JPS61248086A - Page editing display system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a page editing display method used in a document editing system such as a word processor.

[Background of the invention]

Conventional methods include those that perform equivalent conversion between a display screen definition and an executable screen definition, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-159341, and those that perform equivalent conversion between a display screen definition and an executable screen definition, and those that perform page editing.
As described in No. 670, an empty frame was created on the page at the editing basic format data level, and the content was later drawn there. However, no consideration has been given to the fact that two display data, the page and the description elements on the page, are used to process the frame space from the position information of the description elements on one page to the basic format data for editing other information, the page. There wasn't.

[Purpose of the invention]

The purpose of the present invention is to: when a page description element is moved on a page;
It is an object of the present invention to provide a function that allows the user to adjust the layout while viewing the current situation on the screen, and a function that allows the page layout to be easily performed based on the positioning of page description elements on the page.

[Summary of the invention]

In the present invention, when editing a page, the page description element is moved on the screen while changing the display intermediate format data, the page description element is positioned on the page, and based on this positioning information, the editing of the page is The above purpose is achieved by updating the data.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a page editing display device to which the present invention is applied.

The editing mechanism 1 inputs text and graphics on a page into a basic format data memory 2 for editing based on input data and editing instructions from an input mechanism 10.

Write image layout information and content information.

I will update it. The data format conversion mechanism 3 converts the data in the editing basic format data memory 2 into display intermediate format data that can be interpreted by the page 5 description element superimposition drawing mechanism 6, and converts the data in the editing basic format data memory 2 into display intermediate format data that can be interpreted by the page description element position control table 4 and display. The data is stored in the intermediate format data memory 5. The page description element position control table 4 stores the display positions of pages and page description elements on the screen, and their overlapping relationship. The display intermediate format data memory 5 stores the contents of the page description elements themselves.The one-page description element superimposition drawing mechanism 6 displays the screen of pages and page description elements stored in the page description element position control table 4. The upper display position and its overlap information are updated based on the instruction to change the drawing position of the page description element and the overlap change instruction from the input mechanism 10, and based on this, the information is stored in the display intermediate format data memory 5. The display frame memory 7 superimposes the contents of the page description elements and writes them as image data into the display frame memory 7.
The screen contents to be displayed on the screen 9 are stored as image data. The frame memory scanning display device 1t8 scans the image data in the display frame memory 7 and displays it on the display screen 9. The display screen 9 is a display device screen typified by a CRT.

The input mechanism 10 inputs an editing instruction to the editing mechanism 1, inputs an instruction to change the drawing position of the element described on page 9, and inputs an instruction to change the drawing type of the element described on page 9 to the page 1 element superimposition drawing machine W6. Let's do it.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen change in a page editing operation using the present invention, and an example of a change in page description status.
) is the screen when text is entered on the page. Second
Figure (b) is a screen on which a figure is displayed superimposed. FIG. 2(c) shows the screen when the display position of the figure is changed in consideration of the layout of the page. Figure 2(d) is
This is the screen that results when a request is made to open a frame for the range of a graphic on the page displayed below the graphic. Figure 2 (→N shows the state of the page at this time, and the frame part is
The display is hidden by the children of the shape displayed above it. Figure 2 (1000 =) is the state of the page resulting from pasting a figure into the frame of Figure 2 (Issue=→), and the part of 1 figure is displayed above this. It is hidden due to the shape that exists from.

FIG. 3 is a control flow diagram of the one-page editing and display method based on the present invention. In step 311, inputs from the user include a request to temporarily change the layout of page description elements, a request to edit the contents of page description elements such as text and figures, and a request to secure a frame for writing page description elements on the page. A request to empty a frame and a request to paste and fill in a page description element into the frame are input. In step 312, the input is analyzed, and in the case of a temporary layout change of page 0 elements that starts the processes of steps 313 to 319 or the end process, in step 315, the page description element superimposition control drawing mechanism 6 of FIG. The page description element position control table 4 is updated, and in step 316, the summer description element superimposition control drawing mechanism 6 of FIG. Write 1 display processing is performed as data. In the case of a content editing request for a page description element, the editing mechanism 1 of FIG. 1 updates the contents of the editing basic format data memory 2 in step 313, and the data format conversion mechanism 3 of FIG. converts the contents of the basic format data memory 2 for editing and writes them into the intermediate format data memory 58 for display. After this, in step 315 and step 316, the page description element position control table 4 is updated, and the page description element superimposition control drawing mechanism 6 performs display.After the layout is temporarily changed, the page layout is determined based on the layout. , Step 312 determines whether the frame is empty or not.

Based on this, in step 317, the editing mechanism 1 of FIG. 1 reads the contents of the page description element position control table 4 and obtains frame information for the page description elements. Then, using this information, the editing basic format data memory 2 is updated in accordance with the frame opening.
, the display intermediate format data memory 5 is updated, and the empty frame displays the result. After the empty frame is completed, the page description elements displayed during the temporary layout change processing are changed to the actual page description elements on the page. In the case of pasting on top, in step 318, the editing mechanism 1 of FIG. It is taken out from the format data memory 2 and written into the portion corresponding to the completed page in the same basic format data memory 2 for editing.

Thereafter, in step 319, the display intermediate format data is updated.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, display position information, which is intermediate format data for displaying page description elements, is changed, thereby confirming and adjusting the positional relationship between the page and the page description element when the page description element is moved on the page. At the same time, the page layout can be determined, and visibility during layout operations can be improved. Also,
In the middle of layout, only the intermediate format data for display is updated more easily without updating the basic format data for editing, thereby speeding up the processing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a page editing display device to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a screen change during a page editing operation using the present invention, and an example of a change in the writing status of a page. FIG. 3 is a control flow diagram of a page editing method based on the present invention. Figure 1 ￥20

Claims (1)

[Claims] It has base format data for editing the page and articles on the page, that is, page description elements, and display intermediate format data for displaying the contents of the page and page description elements, and in the display intermediate format data. , in a document editing display device that expresses and controls the overlap and position of pages and page description elements, in order to overlap page description elements on a page, intermediate format data for displaying page description elements is changed and changed accordingly. The step of positioning the page description element on the page while watching the screen display, and after the positioning is completed, updating the base format data and display intermediate format data of the page directly below the determined position, A step of providing a frame for embedding page description elements for the positioned range, writing basic format data of page description elements corresponding to the contents of the frame into the base format data area of the page, and writing the page on the page. A page editing display method having a step of arranging elements.