JPH0991283A - Document creation device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device which is provided with a color editing means of a color correspondence method and a color attribute method and which can be switched by an operator's selection. SOLUTION: As a color data designation method, a color correspondence method in which a character attribute such as underline / shading is associated with a color, and a color attribute method having information determined by the system as color information in a character code as an attribute. And a color environment setting means for setting which method is used to specify a color, and a color environment information storage area for storing the set color environment information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a color associating system for associating character attributes such as underlining / shading with colors in a document editing apparatus capable of color editing and color information determined by the system. The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus in which an operator can select and specify a color editing means based on a color attribute method having an attribute in a character code.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there have been document creation apparatuses provided with color editing means by a color correspondence method or document creation apparatuses provided with color editing means by a color attribute method.

[0003]

Since a new attribute is not added in the color designation by the color correspondence method, the compatibility of the document with the model that does not support the color editing can be maintained. In addition, on models that do not perform color editing, there is an advantage that the characters etc. specified by the operator are displayed / printed with the shading and underline modified, but since character attributes other than color attributes are used for color specification. There is a problem that character attributes such as halftone / underline are not displayed / printed during color editing.

On the other hand, the color attribute method has color information as an attribute in the character data, so that not only characters but also underlines, shades, etc. can be colored, and various expressions can be made in color. However, there is a problem in that the compatibility of document data with older models that do not support color data cannot be maintained.

For this reason, the color-corresponding document creation device cannot add the character modification attribute at the time of color editing, and the color-attribute document creation device supports the color information in the document to which the color information is added. There was a problem that it is not compatible with models that are not. Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to
The first is to provide a document creation apparatus that has both a color correspondence method and a color attribute method and has improved compatibility.

Secondly, it is possible to switch between the color editing of the color correspondence method and the color attribute method by the operator's selection, and similarly, it is possible to perform the color editing by any method, and the workability of creating a color document is high. It is to provide a document creation device.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The object is to provide an input device for inputting character data, character decoration information and color information, a display device for displaying the data and the like, and a storage device for storing edited data. In a document creation device including an editing device that edits input data, means for associating character attributes other than color attributes such as underline / shading with colors for specifying color information is determined by the system. This is achieved by providing a means for having color information as an attribute in the character code.

[0008]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of a document creation / printing apparatus according to the present invention.

In this document creation device, 1 is an input device for inputting characters, character modification information, color information and the like, 2 is a display device for displaying characters, figures, image data and the like in monochrome or color, and 3 is a document creation device. A storage device such as a semiconductor memory or a floppy disk device for storing whether a program for controlling the image data, created document data, or a color editing environment is a color correspondence system or a color attribute system, and 4 is each of the above devices. A control unit including a microprocessor for controlling the input control unit 41 and the display control unit 4
2. A storage control unit 43, an environment setting unit 44 that determines the system configuration of the document creation system, and a document editing unit 45 that configures these control units and creates a document.

Next, the parts constituting the control unit 4 on the side of the document creating apparatus will be described.

The input control unit 41 carries out an input control process of passing a character code, a character modification attribute, a color attribute and the like input from the keyboard to the requesting document editing unit 45.

The display control unit 42, in response to a display request for characters and graphics from the document editing unit 45, displays dot data in the frame memory for displaying the display data on the display device 2 only in a portion that can be expanded in the display area. Write with.

The storage control unit 43 stores programs and data for operating the document creating device written in the storage device 3, created and edited document data, and color environment setting information data in a storage device such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a memory. Processing for writing to or reading from the storage device.

The environment setting unit 44 is a part for setting the environment of the system, and in addition to the means for setting the key repeat interval, the time setting, etc., the color environment of the means for selecting the color correspondence method or the color attribute method at the time of color editing. There is a setting unit 441. The information set by the color environment setting unit 441 is stored in the storage control unit 43.
The color environment information storage area 31 in the storage device 3 via the
Stored in. The contents set by the color environment setting means are
It is saved in the color environment information storage area. When editing a document, refer to the contents saved in the color environment information storage area, separate the color correspondence method and the color attribute method, and process.
Create document data and display data.

The document editing unit 45 edits the characters and figures input from the input control unit 41, and moves and copies the input data in the character editing unit 45.
There is a character modification section 452 for character modification and a color specification section 453 for color specification.

The character modification unit 452 is a color environment setting unit 4.
41, the specified character modification attribute is added to the document data in the case of the color correspondence method, and the specified modification attribute is used in outputting the data to the display control unit or the print control unit. Convert to the color attribute corresponding to. Further, in the case of the color attribute method, the designated decoration data is added to the character data.

The color designating section 453 includes a color associating section 4
531 and the color attribute part 4532 exist, the setting contents of the color environment setting part 441 are referred to, and in the case of the color associating method, the color associating part 4531 sets the character modification attribute corresponding to the designated color information in the document data. When added and displayed / printed, the character decoration attribute is converted into a color attribute and the data is output to the display control unit or the print control unit. In the case of the color attribute method, the color attribute unit 4532 adds the color attribute data corresponding to the designated color to the document data.

Next, the setting means of the color correspondence method and the color attribute method in the color environment setting will be described. First, when the environment setting is specified, an item for specifying the color environment setting is displayed in addition to the item for setting the normal system environment (FIG. 2).

Here, if the color environment setting is selected, FIG.
A screen like this is displayed, and one of the “color correspondence method” and the “color attribute method” is selected. The set item is stored in the color environment setting information storage area of the storage unit via the storage control unit.

Next, the flow of processing from setting the color information on the actual character to displaying it will be described with reference to FIG.

When the edit key is input while the edit data is input (100), the character modification attribute and the color attribute (only in the color attribute method) corresponding thereto are added to the document data (200).

In order to display this data, the document data is converted into display data and redisplayed. First, normal display data is created from the document data (300). After that, it is determined whether the color environment setting is the color correspondence method or the color attribute method (400).

In the case of the color correspondence method, the character decoration information on the display data is converted into a color attribute based on the color correspondence information set in the environment setting (500).

If the color attribute method is selected, the conversion work is unnecessary because the color attribute is added to the document data in (200).

By outputting the data thus created to the display control unit (42), the designated character can be displayed in color.

According to the above construction, when the color is designated by the document creating apparatus, the operator can select one of the color correspondence method and the color attribute method. Therefore, both methods are properly used according to the intended use of the operator. Color editing is possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram of a document editing device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an environment setting screen.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a color environment setting screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a color display flow.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Input device, 2 ... Display device, 3 ... Storage device, 31 ... Color environment information storage area, 4 ... Control part, 41 ... Input control part, 42 ... Display control part, 43 ... Storage control part, 44 ... Environment setting Part, 441 ... Color environment setting part, 45 ... Document editing part, 451 ... Character editing part, 452 ... Character modifying part, 453
... Color designation unit, 4531 ... Color correspondence unit, 4532 ...
Color attribute part.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yasuhisa Mori 1-1-1 Higashitaga-cho, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki Hitachi Electric Co., Ltd. Electronics Equipment Division Taga Headquarters

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An input device for inputting character data, character decoration information and color information, a display device for displaying the data, a storage device for storing edited data, and an edit for editing the input data. In a document creation device including a device, a device for associating character attributes other than color attributes such as underline / shading with colors for specifying color information, and system-determined color information in the character code A document creation apparatus having means for holding the document. 2. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a color environment setting means for setting which of the color associating means and the color attribute means specifies a color, and a color for storing the set color environment information. A document creation device having an environment information storage area.