JPH09282319A - Document processing method and its device, and storage medium readable by computer having stored control program for performing the same document processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to edit a document by previously selecting and registering desired attributes to be used for the document editing, listing and displaying those registered attributes, and selecting a desired attribute out of the registered and displayed attributes. SOLUTION: Information regarding a desired attribute is take out of plural attributes which are usable for a document editing process and registered as a font palette and when a display of the font palette is indicated during the document editing process (S13), the contents of the palette are displayed on a screen (S15), and when a desired attribute is indicated among the attributes of the displayed palette, the selected font is made effective in document editing operation (S26).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing method for editing a document by designating an attribute of character information used for the document information, an apparatus therefor, and a computer storing a control program for executing the document processing method. It relates to possible storage media.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when a document is edited using document processing software or drawing software, it is necessary to specify or change character attributes such as a font and size of a character, for example, a character font. In such a case,
First, the command menu of the software is designated and displayed, and the character font is designated or changed using the menu. Also, depending on the software, all the font types effective for the current editing are displayed and the display frame is designated to specify or change the character font. In such software, for example, when designating a character typeface, all usable typeface information is displayed, and a desired typeface must be searched and designated from among them. If a desired typeface is selected from a large number of typeface information displayed in this way, the work efficiency will be reduced.

[0003]

As described above, conventionally, when a menu or a font display frame is displayed each time a character attribute is changed, all available attribute information is displayed.
Since it was necessary to search for and specify a desired typeface or font information from among them, it was a cause of lowering the document editing efficiency.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional example, in which attributes desired to be used in document editing are selected in advance and registered, the registered attributes are displayed in a list, and the registered attributes are displayed. A document processing method capable of selecting a desired attribute from the stored attributes and performing document editing, and a storage medium readable by a computer storing a control program for executing the document processing method and the apparatus. The purpose is to provide.

A further object of the present invention is to display a reduced number of attribute items to be selected, select a desired item from the display and execute document editing, a document processing method and apparatus, and the document processing method. It is to provide a computer-readable storage medium that stores a control program for executing.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the document processing apparatus of the present invention has the following configuration.
That is, a document processing apparatus for editing a document by designating an attribute of character information used for document information, the attribute storage unit storing a plurality of attributes relating to the character information, and a plurality of attribute storage units stored in the attribute storage unit. Registering means for taking out and registering the information on the specified attribute from among the attributes, instruction means for instructing to display the information on the attribute registered in the registering means, and the attribute displayed by the instruction from the instructing means. And editing means for allocating the instructed attribute to the character information in the document for editing.

In order to achieve the above object, the document processing method of the present invention comprises the following steps. That is, it is a document processing method for designating a document by designating an attribute of character information used for document information, and registering by extracting information on a desired attribute from a plurality of attributes usable in the document editing process. A step, instructing to display information on the attribute registered by the registration step, instructing a desired attribute from the registered attributes displayed by the instruction, and editing the instructed attribute Assigning to the character information of the inside document and editing.

To achieve the above object, the computer-readable storage medium of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, it is a computer-readable storage medium that stores a control program that executes a document process of editing a document by designating an attribute of character information used for the document information, and can be used by a document editing program that is being executed. A display module for displaying a plurality of attributes, a registration module for registering the selected attribute when a desired attribute is selected from the displayed plurality of attributes, and a registration module for registering the document when editing the document. An instructing step module for instructing to display information on the attribute that has been specified, and a display step module for displaying the name of the attribute displayed by the instructing step module in a character form according to the attribute,
And an editing process module for editing by assigning the instructed attribute to the character information in the document among the attributes displayed by the display module.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. [First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a document processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The device may be a word processor or an electronic typewriter, a workstation or a general computer system (PC).

In FIG. 1, 101 is a central processing unit (C
PU) and performs operation control and arithmetic processing of the entire document processing apparatus of the first embodiment according to a control program stored in the RAM 103. A read only memory (ROM) 102 stores a system boot program, character pattern data, and the like. A random access memory (RAM) 103 is used as a work area for temporarily storing various data when the CPU 101 executes various processes, as well as various programs, as a data storage area without use restrictions. And various data is loaded. The RAM 103 stores a font palette 130, which will be described later, and the font palette 130 is stored in a disk or the like described later, if necessary.

Reference numeral 104 denotes a keyboard control unit (KBC), which generates key data corresponding to the type of key input by the keyboard (KB) 105 and transmits the key data to the CPU 101. 106 is a pointing device controller (PDC)
Further, coordinate data, button input data and the like are received from a pointing device (PD) 107 such as a mouse and a joystick and transmitted to the CPU 101. 108
Is a display control unit (CRTC), which outputs data to be displayed to a display device 109 described later.
The display device (CRT) 109 includes a display device such as a CRT or a liquid crystal, receives data from the CRTC 108, and displays it. Reference numeral 1011 denotes an external storage device (disk) such as a floppy disk device (FD) or a hard disk device (HD), in which various data such as programs and character attribute information such as character fonts described later are stored. , Referred to as necessary when executing various processes, or the RAM 10
It is loaded to 3. 1010 is a disk control unit (DK
C), which controls data transmission with the disk 1011 such as FD and HD. A printer control unit (PRTC) 1012 includes a printer device (PRT) 1
013 is controlled. Printer device (PRT) 1013
Receives the data from the PRTC 1012 and executes printing on the recording medium. A system bus 1014 connects the above-described constituent elements to each other, and various data is transmitted via the bus 1014.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing the external appearance of the document processing apparatus according to the first embodiment.

In FIG. 2, a pointer (cursor) 202 on a document edit screen 201 displayed on a display 109 can be moved on the screen 201 by an instruction from a keyboard 105 or a pointing device (PD) 107. In addition, the pointing device 10
Reference numeral 7 has a selection button 203, and an event valid for the current position of the pointer 202 can be transmitted. Further, although there are various selection buttons 203 of the pointing device 107 and their arrangement depending on the computer system, the first embodiment is effective for any pointing device 107. In addition, the selection button 203 is a single click of pressing the button once,
Multiple selection formats can be expressed by the way of pressing, such as double-clicking the button twice in a short time.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the window display displayed on the document edit screen 201.

In FIG. 3, a plurality of windows 301 and 302 are displayed on the document edit screen 201, and it is possible to simultaneously display document information created by a plurality of applications using these windows. Also, depending on the computer system, the select button 20
The priority order of the display contents can be switched by the step 3, and by moving the pointer 202,
You can specify the currently valid window. In addition, the menu bar 303 displayed in the window 301
Indicates a menu valid in the application on the window 301.

The execution of the application registered in the menu bar 303 is started by moving the pointer 202, but it is also possible to give an instruction by moving the pointer 202 and pressing the selection button 203 of the pointing device 107. is there. Also, the menu bar 30
3 may be displayed outside these windows 301 and 302, and the display contents of the menu bar may be changed by the application currently effective.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show the window 301 of FIG.
6 is a diagram illustrating a method of changing a character attribute in FIG.

Menu bar 303 in window 301
Can display the sub-menu 401 for each item. The display of the submenu 401 may be performed only by moving the pointer 202 as described above, or may be performed by using the pointer 202 and the selection button 203 together. Now, as shown in FIG. 4, when "Format" 402 of the menu bar 303 is selected, the submenu 401 is displayed, and the displayed submenu 40 is displayed.
It is assumed that the character menu 403 is selected from 1. Further, in the edited document 404 displayed in the window 301, if a certain range in the document 404 is selected by moving the pointer 202 or the like, the character attribute changing operation instructed in the submenu 401 is selected. It is valid only within the range. On the other hand, if the range of the document data is not selected, the change of the character attribute is effective for the edit character after the cursor 405 in the window 301.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the character attribute change window 501 displayed by the processing described with reference to FIG.

In the character attribute changing window 501, a list of character font names is displayed, and a font designating box 5 for changing to a font style designated by the pointer 202 in the character font name is displayed.
02, a size instruction box 503 for displaying a plurality of character sizes and changing to a character size designated by the pointer 202, displaying a plurality of types of character decorations, and changing to a character decoration designated by the pointer 202 Character decoration instruction box 504, and further, an "OK" button 507 for changing the document attribute as specified in the above boxes and a "Cancel" button for canceling the operation for changing the character attribute instruction. 508 is included.

A scroll bar 50 is provided on the right side of the typeface designating box 502 and the character size designating box 503 to display information that does not fit in the boxes.
5 is displayed as needed. A check button 506 is provided in the character decoration instruction box 506 for designating whether or not each piece of character decoration information is valid. By designating valid character decoration information with the pointer 202, the item becomes " A mark such as a “x” mark is displayed so that it can be recognized that the character decoration is effective.

FIG. 6 shows the first embodiment in which a palette registration button 601 for registering the selected font information and the like as the font palette 130 is added to the character attribute change window 501 described with reference to FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display.

In the first embodiment, when the "OK" button 507 is pressed, the character attribute in the application currently being executed is changed. When the "palette registration" button 601 is pressed, the character attributes of the application currently being executed are not changed, and the contents specified in the boxes 502, 503 and 50 are registered in the font palette 130. That is, when the "palette registration" button 601 is specified in the state shown in FIG. 6, the character font is "Gothic" and the character size is "1".
The font palette 130 is the typeface information that is "0" points.
Registered in. The font palette 130 may be provided in the RAM 103 as described above, and may be registered in the hard disk 1011 or the like as needed.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing when a text attribute change instruction is issued and registered in the font palette 130 in the document processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. The control program that executes this process is R
It is stored in the AM 103.

This processing is started, for example, in the state where the window shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display 109. First, in step S1, when the input of the event from the pointing device 107 or the keyboard 105 is detected, the event is detected. take in. Next, step S
In step 2, it is determined whether or not the event input in step S1 indicates a termination command for the application. If the event is a termination command, the process is terminated, and if it is not a termination command, the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, it is determined whether the event input in step S1 is the font instruction (“format” instruction) command described with reference to FIG.
Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S4, normal processing other than font change and font palette registration is performed, and the process proceeds to step S1 to wait for the next event input from the keyboard 105 or the like.

On the other hand, in step S3, if the command is a change command of the font specification "format", the process proceeds to step S5 and FIG.
A window such as that shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, and the changing process to the designated font is performed as described with reference to FIG.
That is, in the example of FIG. 6, the size “10” points is selected in the “Gothic font” of the character fonts, and the selection processing of such font, character size, character decoration, etc. is performed in step S5. .

Next, in step S6, "cancel"
It is determined whether or not the button 508 has been instructed. If the button 508 has been instructed, the process returns to step S1 to wait for the next event to be input, and if not, the process proceeds to step S7. In step S7, it is checked whether or not the "OK" button 507 is instructed, and if it is instructed, the process proceeds to step S8,
The selected range in the document information or the attribute of the document information to be inputted is changed to the character font and character size selected in step S5, and the process returns to step S1.

In step S7, an "OK" button 507 is set.
If is not instructed, the process proceeds to step S9, it is determined whether or not the "palette registration" button 601 is instructed, and if not instructed, the process returns to step S5 to execute the above process, and when instructed, the step Go to S10,
The character attributes (font, size, etc.) specified in step S5 are registered in the font palette 130.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a specific example of instructing the window display of the font palette 130 according to the first embodiment.

In the first embodiment, the menu bar 303
The “Others” menu 801 is provided with a “Font palette display” menu 803, the “Others” 801 is selected, and the “Font palette display” 803 is selected from the submenu 802 of the menu. It shall be instructed to display the window 901.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of the font palette window 901 thus displayed.

The font palette window 901 is provided with a palette close button 902 and a registered font delete mode change button 903 ("delete" button) for changing to a delete mode when deleting a registered font. There is. These instructions are the same as above.
This is performed by pressing the selection button 203 with the pointer 202 moved to that position, and the processing corresponding to that button is performed. In addition, such pointer 2
By moving 02 and pressing the selection button 203, the fonts in the above-listed fonts are selected and deleted from the registered fonts. That is, in the example of FIG. 9, among the fonts registered in the font palette 130, the “Ming-cho type” font is designated by the pointer 202, and in this state, the “delete” button 903 is designated, You can remove the "Mincho" font from the font palette.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing relating to the font palette 130. The control program for executing this processing is stored in the RAM 103.

This process is started, for example, in the state where the screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, and first in step S11, an event is input from the pointing device 107 or the keyboard 105, and the event is input. To do. Next, the process proceeds to step S12, and it is determined whether the input event indicates a termination command of the application being executed. If it is a termination command, the process is terminated, and if it is not a termination command, the process proceeds to step S13. In step S13, the input event is shown in FIG.
It is determined whether or not it is an instruction to instruct "font palette display" 803 as shown in FIG. 7, and if it is a font palette display instruction, it proceeds to step S15. Perform application processing.

In the case of a palette display command, step S15
9, the font palette window 901 is opened, and a font list of the currently registered font palette 130 is displayed as shown in FIG. Next, proceeding to step S16, a selection mode for selecting any of the displayed font information is set as the initial value of the operation attribute of the font palette.

Next, the process proceeds to step S17, waits for an event from the pointing device 107 or the keyboard 105, inputs the event, and then the step S17.
Proceed to 18. In step S18, it is determined whether or not the input event is the font palette close command (the close button 902 is instructed) as described in FIG. 9, and if so, the process proceeds to step S19, and the font palette is closed. The window 901 display is closed and the font palette close processing is performed.

If the close button 902 is not instructed, the process proceeds to step S20, and the input event is "delete".
It is determined whether the button 903 is instructed, and if so, the process proceeds to step S21, and the operation attribute of the font palette is changed to the delete mode. If the deletion mode is already set at this time, the deletion mode is changed to the selection mode. This makes it possible to stop the deletion operation on the way.

On the other hand, in step S20, "delete"
When the button 903 is not input, the process proceeds to step S22, and it is determined whether the event input in step S17 is the font selection command shown in FIG. 9 (“Mincho type” is selected in FIG. 9), If it is a font selection command, the process proceeds to step S23, the operation attribute of the current font palette is checked, and if it is the deletion mode, the process proceeds to step S24. In step S24, the selected font is assigned to the font palette 130.
Remove from. Then, in step S25, the operation attribute of the font palette is changed to the selection mode.

If the selected mode is selected in step S23, the process proceeds to step S26, and the selected font is set as an effective phone in the application. That is, in the first embodiment, first, the selection mode or the deletion mode is designated, and then a certain font name is designated, so that the font is effective in the application according to the mode at that time. Specified font (in the selection mode), or the specified font is deleted from the registered font palette 130 (in the deletion mode).

If it is determined in step S22 that the command is not a font selection command, the process proceeds to step S27 to perform normal processing by the application currently being executed.

The font palette window 901 is displayed, registered, and deleted in accordance with the processing described above. Thus, by preparing the font to be used as the font palette 130 in advance, the work of changing the character attribute is facilitated and the work efficiency of document editing is improved.

FIG. 11 shows the above-mentioned window 30 displayed on the document edit screen 201 according to the first embodiment.
1 is a diagram showing a display example of a font palette window 901 and FIG.

Further, FIG. 12 shows that when there is a range 1201 selected in the document information 404 of the window 301,
The case where the designation of the character font in the selected range 1201 is valid only by the font palette window 901 is shown.

In FIG. 13, the “Gothic font” 1202 (FIG. 12) of the font palette 901 is pointed to by the pointer 202 from the state of FIG. 12, and the Gothic font (italic font with a character size of 18 points) is selected. The typeface of characters in the selected range of the document information 404 is 1
The state is changed as indicated by 201 '. Also, the selected font name "Gothic font" in the font palette window 901 is displayed separately from the display of other font names, as indicated by 1202 '.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, only the frequently used font information is registered as the font palette 130, the font palette window 901 is displayed, and the window 9 is displayed.
Since the font type can be specified in 01,
Many menu items are displayed, and as compared with the case where a desired item is selected from among them, the selection of the item becomes easier and the work efficiency of instructing and selecting the font is improved.

[Second Embodiment] In the first embodiment described above, the display format such as the typeface name in the font palette window 901 is character information, but in the second embodiment, the font palette window is displayed. 901
"Change display" button 14 to change the display mode
By adding 01, a font palette having a display form different from that of the first embodiment is provided.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display example of the font palette window 901 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 14, a "display change" button 1401 is added to the font palette window 901. By moving the pointer 202 onto the “display change” button 1401 and pressing the selection button 203 of the pointing device 107, the display change instruction is given.

The details will be described below.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display example of a palette registration window opened after the "palette registration" button 601 described with reference to FIG. 6 is pressed. In the palette registration window 1501, a font name display box 1502, a character size display box 1503, and a character decoration display box 1 for indicating the registered character attributes are displayed.
504, a registration name input box 1505, an “OK” button 506 for executing palette registration, and a “cancel” button 1507 for canceling palette registration are provided.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example in which the display form of the font palette window 901 is changed by instructing the “change display” button 1401 shown in FIG.

In the registered name input box 1505 in the palette registration window 1501 described with reference to FIG. 15, the registered name [LOGO] is the character attribute (logo typeface) of the registered typeface name display box 1502. ) Has been changed and displayed corresponding to.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart for explaining a method of registering in the font palette 130 in the palette registration window 1501 shown in FIG. 15, and a control program for executing this processing is stored in the RAM 103.

This process is executed in the state where the display as shown in FIG. 15 is made. First, in step S31, an event input from the pointing device 107 or the keyboard 105 is waited for and the event is input. Next, in step S32, "cancel"
It is determined whether or not the button 1507 has been instructed, and if "cancel" has been instructed, the processing ends; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S33, and the "OK" button 1506
See if was instructed. When the "OK" button 1506 is instructed, the process proceeds to step S34, it is determined whether the registered name is input in the registered name input box 1505, and if it is input, the process proceeds to step S35 and the registered name input box 1505 is entered. Register the character attribute corresponding to the registered name entered in to the palette.

On the other hand, in step S33, "OK" button 1
When 506 is not instructed, the process proceeds to step S36, it is determined whether the registered name is input to the registered name input box 1505, and if so, the process proceeds to step S37 and the registered name input from the keyboard 105 is input. Processing for displaying in the registration name input box 1505 is performed.

If the registered name is not input in step S36, the process proceeds to step S38 and the process corresponding to the input event is performed.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart for explaining the operation flow of the font palette in the second embodiment.
A control program for executing this process is stored in the RAM 03.

This process is executed, for example, in a state where the menu bar 303 is displayed as shown in FIG. 8. First, in step S41, an event input from the pointing device 107 or the keyboard 105 is waited for and the event is input. . Next, step S4
In step 2, it is determined whether or not the input event indicates an end command, and if it is an end process, the process by the application is ended. In step S43, it is determined whether or not the event input in step S41 is the font palette display command described with reference to FIG. 8, and if so, the process proceeds to step S45, the font palette is opened, and the font palette is opened. A list of registered fonts is displayed (for example, FIG. 14). On the other hand, if not, the process proceeds to step S44, and the process corresponding to the input event is performed. When the process of step S45 ends, the process proceeds to step S46,
Set the selection mode as the initial value of the operation attribute of the font palette.

Next, in step S47, the input of an event from the pointing device 107 or the keyboard 105 is waited for, and the event is input. Next, in step S48, it is determined whether or not the event input in step S47 is a close command for which the close button 902 of the font palette is instructed. If so, the process advances to step S49 to perform font palette close processing.

On the other hand, if the close button 902 is not instructed in step S48, the process proceeds to step S50, and the event input in step S47 is the "delete" button 90.
It is determined whether the instruction is No. 3, that is, whether it is a command to change the registered font mode, and if so, the process proceeds to step S51, and the operation attribute of the font palette is changed from the selection mode to the deletion mode. If the deletion mode has already been changed at this time, the deletion mode is changed to the selection mode. This makes it possible to stop the deletion operation on the way.

If it is not instructed by the "delete" button 903 in step S50, the process proceeds to step S52.
It is determined whether or not the event input in step S47 is the selection of the font name by the pointer, and if so, the process proceeds to step S53, and the operation attribute of the font palette at that time is checked. If the operation attribute is the deletion mode, the process proceeds to step S54, and if it is the selection mode, the step S5.
Proceed to 6.

In step S54, the selected font is deleted from the font palette 130, and then in step S54.
In step 55, the operation attribute of the font palette is changed from the deletion mode to the selection mode. On the other hand, in the selection mode, the process proceeds to step S56, and the selected font is
It is a valid font in the currently running application.

If it is determined in step S52 that the font selection is not instructed, the process proceeds to step S57, and it is determined whether the "display change" button 1401 is instructed. If instructed, the process proceeds to step S58 and the font palette window 901. The display form of the registered name [LOGO] in is changed to a logo typeface as shown by 1601 in FIG. On the other hand, in step S57, the "change display" button 140
If the instruction is not 1, the process proceeds to step S59 to perform normal processing by the application currently being executed.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, the display form of the font name of the font palette can be changed, and the display form of the characters of the registered name can be changed according to the registered contents. This makes it possible to easily confirm the character attribute. As a result, work associated with font designation and change is facilitated, and document editing becomes efficient.

[Third Embodiment] In the first and second embodiments described above, the font is used by the application when the font is selected in the font palette 130 according to the state in which the "Delete" button 903 is instructed. It is distinguished whether the font is deleted or the font is deleted from the palette 130. However, in the third embodiment,
Further "Apply" in the font palette window 901
By adding the button 1901, the character attribute changing process different from those of the first and second embodiments described above is provided.

FIG. 19 shows the third embodiment of the present invention.
It is a figure which shows the example which added the "display change" button 1401 and the "apply" button 1901 to the font palette window 901.

The instruction of each of these buttons is indicated by the pointer 202.
Is moved to a button and the selection button 203 of the pointing device 107 is pressed.

FIG. 20 is a flow chart showing the flow of font selection, deletion and display change processing of the font palette window 901 in the third embodiment, and the control program for executing this processing is stored in the RAM 103.

This process starts with the display shown in FIG. 8. First, in step S61, the input of an event from the pointing device 107 or the keyboard 105 is waited for, and the event is input. Next, in step S62, it is determined whether or not the event input in step S61 indicates an end command. If it is an end process, the process ends. If it is not an end command, the process proceeds to step S63. In step S63, it is determined whether the event input in step S61 is a display command for the font palette window 901 as described with reference to FIG.
If the command is not a font palette display command, the process proceeds to step S64 to perform processing by the application currently being executed.

In the case of a palette display command, step S65
Then, the font palette is opened and the fonts registered in the font palette 130 are displayed as a list in the font palette window 901 (FIG. 19).
reference). Next, in step S66, an event is input from the pointing device 107 or the keyboard 105, and the event is input.

When an event is input, the process proceeds to step S67, and whether the event input in step S66 is a font palette close command as described with reference to FIG. 9 (whether the close button 902 is instructed or not). ) Is determined, and if so, the process proceeds to step S68, and the displayed font palette is closed.

On the other hand, if the close button 902 is not instructed in step S67, step S69.
Then, it is checked whether the "delete" button 903 has been instructed. If so, the process proceeds to step S70, it is determined whether the font is selected in the font palette window 901, and if it is selected, the process proceeds to step S71, and the selected font is changed to the font. The specified font is deleted from the palette window 901 and the specified font is changed to the font palette 130.
Remove from.

Further, in step S69, a "delete" button 90
If it is not the instruction of 3, the process proceeds to step S72, it is determined whether the font "apply" button 1901 is instructed, and if so, the process proceeds to step S73 and whether the font is selected in the font palette window 901. Determine whether If it is in the selected state, the process proceeds to step S74, and if it is not selected, the step S6.
Return to step 6 and wait for the next event. Step S7
In 4, the selected font is set as an effective font for the application currently being executed.

In step S72, the "Apply" button 19 is pressed.
If the instruction is not 01, the process proceeds to step S75, it is determined whether the "display change" button 1401 is instructed,
When that is not right, it progresses to step S77, and when that is right, it progresses to step S76. In step S76, the display method of the font palette window 901 is changed.

On the other hand, in step S77, step S6
It is determined whether the event input in 6 is a font selection command for selecting one of the fonts. If the event is a font selection command, the process proceeds to step S78, the font selection is recognized, and the selected font name is set as shown in FIG. Of 1902
As shown in, it is displayed separately from other fonts. still,
In step S79, normal processing other than these events is performed by the application currently being executed.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, by adding the font "apply" button 1901, the font to be operated is selected in advance, and then the processing for the font is instructed. Since the selected font can be selected as a valid font simply by instructing the “Apply” button 1901, the work of changing the character attribute is facilitated and the efficiency of document editing is improved.

Even when the present invention is applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices (for example, host computer, interface device, reader, printer, etc.), a device composed of one device (for example, copying machine, facsimile) Device). Further, an object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or an apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus to execute the storage medium This is also achieved by reading and executing the program code stored in the.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the function of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD
-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also the OS (operating system) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. ) And the like perform some or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted in the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, This also includes a case where a CPU or the like included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs some or all of the actual processing and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

When the present invention is applied to the above-mentioned storage medium, the storage medium stores the program code corresponding to the above-mentioned flowchart. Briefly, the memory map example of FIG. Each module shown will be stored in the storage medium. That is, at least the “registration module 210” and the “instruction process module 21”
1 "" editing process module 212 "" display module 2 "
13 ”and“ display process module 214 ”, the program code of each module may be stored in the storage medium.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the number of attributes to be displayed can be reduced because the character attributes to be referred to when editing a document can be limited to only the desired attributes, and the desired attributes can be quickly displayed. Can be searched for, and the efficiency of document editing can be improved.

Further, according to the present embodiment, since the character indicating the attribute is displayed in the display mode of the character suitable for the attribute, the meaning of the attribute can be easily grasped and the attribute of the attribute at the time of editing can be changed. The chance of making a wrong choice is reduced.

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As described above, according to the present invention, an attribute desired to be used in document editing is selected and registered in advance,
The registered attributes can be displayed in a list, and desired attributes can be selected from the registered and displayed attributes to edit the document.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the number of attribute items to be selected for display, select a desired item from the display, and execute document editing.

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[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a window displayed on a document edit screen of the document processing apparatus of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation of changing a character attribute on a document edit screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a character attribute change window.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a character attribute changing window according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a pallet registration process according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of instructing display of a font palette according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of a font palette window according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the font palette according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example in which a font palette window is displayed on an edit screen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of designating a range of a document area on an edit screen and designating a font of the area using a font palette window.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example in which a document area is specified on the edit screen and the font of the area is converted to Gothic font using a font palette window.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example in which a display change button is added to a font palette window in the second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display example of a palette registration window according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example in which the display format of a font palette window in the second embodiment is changed.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a registration method to a font palette according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a font palette operation according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example in which a display change button and an apply button are added to the font palette window.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a flow of font selection, deletion, and display change processing from a font palette according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a module configuration of a disc in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 CPU (Central Processing Unit) 102 ROM 103 RAM 105 KB (Keyboard) 107 PD (Pointing Device) 109 Display (CRT) 130 Font Palette 203 Selection Button 601 “Palette Registration” Button

Claims (25)

[Claims] 1. A document processing device for editing a document by designating an attribute of character information used for document information, comprising: an attribute storage unit for storing a plurality of attributes related to the character information; Registering means for taking out and registering information on a specified attribute from a plurality of registered attributes, instructing means for instructing display of information on the attribute registered in the registering means, and displaying by an instruction from the instructing means. A document processing apparatus, comprising: an editing unit that assigns an instructed attribute to the character information in the document and edits the attribute. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attribute includes information on a font of a character or a character size. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the instruction unit includes a pointing device. 4. The registration means displays a plurality of attributes stored in the attribute storage means, and displays information relating to an attribute designated by a cursor or a pointing device from the displayed plurality of attributes. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document processing apparatus is registered. 5. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an erasing means for instructing any of the information on the attributes registered in the registration means and erasing it from the registration means. 6. The editing unit according to claim 1, wherein the editing unit changes the characters in the selected area in the document according to the attribute registered in the registration unit that is displayed. Document processing device. 7. A document processing apparatus for editing a document by designating an attribute of character information used for document information, comprising: attribute storage means for storing a plurality of attributes relating to character information; Registering means for taking out and registering information on the specified attribute from the plurality of registered attributes, instructing means for instructing to display the information on the attribute registered by the registering means, and displaying by the instruction from the instructing means. Display means for displaying the attribute name to be displayed in a character form corresponding to the attribute, and editing means for allocating and instructing the designated attribute of the displayed attributes to the character information in the document. Characteristic document processing device. 8. The document processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the attribute includes information on a font of a character or a character size. 9. The document processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the instruction unit includes a pointing device. 10. The registration means displays a plurality of attributes stored in the attribute storage means, and displays information on the attributes designated by a cursor or a pointing device from the displayed plurality of attributes. The document processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the document processing apparatus is registered. 11. The document processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising an erasing unit that instructs any of the information regarding the attributes registered in the registration unit and erases it from the registration unit. 12. The document processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the editing unit changes the characters in the selected area of the document according to the attribute displayed by the display unit. . 13. A document processing method for editing a document by designating an attribute of character information used for document information, comprising extracting information about a desired attribute from a plurality of attributes usable in a document editing process. A registration step of registering, a step of instructing to display information related to the attributes registered by the registration step, a step of instructing a desired attribute from the registered attributes displayed by the instruction, the instructed And a step of assigning an attribute to character information of a document being edited and editing the document. 14. The document processing method according to claim 13, wherein the attribute includes information on a font of a character or a character size. 15. The document processing method according to claim 13, wherein the instruction is given using a pointing device. 16. The document processing method according to claim 13, further comprising the step of instructing any one of the registered attributes and deleting it from the registration. 17. The document processing according to claim 13, wherein the editing step changes a character in a selected area in the document according to the displayed registered attribute. Method. 18. A document processing method for editing a document by designating an attribute of character information used for document information, wherein a plurality of attributes usable in the document editing process are displayed, and among the displayed attributes. A step of retrieving and registering information related to the specified attribute from the step, a step of instructing display of the information related to the registered attribute, and a step of displaying the attribute name displayed by the instruction in a character form according to the attribute. And a editing step of assigning a designated attribute of the displayed attributes to character information in the document and editing the document. 19. The document processing method according to claim 18, wherein the attribute includes information on a character typeface or character size. 20. The document processing method according to claim 18, wherein the instruction is given using a pointing device. 21. When extracting and registering information about the attribute, a plurality of registered attributes are displayed, and information about the attribute designated by a cursor or a pointing device is displayed from the displayed plurality of attributes. 21. The method according to claim 18, wherein the information is extracted and registered.
The document processing method described in any one of 1. 22. The document processing method according to claim 18, further comprising the step of instructing any one of the information relating to the registered attribute and deleting it from the registration. 23. The document processing method according to claim 18, wherein in the editing step, the characters in the selected area in the document are changed according to the displayed attribute. 24. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a control program for executing a document process of editing a document by designating an attribute of character information used for document information, comprising: A display module for displaying a plurality of available attributes, a registration module for registering the selected attribute when a desired attribute is selected from the displayed plurality of attributes, and a registration module for editing the document. An instruction process module for instructing display of information on attributes registered by the module, and when a desired attribute is instructed from the registered attributes instructed and displayed by the instruction process module, the instructed attribute And an editing step module for editing by assigning to the character information of the document being edited. 25. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a control program for executing a document process for editing a document by designating an attribute of character information used for the document information, which is a running document editing program. A display module for displaying a plurality of available attributes, a registration module for registering the selected attribute when a desired attribute is selected from the displayed plurality of attributes, and a registration module for editing the document. An instruction process module for instructing to display information about attributes registered by the module, a display process module for displaying the name of the attribute displayed by the instruction process module in a character form according to the attribute, and a display by the display module An editing process module for assigning the designated attribute to the character information in the document and editing the attribute, Storage medium characterized by having.