JPH09295430A - Document preparing-editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a plurality of printing results, and a printing result being different from a display, and improve the efficiency of a document preparation by a method wherein objects in the document including a designated specific colors, are selected, and a printing is performed while the objects including the specific colors being included in the selected document, as an attribute, are made non-printing objective data. SOLUTION: An object administration unit 25 checks the coordinate in a display region, and the size of an object information buffer 26, based on the coordinate where a pointing device 19 is depressed, and specifies a selected object, and obtains the color information and the data kind of the object. Then, a color, which this object has, is set as a non-printing color for a display region where the selected object is included. By this processing, the object which has a selected color attribute in each display region, and also has a designated data kind, can be set in a non-printing information buffer 28, as an objective not to be printed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation / editing apparatus such as a word processor, a personal computer or a workstation, and more particularly to improvement of a color data display and printing system in the apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The contents of two documents are almost the same, for example, a test question answer sheet and an answer sheet,
By preparing document data that has the recorded contents of both sheets and not printing one part on one side and the other part on the other side, or by printing the entire document data. It may be possible to obtain two types of print results. In addition to this type of document data, for example, there is a case in which the user wants to write the memo content at the time of document creation in the document but does not want to print the memo part.

Document data for which a plurality of types of print results can be obtained by not printing a part in this way
When trying to print using a document creation / editing device, the purpose can be achieved by creating multiple types of documents according to the print results, but it is the same as the labor required to create multiple types of documents. Therefore, when editing a common part, the inconvenience arises that all of these plural documents must be edited in the same way.

Therefore, there is a method in which the document data to be printed and the non-printing document data are created as the same document data as described above, and at the time of printing, those which are not printed are selected and printed. As a first prior art example for implementation, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 7-96636 (document processing apparatus and document processing method) discloses a specific example as shown in FIG. 14 (relationship between edit sheet and edit area). A method is disclosed that does not print by specifying the display area (editing area).
The non-printing method based on the color attribute of data and the non-printing method for each data type are not disclosed.

In FIG. 14, reference numeral 100 denotes an edit sheet which the document processing apparatus handles as data, and has data corresponding to the actual size and orientation of the sheet 200. Editing paper 1
A plurality of editing areas 110 and 120 are defined on 00, and data such as image data such as character strings, figures, and illustrations is stored in each editing area. In this figure, data 111 such as a character string or ruled line forming a test question portion is stored in the edit area 110, and character string and graphic data 121 forming a test answer portion is stored in the edit area 120. I am supposed to.

Further, as a second prior art example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-204949 (word processor having a multicolor printing function), only red characters are printed in the first printing as shown in FIG. After performing the printing, a method of printing only green in the second printing and similarly printing only blue in the third printing is disclosed. From this prior art example, color printing is performed using a color ribbon of three primary colors. You can specify the data you do not want to print to a specific ribbon color of the three primary colors using a document processing device that can print, and remove the ribbon from the printing device when printing or attach a colorless ribbon to print the specific data. A method of not printing can be easily considered. However, the print skip method for each display area and the print skip method for each data type are not disclosed.

[0007]

As described above, by using the document creation device, the contents of the two documents are almost the same and the partial printing is performed, for example, the answer sheet of the test question and the answer sheet. In some cases, there are cases in which it is desired to obtain multiple types of print results. As another example, if you want to write the memo content in the document for personal use but do not want to print the memo part, or distribute the document such as in-house document and external document For example, if you want to delete some contents depending on the destination, or if you want to create a handout for excluding unnecessary parts from the handout for presentation at a meeting, etc.

Further, apart from the purpose of obtaining a plurality of print results, both the display screen and the contents of the print result are substantially the same, and both the print result which does not include a part of data based on the display screen and the display screen are used. You may want to. This is based on the handouts of the presenter (printed materials to which comments and conversations are added) for the purpose of using for presentations, except for the parts that should not be printed (comments and conversations). Print out and create handouts,
It is conceivable that the presenter may make a presentation while looking at the document at hand on the display screen of the document creation device at the time of presentation.

However, in the first prior art example, it is only possible to specify not to print for each display area,
Since it is not possible to mix data that is printed and data that is not printed in the same display area, a free document cannot be created. Further, there is a problem that it is difficult to distinguish the data to be printed and the data to be printed on the screen.

Further, in the second prior art example, since the color of the data not to be printed is designated to the ribbon of one of the three primary colors, printing of all the colors obtained by combining the colors of the ribbons not mounted The number of colors that can be used is greatly reduced when creating a color document. In addition, there is a problem that it is limited to printing applications.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and makes it possible to obtain a plurality of print results and print results different from the display, and to efficiently create a document thereof. The object is to provide a document creation / editing device.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above object, according to claim 1 of the present invention, in a document creating / editing apparatus capable of color display, a specific color designation for designating a specific color included in a document is provided. Means, an object selecting means for selecting an object (editing unit such as a character or a graphic element) in the document including a specified specific color, and a document specified by the specific color specifying means and selected by the object selecting means And a control unit that prints an object that includes a specific color included as an attribute as non-print target data.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, by designating an arbitrary color that can be used in the document and not printing all the objects including the color, a document having a high degree of freedom including an object to be printed can be efficiently provided. It can be created and multiple types of print results can be obtained.

That is, in the first prior art example, whether to print or not can be specified only in units of display areas. Therefore, if there are objects to be printed that are scattered in a plurality of display areas, one Although there is an inconvenience that one display area has to be designated as a non-printing area, in the configuration of claim 1 of the present invention described above, only a color to be printed is designated, and all objects including the color are not printed. It is possible to obtain a plurality of types of print results by not printing a part.

Further, in the second prior art example, since the color of the data not to be printed is designated to the ribbon of one of the three primary colors, printing of all the colors obtained by combining the colors of the ribbons not mounted is performed. Although there is a problem in that the color cannot be printed or the correct color cannot be printed, in the configuration of claim 1 of the present invention, an arbitrary color that can be used in the document can be specified, and thus only the object including that color can be specified. Is not printed, and a part of the printing is not performed, so that it is possible to obtain a plurality of types of printing results.

In the above structure, it is possible to add the in-document display area management means configured to be able to specify the color of the object not to be printed for each display area. In addition, a non-printing data type can be specified from multiple data types, or a non-printing color can be specified by specifying an arbitrary object that includes an arbitrarily specified color, and another object that includes that color as an attribute can be specified. It is possible to add color management means for any object that can be a non-print object.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in which the document display area management means for specifying the color of the object not to be printed for each display area is added, the color of the object not to be printed can be specified for each display area. You can mix objects that do not print and objects that do not print in the same display area, and even if you use a color that does not print in a certain display area, you can use it as the color of an object that prints in a different display area. It is possible to efficiently create a highly flexible document including non-objects.

That is, in the first prior art example, whether to print or not can be specified only in display area units,
Therefore, there is a problem in that an object to be printed and an object not to be printed cannot be mixed in the same display area. However, by providing the display area management means in the document, the color of the object not to be printed is different for each display area. Since the designation can be made, it is possible to mix the non-printing object and the printing object in the same display area, and it is possible to create a highly flexible document including the non-printing object.

In the configuration of claim 3 in which color management means for an arbitrary object capable of designating a non-printing data type from a plurality of data types is added, it is possible to designate not printing for each data type. With this arbitrary object color management means, by specifying the data type not to be printed, an object of the data type not to be printed in the same display area,
Objects with different data types that print with the same color can be displayed or printed separately, making it possible to mix these objects in the document.
It is possible to efficiently create a highly flexible document including objects that are not printed.

In other words, in the first prior art example, whether to print or not can be specified only for each display area. Therefore, it is not possible to mix an object to be printed and an object not to be printed in the same display area. However, in the color management means for the arbitrary object according to claim 3, it is possible to specify the data type of the object which is not printed even with the same color and the data type of the object which is printed.
Since an object of a data type that is not printed and an object of a data type that is also printed in the same color can be mixed in the same display area, it is possible to create a highly flexible document including an object that is not printed.

Further, in the second prior art example, there is a problem that it is necessary to specify a color itself which is not printed, and it is difficult to correspond to an object which is not printed, but in the present invention, it is arbitrarily specified. By specifying any object that contains a color, you can specify the color that is not to be printed,
Since a color management means for any object that can make other objects that include that color as a non-printing object has been added, specify one of the objects that is not to be printed and specify the color of that object. By doing so, it is possible to specify the color of the object that is not printed, and thus it becomes easy to specify the color that is not printed.

According to the structure of claim 4 of the present invention, in the document creating / editing device capable of color display, the object in the document is designated for the purpose of designating the object (editing unit such as characters or graphic elements in the document) which is not to be printed. Specific color specifying means for specifying a specific color included in the specified color, and a document including the specified specific color for the purpose of confirming the display on the screen by distinguishing between the non-printing object containing the color as an attribute and the printing object An object selecting means for selecting an object inside, and a display means for selectively displaying a specific color included in the document, and included in the document specified by the specific color specifying means and selected by the object selecting means The object that does not print and the object that prints is distinguished by including the specific color
The display can be confirmed on the screen of the display means.

In the structure of claim 4, by displaying the objects to be printed and the objects not to be printed separately on the screen display, it becomes easy to confirm the objects not to be printed, and it is possible to easily edit them.
Further, both the display screen and the print result can be used.

That is, in the first prior art example, an object that is not printed can be displayed on the screen.
There is a problem that it is difficult to distinguish the object to be printed and the object to not be printed. On the other hand, in the configuration of claim 4, the object to be printed and the object not to be printed can be distinguished on the screen display.
Facilitates identification of non-printed objects. Also,
Apart from the purpose of obtaining multiple print results, the contents of the display screen and the print result are almost the same, and it is possible to obtain and use both the print result and the display screen that do not include some data based on the display screen. .

In the above arrangement, a specific color selection display means for selectively displaying a specific color contained in the document can be added. Then, the specific color selection display means can display only the object to be printed or the non-printing object on the edit screen so that the object to be printed or the non-printing object can be confirmed.

In the specific color selection display means according to the fifth aspect, the object to be printed and the object not to be printed are displayed separately on the screen display, whereby the object not to be printed can be easily confirmed and the editing can be easily performed.

That is, in the first prior art example, an object not to be printed can be displayed on the screen.
Although there is a problem in that it is difficult to distinguish between an object to be printed and an object not to be printed, according to the present invention, since only the object to be printed or the object not to be printed can be displayed on the screen, the same printed result can be seen on the screen. This is possible, or because only the objects that are not printed can be distinguished on the screen display, it is easy to check the print result on the screen or the objects that are not printed.

Further, as a structure of claim 6, as a specific color selection display means for selectively displaying a specific color contained in the document, an object to be printed and a non-printing object are simultaneously displayed, and non-printing of them is performed. By making only the object a display mode different from the object to be printed (shadow display or the like), the non-printed object can be confirmed. In the specific color selection display means according to the present invention, by displaying the objects to be printed and the objects not to be printed separately on the screen display, it becomes easy to confirm the objects not to be printed, and it is possible to easily edit them. Both the display screen and the print result can be used.

That is, in the first prior art example, an object not to be printed can be displayed on the screen.
Although there is a problem that it is difficult to distinguish between an object to be printed and an object not to be printed, according to the present invention, the object to be printed and the object not to be printed can be simultaneously displayed on the screen display and can be distinguished from each other. It becomes easier to check the objects that are not
This makes it easier to use and edit screens when both printable objects and non-printable objects are mixed.

When a conventional object of a single color is designated, the non-printed objects can be easily distinguished on the display by color. With the addition of color management means, objects that are not printed are
Since the non-printing color and the data type can be designated for each display area, it is possible that some colors cannot be distinguished. On the other hand, in the specific color selection display means according to claim 6, the object to be printed and the object not to be printed can be simultaneously displayed on the screen display, and they can be distinguished by means other than the color, so that they are not printed. The objects can be easily confirmed, and the editing work can be easily performed in the state where the objects to be printed and the objects not to be printed are mixed. Further, it is possible to easily use both the display screen and the print result.

[0031]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. First, an example of screen display and printing in the embodiments according to each claim of the present invention will be shown. FIG. 1A shows a display screen in a state where no object (editing unit such as characters or graphic elements) that is not to be printed is designated.
FIG. 1B shows the printing result. This is a printing example of a normal document processing device. In the figure, 1a to 3a are display areas,
4a indicates an object of black print color, 5a, 7a indicates a green color, and 6a, 8a, 9a indicates an orange print color object.

An example of screen display and printing in the embodiment according to claim 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2A shows a display screen in which an object that is not desired to be printed and an object to be printed are simultaneously displayed. 1b in the figure
3b is a display area, 4b is black, 5b and 7b are green, 6
Reference numerals b, 8b and 9b denote objects of orange print color. In this state, when the orange color is designated as the non-printing color, the orange objects 6b, 8b, 9b are not printed in the print result of FIG. 2B, and the selective object printing is possible. .

An example of screen display and printing in the embodiments according to claims 4 and 6 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3A shows a display screen in which an object that is not desired to be printed and an object to be printed are simultaneously displayed. In the figure, 1c to 3c are display areas, 4c is black, 5c,
Reference numeral 7c indicates an object of green printing, and 6c, 8c, and 9c indicate objects of an orange printing color. In FIG. 3A, when the orange color is designated as the non-printing color, the objects 6c, 8c, and 9c which are not desired to be printed are displayed differently from the other objects to be printed.

In this case, the unprinted object 6
Since c, 8c, and 9c are shadow-displayed, it is easy to distinguish the printed object and the non-printed object on the display, and the editing becomes easy. FIG. 3 (b)
Indicates the printing result.

An example of screen display and printing in the embodiment according to claim 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 (a)
The display screen in the state which simultaneously displayed the object which does not want to print and the object to be printed is shown. In the figure, 1
d to 3d are display areas, 4d is black, 5d and 7d are green,
Reference numerals 6d, 8d and 9d denote objects of orange print color. In FIG. 4A, orange is designated as the non-printing color of the 3d display area.

In this case, as in the print result shown in FIG. 4B, the orange objects 6d and 8d included in the display area 3d are not printed, but other objects are printed. . In this way, the color of the object not to be printed can be designated for each display area.

An example of screen display and printing in one embodiment according to claim 3 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5A shows a display screen in which an object that is not desired to be printed and an object to be printed are simultaneously displayed. In the figure, 1
e to 3e are display areas, 4e is black, 5e and 7e are green,
Reference numerals 6e, 8e, and 9e indicate objects of orange print color. In FIG. 5A, orange is designated as the non-printing color, and character data is designated as the non-printing data type.

In this case, as in the print result shown in FIG. 5B, the objects 6e and 9e which are orange objects and whose data type is character data are not printed, and other objects except them are not printed. The object is printed. In this way, it is possible to limit the data type of the object that is not printed among the objects that have non-printed colors.

With reference to FIG. 6, a color designation of a non-printing color by selecting an object in another embodiment according to claim 3 of the present invention will be described. In the figure, 1f to 3f are display areas,
4f indicates an object of a black print color, 5f and 7f indicate a green color, and 6f, 8f and 9f indicate an orange print color. Further, 10 is the coordinates of the display area 1f, 11 is the size thereof, 12 is the coordinates of the display area 2f, 13 is the size thereof, and 14 is the display area 3f.
Coordinates, 15 is its size, 16 is the green object 7
f is the coordinate, 17 is its size, and 18 is the coordinate of the orange object 8f. Reference numeral 19 is a pointing device represented by a pen.

When the orange object 8f is selected by the pointing device 19, this object 8f
The non-printing color of the display area 3f including f is set to the color of the object 8f. After that, if this setting is specified to be valid in all display areas, the non-printing color setting of all display areas is set to this color. In this way, the non-printing color can be easily set.

FIG. 7 shows an example of screen display and printing in an embodiment according to claim 5 of the present invention. 1g in the figure
~ 3g is a display area, 4g is black, 5g, 7g is green, 6
g, 8g, and 9g represent objects of orange print color. FIG. 7A shows a display screen in which an object that is not desired to be printed and an object to be printed are displayed at the same time, and an object that is not printed is shadow-displayed. As shown in FIG. 7A, when the orange color is designated as the non-printing color, the objects 6g, 8g, and 9g which are not desired to be printed are displayed differently from the other objects to be printed.

In FIG. 7B showing the print result, the unprinted objects 6g, 8g and 9g are not displayed, but only the printed objects 1g to 5g and 7g are displayed. Since the objects that are not printed are not displayed, it is easy to check the print results on the display. As shown in FIG. 7B, the print result is the same as the display.

An example of screen display and printing in another embodiment according to claim 5 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, 1
h to 3h are display areas, 4h is black, 5h and 7h are green,
6h, 8h, and 9h indicate objects of orange print color. FIG. 8A shows a display screen in which an object that is not desired to be printed and an object to be printed are simultaneously displayed, and an object which is not to be printed is shadow-displayed. In FIG. 8A, when the orange color is designated as the non-printing color, the objects 6h and 8
Objects h and 9h are displayed differently from other objects to be printed.

In FIG. 8B showing the print result, the object to be printed is not displayed and the object 6 which is not printed is displayed.
Only h, 8h and 9h are displayed. Since only the non-printed objects are displayed, it is easy to check the non-printed objects.

FIG. 9 shows functional blocks according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the document creation / editing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a central processing unit 20, a pointing device 19, a display device 21, a printing device 22, and a display area management unit 23 that manages the display in the display area. , A display area information buffer 24 that holds the position information of the display area, an object management unit 25 that manages the objects in the display area, and the actual data (character code,
(Graphic data, image data, etc.), and an object information buffer 26 that stores data types and color information corresponding thereto, a non-printing information management unit 27 that manages information that is not printed, color information that is not printed, display area information, and a data type. It includes a non-printing information buffer 28 held therein, a display control unit 29 that performs general object display processing, and a print control unit 30 that performs general object display printing processing.

The object management unit 25 and the object information buffer 26 are means for designating a specific color contained in a document, and the object management unit 25 and object information are a means for selecting data in a document containing a designated specific color. A buffer 26, a non-printing information management section 27 and a non-printing information buffer 28 as means for selectively displaying a specific color contained in the document, a display area management section 23 and display area information as means for managing the display area in the document. The buffer 24, the object management unit 25 and the object information buffer 2 as means for managing the color of an arbitrary object
6. A non-print information management unit 27 and a non-print information buffer 2 as means for selectively displaying a specific color included in a document.
8 and a display control unit 29.

Next, each buffer structure will be shown. The structure of the display area information buffer 24 is shown in FIG. The display area information buffer 24 is a buffer that holds the position information of the display area, and for each display area in the document, the display area number 31 that uniquely identifies the display area and the coordinate information that indicates the position of the display area in the document. 32, information 3 indicating the size of the display area
And 3.

The structure of the object information buffer 26 is shown in FIG. The object information buffer 26 is a buffer that holds various kinds of information of objects, and for each object, an object number 34 that uniquely identifies the object, a data type 35 that indicates a data type of the object such as a figure or a character, and an object. Information 36 indicating the color of the object, a display area number 37 indicating the display area including the object, coordinate information 38 indicating the position of the object in the display area, and the size 3 of the object.
9.

The structure of the non-print information buffer 28 is shown in FIG.
It is shown in (c). The non-printing information buffer 28 is a buffer that holds various information that is not printed, and for all objects that are not printed, the entire display area target identification information 40 that indicates whether or not all the display areas have the same condition, hereinafter, for each display area. The display area number 41, the data type 42 of the non-printing object, and the color information 43 of the non-printing object.
It is composed of

The processing of the present invention will be described below. First, with reference to claims 1 to 3, a method of selecting an object not to be printed will be described with reference to a flowchart showing the processing operation of FIG. When the object 8f is selected with the pointing device (pen) 19 on the screen of FIG. 6 (step # 5), the display area management unit 23 displays (Xp,
Yp) based on the coordinate information 3 of the display area information buffer 24.
Check 2 and size 33. Since it can be seen that it falls within the range of the size 33 with (Xa2, Ya2) in the coordinate information 14 of the display area 3f as the upper left, the pointing device 1
The display area 3f in which 9 is pressed is specified (step # 1
0), the display area number 31 is obtained.

Further, the object management unit 25 checks the coordinates 38 and the size 39 in the display area of the object information buffer 26 in the same method and order as the specification of the display area based on the coordinates at which the pointing device 19 is pressed. The selected object is specified, and the color information 36 and the data type 35 of the object are acquired (step # 1
5). Then, these pieces of information are passed to the non-print information management unit 27 and set in the display area number 41 and the color information 43 of the non-print information buffer 28 (step # 20). Display area 3f containing the object selected in this way
The non-printing color of is set to the color of the object 8f. Further, when the data type (character, figure, etc.) is designated (step # 25), the data type of the previous object is passed to the non-print information management unit 27 and set in the data type 42 of the non-print information buffer 28. (Step # 3
0) (with respect to claim 3).

If the same operation is performed for each display area (step # 35), the same processing as described above is performed to add information to the non-print information buffer 28 (related to claim 2). When the entire display area is designated (step # 40), the non-printing information management unit 27 is notified that the entire display area is designated, and the entire display area target identification information 40 in the non-printing information buffer 28 is notified. Flag is set to ON (step # 45). In this case, the data in the top display area of the non-print information buffer is adopted as the information for not printing (related to claim 1). By the above processing, an object having a color attribute selected for each display area and having a specified data type can be set in the non-printing information buffer 28 as a non-printing target.

Next, with reference to claims 4 to 6, the screen display processing of an object not to be printed will be described with reference to the flowchart showing the processing operation of FIG. For the screen display, the display area management unit 23 displays the display area information buffer 24.
Then, the coordinates 32 of the display area and the size 33 of the display area are extracted (step # 105), and the display processing is performed for each display area.

In the process of determining the object displayed in each display area, the object management unit 25 retrieves the information of the object contained in the display area from the object information buffer 26 based on the display area number (step # 110). ), The display area number 37 of the object, the color information 36 of the object, and the data type 35 are sent to the non-printing information management unit 27, and it is inquired whether or not the object is a printed object (step # 115).

The non-printing information management section 27 checks the display area number 41, the color information 43 of the object, and the data type 42 of the non-printing information buffer 28, and notifies whether or not it is an object to be printed (step # 120). However, in the determination processing at this time, if the flag of the all display area target identification information 40 of the non-print information buffer 28 is ON, the non-print information buffer 2 is irrespective of the display area number of the object.
Check the color information 43 and the data type 42 at the head of 8
(Regarding claim 4).

Next, the processing is divided depending on the screen display mode (step # 125 and step # 135).
First, in the mode in which only the objects to be printed are displayed on the screen (the processing is the mode in which the objects to be printed are displayed on the screen (Yes in step # 125), and the objects not to be printed are not displayed on the screen (No in step # 135).
mode). If it is an object to be printed, the information of the object is passed to the display control unit 29 as a normal display and displayed on the display device 22 (step # 130). If the object is not printed, do nothing.

A mode in which only objects that are not to be printed are shadow-displayed on the screen (as processing, a mode in which objects to be printed are not displayed on the screen (step # 125)
No.) and a mode in which an object not to be printed is displayed on the screen (Yes in step # 135). If the object is not to be printed, the object information is passed to the display control unit 29 as a shadow display and displayed on the display device 22.
(Step # 135). If it is an object to be printed, nothing is done (the above is for claim 5).

Further, on the display, both the non-printing object and the printing object are displayed on the screen at the same time, and only the non-printing data is shadow-displayed (the processing is the mode for displaying the printing object on the screen (step # 125) Yes, and a mode in which objects that are not to be printed are displayed on the screen (step #
135 Yes). If it is an object to be printed, the information of the object is passed to the display control unit 29 as a normal display and displayed on the screen of the display device 22 (step # 130). If the object is not to be printed, the object information is passed to the display control unit 29 as a shadow display and displayed on the screen of the display device 22 (step # 140) (related to claim 6).

Next, with reference to claims 1 to 3, a process of printing only an object to be printed will be described with reference to the flowchart showing the processing operation of FIG. For printing, the display area management unit 23 uses the display area information buffer 24.
Then, the coordinates 32 of the display area and the size 33 of the display area are extracted (step # 205), and display processing for printing is performed for each display area. In the process of determining the object to be printed in the display area, the object management unit 25 retrieves the information of the object contained in the display area from the object information buffer 26 based on the display area (step #
210), the display area number 37 of the object, the color information 36 and the data type 35 of the object are sent to the non-printing information management section 27, and it is inquired whether or not the object is a printed object (step # 215). (Claims 2 and 3).

The non-printing information management section 27 checks the display area number 41, the color information 43 of the object, and the data type 42 of the non-printing information buffer 28, and notifies whether or not the object is a printing object (step # 220). However, in the determination processing at this time, if the flag of the all display area target identification information 40 of the non-print information buffer 28 is on, the non-print information buffer 2 is irrelevant regardless of the display area number of the object.
The color information 43 and the data type 42 at the head of 8 are checked.
If it is an object to be printed, the information of the object is passed to the print control unit 30 as normal printing and printing is performed by the printing device 22. If the object is not printed, nothing is done (related to claim 1).

Although the display screen and the print result of the document editing apparatus have been described in the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the printing, and the printing of the document editing apparatus is intended to be used for, for example, a presentation. An image output device is used instead of the device to display a print result equivalent to that described in the embodiment on a television or overhead projection, or a communication device is used instead of the printing device of the document editing device to use a personal computer. It is conceivable that he said that he would connect to the network and display it, or output to a facsimile.

[0062]

As described above, according to claim 1 of the present invention, by designating a specific color included in a document, an object including that color as an attribute is not printed, so that an object that is not printed is Since it is not necessary to select one by one and any color that can be used in the document can be specified, it is possible to not print only the object containing that color, and a document with a high degree of freedom including objects that are not printed. It can be created efficiently, and a plurality of types of print results can be obtained by not printing a part.

According to the second aspect, since the color of the object not to be printed can be designated for each display area, the object not to be printed and the object to be printed can be mixed in the same display area. By increasing the degree of freedom, it is possible to create a document with a high degree of freedom including objects that are not printed.

According to the third aspect, it is possible to specify the data type of the object which is not printed even in the same color and the data type of the object which is printed, and the data type of the object which is not printed in the same display area and the data type which is printed in the same color Since objects can be mixed, it is possible to specify not to print for each data type, and the degree of freedom of printable colors is increased, which makes it possible to create a document with a high degree of freedom including objects that are not printed. In addition, it is easy to specify a color that is not printed. By specifying one of the non-printing objects, you can specify the color of the non-printing object, and you can not print other objects that have that color as an attribute, making it easy to specify the color of the non-printing object. Editing work becomes easy.

According to the fourth aspect, by designating a specific color included in the document, it is possible to distinguish on the screen display an object that does not print and an object that does not print that includes that color as an attribute. Objects that are not printed can be easily checked, and editing work is facilitated. Further, it is possible to easily use both the display screen and the print result.

According to claim 5, since only the object to be printed can be displayed on the edit screen, it is easy to check the object to be printed and the print result on the screen, and the editing work is facilitated. . Further, since only the non-printed objects can be displayed on the edit screen, the non-printed objects can be easily confirmed and the editing work becomes easy.

According to the sixth aspect, the object to be printed and the object not to be printed are simultaneously displayed, and only the object not to be printed is displayed differently from the object to be printed (shadow display or the like).
Since the non-printed objects can be distinguished by means other than the color, it is easy to confirm the non-printed objects, and it becomes easy to edit the document in a state where the printable data and the unprintable data are simultaneously displayed. Further, it is possible to easily use both the display screen and the print result.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a normal screen display and a print example.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen display and a print example relating to the embodiment according to claim 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen display and a print example regarding an embodiment according to so-called requirements 4 and 6 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen display and a print example regarding an embodiment according to claim 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen display and a print example regarding one embodiment according to claim 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen display of object selection according to another embodiment of claim 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a screen display and a print example regarding one embodiment according to claim 5 of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen display and a print example regarding another embodiment according to claim 5 of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram for implementing the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a data structure of a buffer of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing one operation of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing another operation of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing still another operation of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a first prior art example.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a second prior art example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 19 pointing device 20 central processing unit 21 display device 22 printing device 23 display area management unit 24 display area information buffer 25 object management unit 26 object information buffer 27 non-print information management unit 28 non-print information buffer 29 display control unit 30 print control unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A document creation / editing apparatus capable of color display, a specific color designating unit for designating a specific color included in the document, and an object selection for selecting an object in the document including the specified specific color. And a control unit that prints, as non-print target data, an object that includes a specific color that is specified by the specific color specifying unit and that is included in the document selected by the object selecting unit as an attribute. Document creation / editing device. 2. The document creating / editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an in-document display area management unit configured to specify a color of an object not to be printed for each display area. 3. A non-printing color is specified by specifying an arbitrary object that can specify a non-printing data type from a plurality of data types or that includes an arbitrarily specified color, and includes that color as an attribute. 2. The document creating / editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising color management means for an arbitrary object that can make another object a non-printing object. 4. A document creation / editing apparatus capable of color display, a specific color designating unit for designating a specific color included in the document, and an object selection for selecting an object in the document including the specified specific color. Means and display means for selectively displaying a specific color included in the document, and including a specific color included in the document selected by the specific color specifying means and selected by the object selecting means as an attribute A document creating / editing apparatus, characterized in that an object not to be printed and an object to be printed are distinguished from each other so that the display can be confirmed on the screen of the display means. 5. A specific color selection display means for selectively displaying a specific color contained in the document is added, and by this specific color selection display means, only the object to be printed or the non-printing object is displayed on the edit screen. The document creation / editing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the printed object or the non-printed object can be confirmed. 6. A specific color selection display means for selectively displaying a specific color included in the document is added, and the specific color selection display means simultaneously displays an object to be printed and a non-printing object, The document creating / editing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the non-printing object can be confirmed by making only the non-printing object a display mode different from the printed object.