JPS62117059A - Forming system for table of contents - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify a job and to shorten the forming time for a table of contents by extracting automatically the information on the page including a header part only by addition and inputting a control code to the header part in the document for the formation of the table of contents. CONSTITUTION:A document file 30 stores the format information 31 consisting of the character number 31a per line of the document, the line number 31b per page of the document, the page number 31c of the document included in the file 30 at the head part of the file 30. Then the file 30 is divided for each part of the document and furthermore the line feed information 32 on the code 'FF' is put into the file 30 as necessary by the instruction of an operator. At a display part 22 the designated head part is discriminated from other words of the document and displayed with addition of a prescribed code. When a header part is designated, the page including the designated header part is detected automatically. This page is detected through comparison carried out between both information 31 and 32 of the file 30 and the position information on the header part to which the control code is added.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Field of Industrial Application> The present invention relates to a method for creating a table of contents for a document when the document is created using a word processor.

<Prior art> In order to create a table of contents for a document consisting of a large amount of text, such as a book, conventionally, the headings of each chapter and each section used in the table of contents are listed and amplified after the document is created.
The method used was to manually check which pages in the document the headings were on, and to create a list of the correspondence between headings and pages in the order of the pages.

On the other hand, word processors have recently come to be used to create documents consisting of large amounts of text such as books, but tables of contents have been created using the same procedure as described above.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> Conventionally, the creation of a table of contents was done manually, which had the disadvantage that the work became complicated and took a long time when the document consisted of a large amount of text.

Means for Solving Problems〉 The table of contents creation method according to the present invention adds a control code to the heading part of the document when inputting sentences constituting a document in a word processor, and adds this control code. The present invention is characterized in that a table of contents is created by extracting the heading section along with information about the page where the heading section exists.

<Embodiment> FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a word processor that is a device that implements the present invention using a microprocessor.

The input section 24 is composed of a '4-board or the like for inputting character information, the display section 22 is composed of a CRT or the like for displaying processing information, and the printing section 23 is composed of a printer for printing processing information. The program storage unit 25 has written therein control programs related to various language processing including table of contents creation.

RAM 26 is used as various registers and buffer memory. The external storage section 27 consists of a mini-floppy disk or the like.

A control unit 21 including a CPU or the like displays other display units 22 . Printing section 23゜RAM26
It also controls the external storage section 27 according to the control program.

FIG. 1 shows a processing procedure for an embodiment of the present invention.

First, character information is input from the input unit 24, and document input is performed using language processing functions such as a kana/kanji conversion function in the case of Japanese text and a spell check function in the case of European and American texts ( Step SL).

When the document input is completed (step S2), a document file 30 shown in FIG. 3 is formed in the RAM 2G. This document file 30 stores at the beginning format information 31 consisting of the number of characters per line of the document 31a, the number of lines per page of the document 31b, the number of pages of the document included in the document file 30 31C, etc. . The document file 30 is divided into sections for each page of the document, and furthermore, line feed information 32 with the code "FF" is inserted as needed according to instructions from the operator.

When the document input process is completed, the input document file 3
0 is displayed on the display section 22, the entry section of each chapter and each section of the document is designated by adding a control code by operating the designation key and control key, such as a cursor, on the input section 24 (step S3). ).

On the display unit 22, the designated two headings are displayed with a predetermined code added thereto to distinguish them from other terms in the document.

When a heading section is specified, the page where the specified heading section exists is automatically detected (step S4). Detection of the page where the heading section exists is performed by comparing the line feed information 32 and format information 31 of the document file 30 with the position information of the heading section to which the control code has been added.

Following the detection of the page where the heading section exists, a table of contents file 40 shown in FIG. 4 is created in the RAM 26 (step S5). This table of contents file 40 is composed of a combination of a heading part 40a and a page 401) on which this heading part 40a exists, according to the order in which the heading parts exist in the document.

When the creation process of the table of contents file 40 is completed according to the above-described procedure, a control key such as "output table of contents" on the input section 24 is operated to display a table of contents as shown in FIG. Print (step S7).

In this embodiment, after creating a document, the document is displayed and the heading section is specified.However, it is also possible to specify the heading section at any time while creating the document. In addition to adding the code in this embodiment, the display mode of the specified heading section may be displaying the specified heading section in black and white inversion, displaying an upper line, or displaying a line that is different from other parts. A color display or the like may be considered, but it goes without saying that it is necessary to avoid duplication with display modes used for other purposes.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, in the present invention, by simply inputting a control code to a heading section in a document, information on the page where this heading section exists is automatically extracted and a table of contents is created. 7, it is possible to simplify the work and shorten the time required for the work.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a flow diagram showing the processing procedure of the embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a word processor that implements the present invention, Figure 3 is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of a document file in an embodiment of the invention, and Figure 4 shows the configuration of an 11th-order file in an embodiment of the invention. J conceptual diagram, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of "first order" created using the method of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] When inputting sentences that make up a document in a word processor, add a control code to the heading part of the document and input it.
A table of contents creation method characterized in that a table of contents is created by extracting a heading section to which this control code is added together with information about the page where this heading section exists.