JPS62205418A - Document layout device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To modify a layout with less internal processing and to improve response by moving the frame of paper among a thing expressing the state of documents which is displayed on a layout screen and a thing expressing the frame of paper. CONSTITUTION:When the depression of a cursor key is judged to be a right key and a left space LS is not checked, one is subtracted from the LS, and simultaneously one is added to a right space RS. According to the current LS and the value of a top space TS, a paper layout display control part 10 is activated. Then the position accounting for the paper frame in a display RAM 9 is rewritten and displayed on a layout screen. Accordingly only the paper layout frame is moved by one at the right and displayed on the screen. If a left key is depressed similarly, one is subtracted from the RS, whereas one is added to the LS. If a lower key is depressed with the TS left, one is subtracted from the TS, whereas one is added to a bottom space BS. If an upper key is depressed with the BS left, one is subtracted from the BS, whereas one is added to the TS. Thus a cursor key is appropriately operated to move the paper layout frame on the screen.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial use? ? ] The present invention relates to a sentence 3 layout device for word processor calculations, and more particularly to a document layout device that allows the user to modify the layout of a sentence while viewing the layout screen.

[Summary of the Invention] The present invention moves the frame of the paper between the state of the text displayed on the layout screen and the frame of the paper. You can make changes and the response will be better.

"Prior Art" In a word processor, etc., a layout screen showing the frame of the paper and the layout of the document relative to this frame is created on CRTJI' so that you can know in advance what layout the document will be printed on the paper. (generally displayed in a reduced size) is known. Therefore, if the user is satisfied with the displayed layout, he or she instructs printing, which is convenient because the user can print out the layout exactly as he or she sees it on the CRT.

[Problem to be solved by issue 151] However, if the displayed layout is not to your liking, you must change the layout.

In the prior art, for this change, the contents of the document memory and the contents of the display RAM must be completely changed.
Required a large amount of internal processing. Therefore, the user manually inputs the change instructions.

It took a considerable amount of time for the changed layout to be displayed, and the response was poor. The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a sentence 3 layout device that can change the layout on a layout screen with less internal processing and has good response.

[Means for Solving the Problems] FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of the present invention. In the figure, A is a layout display means for displaying the layout of document data with respect to a paper layout frame, B is a position management means for managing the print position of document data on a recording paper,
C is an instruction means for instructing the movement of the paper layout frame displayed on the layout display means A, and D is a paper layout frame movement control for moving the paper layout frame and displaying it on the layout display means A based on the instruction from the instruction means C. It is a means.

[Operation] To explain the present invention in detail, when information on movement of the paper layout frame is given from the instruction means C to the paper layout frame movement control means, this means controls the data displayed on the layout display means A. Move data about the paper frame. As a result, only the paper layout frame moves on the screen of the layout display means A. The frame movement information from the instruction means C is also sent to the position management means B, and the position management means B updates the print position of the document data on the paper based on the sent information. At the time of printing, printing is performed according to the print position of the document data managed by the position management means B.

[Example] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

The configuration of this embodiment is shown in FIG. 2. Reference numeral 1 in FIG. 0 is a CPU that controls the entire apparatus.

2 is a keyboard with various keys, especially layout key 2-
1. It includes a cursor key 2-2 used to move the cursor left, right, up and down, and a print key 2-3 used to instruct printing. As described later, in this example, the cursor $-2-2
is used to move the paper frame on the layout screen. Keystrokes from the keyboard 2 are input to the CPU via the keystroke control 1 section 3.

Reference numeral 4 is a dictionary memory, 5 is a document memory, and 6 is a character generator, which are read out via the CPUI.

7 is a group of working registers used by the CPUI,
Register LS contains the left margin (left space) of the document on paper, register TS contains the top margin (top space) of the document, and register mC contains the maximum number of characters (7 lines) on the page to be laid out. The input number of lines of the page to be laid out is stored in register R9, the right margin (right space) of the document is stored in register BS, and the bottom margin (bottom space) of the document is stored in register BS. In addition, the register MC stores the maximum number of characters that can be stored in one line of the paper being used, and the register ML stores the maximum number of lines that can be stored in the paper that is being used (see Figure 3). ).

Reference numeral 8 denotes a layout display section for displaying a layout screen consisting of a sheet layout frame 8-1 and a text data layout area 8-2 as shown in FIG. The display RAM 9 is controlled to input the display data of the paper frame through the paper layout display control section 10, and the display data of the paper frame is input and controlled. (2) Text and (3) data areas (data displayed as a collection of dots) are in-depth DIMed via the layout display control unit 11. As will be described later, in this embodiment, by replacing only the paper frame data of the display RAM data, the text (uF layout or position 1d) for the paper can be arranged in A. There is no need to change the fortune-telling of 5 or the Bungetsu data in the display RAMG.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a sentence 1 data display unit that displays normal document data (typically a sentence!; editing screen), in which the sentence (data created on the display RAM 13 via the SF data display control unit 14) is displayed. Note that the layout display section 8 and document data display section 12 represent the data that is selectively displayed on the CRT J2.Of course,
It is +77 moat to use one window of the CRT screen as a layout screen and the other as a data screen.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a printer, and printing is executed via a print control unit 16.

Operation 1 Next, operation 1 of the embodiment configured as described below will be described. Figure 4 (a) shows the overall flow for printing. Gl is used to set the printing paper size, left margin,
] 1) Set the formula for determining the second margin. Since the paper size and the like are determined by these three settings, the maximum number of characters MG that can be printed on one line of paper and the maximum number of lines ML that can be printed on one page are also determined. In G2, sentence 3 input processing is performed. As a result, the paper frame data and the sentence S data are set in the display RAM 9. Next, in 03, the layout screen is called and the layout is displayed, and the next layout key operation is processed by that key (Gl).Then, by operating the cursor, the paper frame is moved (G5). ), and finally printing is executed according to the print command (G6).

J Bipedal layout key processing: 1m in Figure 4 (b)
Shown below. First, in step 2 S1, the CPU sets the left space LS to the register LS, and in step S2, the line with the maximum number of characters in one line of the current page (the page displayed on the layout screen) is set in the Bunzuki memory 5. The maximum number of characters mC written as a result is set in the register mC in step S3. Then, the write space R3 is obtained according to RS=MC-LC-mc and stored in the register R3 (step S4). Furthermore, the top space TS is stored in the register TS, and the input line number sentence of the current page is stored in the register sentence (steps S5 and S6). And BS=ML-TS-
1, the bottom space BS is determined and set in the register BS (step S7).

Details of the paper frame movement process are shown in FIG. 4(C). When any cursor key is pressed, this is detected in step TI, step T2 checks whether it is the left or right key, if so, step T3 checks whether it is the right key, and if so, LS at step T4
=O, that is, check whether there is no left space,
If it remains, in step T6, the left space is decreased by 1, and the right space is increased by 1, and in step T7, the current LS and TS values (the standard position of the paper, the left ten and the sentence,
Start the paper layout display control unit 10 and change the position occupied by the paper frame in the 1 display RAM 9 based on the upper left of the data (sentence 1! frame) and the data indicating the positional relationship. , 1/Display on the iaudo screen. As a result, the third
In the initial layout screen (2) shown in the figure, only the paper layerer i/frame 8-1 is displayed moved to the right by one position.

Note that when LS=O in step T4, that is, when there is no current left space remaining, the result is NOP.

This makes it possible to secure the Bungetsu area within the frame of the paper.

Similarly, when the left key is pressed, the right left space is -1 and the left space is +1 (steps T8 and T9). Similarly, when you press the down key, if there is top space left, the top space is -1, the bottom space is +IL (step TIO, T11.T12),
When the up key is pressed, if there is bottom space remaining, the bottom space is decreased by 1 and the top space is increased by 1 (steps T13 and Tl4).

In this way, the paper layout frame is moved on the layout screen by the user operating the cursor keys 2-2 as appropriate. This is done with a condolence response, so
Users can easily find the best balance. (U) in FIG. 3 shows an example of such movement.

Finally, when the user instructs printing via the print key 2-3, the CPU determines the print start position of print text B on the paper based on the left space and top space values stored in registers TS and LS. and transfers it to the print control section 16. Thus, printing system g4 part 16 is sentence 1 memory 5.
Printing is performed by controlling the printer 15 so that the document data given via the CPU 7 is printed from the printing start position. As a result, the document is printed on the paper in the same layout as adjusted on the previous layout screen. [Effects of the Invention] As explained in detail above, in the present invention, of the information displayed on the layout screen, only the paper frame information is changed to change the layout of paper versus document. It is very easy to use because it can be adjusted and can quickly respond to a user's layout change request, and it is also very effective because it can reduce internal processing as much as possible.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the machine part of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the invention, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the operation on the output screen in the embodiment, and Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the operation of the embodiment. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example operation. 1...-CPU, 2-1...Layout key. 2-2...Cursor movement key, 5...
Bunzuki memory, 7... Working register group, 8
...Layout display section, 9...Display R
AM, lO...Paper layout display control section, 1
1...Sentence 9 layout display control section, 16...
...Print control ig. Patent Applicant Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney Masashi Toshi 11 Town Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A document layout device having a function of printing according to the layout of document data in a paper layout frame displayed on a layout display means, comprising: a position management means for managing the print position of document data on the paper; , comprising an instruction means for instructing movement of the paper layout frame, and a paper layout frame movement control means for moving the paper layout frame displayed on the layout display means in accordance with the instruction means, the position management means A document layout apparatus characterized in that a print position of document data is updated in accordance with the instruction means, and printing is controlled based on the updated print position during printing.