JPS62229476A - Managing system for document information including graphic information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a simple program which easily manages document information and generates, maintains, or uses document information, by adopting the management system where one-page components of character information and graphic information are synthetically defined on the same medium. CONSTITUTION:Character information and graphic information are developed in areas having the same size as an output medium and are synthesized on the output medium. An optional page in information on an auxiliary storage device has only two kinds of information, namely, character information and graphic information. when the page is developed on the output medium, a character output buffer having the same size as the output medium is prepared and character information is developed in this character output buffer, and next, a graphic output buffer having the same size as the output medium is prepared and graphic information is developed in this graphic output buffer, and they are synthesized on the output medium to obtain an objective image.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a data management method using an auxiliary storage device in a computer system, and in particular, the present invention relates to a data management method using an auxiliary storage device in a computer system, and in particular, the present invention relates to a data management method using an auxiliary storage device in a computer system. This paper relates to a document information management method when a collection is treated as a page, and a collection of several pages is treated as a document.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this type of text information and graphic information management system, one
Divide the area of the page into subareas, give each subarea an attribute such as one for text information, one for graphic information, etc., group the information belonging to those subareas, and form one page of information by aggregating the groups. things were common.

An example is shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the state of information management in an auxiliary storage device and its expression on an output medium according to a conventional management method. This shows that the grouped text information and graphic information are developed into areas indicated by their respective attributes and are combined on the output medium. For example, the information on the first page on the auxiliary storage device is divided into four groups la.
It is divided into t 1b + 1c + 1d, and group l
a, lb, ld consist of character information, group 1c
consists of graphical information.

The development image of each subarea is as shown in the diagram.
The image on a page of output media forms a graphical shape as shown.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The conventional management method for document information including graphic information mentioned above is as follows:
The graphic information and text information belonging to one page are divided into any number of groups, and for each group, attributes such as whether the information content is graphics or text, attributes indicating the position on the medium, etc. Since it is necessary to add information on several attributes, the information management method is complicated, and it is difficult to generate document information,
It is not easy to generate and maintain this type of document information, as it is necessary to create a program other than the program to be maintained (such as a word processor program).

Furthermore, even page information that has the same image on the output medium does not necessarily have the same information content due to differences in the grouping of graphic information and text information, so it is not easy to extract specific information from this type of document information. Instead, many restrictions were imposed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method for managing document information including graphic information that solves the above-mentioned problems.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention is a method for managing document information including graphic information in a computer system, and when a file held by the computer system is a document file and information of one document is managed as a set of information for each page, one The information on a page is divided into text information and graphic information, so that the text information and graphic information have the same area as the area of one page on the output medium, and the area of one page is divided into the text information area and the graphic information. It is characterized by being formed and managed by overlapping two information areas.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of the present invention, and is a conceptual diagram showing the information management state in an auxiliary storage device and the representation on an output medium. This indicates that character information and graphic information are each developed into an area of the same size as the output medium and are combined on the output medium.

According to this embodiment, any page in the information on the auxiliary storage device has only two types of information: character information and graphic information. When developing this onto an output medium, first a character output buffer having an area of the same size as the output medium is prepared, and the character information is developed into this character output buffer. Next, a graphic output buffer sofa having an area of the same size as the output medium is prepared, graphic information is developed in this graphic output buffer, and this is synthesized on the output medium to obtain the desired image.

Additionally, when generating document information that includes graphic information from different types of information on the auxiliary storage device of a computer system, prepare a character output buffer and a graphic output buffer that have the same size area as the output medium. After creating target information on these buffers for each page, it is output as document information to a file on the auxiliary storage device.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, document information can be easily managed by adopting a management method in which character information and graphic information of one page are defined overlappingly on the same medium, and document information can be generated, maintained, and Since the program to be used can be simplified, document information can be effectively generated, maintained, and used.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a conventional management system.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A method for managing document information including graphic information in a computer system, in which a file held by the computer system is a document file, and when the information of one document is managed as a collection of information for each page, one page The information within is divided into text information and graphic information, so that the text information and graphic information have the same area as one page on the output medium, and the area of one page is divided into text information area and graphic information. A method for managing document information including graphic information, which is formed and managed by overlapping two areas.