JPH09265369A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display the characters swelling out of a display frame of a window, etc., in an easy-to-see way by setting the horizontal and vertical reduction ratios independently of each other when the document data are shot in a document display area. SOLUTION: The font that is reduced only in vertical direction and the font that is reduced only in the horizontal direction are previously registered in a dictionary out of all displayed fonts. At the same time, font sizes are registered in a font table 90. Then the fonts of characters, charts, etc., of the document shown in a character display area 10 are read when the display direction and the reduction ratio are designated. The input font sizes are stored in each position of the table 90, and the designated reduction direction is decided. Then the font size showing the designated reduction ratios is obtained based on the size positions of the table 90. The characters and charts of the obtained font size are shown in the area 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention, when displaying a specific portion of a document in one window or screen, enlarges or reduces one of the displayed portion in the vertical direction or in the horizontal direction. The present invention relates to a document processing device that makes it easier to see the characters.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when the number of characters in the horizontal direction or the number of characters in the vertical direction is out of the display frame of the window or screen at the stage of creating a document in the document processing apparatus or the document creating apparatus, the protruding portion In general, the character of is not displayed.

However, it is often inconvenient if the characters of the protruding portion are not displayed because it is often necessary to edit while watching the connection with the protruding portion for the convenience of document editing.

Therefore, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-182337, without changing the size of the frame,
There is a device in which a character font size, a character pitch, and a line interval are changed so that the character font can be displayed within an arbitrary frame. That is, the content of the document is reduced in both the vertical and horizontal directions so that the entire content is displayed.

[0005]

According to the above-mentioned prior art, since the portion protruding from the display frame is initially displayed in a reduced size in the frame, it is possible to edit the document while watching the entire connection. You can

However, if the characters used before the reduction are small, there is a problem that the size of the displayed characters becomes too small and difficult to see because of the further reduction.

Even if the character before reduction is not small, in order to fit it in one screen, one of the reduction factors in the horizontal and vertical directions, whichever has the higher one, is used for reduction. Therefore, the tendency that the reduction ratio becomes high cannot be avoided, and as a result, the display character size becomes too small, which makes it difficult to see.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing device capable of easily displaying characters that are out of a display frame such as a window.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention reduces the size of a document in one of the vertical and horizontal directions.

That is, in a document processing apparatus for displaying document data in a document display area on a display device screen, horizontal and vertical reduction ratios for displaying document data in the document display area are set independently. It is characterized by comprising a setting means and a reducing means for reducing the document data only in one of the horizontal and vertical directions at the set reduction ratio.

According to the present invention, the characters to be displayed, the character spacing, and the line spacing become vertically long or horizontally long, which is easier to see than in the case of reducing in both directions.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a window for using the function of the document processing apparatus of the present invention.

The document processing apparatus of this embodiment has a setting means for independently setting reduction factors in the horizontal and vertical directions when displaying document data in a document display area, and a horizontal setting with the set reduction factor. And a reduction means for reducing the document data only in one of the vertical and vertical directions. The setting means is provided in the form of an icon in a window on the screen of the display device.

Window Structure and Operation Method Various keys 1 are provided in the window 1 in this embodiment.
1, 13, 15, 16, 17 and explanation display columns 12, 1
4 is displayed.

The key 11 is a key for performing a reduced display in the horizontal direction. This operation method is shown in FIGS. First, a case where all the documents in a page are displayed in a window frame will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. First, click the key 11 in Figure 1 and pull down menu 1
8 is displayed.

When "in screen" is clicked in the pull-down menu 18, a "content confirmation window" 19 is displayed as shown in FIG. In the "content confirmation window" 19, vertical and horizontal magnifications and sample characters when displaying characters in the character display area 10 of the window 1,
The status of the displayed page is displayed.

Here, the horizontal scale factor, the vertical scale factor, and the character sample for displaying all the characters in one page in the character display area 10 are displayed.

That is, when "in the screen" is selected in the pull-down menu 18, the horizontal magnification and the vertical magnification are calculated so that all the characters in one page fit within the character display area 10, and the character sample is used as a sample at that time. Is displayed.

Therefore, the character sample is checked to determine whether it is too small. If it is too small, the "in screen" is not selected and any magnification is selected.

However, if the character sample has an appropriate size, the user clicks "in screen" in the pull-down menu 18 again.

Then, all the characters in one page are reduced and displayed in the character display area 10 in the vertical and horizontal directions at the optimum magnification.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3, a case will be described in which a document in a page is horizontally reduced by 75% and displayed in the character display area 10.

The key 11 in FIG. 1 is clicked to display the pull-down menu 18 in FIG. Here, "75
When "%" is clicked, a "contents confirmation window" 19 as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, and, similarly to the case of FIG. 2, vertical and horizontal magnifications, character samples, and display page states are displayed.

Here, as the state of the display page, the content "3 characters over" is displayed. This means that only "3%" of the horizontal characters protruded outside the character display area 10 because "75%", which is an arbitrary magnification, was selected.

However, it is considered that the editing is not affected, and if this is acceptable, "75%" in the pull-down menu 18 is clicked again.

Then, in the character display area 10, all the characters in the page are displayed in a horizontally reduced size of 75%.

Next, referring to FIGS. 1 and 4, a case will be described in which the document in the page is reduced by the designated magnification and displayed in the character display area 10.

The key 11 in FIG. 1 is clicked to display the pull-down menu 18 in FIG. Here, the magnification (for example, 50
%) From the keyboard and click to display the “Contents confirmation window” 19 as shown in FIG. 4, and in this window 19 the specified magnification “50%” in the horizontal direction is displayed. In this case, the content of "1 character over" is displayed as the character sample and the state of the display page.

The good news is that the content confirmation window 19
Click “Run”. Then, the character display area 10
The document in the page is reduced in size and displayed in the horizontal direction at the designated magnification of "50%".

Next, the explanation display column 12 of FIG. 1 shows the display magnification in the horizontal direction of the document in the page currently displayed in the character display area 10.

The key 13 is a key in the vertical direction of the key 11 of FIG. 1 described above, and the operation method is the key 1
The same as 1. The explanation display column 14 in FIG. 1 is in the vertical direction of the explanation display column 12 described above.
The key 15 in FIG. 1 is a key that combines the functions of the keys 11 and 13.

The operation method of the key 15 is shown in FIG.

First, all the documents in the page are displayed in the character display area 1
If you click the key 15 to display in 0,
The pull-down menu 20 of FIG. 5 is displayed. If you click "in screen" in this pull-down menu 20,
A "contents confirmation window" 21 is displayed on the right side of the pull-down menu 20, and vertical and horizontal magnifications, character samples, and display page states are displayed.

If this is all right, pull-down menu 20
Click “In screen” again. Then, all the documents in the page are displayed in the character display area 10.

If, for example, "75%" of the pull-down menu 20 is clicked, the pull-down menu 20
On the right side of, the same content as the above is displayed with a reduction ratio of 75% in the vertical and horizontal directions.
Then, the document in the page is displayed in the character display area 10 at a reduction ratio of 75% in the vertical and horizontal directions. "50%", "25%",
The same applies to "designation".

In the case of vertical / horizontal reduction in FIG. 5, the vertical / horizontal reduction ratio is the same. However, two reduction ratio portions of the pull-down menu 20 are prepared vertically and horizontally so that the vertical / horizontal reduction ratios can be specified differently. You can also do it.

Further, the key 16 in FIG. 1 is a key provided with the function of “within screen” designated by the key 15. When this key 16 is clicked, all the documents in the page are reduced and displayed in the character display area 10 in the vertical and horizontal directions at the optimum magnification.

Finally, the key 17 in FIG. 1 is a key for designating execution of reduced display for each document or page. This key 17 is used, for example, for a document whose sheet size is different depending on the page, to specify the same reduction ratio for all pages, specify "document", and to change the reduction ratio for each page. Specifies "page".

Other Functions The following additional functions are provided for reducing and displaying only in the vertical or horizontal direction.

First, when the frame of the document display area 10 is expanded, the document in the page is displayed in the expanded frame at the optimum magnification. When the frame of the document display area 10 is narrowed, the document in the page is displayed in the frame without changing the magnification before the narrowing. Further, when the document is stored, the magnification displayed at the end can also be stored, and when the document is stored, the stored magnification is displayed when the next reading is performed.

Font Conversion and Display Method The font conversion and display method will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 11. Note that FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG. 10, and FIG.
The solid line frame in the middle represents the size of the document, and the dotted line frame represents the size of the character display area arbitrarily designated by the user.

FIG. 6 shows a character display area 10 of a document in actual size.
This is the state when displayed on. In this example, many characters run off the character display area 10. In this state, when it is desired to refer to a portion of the document that is not displayed, scrolling must be performed to display the portion to be referred to. Since the work efficiency deteriorates if this scroll is performed many times, the display is performed using the reduction function so that a wide range can be referred to without scrolling.

FIG. 7 shows a state in which a character is reduced by the conventional reduction function of the same vertical and horizontal reduction rates and displayed in the character display area 10. In this state, the characters are reduced in size in the vertical and horizontal directions, so that the characters become too small and difficult to see.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing a character font conversion procedure in this embodiment, and FIG. 9 shows the structure of a table used for font conversion.

The meaning of the contents of the font table 90 shown in FIG. 9 is as follows. For example, if the system holds five types of character sizes of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 points, 5/5 means that the vertical size is 5 points and the horizontal size is 5 points. 3/4 means that the length is 3 points and the width is 4 points.

The font conversion procedure of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.

First, for all displayed fonts, fonts reduced in the vertical direction and fonts reduced in the horizontal direction are registered in the dictionary in advance. Further, the font size is registered in the table 90 of FIG. Then, when it is designated in what direction and at what reduction ratio it is desired to display, the fonts such as characters and tables in the document displayed in the character display area 10 are read in step S1.

Next, in step S2, the size of the input font is stored in a position in the table 90. This is the portion surrounded by the thick solid line frame in the table 90 of FIG.

Then, in step S3, it is determined in which direction the reduction is designated. At this time, if the vertical direction is designated, in step S4, the font size is searched in the vertical direction from the position of the size of the font table 90 in FIG. 9 to obtain the font size having the designated reduction ratio. If the horizontal direction is specified, the horizontal search is performed from the position of the size of the font table 90 in FIG. 9 in step S5, and the font size having the specified reduction ratio is acquired.

If a font size matching the reduction ratio in the designated direction is not registered in step S4 or step S5, a font size close to the reduction ratio is used. Then, in step S6, the characters and table of the acquired font size are displayed in the character display area 10.

In the conversion procedure of FIG. 8, only the horizontal direction reduction or the vertical direction reduction is performed, but it is obvious that reduction at different vertical and horizontal magnifications can be easily realized. Furthermore, the search direction in FIG. 9 in this case is
The search may be performed in the vertical direction first and then in the horizontal direction, or vice versa.

FIG. 10 shows a state in which only the vertical direction is reduced and displayed when it is desired to refer to a wide range in the vertical direction. FIG. 11 shows a state in which only the horizontal direction is reduced and displayed when it is desired to refer to a wide range in the horizontal direction.

As described above, when the reduced display function according to the present embodiment is used, only one direction of the vertical direction or the horizontal direction is reduced and displayed, so that the characters can be easily seen.

In this embodiment, for all fonts, the fonts reduced in the vertical direction and the fonts reduced in the horizontal direction are registered in the dictionary in advance, but the fonts reduced in both the vertical and horizontal directions are also registered in the dictionary in advance. You may register.

In the above, the example in which the reduced font is registered in the dictionary is described. However, when the font is registered in the dictionary as the veccle data, it is not necessary to register the reduced font in the dictionary, and when the font is displayed in the window. The vehicle data may be displayed after being subjected to an operation at a specified reduction ratio, or when the veil data is dot data instead of the vehicle data, it may be reduced by thinning out vertical or horizontal dot data.

[0057]

As described above, according to the document processing apparatus having the vertical / horizontal one-way zoom function of the present invention, it is possible to edit a horizontally or vertically elongated document extending over a plurality of windows or screens while viewing the entire document. When the user wants to do so, the editing can be performed while referring to the entire document without scrolling, so that the work efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a window configuration of a document processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing window display contents when reduced display is performed with an optimum value in the screen in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing window display contents when a reduced display is made at a magnification of 75% in the horizontal direction in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing window display contents when reducing and displaying in a horizontal direction at a designated magnification in FIG.

5 is a diagram showing window display contents when reducing and displaying the optimum values in the screen in the vertical and horizontal directions in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which a document is displayed in actual size.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which a document is displayed using a conventional reduction function.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a font conversion procedure in this embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the structure of a table used for font conversion.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which a document is vertically reduced and displayed using the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a state in which a document is horizontally reduced and displayed using the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Window, 10 ... Character display area, 11, 13, 1
5, 16, 17 ... key, 18, 20 ... pull-down menu, 19, 21 ... content confirmation window, 90 ... font table.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document processing apparatus for displaying document data in a document display area in a display device screen, wherein horizontal and vertical reduction ratios for displaying document data in the document display area are set independently. A document processing apparatus, comprising: setting means; and reducing means for reducing the document data only in one of the horizontal and vertical directions at the set reduction ratio.