JPS61228561A - Document producing and editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To cope with various document specifications containing mixture of pages of different formats by registering the document production/editing and the format setting in the form of documents after gathering the format units based on the result of control for each same format. CONSTITUTION:The format information such as the document information, the editing information, the format new setting indication information and the format change indication information are supplied from an input part A. An editing processing part B performs the production/editing processing and the format change processing based on the format where the input information on the part A is set. Then the produced documents are stored in a document store part C. When a document is produced and edited together with setting of the format and registration of documents, a format unit control means D controls the production/editing and the setting of format within a single piece of document for each format unit including a single page or plural pages of the same format. Based on the result of this control, plural pages of the same format. Based on the result of this control, the format units are gathered and registered in the form of a single piece of document. Thus pages of different formats can be mixed into a single document to cope with various document specifications.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a document creation and editing device having a single document creation and editing function.

In general, in a document creation and editing device having a document creation and editing function, after setting the format of a document to be created, document information is inputted to create and edit the document according to the set format.

By the way, in conventional document creation and editing devices, documents with the same format are handled as one document, and when the formats are different, they are created, edited, and registered as separate documents.

Therefore, it is not possible to create a single document by mixing pages with different formats, such as paper size and paper direction, in one document, and therefore there is a problem that it is not possible to accommodate various document specifications.

This invention has been made in view of the above points, and aims to be compatible with various document specifications.

(ii) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention manages document creation, editing and formatting in one document for each format unit consisting of one page or multiple pages with the same format, and performs this management. Based on the results, each format unit is collected and registered as one document.

Hereinafter, a detailed explanation will be given based on one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

This document creation/editing device inputs document information from input section A, ! I
By inputting collection information, format new setting instruction information, format change setting instruction information, and format information, editing processing section B performs document creation/editing processing and format change processing according to the set format, and stores it in one document storage section. Store the created document in C.

When creating, editing, formatting, and registering the document, the format unit management means handles the document creation, editing, and formatting within one document in format units consisting of one page or multiple pages with the same format. Based on the results of this management, each format unit is collected and registered as one document.

Next, details of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. 2 and subsequent figures.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing an example of a document creation/communication terminal device as a document creation/editing device embodying the present invention.

The specifications of this document creation communication terminal device comply with the CCITT recommendations regarding Teletex and the recommended communication method for Japanese Teletex devices announced by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

The keyboard 1 is used for writing kana, hirakata, kanji, and alphabetic characters necessary for creating one document, transmitting two documents, and controlling the system.

Character information such as numbers, editing information, and format information.

It has keys for inputting formatting instruction information.

This keyboard 1 also has keys for instructing new generation and split generation of format units to be edited (this is called "
It also includes a key (referred to as a "format unit update key") for instructing updating of a format unit to be edited (referred to as a "format unit update key").

The display device 2 is an output unit that displays information and document information necessary for various operations such as one-document creation/editing operations and document sending operations.

The wire dot impact printer 3 is a printer equipped with an auto sheet feeder, and is an output unit for recording created document information, received document information, transmission records, reception records, etc. on recording paper.

The vertical disk 4 incorporates a floppy disk device, a thin hard disk device, a system control section 9, a communication control section, and the like.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the vertical disk 4. As shown in FIG.

The hard disk device 5 is composed of, for example, a publicly known 5-inch hard disk drive (HDD), and includes an operating system (OS) having a resident process function capable of multitasking control, a kana-kanji conversion program, and a kana-kanji conversion dictionary 1 created document information. 2. Stores the document sending/receiving program, etc.

The floppy disk device 6 is, for example, a known 5-inch double density floppy disk drive (FDD).
It consists of , and stores created document information, etc.

System control unit:
5CU) 7 is in charge of controlling the entire terminal device, and executes word processing processing such as creation and editing of one document, procedures related to document transmission and reception with the communication control section, and local transmission and reception processing such as printing of received documents, It also serves as the format unit management means shown in FIG.

CRT control unit (CRT control unit: CRTCU) 8 is a display device! ! 2 and print control of the printer 3.

A communication control unit (CCU) 9 is in charge of communication control such as transmission control of outgoing documents to the destination terminal device and reception control of received documents from the destination terminal device.

The optional expansion card 10 is for connecting an optional power card 11 such as a mouse interface card, a scanner interface card, a DCR interface card, an OMNINET interface card, and has four slots here.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the system control section 7. As shown in FIG.

This system control section 7 includes a CPU 21 consisting of a 16-bit microprocessor etc. that controls the entire system.
It has a bus buffer 22, a timing generator 23, and a refresh controller 24 interposed between the CPU 21 and the common bus.

The system control unit 7 also includes a RAM 25 having a capacity of, for example, 512 KB, which is comprised of a system area where resident programs such as O8, programs related to document reception, and a custom character processing program for processing received custom characters reside, and other areas. RAM controllers 26 and 27 that control this RAM 25, and RAM controllers 26 and 27 that control this RAM 25, and
The boot ROM 28 stores a boot program for controlling program loading to the computer 25.

Furthermore, this system control unit 7 has a keyboard interface (1/F) that controls information transfer with the keyboard 1.
It is equipped with 30.゛Furthermore, this system control unit 7 has a hard disk interface (HDDI/F) 31 that controls the HDD 5, and a hard disk interface (HDDI/F) 31 that controls the HDD 5.
1 and the common bus, and a buffer 32 interposed between the FD
The floppy disk controller (FCC) 33 controls the D6 and an external FDD (not shown).

The system control unit 7 also has a serial port (SI
O) 34.35 is also provided.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the CRTCU 9.

This CRTCU 8 includes a slave CPU 41 consisting of a 16-bit microprocessor etc. that controls the entire system, and a bus I/O interposed between the slave CPU bus and the common bus.
F42 and ROM43 with a capacity of 16KB for IPL, for example.
, a shared memory for display and print control, and a RAM 44 for program memory.

The CRTCU 8 also includes a bus I/F 45 interposed between the slave CPU bus and the microbus, and a ROM 4G for microprograms.

It also includes a RAM 47 for program control memory.

Furthermore, this CRTCU9 has a ROM for kanji patterns,
A character generator consisting of R and OM for layout data, ROM for the system, and RAM for external character patterns (
CG) Memory 48 and CRT controller 4 days.

Furthermore, this CRTCU'9 includes an image memory 51 that develops display data of the CRT 2, a timing generation circuit 52 that controls display timing, and a printer I/F 53 that controls data transfer with the printer 3. There is.

Part 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the communication control unit (CCU) 9. In FIG.

This communication control section is connected to a CPU 61 consisting of a 16-bit microprocessor etc. that controls the entire system, an SCU interface 62 interposed between the common bus, a RAM 53 for working memory, and a reception section for communication between memories. It includes a RAM 64 used as a communication memory for storing document information, transmitted document information, and transmission/reception log information, and a ROM 55 that stores one communication control program.

The Japanese Teletex communication protocol consists of a physical layer (layer 1), a link layer (layer 2), a network layer (layer 3), a transport layer (layer 4), and a session layer (session control and document control). It has a hierarchical structure of layers 1 to 7, including ) (layer 5), presentation layer (layer 6), and application layer (layer 7), and the 1 communication control unit 9 controls layers 1 to 5 and part of layer 6. Handle.

Further, this communication control unit S performs communication with a terminal device of the other party via a public telephone line.

Multiprotocol serial controller (MPsc)
66, -t-dem (MODEM) 67, Line interface 689 Line control unit [(AA-NCU) 69. It is equipped with a line protection device (PD) 70, a modem 67, a modem boat 71 and an NCU port 72 for line control equipment 6 days.

Furthermore, this communication control unit 9 includes an
It also has

Furthermore, the communication control section S is also equipped with an LED display 75 for displaying whether there is a received document, and a calendar 76 used for managing transmission/reception dates and times.

Next, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIG. 7 and subsequent figures.

First, this document creation communication terminal device has a function (hereinafter, this function is referred to as a "format unit management function") that allows pages of different formats to be mixed in one document.

Here, format refers to, for example, paper size, paper direction, landscape/
Vertical writing, left margin, right margin, top margin, bottom margin, number of columns, two levels, one character spacing, two line spacing, heading, footing, etc. Note that the column function is a function that allows one page to be divided into multiple parts and edited for each divided part.

First, an overview of this format unit management function will be explained with reference to FIGS. 7 to S.

In this document creation communication terminal device, as shown in FIG.
For example, one document file generated on the floppy disk of the floppy disk device 6 is composed of a format unit consisting of one or more pages of the same format, and the size of each format unit is variable.

Each format unit has a text part that stores a character string (format unit document information) consisting of a single character figure and control code, and a format part that stores data (format information) related to the format of this text part, that is, its own format. and a graph section that similarly stores data related to the graph regarding this text section.

The format section includes data for each format described above (format data), line data, and line format data.

It stores frame opening data, graph synthesis data, and character patterns (external character patterns) received from the other party's terminal device, which will be described later.

When creating a new document or updating an already created document, the first editing target is the first format unit (format unit 1), and characters can be added, deleted, or .

Framing etc. are valid only within a format unit, and editing processing that spans different format units is not performed.

Also, when you want to divide and generate a format unit that is currently being edited, or create a new format unit before or after the format unit that is currently being edited,
Press down the number change key attached to keyboard 1.

Thereby, the format unit currently being edited is stored in a temporary file formed on the hard disk of the hard disk device 5 by performing the numbering process described later.
Move the editing target to the generated format unit.

In addition, when moving one editing object from the current format unit to another format unit, the format unit update key (this includes a ``previous format key'' and an r frost damage type key) is pressed.

As a result, the format unit that is currently being edited is stored in a temporary file created on the hard disk of the hard disk drive 5 by performing pre-format processing or freeze-damage type processing that will be described later, and becomes a new target for editing. Read format unit data from a temporary file, etc.

Each format unit of one of these documents is stored in memory (R
AM25), a format unit management table is created to manage whether the input file exists on the floppy disk (FD) of the floppy disk device 6 or the temporary file formed on the hard disk (HD) of the hard disk device 5. We are prepared.

In this format unit management table, each format unit has a memory and an input file, as shown in FIG. 8, for example.

Stores the status indicating which temporary files exist and which ones do not exist.

This format unit status is 1, for example -1: does not exist, 0: currently being edited (in memory), 1: in input file, 2 in temporary file (file name).・In addition, when it is a temporary file, the file name (for example, format unit No., when rXXJ is rJ
wpTMXx, $$&'') is also stored.

For example, each status of this format unit management table is
When the document looks like the one shown in the figure, two formatting units have been created for this document, the first formatting unit (format unit 1) exists in a temporary file, and the second formatting unit (
This means that the format unit 2) exists in the memory, and the third to nth book units (format units 3 to n) do not exist.

In this way - the document is divided into multiple format units consisting of one page or multiple pages of the same format, and the format for each format unit can be changed by pressing the key (including menu selection) related to format content instructions. Do.

When the format is changed, the format data of the format unit currently being edited is changed.

In addition, when the creation and editing of the document is completed, the document is stored as a document file, but at this time, the format unit management table is read sequentially from the first format unit, and each format unit is collected and created as one document file. Save the document on a floppy disk.

Next, details of processing related to this format unit management function will be explained.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram functionally showing the portion related to the format unit management function in this terminal device.

The teaching format key IA instructs new generation of a format unit to be edited and divisional generation of a format unit currently being edited.

The previous format key 1B indicates the previous format for moving the Ig collection target to the format unit before the current format unit.

The frost damage formula key 1C instructs the frost damage formula to move the editing target to the next format unit from the current format unit.

The cursor key 1D instructs movement of the cursor on the display device 2.

Note that each of these keys 1A to 1D is provided on the keyboard 1 (including menu selection).

The input determination unit 7A determines the input results from the text format key lAy, the previous format key 1B, the frost damage type key 1C, and the key key iD, and sends the results to the format unit management table state determination unit 7B, which will be described later.

As mentioned above, in the format unit management table 7B, each format m of each document is stored in the memory (RAM) and the input file (FD).
), a temporary file (HD), and a status indicating whether the file exists in any of the temporary files (HD).

The format unit management table status determination section 7C is the input determination section 7
The status of the corresponding format unit in the format unit management table 7C is determined according to the instruction results of the number change key IA, previous format key 1B, and frost damage key 1C input from A.

Then, this format unit management table status determination section 7C,
The memory switching section 7D is controlled according to the result of this judgment to control the memory (RAM) and input file (RAM) constituting the memory section 4A.
FD) and a temporary file (HD), and controls the data writing section 7E and data reading section 7F to control the generation of new 9 divisions of format units to be edited and the transfer of format units.

Further, the format unit management table status determination section 7C outputs information for updating the format unit management table 7B according to the determination result.

The cursor position control section 8A controls the cursor position according to the instruction result of the cursor key 1D inputted from the input determination section 7A.

The memory internal editing section 7G controls editing within the memory section 4A based on cursor position information from the cursor position control section 8A.

The editing mode determining unit 7n determines whether the editing mode is a new document creation mode or a document update mode.

The format unit management table update section 7E updates the format unit management table 7B according to the update instruction from the format unit management table state determination section 7C and the determination result of the edit mode determination section 7H.
Update.

Next, the format unit management process executed by the system control section 7 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 11 to 16. Note that in these figures, the "format unit" is sometimes simply expressed as r format, but this will be made clear in the following explanation.

Referring to FIG. 11, after first executing the format unit management table initialization process to initialize the format unit management table,
Determine key human power.

If the key input is the frost damage type instruction, the next format process shown in Figure 13 is executed, and if the key input is the previous format instruction, the 141st
The preformat process shown in FIG. 1i is executed, and if the instruction is for a text format, the text format process shown in FIG. 15 is executed.

Also, if the instruction is to move the cursor, execute the cursor movement process, and if the editing is not completed, execute other editing processes,
If editing is completed, editing completion processing shown in FIG. 16 is executed.

The details of each process will be explained below.

1. Initialization process of i-format unit management table Referring to FIG. 12, the format unit management table is initialized as follows depending on whether the selected editing mode is new document creation or document update.

(A) When creating a new document Set only the first format unit (format unit 1) to "in memory" in the format unit management table, and set "not existing" for the other format units.

(B) When updating a document, store the first format unit from the document file (RAM25)
It is checked whether this first format unit ends with an EOF (end of file) code to determine whether it is the final format unit.

If it is the final format unit, "in memory" is set for only the first format unit (format unit l) in the IF format unit management table, and "not present" is set for the other format units.

Furthermore, if it is not the final format unit, the first format unit is set to "in memory", the second format unit is "input file", and the others are set to "not exist" in the format unit management table.

2. Next format processing Referring to Figure 13, the format unit (this is referred to as the "r frost damage type unit") next to the format unit currently being edited in the format unit management table (this is referred to as the "current format unit") ”).

At this time, if one document format unit "does not exist", this process results in an error and ends this process.

On the other hand, if the legal profession unit does not exist,
Create a temporary file corresponding to the current format unit No. 9,
Stores the current format unit data in memory to a temporary file.

Then, it is determined whether one document style unit is stored in the "input file", and if the legal profession style unit is stored in the "input file", the legal profession style unit is read out from the document file into the memory.

Then, it is determined whether the legal formal unit is the final format unit (EOF).

At this time, if it is the final format unit, "in memory" is set for the legal format unit, "temporary file" is set for the current format unit, and "does not exist" for subsequent format units in the format unit management table.

Further, if the legal style unit is not the final format unit, the legal style unit is set to "in memory", and the next format unit is set to "input file".

On the other hand, if the legal professional formula unit is not stored in the "input file", it is determined whether or not it is stored in the "temporary file", and if the legal professional formula unit is stored in the "temporary file", Reads the data of the barrister type unit from the temporary file into the memory.

Then, the current format unit is set to ``temporary file'' and the document format unit is set to ``in memory'' in the format unit management table.

In this manner, after reading the data of the legal unit from the input file or temporary file into the memory, the IW collection object is moved to the legal unit.

Furthermore, if there is no legal professional style unit in either the input file or the temporary file, an error (ERROR) process is performed.

3. Previous format processing Referring to FIG. 14, it is determined whether the current format unit is the -th format unit or not. If the current format unit is the first format unit, this process is an error and is not performed.

On the other hand, if the current format unit is not the first format unit,
A temporary file corresponding to format unit No. 6 of the current format unit is created, and data of the current format unit is stored in the temporary file.

After that, it is determined whether or not the previous format unit is stored in a "temporary file", and if it is stored in the "temporary file", the data of the previous format unit is read from the temporary file into memory, and the format unit management table is After setting the current format unit to "temporary file" and the previous format unit to "in memory",
Move the editing target to the previous format unit.

Note that if the previous format unit is not stored in the "temporary file", error processing is performed.

4. Text format processing This text format processing is a process that divides the format unit currently being edited at an arbitrary location or generates a new format unit before or after the current format unit.

First, in a process not shown, when this text format is specified (when the number change key is pressed), the display device! Display the next message in the guidance area on the screen in step 2.

<Textbook format> 1: Beginning of sentence 2: End of sentence 3: Cursor position In this case, the initial state is that the end of the sentence is selected and displayed in black and white.

Then, by pressing keys 1 to 3 on the numeric keypad, the user selects "beginning of sentence,""end of sentence," and "cursor position" as the text format. At this time, the selected item is displayed in black and white inverted.

Referring to FIG. 15, the maximum number of format units n(
For example, if the number of format units is the maximum number, this process becomes an error and ends this process.

On the other hand, if the number of format units is not the maximum, the following processing is performed depending on the instruction result of the beginning or end of the sentence or the cursor position as the text format selected as described above.

(A) When the text format is specified at the beginning of the sentence In this case, after shifting the data in the format unit management table after the 1st frost damage type unit backwards one by one, create a temporary file corresponding to format unit NO0 of the current format unit. , stores the data of the current format unit in memory in the temporary file, and clears the memory.

Then, in the format unit management table, the current format unit is set to "in memory" and the frost damage type unit is set to "temporary file", and the editing target is moved to the frost damage type unit.

In a process not shown, the screen displays a newly generated format unit (in the same state as newly created), and the cursor is set to one column per line.

(B) When the text format is specified at the end of the sentence, in this case, the data in the format unit management table after the frost damage format unit is shifted backward one by one.

A temporary file corresponding to format unit NO0 of the current format unit is created, the data of the current format unit in the memory is stored in the temporary file, and the inside of the memory is cleared.

Then, in the format unit management table, the current format unit is set as "temporary file" and the frost damage type unit is set as "in memory", and the editing target is moved to the frost damage type unit.

In addition, in a process not shown, one screen displays a newly generated format unit (in the same state as newly created), and the cursor is set to one column per line.

(C) When a text format is specified at the cursor position. In this case, a temporary file corresponding to the format unit No. of the current format unit is created, and the character indicated by the cursor is created from the beginning of the sentence in the data of the current format unit in memory. After storing the data up to that temporary file.

Delete the data in memory from the beginning of the sentence to the cursor.

Then, after shifting the data in the format unit management table after the 1st frost damage type unit backwards one by one, the current format unit is "temporary file" in the format unit management table.

After setting the frost damage type unit to "in memory", move the Ii collection target to the frost damage type unit.

That is, the section from the beginning of the sentence to the cursor position is generated as a new format unit before the current format unit, the document from the current format unit to the cursor position is deleted, and the current format unit is re-edited.

Note that when the cursor position is at the beginning or end of a sentence, processing is performed in the same way as in (A) and (B) above.

When this number change is performed, the format data in the current format unit is inherited as is to the newly created format unit.

5. Edit end processing Referring to FIG. 16, first, after generating an output file, set the transfer format unit management counter n to n=1, and transfer the nth format unit (n = 1 = n
) Check the status of the format unit management table.

At this time, if the status of the 1st and nth format unit is "temporary file", all the contents of the corresponding temporary file are copied to the output file, and if it is "in memory", the contents of the memory are written to the output file. , if it is an "input file",
Input file - copy the data for format units to the output file, and in either case transfer format unit management counter n
After incrementing (+1) L, the process returns to the status check process for the nth format unit.

In addition, in the case of an input file, if the read format unit is the final format unit, subsequent format units will be "non-existent".
, otherwise set "input file" to the next format unit.

Then, the status of the nth format unit is "temporary file J.

If it is neither "in memory" nor "input file", it is determined whether "does not exist".

At this time, if "does not exist", this means that all format units of the current edited document have been transferred to the output file, so the output file is closed. Also, if it does not "exist", error processing is performed.

6. Document creation/editing processing and formatting Document creation/editing processing and formatting (new settings and changed settings) are executed only for the current format unit in memory. Since this document creation/editing and formatting are normal processes, their explanation will be omitted.

In this case, for example, character spacing or line spacing can be made changeable within a single format unit.

Examples of format setting screens in the local mode (when used as a document creation and editing device) and teletex mode (when used as a document creation and editing device) of this document creation communication terminal device are shown in FIGS. 17 and 18.
It is shown in the figure.

In each of these figures, the area surrounded by a square is displayed in reverse (selected), and the area surrounded by diagonal lines is displayed at half brightness. Further, in the teletex mode, each margin and character spacing are fixed.

When changing the format, mode selection and standard format cannot be updated, but everything else can be changed.

In this way, in this document creation communication terminal device, as a document creation and editing function, document creation and editing and format settings in one document are managed for each format unit consisting of one page or multiple pages of the same format. Based on this management result, each format unit is collected and registered as one document.

Therefore, different formats can be set for each format unit, that is, for each page, and document creation/editing and format changes can be performed, so that it is possible to correspond to various document specifications.

Next, in the communication method recommended for Japanese Teletex equipment as announced by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, which this document creation communication terminal device complies with, it is possible to communicate character (hereinafter also referred to as "external character") patterns arbitrarily created by each terminal device. It is determined.

However, there is no limit to the codes themselves or the total number of codes that can be assigned to this custom character pattern, and it is conceivable that the receiving terminal device receives custom character patterns unique to each terminal from many different terminal devices, resulting in duplicate codes. there is a possibility.

Therefore, the problem is how to process the private character patterns when a function for communicating such private character patterns is provided.

The processing of external character patterns in this document creation communication terminal device will be explained below.

First, an overview will be given of the communication of external character patterns in the Japanese Teletex recommended communication method according to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications notification, which this document creation communication terminal device complies with.

The Japanese Teletex recommended communication method announced by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications stipulates the following regarding communication using external character patterns.

``The optional graphic character repertoire and encoded representation shall be a character set (DRC8) that is redefinable between terminal devices and shall be as follows.

- DRC8 is a graphic character set for transmission whose shape and encoded expression are defined when used, and its repertoire includes characters, symbols, special symbols, etc.

■ The transmitted DRC3 is stored in the memory of the terminal device and is converted into an escape sequence (ESC).

2/4.210. It is assumed that the instruction is given by F (8-bit system). However, in principle, F is used in order starting from 410. ” This DR5C is a document start command (CDS) in the document control procedure of the session layer.
) and transfer it.

This DRC8 transfer format (CDS) example is shown in the first example.
This is shown in Figure S.

The meanings of the abbreviations in the figure are as follows.

PGI: Parameter group identifier; Indicates that the related field in a special case of PI is a set of parameters identified by the parameter identifier PI. PI: Parameter identifier; Indicates the type of information contained in the related field or field group. PV: Indicates the value of the parameter identified by PI, PGI. Length indicator: Also indicates the length of the associated field or group of fields in octets. When transferring the external character pattern by this DRC3, the scanning direction of the character pattern is the direction shown in FIG.

Next, processing related to external characters in this document creation communication terminal device will be explained with reference to the functional block diagram shown in FIG.

(2) Reception Processing In Japanese Teletex, single character pattern data is sent and received in the DRC8 data format as described above prior to sending a document. This DRC8 includes the size of a character pattern (character box), a code, and character pattern data.

In addition, in this terminal device, the size of the character box is 24
Although it is limited to x24 dots, it is not limited to this.

Therefore, when the communication control department receives a character (external character) pattern and a document from the other party's terminal device.

The received document and character pattern are stored in a received document file 5A generated on the hard disk (HD) of the HDD 5.

The received document file 5A, for example, as shown in FIG. 22, consists of a character pattern section that stores data related to character patterns, and a character code section that stores data related to the document.

The character pattern section contains the first character character data.

Second character character data, .

In addition, the character code section stores first page data, second page data, etc. sequentially, and each page data storage section stores a character code and a special separator for dividing pages. do.

When outputting (displaying or printing) a document containing external characters stored in this received document file, the received document output processing unit 7J reserves character codes of character patterns in the received document file for exclusive use in the system before output. External character file (file name rTT
XGAIJ1. Register with JCGJ) 5B. In addition.

The maximum number of external character patterns in one document is 282 characters. This output processing of the received document will be explained in the section on custom character processing.

2. External character processing in a Japanese word processor The received document storage unit 7 stores the specified received document file from the received document file 5A on the FD when it is instructed to read the received document.
It is transferred and stored in the created document file 6A generated on D5.

At this time, the received document storage unit 7 converts the character code of the character pattern in the received document file into a character code (for example, 92nd ward to 94th ward) reserved exclusively by the system in advance and stores the converted character code.

In this case, since this terminal device performs document creation, editing and formatting for each book size as described above, character pattern data is stored in the format section of each format as shown in FIG.

The storage format of this character pattern data is 1, for example, as shown in FIG. 23, index (ID) data indicating the number of character pattern, character code, and character pattern data.

Note that the scanning direction of the character pattern in the created document is
Since the direction is shown in FIG. 4 and is different from the scanning direction of the character pattern in the received document (see FIG. 20), the data is rearranged.

Furthermore, since the character code is the same within one document, that is, it is valid across format units, the same character code is not used between different format units.

When outputting the received document stored in the created document file in this way for re-editing by the Japanese editing section 7L, the character pattern in the created document file is changed to the special character before starting the output process. Code (92-94
(ku) characters.

External character file (file name rJW) generated on HDDS
PGAI J 1. JCGJ) Register for 5G.

Note that the maximum number of external character patterns in one document is 282 characters. The output processing when re-editing the received document will be explained in the next section on non-standard character processing.

3. The external character processing received document output processing section 7J or the Japanese editing section 7L,
When displaying or printing out a received document file or a created document file, before outputting the document to the CRTCU 9, create a custom character pattern in the custom character file 5B (rT
TXGAI J I.

JCGJ) or external character file 5c (rJwpGA
I J 1. JCGJ).

This document output process will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, open the file containing the received document, determine whether there is any external character data, and if there is external character data, for example, as shown in Figure 2S, there is a correspondence between the received external character code and the internal external character code. After creating a character code correspondence table showing the character code, register the custom character pattern in the custom character file.

The received external character code is JISC622 as mentioned above.
6 (selected by the other party), and the internal external character code is an internal code (shift JIS) corresponding to wards 89 to 91 during reception processing, and corresponds to wards 92 to 94 during editing processing. Internal code (shift JIS
).

Also, when there is no custom character data, or when there is custom character data and table creation and custom character file registration are completed,
Read character data and determine whether the character data is a custom character code.

If the character data is not a custom character code, JIS
After converting to internal code from C6226, or if it is a non-standard character code, converting it to internal code using the character code correspondence table, send the data to the output file or CRT, and repeat this process until the - end code is read. .

Next, the CRTCU 9 displays the display device 2 (CRT).
Alternatively, when the character to be output to printer B is a custom character, the character code is sent to the custom character output processing unit 7M, and the custom character output processing unit 7M stores the character pattern corresponding to the received character code in the custom character file 5B.

5C and sends it back to the CRTCU 9, the CRTCU 9 displays the document containing external characters on the display device 2.
Or cause the printer 3 to display or print output.

The processing by the CRTCU 8 and the external character output processing section 7MC (external character processing program) will be explained with reference to FIG. As mentioned above, the external character processing program is stored in the RAM 2 of the system control unit 7 as a background task.
It resides in the system area of 5.

CRTCU9 has internal pattern memory (CG memory 4
8) When a character not listed in 8) is to be displayed or printed, an interrupt request is made to the system control unit 7, and the character code requested to be displayed or printed is sent.

On the other hand, when the external character output processing unit 7M (external character processing program) of the system control unit 7 receives an interrupt request from the CRTCU 9, it exits the wait state and outputs the CRTCU.
Receives the character code from 9, reads the character pattern corresponding to the received character code from the external character file, creates pattern data, and sends the character pattern to CRTCU 8 by interrupt 6. Then, CRTCU 9 receives the character pattern. to display or print characters.

In this way, in this document creation communication terminal device, the external character pattern received along with the document from the other party is stored as part of the document, and the external character pattern is registered in the character pattern generation memory when the document is output. Therefore, there are fewer restrictions on the reuse of received documents containing external characters.

In the above embodiment, an example was described in which the present invention was implemented in a document creation/communication terminal device having a document creation/editing function and a communication function, but it goes without saying that the present invention can be similarly implemented in a simple document creation/editing device. .

(L-1) As explained above, according to the present invention, pages with different formats can be mixed in one document, and various document specifications can be supported.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 and subsequent figures are diagrams provided for detailed explanation thereof. FIG. 2 shows an example of a document creation/editing device embodying the present invention. Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the vertical disk. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the system control section. 5 is a block diagram showing the same (CRTCU), and FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the communication control unit. FIG. 7 is a format diagram of a document file for explaining the outline of the format unit editing function. FIG. 9 is a format diagram explaining the format unit management table and a format diagram showing a specific example thereof. FIG. 10 is a block diagram functionally showing the part related to the format unit management function. FIG. 11 is also a format diagram showing the format unit management table. A flowchart showing an example of the management process, and FIGS. 12 to 16 respectively show format unit management table initialization processing 1 fire format processing, pre-format processing, number change format processing 9 compilation completion processing of format unit management processing. A flowchart showing an example; FIGS. 17 and 18 are explanatory diagrams showing different examples of format setting screens to explain the same; FIGS. 1S and 20 are command format diagrams to explain external character pattern communication. and an explanatory diagram showing the scanning direction of the character pattern. Fig. 21 is a block diagram functionally showing a part related to the processing of received external characters. Fig. 2211 is a format diagram of the received document file, and Fig. 23 [!!if and FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing the storage format of the character pattern of the created document file and an explanatory diagram showing the scanning direction of the character pattern. FIGS. 25 and 26 are flow diagrams showing an example of the code conversion process of the received document. A format diagram of a character code correspondence table for explanation, and FIG. 27 is a flow diagram showing the output processing of received external characters. 1...Keyboard 2...Display 3.
...Printer 4...Vertical disk 5...
Hard disk drive device 6...Floppy disk drive device 7...System control section 8...CRTCU9...Communication control section (and one other person) Fig. 1q\ Fig. 3 11 Fig. 8 Fig. 9 Figure 17 Figure 18 I! ! Quantity Figure 22 Figure 23 Figure 24 Figure 27 Procedural amendment (white side August 6, 1985 Mr. Michibe Uga, Commissioner of the Patent Office■, Indication of the case Patent application No. 1988-66696 2, Invention Name document creation/editing device 3, relationship with the amendment person case Patent applicant 1-3-6 Nakamagome, Ota-ku, Tokyo (674) Ricoh Co., Ltd. -4, agent 1-chome Higashiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 20 No. 5 Drawing 6, Contents of the amendment “Figure 5” of the drawing is amended as per the corrected drawing attached to this document. 7. Attached documents

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a document creation/editing device having a document creation/editing function, document creation/editing and format settings in one document are managed for each format unit consisting of one page or multiple pages with the same format. . A document creation/editing device characterized by comprising a format unit management means for collecting format units and registering them as one document based on the management result. 2. The document creation and editing device according to claim 1, wherein the format unit management means includes means for instructing new generation, divisional generation, and updating of format units to be edited.