determining each style information and performing an allocation process for each document based on the determined style information. 5. The document according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of documents in the one document are managed by a hierarchical structure, and the managing unit manages the style information by the hierarchical structure. Processing equipment. 6. The document processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the identification information of the one or more documents is information indicating a type and / or a logical structure of each document. 7. The predetermined rule of the output processing means sets one style information applied to each document in the one document in the closest upper layer in the upper layer to which the document is connected. The document processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the style information is prioritized and determined as the style information of the document. 8. The predetermined rule of the output processing means is that when there is a document that does not have style information set for the one or more documents, the style information held in advance by the document is used as the style information of the document. 8. The document processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein 9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising style editing means for editing various style information held by the second holding means or style information held by the managing means. 8. The document processing device according to item 8. 10. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising management content editing means for editing the management content of the management means.