JPH096783A - Index preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve efficiency for index preparation by automating the preparation of an index with the processing of any specified flow chart. CONSTITUTION: A device 100 is composed of a data processor 1, operation input means 2 connected to the data processor 1, display means 3, data input/ output means 4 and printing means 5 or the like. In this case, the preparation of the index is automated by executing the flow chart composed of a typesetting simulation means, printing position data preparing means, data retrieving means, page discriminating means and index preparing means. Namely, text data are retrieved, records consisting of the text data are retrieved, which page of text data prints data for index as a retrieving object is discriminated based on these retrieved records and the printing position data of prepared records, and the index showing the relation between the data for index and the printing page of text is prepared based on this printing page discriminated result.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an index creating apparatus used for creating books such as various specialized books, pictorial books and history books.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, at the end of books such as technical books, pictorial books, and history books, there is an index for searching for keywords in the text. After the text is output, the page in which the keyword in the output text is located is searched for.

[0003]

In the index creating work as described above, the searching work for finding which page of the text the keyword is is often manual, which requires a lot of time and effort. I was there. Also,
If the text is modified and the pages of the text are shifted to the whole page, the page on which the keyword is posted may change, which requires the index creation work to be restarted from the beginning.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an index creating apparatus capable of automating the index creating operation to improve the efficiency of the operation.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in the index creating apparatus according to the first invention, a typesetting simulation means for simulating the typesetting of the text data according to the typesetting data set in the text data. ,
Creation of posting position data that searches the text data simulated by the typesetting simulation means and creates posting position data indicating a posting start page, a posting start line, and a posting end page for each paragraph that constitutes the text data Means, a data search means for searching in which paragraph of the text data simulated by the typesetting simulation means, the index data input through the operation input means, and a paragraph searched by the data search means. Based on the publication position data of the paragraph created by the publication position data creating means, it is determined which page of the body data the index data searched by the data searching means is posted. For the index based on the page determination means and the determination result of the page determination means Indexing means to create an index that shows the relationship between the posted page of over data and text data, and said that it has provided.

In the index creating device according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the page determining means, when the publication start page and the publication end page indicated by the publication position data are different, the first character of the index data is The number of characters from the first character of the body data is counted, and based on the count result and the print format, it is determined which line of the body data the first character of the index data to be searched is. The calculation is further performed, and based on the calculation result and the publication start line indicated by the publication position data, it is determined whether the index data is on the publication start page or the publication end page.

In the index creating device according to the third aspect of the invention, the index creating means outputs an index indicating the relationship between the index data and the page on which the text data is posted in combination with the text data. .

[0008]

According to the index creating device of the first aspect of the present invention, the publication position data creating means retrieves the text data simulated by the typesetting simulation means, and the paragraph data forming the text data is searched. Posting position data indicating a posting start page, a posting start line, and a posting end page is created. On the other hand, the data search means searches which paragraph of the text data simulated by the typesetting simulation means is in the index data input through the operation input means, and the page determination means further searches for the data. Based on the paragraph searched by the means and the publication position data of the paragraph created by the publication position data creating means, the index data searched by the data searching means is the page number of the text data. It is determined whether or not it is posted, and thereafter, the index creating means creates an index indicating the relationship between the index data and the posted page of the body data based on the determination result of the page determining means. That is, in the index creation device of the present invention, the index creation work can be automated by the typesetting simulation means, the publication position data creation means, the data search means, the page determination means, and the index creation means.

According to the index creating device of the second invention,
When the publication start page and the publication end page indicated by the publication position data are different, the page determination means counts the position of the first character of the index data from the first character of the paragraph of the text data. , Based on the count result and the print format, it is calculated which line of the body data the first character of the index data to be searched is, and the calculation result and the publication position data are used. Based on the displayed start line, it is determined whether the index data is on the insertion start page or the insertion end page, which determines how many pages of index data to be searched. Whether it is in the eye can be reliably determined.

According to the index creating device of the third invention,
Since the index creating means outputs the index indicating the relationship between the index data and the page on which the text data is posted by combining the text data with the text data, the text and the text are integrated with each other by outputting the data once. You can create a customized index,
This makes it possible to efficiently perform the work of creating a book having an index.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a computer system usable for the index processing device 100.
A data processing device 1 which is a computer main body, an operation input means 2 connected to the data processing device 1, a display means 3,
The data input / output unit 4 and the printing unit 5 are included. The operation input means 2 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse and the like operated by an operator, and the display means 3 is composed of a CRT, a liquid crystal screen and the like. The data input means 4 is constituted by a floppy disk device capable of reading text data (described later) from the outside or a communication means. Further, when the communication means is provided as the data input means 4, the body data can be directly input from the DTP.

Next, the data processing contents of the data processing apparatus 1 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. << Step 1 >> The text data for which an index is to be created is read from the data input means 4 or the storage device in the data processing apparatus 1, and a simulation of the typesetting processing is performed for this text data. (Shown in Figure 3). The text data includes text data indicating the content of the text, a series set for each character in the text data, a character type, a line feed, a prohibition,
This data processing device 1 is composed of typesetting data indicating instructions such as ruby and European languages. In the data processing device 1, the typesetting data and a print format (1) set in advance based on an instruction from the operation input means 2 are used. According to the number of line characters (12 characters in FIG. 3), the number of lines per page (11 lines in FIG. 3),
A typesetting process simulation is performed in which the text data in the body data is allocated in page and line units set in the print format. In addition, the above-mentioned body data uses line breaks for each sentence.

<< Step 2 >> With respect to the body data simulated in Step 1, the text data is classified as one record for each paragraph (where there is a space at the beginning of the paragraph is the start position of the paragraph), and each record is further classified. , Creating and adding posting position data indicating the posting start page, the posting start line, and the posting end page. In particular,
As shown in Figure 4, "Mincho is the typeface most often used for text. “This was first used in the Ming Dynasty of China, and it has been used for a long time. "The Gothic font is uniformly thick both vertically and horizontally, and can also be used for headings. "The text typeface clearly expresses the pointillism of itself, and is used for textbooks and sub-readers in lower grades of elementary school. "In addition, in the Gothic type ......... , Etc. is classified as a record (indicated by a code), and the publication position data including a publication start page, a publication start line, and a publication end page for each of these records. .. are created and added respectively.

<< Step 3 >> The index data 20 input as a keyword through the operation input means 2 is searched for in which of the records classified in step 2 ... Data 20 is a record classified in step 2 ...
・ Specify which is in << Step 4 >> In the record specified by the search in Step 3 ...
It is determined whether or not the insertion start page and the insertion end page in 11.12.13 ... are the same value, and based on the determination result, the process proceeds to step 5 or step 6. That is,
In this step 4, the posting position data 10/11/12
When it is determined that the publication start page and the publication end page in 13 are the same value, this page is confirmed as the publication page of the index data 20 and the process proceeds to the next step 6,
In addition, when it is determined that the publication start page and the publication end page in the publication position data 10, 11, 12, 13, ... Are not the same value, the publication page of the index data 20 is determined in the next step 5. To do.

Specifically, when the index data 20 of "readability" is input through the operation input means 2, in this step 4, the record of which "readability" is classified in step 2 ... Search for and identify which one. And by this search, "readability"
When it is specified that the index data 20 is included in the records, the publication start page and the publication end page in each publication position data 11 in these records are
It is determined whether the values are the same. Then, in this case, regarding the record, since the publication start page and the publication end page in the publication position data 11 have the same value (any page is the first page), this page "1" is posted as "readability". Confirm with page.

On the other hand, through the operation input means 2, "Minchotai"
When the index data 20 is input, the present step 4 searches for and identifies which of the records classified in step 2 this "Minchotai". Then, when it is specified by this search that the index data 20 of "Minchotai" exists in the record and the record, in each of these records and each of the posting position data 10 and 12, It is determined whether the publication start page and the publication end page have the same value. Then, in this case, regarding the record, since the publication start page and the publication end page in the publication position data 10 have the same value (any page is the first page), this page "1" is set to "Minchotai". Confirmed as the posting page of. On the other hand, regarding the record, the publication start page and the publication end page in the publication position data 12 do not have the same value, and therefore, in this step 4, the publication page of the index data 20 in the record is not fixed, and the next step Go to 5.

On the other hand, through the operation input means 2, "headline"
When the index data 20 is input, the present step 4 searches for and identifies which of the records classified in step 2 the "heading" is. Then, when it is specified by this search that the index data 20 called “headline” is present in the records, the publication start page and the publication end page in each publication position data 12 in these records have the same value. Whether or not each is determined. Then, in this case, as for the record, as described above, the posting position data 12
The insertion start page and the insertion end page in the inside do not have the same value. Therefore, in this step 4, the insertion page of the index data 20 in the record is not fixed, and the process proceeds to the next step 5.

The above-mentioned index data 20 is shown in FIG.
The process of step 4 is performed by sequentially reading the data input through the operation input means 2 and temporarily stored in the data processing device 1 as shown in FIG. Through index data 20
The process of step 4 may be performed each time the input is made. Further, when the posted page of the index data 20 is determined in step 4 and the next step 5, the relationship between the index data 20 and the posted page is temporarily stored in the data processing device 1 as shown in FIG. Remember. Also,
Needless to say, the specific process of step 4 described above is an example, and the posted page may be determined by other index data 20.

<< Step 5 >> Posting position data 10/11
. Based on the publication start line indicated by 12.13 ... and the text data entered in step 1, the index data 20 to be searched is either the publication start page or the publication end page. Determine if it is on the side. That is, regarding the record in which it is determined in step 4 that the index data 20 to be searched exists and the publication start page and the publication end page are not the same value,
The first character of the index data 20 is counted from the first character of the body data in the record (however, including spaces and dakuten, half-width 2 is full-width 1, and prohibited characters are included). The number of characters of the index data 20 to be searched is in which line of the body data based on the count result and the print format (the number of characters per line). Is calculated, and the line indicating the first character position of the index data 20 obtained by the calculation and the posting start line indicated by the posting position data 10, 11, 12, 13 ,. Minus 1), and then this calculated value and print format (number of lines per page)
From the comparison with, the first character is 10
・ Determine which side of the publication start page and publication end page indicated by 11.12.13 ...
The posted page of the index data 20 is determined based on the determination result.

Specifically, in step 4, "Minchotai"
If it is determined that the index start data 20 and the end page are not in the same value, the index data 20 is input in this record in step 5 Search for "Akira" in "Body" at the 18th position from the beginning of the body data, and search based on the search result and the preset print format (number of characters per line: 12 characters). The first character of the target index data 20 is calculated to be on the second line of the body data, and the line indicating the first character position of the index data 20 obtained by the calculation (that is, the second line ) And the posting start line (that is, the ninth line) indicated by the posting position data 12 are added and subtracted (to be exact, minus 1), and the calculated value (that is, 1).
From the comparison between the 0th line) and the print format (the number of lines per page: 11 lines), it is determined that the first character is on the publication start page side indicated by the publication position data 12, and based on the judgment result. Then, the posted page of the index data 20 is determined to be page “1”.

On the other hand, in another specific example, in step 4,
When the index data 20 called "heading" is input and it is determined that the index start page and the index end page are not in the same record, in this step 5, the index record 20 It searches for the 35th character from the beginning of the "heading" and searches for it based on the search result and the preset print format (12 characters per line). It is calculated that the first character of the index data 20 is located on the third line of the body data, and the line indicating the first character position of the index data 20 obtained by the calculation (that is, 3
Line) and the insertion start line indicated by the insertion position data 12 (that is, the ninth line) are added and subtracted (to be exact, minus 1), and the calculated value (that is, the eleventh line) and the print format. From the comparison with (the number of lines per page: 11 lines), it is determined that the first character is on the publication start page side indicated by the publication position data 12, and the index data 20 is posted based on the determination result. The page is determined to be page "1".

Depending on the number of characters in the character data, the publication start page and the publication end page may not be adjacent to each other. In such a case, step 5
Then, it is calculated how many pages and what line the first character of the index data 20 to be searched is from the publication start line indicated by the publication position data 10.11.12.13. The posted page of the index data 20 is determined by.

<< Step 6 >> For text printing of the text data of the text data read in step 1, based on the text formatting data set in the text data, so that the printing means 5 prints the text data. Create the data. << Step 7 >> The index is formatted based on the relationship between the index data 20 temporarily stored in Steps 4 and 5 and the posted page (see FIG. 6), so that the printing unit 5 prints the index. Create index print data. In addition, in this step 7, when formatting the index,
The typesetting data indicating the series or character type of the index character is set in advance, and the index printing data is created according to the typesetting data. Also, in step 7,
When creating the index print data, it is advisable to arrange the index data to be rearranged in the alphabetical order “aiueo ...” in parallel. << Step 8 >> The index print data created in step 7 is combined with the last part of the text print data created in step 6 and output, thereby creating print data for the entire book.

As described in detail above, according to the index creating device 100 shown in this embodiment, in step 2, the text data simulated in step 1 is searched to form the text data. record·
・ ・ ・ ・ Posting position data showing the starting page, starting line, and ending page for each page
13 ... On the other hand, in step 3,
Index data 20 input through the operation input means 2
, Which record of the body data simulated in step 1 ... is searched, and in steps 4-5, the record searched in step 3 ... , Based on the posting position data 10, 11, 12, 13, ... of the record created in step 2, the index data 20 that is the search target is posted on which page of the body data. Is determined, and then step 6
In step 8, based on the posted page determination results in steps 4 to 5, an index indicating the relationship between the index data 20 and the posted page of the text is created. That is, in the index creating device of the present embodiment, the index creating work can be automated by the process of the above flow chart, and when the text is modified as in the conventional case and the page of the text is moved to the whole, Even if there is, it can be dealt with immediately, and the efficiency of index creation work can be improved.

The steps of the above flow chart are as follows.
It has the following relationship with the constituent elements of the claims.
That is, step 1 of the flowchart corresponds to typesetting simulation means in the claims, and step 2 of the flowchart corresponds to placement position data creating means in the claims. Further, step 3 of the flowchart corresponds to data searching means in the claims, and steps 4 to 5 in the flowchart correspond to page determining means in the claims. Further, steps 6 to 8 of the flowchart correspond to the index creating means in the claims. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where there is only one sentence in one paragraph has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and one having a plurality of sentences in one paragraph may be used.

[0026]

As described in detail above, according to the index creating apparatus of the first invention, the publication position data creating means retrieves the text data simulated by the typesetting simulation means, and the text data is searched. The publication position data indicating the publication start page, the publication start line, and the publication end page is created for each paragraph constituting the. on the other hand,
The data search means searches which paragraph of the text data simulated by the typesetting simulation means is in the index data input through the operation input means, and further, the page determination means uses the data search means. Based on the searched paragraph and the publication position data of the paragraph created by the publication position data creating means, the indexing data searched by the data searching means is posted on which page of the text data. It is determined whether or not
An index showing the relationship between the index data and the page in which the body data is posted is created based on the result of the page determination means. That is, in the index creation device of the present invention, the index creation work can be automated by the typesetting simulation means, the publication position data creation means, the data search means, the page determination means, and the index creation means, and as a result, the conventional method is adopted. Even when the text data page is moved to the whole by modifying the above, this can be dealt with immediately, and the efficiency of the index creation work can be improved.

According to the index creating device of the second invention,
When the publication start page and the publication end page indicated by the publication position data are different, the page determination means counts the position of the first character of the index data from the first character of the paragraph of the text data. , Based on the count result and the print format, it is calculated which line of the body data the first character of the index data to be searched is, and the calculation result and the publication position data are used. Based on the displayed start line, it is determined whether the index data is on the start page or the end page, and this determines what index data is the search target. Whether or not it is on the page can be reliably determined, and in this respect as well, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the index creation work.

According to the index creating device of the third invention,
Since the index creating means outputs the index indicating the relationship between the index data and the page on which the text data is posted by combining the text data with the text data, the text and the text are integrated with each other by outputting the data once. You can create a customized index,
This makes it possible to efficiently perform the work of creating a book having an index.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an index creating device 100.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing data processing contents of the data processing device 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a result of a typesetting simulation performed in step 1.

[Figure 4] Posting position data 1 by converting text data into records
The figure which added 0/11/12/13 ...

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing index data 20.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a posting page of the index data 20 determined by page determination in steps 4 to 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 data processing device 2 operation input means 3 display means 4 data input / output means 5 printing means 10 posting position data 11 posting position data 12 posting position data 13 posting position data 20 index data 100 index creating device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A typesetting simulation means for simulating the typesetting of the text data according to the typesetting data set in the text data, and text data whose typesetting has been simulated by the typesetting simulation means are searched to retrieve the text data. The publication position data creating means for creating the publication starting page, the publication starting line, and the publication ending page for each of the constituent paragraphs, and the indexing data input through the operation inputting means are the typesetting simulation means. Data retrieval means for retrieving which paragraph of the body data simulated by the paragraph, the paragraph retrieved by the data retrieval means, and the publication position data of the paragraph created by the publication position data creating means. Based on the data search means, The page determination means for determining which page of the body data the discontinued index data is posted, and the relationship between the index data and the posted page of the body data based on the determination result of the page determination means. An index creating device comprising: an index creating means for creating the index shown. 2. In the page determination means, when the publication start page and the publication end page indicated by the publication position data are different, the first character of the index data is determined from the first character of the paragraph of the text data. The first character of the index data that is the search target is counted based on the count result and the print format.
Calculate which line of the main text data, and based on the calculation result and the starting line indicated by the posting position data, the index data will be displayed on either the starting page or the ending page. The index creating device according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether there is any. 3. The index creating means outputs an index indicating the relationship between the index data and the page on which the text data is posted in combination with the text data and outputting the index. The index creating device described in.