JPH1185733A - Document editing device and its method and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document editing device for easily changing a row pitch on actual display and to provide a document generation method. SOLUTION: When a row pitch mark movement processing is started (S113), a cursor and the like are moved onto a row pitch mark on the screen of a display part 2 or it is discriminated whether the row pitch mark is moved or not while a key is depressed (steps S114 and S115). When the row pitch mark is moved, the mark position detection part 5 of a row pitch change processing part 7 detects the moved position (step S116) and the row pitch mark is newly displayed on the moved position which is detected (step S117). When the movement of the row pitch mark terminates (step S118), a distance between the position to which the row pitch mark finally moves and a row immediately before the detected position is calculated. The calculated value is reset as the row pitch of the pertinent row (steps S119 and S120). The character string of the pertinent row is displayed in accordance with the row pitch which is reset (step S121).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document editing apparatus capable of creating and editing a document by inputting characters, a method of creating the document, and a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional document editing apparatus, a partial change of a line pitch is performed by specifying a numerical value on another screen different from the document screen or by changing a magnification with respect to a numerical value currently set in the document editing apparatus. It was done by specifying.

Further, the actual state of the portion where the line pitch is set has been confirmed by displaying a sample of the set line on another screen.

[0004]

However, the method of designating a partial change in the line pitch by a numerical value is not intuitive because only the numerical value is displayed. However, since the displayed sample is not the same as the actual display, there are many cases where an appropriate value is determined by trial and error while repeatedly checking the actual setting state and correcting the numerical value. In such a method, not only the operation until the operator sets the row pitch is complicated, but also a long time is spent on the setting.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to provide a document editing apparatus, a document creation method thereof, and a recording medium capable of easily changing a line pitch on an actual display. I do.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document editing apparatus for creating a document by inputting characters, wherein a line pitch of an arbitrary line is set. Pitch setting means, mark display means for displaying a predetermined mark on the line on which the line pitch has been set by the line pitch setting means, movement instruction means for instructing the movement position of the predetermined mark, Mark re-display means for re-displaying the predetermined mark at a moving position; calculating means for calculating a distance between the indicated moving position and a line immediately before the specified moving position; A row pitch resetting means for resetting a value as a row pitch of the row for which the row pitch is set by the row pitch setting means; and a line pitch according to the row pitch reset by the resetting means. Characterized in that it comprises a character re-displaying means for re-displaying the re-set rows of characters.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the document editing apparatus according to the first aspect.
In the above document editing apparatus, the mark display means is configured to display a predetermined mark in a leading margin of a line in which the line pitch is set.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the document editing method of the document editing apparatus for creating a document by inputting a character, a predetermined mark is displayed on a line on which a line pitch is set.
When the moving position of the predetermined mark is instructed, the predetermined mark is redisplayed at the instructed moving position, and between the instructed moving position and the line immediately before the instructed moving position. Calculate the distance, reset the calculated value as the line pitch of the line where the line pitch is set, and re-display the characters of the line where the line pitch is reset according to the reset line pitch. It is characterized by doing.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the document editing method according to the third aspect.
In the above document editing method, a predetermined mark is displayed in a leading margin of a line where the line pitch is set.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium in which a program in a computer readable format incorporated in a document editing apparatus for inputting characters to create a document is recorded, wherein a line pitch is set by an operator. A function of displaying a predetermined mark on a set line, a function of re-displaying the predetermined mark at the specified movement position when an operator specifies a movement position of the predetermined mark, and a function of the instruction Calculating the distance between the moved position and the line immediately before the instructed moved position, and resetting the calculated value as the line pitch of the line where the line pitch is set, According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for realizing a function of redisplaying characters of a line whose line pitch has been reset according to the set line pitch.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
This will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the document editing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, a document editing apparatus 1 has a document storage unit 3 composed of a memory device such as a floppy disk or a hard disk which can be accessed via a built-in RAM or an externally connected or built-in drive. I have. The document storage unit 3 is connected to the display unit 2, and the documents stored in the document storage unit 3 are sent to the display unit 2 and displayed on the screen.

The document editing apparatus 1 has an input unit 4 composed of a pointing device such as a mouse or a keyboard. The input unit 4 is used by an operator to input a character, a symbol, a line pitch instruction, a line pitch shift instruction, or the like for creating a document.
The input unit 4 includes a mark position detection unit 5 and a line pitch calculation unit 6
Is connected to a row pitch change processing unit 7 composed of The line pitch change processing unit 7 makes the input unit 4
To move the line pitch from the position to the designated position.

In the above configuration, the input section 4 functions as "line pitch setting means" and "movement instructing means" described in claim 1, and the display section 2 displays "mark display" described in claim 1. The line pitch calculator 6 functions as a "means", a "mark redisplay means", and a "character redisplay means", and the line pitch calculator 6 functions as a "calculator" and a "row pitch resetter".

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the line pitch changing process performed in the document editing apparatus shown in FIG. A program for executing this flowchart is stored in a memory such as a RAM (not shown), and is executed by a control unit such as a CPU (not shown). The memory for storing the program may be provided independently of the memory used as the document storage unit 3, or may be stored by designating different areas on the same memory. The memory used in this case functions as a “recording medium”. Further, the control unit that executes the program may be configured as a multifunctional CPU that also functions as the row pitch change processing unit 7.

This flowchart is executed while an existing document is displayed on the display unit 2.

In the input unit 4, when the line pitch of an arbitrary line in the existing document displayed on the display unit 2 is designated by the operator (step S111), the input unit 4 transfers the display to the display unit 2. It is notified that the line pitch has been changed for the arbitrary line, and in the document displayed on the screen of the display unit 2, in the first margin of the line where the line pitch is set,
A line pitch mark is displayed (Step S112). The line pitch mark has no special meaning in processing, and is different from the rest of the document in that the operator can recognize that the line pitch is specified specifically for the line. , For display effects. FIG.
FIG. 4 shows an example of a document display in a normal state before a line pitch mark is added. FIG. 4 shows an example in which a line pitch mark is added when a line pitch of an arbitrary line of the document shown in FIG. 4 shows an example of a document display in a state where the document is displayed.

In this state, when an instruction to move the line pitch mark is input from the input unit 4, a line pitch mark moving process is started (step S113). When the line pitch mark moving process is started, the operator uses the input unit 4 to determine whether or not the cursor or the like has been moved to the line pitch mark on the screen of the display unit 2 and a key or button has been pressed. If it is determined that the operator has pressed a button or the like on the line pitch mark (step S114), it is determined whether or not the operator has moved the line pitch mark while pressing the button (step S114). S115).

If it is determined in step S115 that the line pitch mark has been moved by the operator, the line pitch change processing unit 7
The position after the movement is detected by the mark position detection unit 5 (step S116).

In the present embodiment, horizontal writing in FIGS.
Since the line pitch is moved for a horizontally written document as shown in (1), the line pitch mark is moved only in the vertical direction. Therefore, in the detection of the movement position in step S116, only the vertical movement amount of, for example, the pointing device constituting the input unit 4 is considered. In the case of a vertically written document, it goes without saying that only the amount of movement of the pointing device constituting the input unit 4 in the horizontal direction is considered.

When the position after the movement is detected, the line pitch mark displayed before the movement is erased, and step S1 is executed.
A row pitch mark is newly displayed at the position after the movement detected in step 16 (step S117).

When the line pitch mark is displayed at a new position, it is determined whether or not the movement of the line pitch mark has been completed, that is, the operator's finger or the like has been released from the button or the like pressed during the movement of the line pitch mark. Is determined (step S
118) If it is determined that the movement of the line pitch mark has not been completed, the above-described step S115 is performed again.

On the other hand, when the movement of the line pitch mark is completed, the position where the line pitch mark has been finally moved is detected (step S119), and the detected position is located immediately before the detected position. The distance to the row is calculated,
The calculated value is reset as the row pitch of the row (step S120). Then, the character string of the line is displayed according to the reset line pitch (step S1).
21). Specifically, for example, when the line pitch mark is displayed at the position 11 in FIG. 4, if the line pitch is moved to the position 12, as shown in FIG. The character string of the line is displayed.

When the redisplay of the character string in step S121 ends, this procedure ends.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the line pitch mark can be moved, and the line pitch can be changed by moving the line pitch mark. The line pitch can be easily changed visually, and a beautiful document can be created.

[0026]

As described above, according to the document editing apparatus of the first aspect or the document editing method of the third aspect, a predetermined mark is displayed on a line on which a line pitch is set, and the predetermined mark is displayed. When the movement position is instructed, the predetermined mark is redisplayed at the instructed movement position, and the distance between the instructed movement position and the line immediately before the instructed movement position is calculated, Since the calculated value is reset as the line pitch of the line on which the line pitch is set, and according to the reset line pitch, the characters of the line on which the line pitch is reset are displayed again. The effect is that the line pitch can be easily changed on an actual display, and a beautiful document can be created.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium in which a computer-readable program recorded in a document editing apparatus for inputting characters and creating a document is recorded. A function of displaying a predetermined mark on the line where the line pitch is set, and a function of redisplaying the predetermined mark at the specified moving position when the moving position of the predetermined mark is specified by the operator. And a function of calculating a distance between the instructed movement position and a line immediately before the instructed movement position, and resetting the calculated value as the line pitch of the line in which the line pitch is set And according to the reset line pitch,
Since a program for realizing the function of redisplaying the characters of the line whose line pitch has been reset has been recorded, such a function may be added to a conventional document editing apparatus which does not have such a function. Therefore, the line pitch can be easily changed on an actual display, and a beautiful document can be created, similarly to the document editing apparatus of the first aspect or the document editing method of the third aspect. Is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a document editing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for changing a line pitch performed in the document editing apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a document display in a normal state before a line pitch mark is added.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a document display with a line pitch mark added.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a document display after moving a line pitch mark.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Document editing device 2 Display part 3 Document storage part 4 Input part 6 Line pitch calculation part

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A document editing apparatus for creating a document by inputting characters, a line pitch setting means for setting a line pitch of an arbitrary line, and a line pitch set by the line pitch setting means. Mark display means for displaying a mark of the following; movement instructing means for instructing a moving position of the predetermined mark; mark re-displaying means for re-displaying the predetermined mark at the instructed moving position; Calculating means for calculating the distance between the moving position and the line immediately before the designated moving position; and recalculating the calculated value as the line pitch of the line for which the line pitch has been set by the line pitch setting means. Row pitch resetting means to be set, according to the row pitch reset by the resetting means,
A document editing apparatus, comprising: character redisplay means for redisplaying characters on a line whose line pitch has been reset. 2. The document editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mark display means is configured to display a predetermined mark in a leading margin of a line on which the line pitch is set. 3. A document editing method for a document editing apparatus for creating a document by inputting a character, wherein a predetermined mark is displayed on a line on which a line pitch is set, and a moving position of the predetermined mark is designated. Redisplaying the predetermined mark at the instructed movement position, calculating a distance between the instructed movement position and a line immediately before the instructed movement position, and calculating the calculated value as the A document editing method comprising: resetting a line pitch of a line on which a line pitch has been set; and redisplaying characters of the line on which the line pitch has been reset according to the reset line pitch. 4. The document editing method according to claim 3, wherein a predetermined mark is displayed in a leading margin of the line where the line pitch is set. 5. A recording medium in which a computer-readable program stored in a document editing apparatus for inputting characters and creating a document is recorded, a predetermined mark is placed on a line where a line pitch is set. A function of displaying, a function of redisplaying the predetermined mark at the instructed moving position when the moving position of the predetermined mark is instructed, and a function of displaying the instructed moving position and the instructed moving position. A function of calculating a distance between the immediately preceding row and a row pitch of the row in which the row pitch is set, and the calculated value is reset according to the reset row pitch. A recording medium on which a program for realizing a function of redisplaying characters on a set line is recorded.